The best 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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Where Time Stood Still
DOS1987protected isometric action-adventure
Creatures Village
Windows XP/98/95Mac OS2001protected
Magicland Dizzy
DOS1993 platform
Omikron: The Nomad Soul
Windows XP/98/951999protected third-person action-adventure
Cadaver
DOS1990 isometric action-adventure
Ever wonder what it’s like to be a grave-robbing dwarf with a flair for interior dungeon decoration? Cadaver grants that peculiar wish. As Karadoc, you’ll wander an eerie fortress filled with traps, puzzles, and enough...
Ranx: The Video Game
DOS1990
Ranx is a 1990 action-adventure video game based on the Italian cyberpunk comic RanXerox, created by artist Tanino Liberatore. The game was developed by Ubisoft and released for the Amiga, Atari ST, and MS-DOS platforms. The ...
Jack in the Dark
DOS1993 third-person action-adventure
Cadaver: The Payoff
DOS1991 isometric action-adventure
Karadoc’s back, and apparently inflation hit the dungeon economy hard—he wants his gold! Cadaver: The Payoff is less a sequel and more a direct continuation, like finding an extra serving of mystery meat in your RPG st...
Homey D. Clown
DOS1993
Seymour Goes to Hollywood
DOS1993 platform
Captain Comic, The Adventures of
DOS1988freeware metroidvania
Before space marines were gritty and everything exploded in brown and grey, there was The Adventures of Captain Comic. This is early PC platforming in all its clunky, jumpy, 4-color glory. You collect treasures, shoot baddies with...
Below The Root
DOS1984 platform, metroidvania
Based on a book series almost nobody remembers, Below The Root drops you into a serene world of treehouses, talking children, and deeply philosophical moral choices. Combat does not exist. Instead, you explore, read minds, and try...
Golden Eagle
DOS1991
Total Eclipse
DOS1988 first-person action-adventure
Inca
DOS1992
The Immortal
DOS1991protected dungeon crawl, isometric action-adventure
Dylan Dog: Murderers
DOS1992 platform
Realms of the Haunting
DOSMac OS1997protected third-person action-adventure
In Search of Dr. Riptide
DOS1994
Eternam
DOS1992protected first-person action-adventure
Eternam is an action-adventure video game developed by Infogrames and released in 1992. It's known for its unique and innovative approach to the adventure game genre.In Eternam, players take on the role of Don Jonz, a bored and di...
American McGee's Alice
Windows XP/98/95Windows 10/11Mac OS2000 third-person action-adventure
Caves of Thor
DOS1989 maze
Shamus
DOS1984
Shamus is a maze action game developed by William Mataga and published by Synapse Software in 1982. The game became popular on various home computer platforms of the early 1980s. In Shamus, players control a detective navigating t...
Last Ninja
DOS1988 isometric action-adventure
Silent Hill 2: Restless Dreams
Windows XP/98/952002 third-person action-adventure
Silent Hill 2: Restless Dreams is an enhanced version of the original Silent Hill 2, released in 2001 for the Xbox. It later appeared on PC and PlayStation 2 under titles like Director’s Cut or Greatest Hits, depending on th...
Treasure Trap
DOS1990 isometric action-adventure
Treasure Trap is an abandoned isometric action-adventure game published for DOS, Amiga and Atari ST by Electronic Zoo in 1990. Treasure Trap was developed by Emerald Software and designed by Brian Kelly.
Last Ninja 2: Back with a Vengeance
DOS1990 isometric action-adventure
Shogun
DOS1986