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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Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego?
DOS1989 trivia / quiz
Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego? is an educational computer game and television game show franchise created by Broderbund. It focuses on teaching geography and history while players try to track down the infamous thief, Carmen Sandiego, and her gang across different historical periods.The game was first released in 1989, followed by the TV show in...
The Dig
DOSMac OS1995protecteddemo point and click adventure
The Dig is a point-and-click adventure game developed and published by LucasArts. It was originally released in 1995 for MS-DOS and later for other platforms, including Mac OS and Windows. The game is known for its atmospheric storytelling, puzzle-solving gameplay, and collaboration with renowned science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke. The Dig inv...
20000 Leagues under the sea
DOS1988 visual novel, interactive fiction
Atlantis: The Lost Tales
DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac OS1997protected puzzle adventure
Atlantis: The Lost Tales is a graphic adventure game developed by Cryo Interactive and released in 1997. It is the first in a series of games set around the legendary lost city of Atlantis. You play as Seth, a young hero who becomes entangled in the political and mysterious happenings of the city. Seth is tasked with finding the missing queen,...
KGB
DOS1992 point and click adventure
Space Quest 6: Roger Wilco in The Spinal Frontier
DOSWindows XP/98/951995protecteddemo point and click adventure
Operation Stealth
DOS1990 point and click adventure
Leisure Suit Larry 6: Shape Up or Slip Out!
DOSWindows 3.x1993protectedNSFW point and click adventure
Neuromancer
DOS1989 point and click adventure
The Neuromancer video game, released in 1988 by Interplay Productions, is an adventure/role-playing game loosely based on William Gibson's seminal cyberpunk novel Neuromancer (1984). It combines elements of science fiction, hacking, and RPG-style exploration in a digital world, set in a dystopian future dominated by artificial intelligence, corpora...
Police Quest 2: The Vengeance
DOS1988protected graphic adventure with text parser
Police Quest 2: The Vengeance is a graphical point-and-click adventure game developed and published by Sierra On-Line. It was released in 1988 as the second installment in the Police Quest series, which was created by former police officer Jim Walls.In Police Quest 2, Sonny Bonds is now a sergeant with the Lytton Police Department, and the gam...
Gobliins 2: The Prince Buffoon
DOS1993protected point and click adventure
Xtrek
DOS1991freewareNSFW interactive fiction
Leisure Suit Larry 5: Passionate Patti does a Llittle Undercover Work
DOS1991NSFW point and click adventure
Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego? Deluxe
DOS1992 puzzle adventure
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
DOS1990
The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Rose Tattoo
DOS1996 point and click adventure
The Black Cauldron
DOS1986freeware graphic adventure with text parser
Flight of the Amazon Queen
DOS1995freeware point and click adventure
Flight of the Amazon Queen is a point-and-click adventure game developed by Interactive Binary Illusions and originally released in 1995. The game is heavily inspired by the likes of Indiana Jones and Monkey Island, combining humor, a pulp-style adventure, and a variety of puzzles. The game is set in the 1940s and follows the story of Joe King...
Future Wars: Adventures in Time
DOS1990 point and click adventure
Loom
DOSLinuxMac OS1990protecteddemo point and click adventure
Loom is a graphic adventure game developed and published by Lucasfilm Games (now LucasArts). It was designed by Brian Moriarty and is known for its unique gameplay mechanics and emphasis on storytelling. Loom is distinctive for its interface, which revolves around musical notes and spells. The protagonist, Bobbin Threadbare, is a young weaver ...
Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?
DOS1985 puzzle adventure
A Personal Nightmare
DOS1989 graphic adventure with text parser
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 realistic portrayal of police procedures, Police Quest 3 shifts slightly toward a darker narrative compared to its pred...
Deja Vu 2: Lost in Las Vegas
DOS1990 point and click adventure
Wayne's World
DOS1993 point and click adventure
Wayne's World is an abandoned point and click adventure game based on the movie of the same name. In Wayne's World you control both the characters of Wayne and Garth (created by Mike Myers and Dana Carvey) in a quest to save their TV show. Wayne's World was developed and released by Capstone in 1993.
Once Upon a Forest
DOS1995 point and click adventure
Manhunter: New York
DOS1988 point and click adventure
Sexy Fighter
DOS1993NSFW fighting, visual novel
I have no Mouth and I Must Scream
DOS1995protected point and click adventure
Discworld
DOS1995 point and click adventure