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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Corruption

DOS1988 interactive fiction

In Corruption, you’re a businessman trapped in a web of deceit, murder, and paperwork. It’s an interactive fiction game where every conversation could be a clue—or a setup. The writing is sharp, the tension is re...

Countdown

DOS1990 point and click adventure

In Countdown, the clock is always ticking—literally. This spy thriller adventure drops you into a web of international intrigue, shady characters, and puzzles that don’t care you’re on a deadline. Fail to crack t...

Crescent

DOS1993NSFW visual novel

Crescent is a mysterious blend of action and intrigue set in a pixelated sci-fi world. The plot is sparse, dropped in cryptic hints as you battle your way through hostile landscapes. The visuals, while modest, have a certain moody...

Crime Time

DOS1990 point and click adventure

Crime Time blends point-and-click adventure with a murder mystery that’s as much about wit as it is about clues. You play an innocent man framed for murder, scrambling to gather evidence and clear your name before time runs ...

Cruise for a Corpse

DOS1991 point and click adventure

A murder has been committed on a luxury yacht, and in Cruise for a Corpse, you’re the detective tasked with unraveling the mystery before the killer strikes again. The game unfolds in real time, meaning characters move aroun...

Curse of Enchantia

DOS1992 point and click adventure

In Curse of Enchantia, a young boy is whisked away to a magical world full of bizarre creatures, tricky puzzles, and an alarming number of ways to die. The game’s whimsical art style hides a wicked sense of humor, and the la...

Cutthroats

DOS1984 interactive fiction

In Cutthroats, you’re a diver hired for a treasure-hunting expedition that’s about to go very wrong. This text adventure from Infocom mixes underwater exploration with a noir-tinged plot full of betrayal and greed. The...

Dark Seed

DOS1992 point and click adventure

When H.R. Giger is involved, you know things will get weird. Dark Seed (1992) is a point-and-click horror adventure where you play Mike Dawson, a man haunted by nightmarish visions after an alien embryo is implanted in his skull. ...

Daughter of Serpents

DOS1992 point and click adventure

Part interactive novel, part point-and-click adventure, Daughter of Serpents (1992) is one of those games that makes you feel like you stumbled onto a forgotten pulp novel. Set in 1920s Alexandria, it’s dripping with mystery...

Day of the Tentacle

DOSMac OS1993protected point and click adventure

Few games deserve the title of “classic” more than Day of the Tentacle (1993). It’s Tim Schafer and Dave Grossman at their weirdest, giving us time travel, mutant tentacles bent on world domination, and some of t...

Deadline

DOS1982 interactive fiction

Released in 1982, Deadline is one of Infocom’s classic text adventures, and it doesn’t pull punches. You’re a detective with twelve in-game hours to solve a murder, and time moves whether you’re ready or no...

Death Gate

DOS1994protected point and click adventure

Deja Vu 2: Lost in Las Vegas

DOS1990 point and click adventure

Deja Vu: A Nightmare Comes True

DOS1987 point and click adventure

Demon's Forge

DOS1987 interactive fiction

Demon's Tomb: The Awakening

DOS1989 interactive fiction

Discworld

DOS1995 point and click adventure

Discworld 2: Mortality Bytes!

DOS1996 point and click adventure

Donald Duck's Playground

DOS1986

Dragon World

DOS1984 interactive fiction

Dragon's Lair

DOS1989protected interactive movie

Dragon's Lair 2: Time Warp

DOS1990protected interactive movie

Dragon's Lair 3: The Curse of Mordread

DOS1992protected interactive movie

Dragon's Lair III, also known as Dragon's Lair III: The Curse of Mordread, is an installment in the classic Dragon's Lair series of animated arcade games. The game was released in 1991 and represents a continuation of the series k...

Dragonsphere

DOS1994protecteddemo point and click adventure

Dragonsphere is a point-and-click adventure game released in 1994 by MicroProse. It's set in a fantasy world where you play as a sorcerer named Callash, tasked with saving the land of Granville from an evil sorceress named Sanwe. ...

Dream Zone

DOS1988 interactive fiction

Dreamweb

DOS1994freeware point and click adventure

Dreamweb is a top-down point and click adventure set in a dark, cyberpunk city. You play as Ryan who has strange, violent, dreams. A top down perspective and the sheer number of items your character can pick up are just two of the...