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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Magicland Dizzy
DOS19933.9/5 platform
Cadaver: The Payoff
DOS19913.9/5 isometric action-adventure
Ranx: The Video Game
DOS19903.9/5
Creatures Village
Windows XP/98/95Mac OS2001protected3.8/5
Jack in the Dark
DOS19933.8/5 third-person action-adventure
Captain Comic, The Adventures of
DOS1988freeware3.8/5 metroidvania
Captain Blood
DOSMac OS19883.8/5 space exploration
Captain Blood is a space exploration video game released in 1988. It was developed by the French company ERE Informatique, and it was designed by Philippe Ulrich and Didier Bouchon.The game is set in a futuristic universe, where players take on the role of Captain Blood, a human abducted by an alien race known as the Thiiny. The gameplay revolves a...
Seymour Goes to Hollywood
DOS19933.8/5 platform
Total Eclipse
DOS19883.8/5 first-person action-adventure
Realms of the Haunting
DOSMac OS1997protected3.8/5 third-person action-adventure
Flash Gordon: Il Rapimento di Dale
DOS19923.8/5
Below The Root
DOS19843.8/5 platform, metroidvania
Below the root is an atipycal early 2 dimensional adventure game based on the Zilpha Keatley Snyder novels: the Green Sky Trilogy. The player can choose one of many characters, each with different skills and embark in a quest to eliminate the distrust between two races: the Erdling and the Kindar.
Dylan Dog: Murderers
DOS19923.7/5 platform
In Search of Dr. Riptide
DOS19943.7/5
Caves of Thor
DOS19893.7/5 maze
Shamus
DOS19843.7/5
Inca
DOS19923.7/5
The Immortal
DOS1991protected3.7/5 dungeon crawl, isometric action-adventure
Treasure Trap
DOS19903.6/5 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.
Eternam
DOS1992protected3.6/5 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 disillusioned computer programmer. The game's story begins with Don Jonz being transported into a fantasy world by his com...
Last Ninja
DOS19883.6/5 isometric action-adventure
Homey D. Clown
DOS19933.5/5
Journey to the Center of the Earth
DOS19883.5/5
Last Ninja 2: Back with a Vengeance
DOS19903.5/5 isometric action-adventure
Shogun
DOS19863.5/5
Dungeon of Shalan
DOS19883.5/5
Dark Side
DOS19883.3/5 first-person action-adventure
Cosmic Spacehead
DOS19933.3/5 platform
The Colony
DOS19883.2/5 first-person action-adventure
Wolfsbane
DOS19953.2/5 third-person action-adventure