The best 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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Alone in the Dark
DOS1992protected third-person action-adventure
The Great Escape
DOS1986protected isometric action-adventure
As a prisoner of war, you must find a way to escape a prison in Germany in 1942. The prisoner has a daily routine which will follow if not controlled by the player for a certain amount of time.
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...
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.
Little Big Adventure 2 (Twinsen's Odyssey)
DOSWindows XP/98/951997protected isometric action-adventure
Tomb Raider
DOS1996protected third-person action-adventure
Framed
DOS1995 platform
Castle Adventure
DOS1984freeware interactive fiction, dungeon crawl
Castle Wolfenstein
DOS1984 maze
Batman: the Caped Crusader
DOS1988
Batman: The Caped Crusader is an action-adventure video game released in the late 1980s. It was developed and published by Ocean Software and was available on various home computer systems of that era, including the Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Amiga, Atari ST and, of course, DOS. The game was a graphic action-adventure that combine...
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.
D/Generation
DOS1991 isometric action-adventure
Castle master
DOS1990 first-person action-adventure
Alone in the Dark 2
DOS1993protected third-person action-adventure
Beyond Castle Wolfenstein
DOS1985 maze
Fantastic Dizzy
DOS1994 platform
Feud
DOS1988 maze
Golden Eagle
DOS1991
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver
Windows XP/98/951999protected third-person action-adventure
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver is an action-adventure game released in 1999, developed by Crystal Dynamics and published by Eidos Interactive. It’s the second game in the Legacy of Kain series. The game is set in the world of Nosgoth, a gothic realm dominated by vampires. The protagonist, Raziel, is a vampire lieutenant under the rule of th...
Sinbad and the Throne of the Falcon
DOS1988freeware
Veil of Darkness
DOS1993protected isometric action-adventure
Dizzy
DOS1987 platform
Asterix: Operation Getafix
DOS1989
System Shock
DOS1994protected first-person shooter, action RPG, first-person action-adventure
Tomb Raider II
Windows XP/98/95Mac OS1997protected third-person action-adventure
Heroes of the Lance
DOS1989protected
Castlevania
DOS1990 metroidvania, platform
Castlevania, originally released for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1986, was developed and published by Konami. The game was known in Japan as Akumajo Dracula (Devil's Castle Dracula) and was later renamed Castlevania for its North American release. In Castlevania, players take on the role of Simon Belmont, a vampire hunter from the Bel...
Where Time Stood Still
DOS1987protected isometric action-adventure
Captain Blood
DOSMac OS1988 space exploration
Captain Blood is a space exploration video game released in 1988. It was developed by the French company ERE Informatique, and it was designed by Philippe Ulrich and Didier Bouchon.The game is set in a futuristic universe, where players take on the role of Captain Blood, a human abducted by an alien race known as the Thiiny. The gameplay revolves a...