The most popular 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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Below The Root
DOS1984 platform, metroidvania
Based on a book series almost nobody remembers, Below The Root drops you into a serene world of treehouses, talking children, and deeply philosophical moral choices. Combat does not exist. Instead, you explore, read minds, and try...
Last Ninja
DOS1988 isometric action-adventure
Batman: the Caped Crusader
DOS1988
Half comic book, half arcade game, Batman: The Caped Crusader (1988) offers a delightfully weird aesthetic with its paneled visual style and pulp serial vibe. You’ll punch, puzzle-solve, and generally Batman your way through...
Cadaver
DOS1990 isometric action-adventure
Ecstatica
DOS1994 third-person action-adventure
Creatures Village
Windows XP/98/95Mac OS2001protected
Total Eclipse
DOS1988 first-person action-adventure
Magicland Dizzy
DOS1993 platform
The Immortal
DOS1991protected dungeon crawl, isometric action-adventure
Captain Comic, The Adventures of
DOS1988freeware metroidvania
Ranx: The Video Game
DOS1990
Ranx is a 1990 action-adventure video game based on the Italian cyberpunk comic RanXerox, created by artist Tanino Liberatore. The game was developed by Ubisoft and released for the Amiga, Atari ST, and MS-DOS platforms. The ...
Jack in the Dark
DOS1993 third-person action-adventure
Castle Adventure
DOS1984freeware interactive fiction, dungeon crawl
Last Ninja 2: Back with a Vengeance
DOS1990 isometric action-adventure
Metal Gear
DOS1990
Little Big Adventure
DOS1994protected isometric action-adventure
Castle master
DOS1990 first-person action-adventure
Outcast
Windows XP/98/951999protected third-person action-adventure
Inca
DOS1992
Cosmic Spacehead
DOS1993 platform
Wrath of the Demon
DOS1991 third-person action-adventure
Wrath of the Demon is a fantasy action-adventure game developed by the Canadian company Abstrax and published by ReadySoft. The game was released in 1991 for the Amiga, Atari ST, and MS-DOS platforms, with a later release for the ...
Heroes of the Lance
DOS1989protected
Alone in the Dark 3
DOS1994protected third-person action-adventure
By the time Alone in the Dark 3 (1994, DOS) rolls around, Edward Carnby has seen it all - so now it’s off to the Wild West, because of course it is. Zombies? Check. Cowboys? Check. Zombie cowboys? You bet. The gameplay is st...
Dizzy: Prince of the Yolkfolk
DOS1993 platform
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.
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 p...
Dizzy
DOS1987 platform
Sinbad and the Throne of the Falcon
DOS1988freeware
The Colony
DOS1988 first-person action-adventure
System Shock
DOS1994protected first-person shooter, action RPG, first-person action-adventure