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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It Came from the Desert

DOS1990freeware4.1/5

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).

Veil of Darkness

DOS1993protected3.9/5 isometric action-adventure

Tomb Raider II

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS1997protected4/5 third-person action-adventure

Little Big Adventure

DOS1994protected4.2/5 isometric action-adventure

Below The Root

DOS19843.8/5 platform, metroidvania

Below the root is an atipycal early 2 dimensional adventure game based on the Zilpha Keatley Snyder novels: the Green Sky Trilogy. The player can choose one of many characters, each with different skills and embark in a quest to eliminate the distrust between two races: the Erdling and the Kindar.

Inca 2: Wiracocha

DOS19944.2/5

System Shock

DOS1994protected3.9/5 first-person shooter, action RPG, first-person action-adventure

Tomb Raider

DOS1996protected4/5 third-person action-adventure

Inca

DOS19923.7/5

Fantastic Dizzy

DOS19944/5 platform

Castle Adventure

DOS1984freeware4.2/5 interactive fiction, dungeon crawl

Last Ninja

DOS19883.6/5 isometric action-adventure

X-Men 2: The Fall of the Mutants

DOS19914.2/5 action RPG

Beyond Castle Wolfenstein

DOS19854/5 maze

Cadaver: The Payoff

DOS19913.9/5 isometric action-adventure

Captain Comic 2: Fractured Reality

DOS1990freeware4/5 metroidvania

Last Ninja 2: Back with a Vengeance

DOS19903.5/5 isometric action-adventure

Castle master

DOS19904/5 first-person action-adventure

La Abadia del Crimen

DOS19874.1/5 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.