Abandonware adventure games sorted by release date

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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African Adventure

DOS1997remake3.4/5
Blade Runner

Windows XP/98/95Linux1997protected4.2/5 Westwood Studios

Blade Runner is one of those point & click adventure games that somewhat manages to fully capture the spirit of a cult movie without copying the original plot. Fans of the Blade Runner movie will enjoy this game, even without Harrison Ford.
Broken Sword 2: The Smoking Mirror

Windows XP/98/951997protected4.2/5 Revolution Software
Callahan's Crosstime Saloon

DOS19974/5 Legend Entertainment
City of Lost Children

DOS19973.7/5 Psygnosis
Riven: The Sequel to Myst

Windows XP/98/95Mac1997protected4/5 Cyan Worlds
Season of the Sakura

DOS1997NSFW4.2/5 JAST USA

Season of the Sakura is an abandoned visual novel game developed by JAST USA and released by in 1997 for DOS. Season of the Sakura is one of the many Japanese visual novels published in the 90s with a eroge theme.
The Feeble Files

Windows XP/98/95Mac1997protected3.9/5 Adventure Soft
The Last Express

DOSWindows XP/98/951997protected4/5 Smoking Car Productions
Zork: Grand Inquisitor

Windows XP/98/95Mac1997protected3.8/5 Activision
Fatal Relations

Windows XP/98/951998NSFW4.1/5
Fuck Quest

DOS1998freewareNSFW3.7/5
Sanitarium

Windows XP/98/951998protected4.1/5 DreamForge Intertainment
The Journeyman Project 3: Legacy of Time

Windows XP/98/95Mac1998protected4.2/5 Presto Studios

The Journeyman Project 3: Legacy of Time is the third chapter in The Journeyman Project series. It's a science fiction adventure game developed by Presto Studios, designed by Phil Saunders and published by Red Orb Entertainment in 1998 for Windows and Macintosh.
Udoiana Raunes

DOS19983.9/5
Warcraft Adventures: Lord of the Clans

Windows XP/98/951998canceled3.7/5 Blizzard Entertainment
Amerzone: The Explorer's Legacy

Windows XP/98/95Mac1999protected4/5 Virtual Studio

Amerzone: The Explorer's Legacy is a fantasy/steampunk adventure game designed by Benoît Sokal, developed by Virtual Studio and released by Microids in 1999 for Windows, Mac and Playstation platforms. Amerzone: The Explorer's Legacy was based on a comic book called L'Amerzone.
Three Sisters' Story

DOS1999NSFW4.1/5 JAST USA
Fairy Nights

Windows XP/98/952000NSFW4/5 Milky House
Syberia

Windows XP/98/952002protected4/5 Microids
Maniac Mansion Deluxe

Windows2004freewareremake3.9/5 LucasFan Games

Maniac Mansion Deluxe is the unofficial sequel to the acclaimed point & click adventure game released by LucasFilm in 1987. Maniac Mansion Deluxe it's a fan-made adventure developed by LucasFans Games and released in 2004 and it's a complete remake of Maniac Mansion in every aspect, developed using the Adventure Game Studio engine.
Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars

Windows XP/98/95DOSLinuxMac2009protected4.2/5 Revolution Software
King's Quest III Redux: To Heir is Human

WindowsMac2011freewareremake3/5 AGD Interactive