The most popular abandonware adventure games

Adventure games focus on cracking enigmas and exploring and contemplating the game world in a narrative-driven scenario. In order to progress within the story arc, the player has to interact with different items, the environment itself, and other non-playing characters (NPC in short).

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Return of the Phantom

DOS1993protecteddemo point and click adventure

Return of the Phantom is adventure game set in France, designed by Raymond Benson, developed by MicroProse Software and released in 1993 for DOS only. Return of the Phantom is a third-person adventure game based on the book Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux.

Crime Time

DOS1990 point and click adventure

Enchanter

DOS1983 interactive fiction

Hook

DOS1992 point and click adventure

The Summoning

DOS1992protected dungeon crawl

Legend of the Sword

DOS1988 interactive fiction

Romantic encounters at the dome

DOS1988 interactive fiction

Mission Critical

DOS1995protected point and click adventure

Transylvania 3: Vanquish the Night

DOS1990 interactive fiction

Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective

Windows XP/98/951991protected interactive movie

Troll's Tale

DOS1984

Deadline

DOS1982 interactive fiction

2112

DOS1994 interactive fiction

Infidel

DOS1983 interactive fiction

Ringworld: Revenge of the Patriarch

DOS1992 point and click adventure

Zork Nemesis

DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac OS1996protected puzzle adventure

Supernova

DOS1987freeware interactive fiction

African Adventure

DOS1997remake interactive fiction

Castle Elsinore

DOS1992 interactive fiction

Avon

DOS1989 interactive fiction

Martian Memorandum

DOS1991protecteddemo point and click adventure

Martian Memorandum is a point-and-click adventure game developed and published by Access Software. It was released in 1991 and is the sequel to the game Mean Streets. The game is set in a dystopian future on Mars, where players take on the role of Tex Murphy, a private investigator with a sarcastic and humorous demeanor.The story begins with Tex Mu...