The most popular 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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Uninvited
DOSMac OS1987 point and click adventure
Quest for glory 1: So you want to be a hero
DOS1989protected point and click adventure
Goblins 3
DOS1994protecteddemo point and click adventure
Goblins 3 (also known as Goblins Quest 3) is a point-and-click adventure game developed and published by Coktel Vision. It was released in 1993 as the third installment in the Gobliiins series. The game was created by Pierre Gilho...
Myst
Windows XP/98/95Windows 3.xMac OS1995protecteddemo puzzle adventure
Myst is a classic puzzle-adventure video game that was first released in 1993. It was developed by Cyan, a small independent game development studio. The game was initially released for the Macintosh platform and later ported to o...
Sex Olympics
DOS1990NSFW point and click adventure
Fable
DOS1996 point and click adventure
A Night with Troi
DOS1991NSFW interactive fiction
A Night with Troi (1991) sounds like a fan fiction gone too far - and, well, that’s pretty much what it is. It’s a DOS-based “adventure” in the loosest sense, where you find yourself on the Enterprise with ...
Blade Runner
Windows XP/98/95LinuxMac OS1997protected point and click adventure
One of the best licensed games of the '90s, Blade Runner (1997) puts you in the rain-soaked shoes of Ray McCoy, a detective tracking down replicants in a world where it's always night and nobody smiles. It’s not just point-a...
Countdown
DOS1990 point and click adventure
James Bond 007: A View to a Kill
DOS1985 interactive fiction
The Curse of Monkey Island
Windows XP/98/95Mac OS1997protected point and click adventure
The Curse of Monkey Island is the third installment in the iconic Monkey Island point-and-click adventure series developed by LucasArts. Released in 1997, it introduced a new visual style with hand-drawn cartoon-like animations.&n...
Leisure Suit Larry 5: Passionate Patti does a Llittle Undercover Work
DOS1991NSFW point and click adventure
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
DOS1989protecteddemo point and click adventure
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: The Graphic Adventure is a point-and-click adventure game released in 1989 by Lucasfilm Games. The game was designed by Ron Gilbert, David Fox, and Noah Falstein. It is based on the 1989 film "I...
Manhunter: New York
DOS1988 point and click adventure
The Colonel's Bequest
DOS1989protecteddemo
The Colonel's Bequest is a graphic adventure game developed and published by Sierra On-Line. It was released in 1989 for various platforms, including MS-DOS, Amiga, and Atari ST. The game was created by Roberta Williams, co-founde...
Spellcasting 201: The Sorcerer's Appliance
DOS1991protectedNSFW interactive fiction
Spellcasting 201: The Sorcerer's Appliance is an adventure game released in 1991, developed by Steve Meretzky and published by Legend Entertainment. It’s the second installment in the "Spellcasting" series. In Spellcast...
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...
Laura Bow 2: The Dagger of Amon Ra
DOSWindows 3.x1992protecteddemo point and click adventure
Laura Bow 2: The Dagger of Amon Ra is a point-and-click adventure game developed and published by Sierra On-Line in 1992. The game is a sequel to The Colonel's Bequest and follows the adventures of the protagonist, Laura Bow, a yo...
Leisure Suit Larry 3: Passionate Patti in Pursuit of the Pulsating Pectorals
DOS1989NSFW graphic adventure with text parser
Leisure Suit Larry 3: Passionate Patti in Pursuit of the Pulsating Pectorals is a comedic adventure game developed and published by Sierra On-Line. It was released in 1989 as the third installment in the Leisure Suit Larry series,...
Escape from Monkey Island
Windows XP/98/95Mac OS2000protected
Elvira 2: The Jaws of Cerberus
DOS1991 dungeon crawl, point and click adventure
Elvira 2: The Jaws of Cerberus is an abandoned horror adventure/RPG hybrid game with elements of dark fantasy, developed by Horror Soft and published by Accolade for DOS in 1991. Elvira 2: The Jaws of Cerberus is also part of the ...
Phantasmagoria: A Puzzle of Flesh
Windows XP/98/95DOS1996protected point and click adventure, interactive movie
Police Quest 3: The Kindred
DOS1991protecteddemo point and click adventure
Police Quest 3: The Kindred is an adventure video game developed and published by Sierra On-Line in 1991. It is the third installment in the Police Quest series, which was designed by former police officer Jim Walls. Known for its...
Lure of the Temptress
DOS1992freeware point and click adventure
Lure of the Temptress is an DOS fantasy adventure game, developed by Revolution Software, designed by Dave Cummins and published by Virgin Interactive in 1992. Lure of the Temptress was the first game to use Virtual Theatre, ...
The mist
DOS1985 interactive fiction
Gabriel Knight 2: The Beast Within
DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac OSWindows 3.x1995protecteddemo point and click adventure
Gabriel Knight 2: The Beast Within is a point-and-click adventure game developed and published by Sierra On-Line. It was released in 1995 as a sequel to the original Gabriel Knight game, "Sins of the Fathers". The game was designe...
Return of the Phantom
DOS1993protecteddemo point and click adventure
Return of the Phantom is adventure game set in France, designed by Raymond Benson, developed by MicroProse Software and released in 1993 for DOS only. Return of the Phantom is a third-person adventure game based on the book P...
Space Ace
DOS1989 interactive movie
King's Quest 2: Romancing the Throne
DOS1985protected graphic adventure with text parser
Planet of Lust
DOS1989NSFW graphic adventure with text parser