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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Tomb Raider II
Windows XP/98/95Mac OS1997protected third-person action-adventure
Cadaver
DOS1990 isometric action-adventure
Captain Comic, The Adventures of
DOS1988freeware metroidvania
Magicland Dizzy
DOS1993 platform
Captain Blood
DOSMac OS1988 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...
Ranx: The Video Game
DOS1990
Jack in the Dark
DOS1993 third-person action-adventure
Cadaver: The Payoff
DOS1991 isometric action-adventure
Homey D. Clown
DOS1993
Seymour Goes to Hollywood
DOS1993 platform
Total Eclipse
DOS1988 first-person action-adventure
Realms of the Haunting
DOSMac OS1997protected third-person action-adventure
Below The Root
DOS1984 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.
Inca
DOS1992
Dylan Dog: Murderers
DOS1992 platform
In Search of Dr. Riptide
DOS1994
The Immortal
DOS1991protected dungeon crawl, isometric action-adventure
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 disillusioned computer programmer. The game's story begins with Don Jonz being transported into a fantasy world by his com...
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 through a labyrinth filled with enemies and traps, aiming to defeat the villain, The Shadow. The gameplay involves explor...
Last Ninja
DOS1988 isometric action-adventure
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
Dungeon of Shalan
DOS1988
David Wolf: Secret Agent
DOS1989 first-person action-adventure, racing: car, flight simulation
Dark Side
DOS1988 first-person action-adventure
Rusty
DOS1993 metroidvania, platform