Abandonware DOS title

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).
sram-02

SRAM

DOS19873.5/5 graphic adventure with text parser
dudley-dilemma-04

A Dudley Dilemma

DOS19883.3/5 interactive fiction
spellbreaker-02

Spellbreaker

DOS19853.9/5 interactive fiction
11th-hour-07

The 11th Hour

Windows XP/98/951995protected4.1/5 puzzle adventure
border-zone-01

Border Zone

DOS19873.8/5 interactive fiction
yellowkid-1

Yellow Kid: Giallo al Circo

DOS19943.1/5 point and click adventure
essex-02

Essex

DOS19853.6/5 interactive fiction
the-kristal-05

The Kristal

DOS19893.9/5 point and click adventure
usurper-1

The Usurper

DOS19893.8/5 interactive fiction
returntodoom-1

Return to Doom

DOS19883.8/5 interactive fiction
tracer-sanction-05

The Tracer Sanction

DOS19853/5 graphic adventure with text parser
seastalker-01

Seastalker

DOS19844/5 interactive fiction
infidel-1

Infidel

DOS19833.3/5 interactive fiction
demon-tomb-02

Demon's Tomb: The Awakening

DOS19893.3/5 interactive fiction
lane-mastodon-02a

Lane Mastodon vs. the Blubbermen

DOS19884.1/5 visual novel, interactive fiction
tasstimestonetown-1

Tass Times in Tonetown

DOS19863.9/5 interactive fiction
psycho-02

Psycho

DOS19883.4/5
castleelsinore-1

Castle Elsinore

DOS19923.5/5 interactive fiction
silicon-dreams-02

Silicon Dreams

DOS19863.6/5 interactive fiction
Silicon Dreams by Level 9 Computing is a trilogy of interactive fiction (text adventure) games released in the mid-1980s. The trilogy includes three separate games: Snowball, Return to Eden, and The Worm in Paradise. Each game combines elements of science fiction with puzzle-solving and exploration. All three games are text-based, relying on d...
supernova-1

Supernova

DOS1987freeware3.5/5 interactive fiction
fish-01

Fish!

DOS19883.8/5 interactive fiction
suspended-01

Suspended

DOS19833.9/5 interactive fiction
forbidden-castle-03

Forbidden Castle

DOS19854/5 interactive fiction
nord-and-bert-01

Nord and Bert Couldn't Make Head or Tail of It

DOS19873.4/5 interactive fiction
the-final-battle-02

The Final Battle

DOS19913.9/5 point and click adventure
borderworld-02

Borderworld

DOS19963.3/5 point and click adventure
the-scoop-04

The Scoop

DOS19893.8/5 graphic adventure with text parser
mystery-of-the-mummy-02

Mystery of the Mummy

DOS19883.6/5 point and click adventure
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The Third Courier

DOS19893.9/5
The Third Courier is an abandoned (atypical) adventure / role playing game set in Berlin during the cold war era and, of course, it's a spy game. The Third Courier was developed by Manley Associates and released by Accolade in 1989 for DOS, but it was also published for Amiga, Apple IIgs, Atari ST platforms.