Abandonware action-adventure games
Action-adventure video games combine elements of both the action and adventure genres, offering a mix of fast-paced gameplay and exploration within a narrative-driven context. These games often feature a central storyline, character development, and a world for players to explore. The genre encompasses a broad range of gameplay styles and settings.
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Dylan Dog: Murderers
DOS1992 platform
Ecstatica
DOS1994 third-person action-adventure
Eternam
DOS1992protected first-person action-adventure
Eternam is an action-adventure video game developed by Infogrames and released in 1992. It's known for its unique and innovative approach to the adventure game genre.In Eternam, players take on the role of Don Jonz, a bored and disillusioned computer programmer. The game's story begins with Don Jonz being transported into a fantasy world by his com...
Fade to Black
DOS1995 third-person shooter, third-person action-adventure
Fantastic Dizzy
DOS1994 platform
Fantasy World Dizzy
DOS1991 platform
Feud
DOS1988 maze
Flashback: The Quest for Identity
DOS1993protected platform
Framed
DOS1995 platform
Golden Eagle
DOS1991
Grand Theft Auto
DOSWindows XP/98/951997 racing: car
In Grand Theft Auto the player takes the role of a criminal who can freely roam around the city (Liberty City) completing tasks for the local mobs: stealing cars, killing pedestrians, all of it while avoiding the police and the army. The freedom of gameplay and the "I'm the bad guy" appeal of the game made the Grand Theft Auto series very popular.
Grand Theft Auto 2
Windows XP/98/951999 racing: car
Grand Theft Auto 2 is the second chapter in the successful Grand Theft Auto series. GTA 2 is an abandoned top-down action-adventure / driving hybrid game developed by DMA Design and released by Rockstar Games in 1999 for various platforms, including PlayStation, Microsoft Windows, and Game Boy Color. GTA2 is set in a fictional city called "Any...
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Windows XP/98/952001 third-person action-adventure
Heroes of the Lance
DOS1989protected
Homey D. Clown
DOS1993
Impossible Mission 2
DOS1988 platform, tile-matching
In Search of Dr. Riptide
DOS1994
Inca
DOS1992
Inca 2: Wiracocha
DOS1994
Indenture
DOS1995remake maze
Indiana Jones and his Desktop Adventures
Windows 3.xMac OS1996demo
It Came from the Desert
DOS1990freeware
It Came from the Desert is an abandonware action-adventure game developed by Cinemaware and released in 1990 for PC (DOS) and Amiga. It Came From the Desert is an action-adventure game with a peculiar flavor: it's set in the 50s, in the USA, and it's based on those old monster movies like Them! (also involving killer ants).
Iznogoud
DOS1987
Jack in the Dark
DOS1993 third-person action-adventure
Jurassic Park
DOS1993
King of Chicago
DOSMac OS1987
La Abadia del Crimen
DOS1987 isometric action-adventure
La Abadía del Crimen (The Abbey of Crime) is an action-adventure developed in Spain by Paco Menéndez in the mid-1980s. It was initially created for the Amstrad CPC and later ported to other popular home computer systems of the time, such as the ZX Spectrum and MSX. The game was released in 1987.