The best abandonware adventure games
Adventure games focus on cracking enigmas and exploring and contemplating the game world in a narrative-driven scenario. In order to progress within the story arc, the player has to interact with different items, the environment itself, and other non-playing characters (NPC in short).
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1893: A World's Fair Mystery
Windows XP/98/95Mac OS20033.8/5 interactive fiction
1893: A World's Fair Mystery is an interactive fiction game developed by the American studio Illuminated Lantern and released in 2002. Set during the Chicago World's Columbian Exposition of 1893, the game combines historical fiction with mystery-solving gameplay.In 1893: A World's Fair Mystery, players take on the role of a detective investigating ...
Amazon
DOS19843.8/5 interactive fiction
Fish!
DOS19883.8/5 interactive fiction
Jack the Ripper
DOS19953.8/5 interactive fiction
Normality
DOS1996protecteddemo3.8/5 point and click adventure
Normality is a first-person adventure video game developed by Gremlin Interactive and released in 1996. The game is set in a dystopian future where a totalitarian regime known as the One True Government (OTG) controls the city of Neutropolis. The player takes on the role of Kent, a rebellious citizen who opposes the oppressive rule of the OTG. The ...
Ringworld: Revenge of the Patriarch
DOS19923.8/5 point and click adventure
Star Trek: The Rebel Universe
DOS19883.8/5 space exploration, space simulation
The Hound of Shadow
DOS19893.8/5 interactive fiction
The Scoop
DOS19893.8/5 graphic adventure with text parser
Dragon's Lair
DOS1989protected3.7/5 interactive movie
Space Ace 2: Borf's Revenge
DOS19913.7/5 interactive movie
Berlin 1948
DOS19893.7/5
Laura Bow 2: The Dagger of Amon Ra
DOSWindows 3.x1992protecteddemo3.7/5 point and click adventure
Laura Bow 2: The Dagger of Amon Ra is a point-and-click adventure game developed and published by Sierra On-Line in 1992. The game is a sequel to The Colonel's Bequest and follows the adventures of the protagonist, Laura Bow, a young investigative journalist.In the game, the Dagger of Amon Ra is a valuable Egyptian artifact rumored to have mystical...
Acheton
DOS19873.7/5 interactive fiction
Nippon Safes, Inc.
DOS1992freeware3.7/5 point and click adventure
The Crack of Doom
DOS19893.7/5 interactive fiction
The Island of Dr. Brain
DOS19923.7/5 puzzle adventure
Return of the Phantom
DOS1993protecteddemo3.7/5 point and click adventure
Return of the Phantom is adventure game set in France, designed by Raymond Benson, developed by MicroProse Software and released in 1993 for DOS only. Return of the Phantom is a third-person adventure game based on the book Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux.
The Shadows of Mordor
DOS19883.7/5 interactive fiction
Wishbringer
DOS19853.7/5 interactive fiction
Fuck Quest
DOS1998freewareNSFW3.7/5 graphic adventure with text parser
Bargon Attack
DOS19923.7/5 point and click adventure
Gnome Ranger
DOS19873.7/5 interactive fiction
Gnome Ranger is an abandoned fantasy adventure game, developed and published by Level 9 Computing in 1987 for DOS. Gnome Ranger was designed by Peter Austin who also designed the sequel Gnome Ranger 2: Ingrid's Back.
Holy Grail
DOS19843.7/5 interactive fiction
Plan 9 From Outer Space
DOS19923.7/5 point and click adventure
Warcraft Adventures: Lord of the Clans
Windows XP/98/951998canceled3.7/5 point and click adventure
Rendezvous with Rama
DOS19853.7/5 interactive fiction
Rendezvous with Rama is an interactive fiction (text adventure) game released in 1984. Telarium, a subsidiary of Spinnaker Software, was known for producing narrative-driven games based on popular literary works. This adaptation of Arthur C. Clarke's novel is one of the earlier attempts to translate a science fiction classic into an interactive for...
Scapeghost
DOS19893.7/5 interactive fiction
Starcross
DOS19823.7/5 interactive fiction
Dylan Dog: Through the Looking Glass
DOS19923.6/5 point and click adventure