Abandonware DOS title

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...
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Last Ninja

DOS1988 isometric action-adventure
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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...
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Cadaver

DOS1990 isometric action-adventure
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Ecstatica

DOS1994 third-person action-adventure
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Creatures Village

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS2001protected
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Total Eclipse

DOS1988 first-person action-adventure
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Magicland Dizzy

DOS1993 platform
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The Immortal

DOS1991protected dungeon crawl, isometric action-adventure
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Captain Comic, The Adventures of

DOS1988freeware metroidvania
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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 ...
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Jack in the Dark

DOS1993 third-person action-adventure
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Castle Adventure

DOS1984freeware interactive fiction, dungeon crawl
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Last Ninja 2: Back with a Vengeance

DOS1990 isometric action-adventure
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Metal Gear

DOS1990
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Little Big Adventure

DOS1994protected isometric action-adventure
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Castle master

DOS1990 first-person action-adventure
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Outcast

Windows XP/98/951999protected third-person action-adventure
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Inca

DOS1992
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Cosmic Spacehead

DOS1993 platform
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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 ...
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Heroes of the Lance

DOS1989protected
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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...
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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.
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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...
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Dizzy

DOS1987 platform
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The Colony

DOS1988 first-person action-adventure
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System Shock

DOS1994protected first-person shooter, action RPG, first-person action-adventure