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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Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers
DOSWindows 3.xMac OS1993protecteddemo point and click adventure
Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers is a point-and-click adventure game developed and published by Sierra On-Line. It was released in 1993 and designed by Jane Jensen. The game is the first installment in the Gabriel Knight series.The story revolves around Gabriel Knight, a struggling writer living in New Orleans. He inherits a bookstore from his d...
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 young investigative journalist.In the game, the Dagger of Amon Ra is a valuable Egyptian artifact rumored to have mystical...
Fascination
DOS1991NSFW point and click adventure
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...
Blue Force
DOS1993 point and click adventure
Blue Force is a police procedural adventure game developed and released by Tsunami Games in 1993. Blue Force is a point-and-click adventure game that follows the protagonist, Jake Ryan, a rookie police officer. The gameplay revolves around solving various crimes, gathering evidence, and engaging in police procedures. The game is set in th...
B.A.T.
DOS1990 point and click adventure
B.A.T. is a cyberpunk-themed adventure game released in 1989 by UBI Soft for various platforms, including Amiga, Atari ST, MS-DOS, and later the Commodore 64. It blends adventure, role-playing, and simulation elements in a futuristic setting. You play as an agent of B.A.T. (Bureau of Astral Troubleshooters), a secret intergalactic organization...
Zork Quest: Assault on Egreth Castle
DOS1988 visual novel, interactive fiction
The Pawn
DOS1986 interactive fiction
Discworld
DOS1995 point and click adventure
Operation Stealth
DOS1990 point and click adventure
Leisure Suit Larry 5: Passionate Patti does a Llittle Undercover Work
DOS1991NSFW point and click adventure
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...
Gold Rush!
DOS1988protected graphic adventure with text parser
Arthur: The Quest for Excalibur
DOS1989 interactive fiction
Leisure Suit Larry 6: Shape Up or Slip Out!
DOSWindows 3.x1993protectedNSFW point and click adventure
Star Trek: First Contact
DOS1988 interactive fiction
Zork Quest: The Crystal of Doom
DOS1989 visual novel, interactive fiction
A Personal Nightmare
DOS1989 graphic adventure with text parser
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...
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
DOS1990
The Black Cauldron
DOS1986freeware graphic adventure with text parser
Space Quest 3: The Pirates of Pestulon
DOSMac OS1989protected point and click adventure
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...
1893: A World's Fair Mystery
Windows XP/98/95Mac OS2003 interactive fiction
1893: A World's Fair Mystery is an interactive fiction game developed by the American studio Illuminated Lantern and released in 2002. Set during the Chicago World's Columbian Exposition of 1893, the game combines historical fiction with mystery-solving gameplay.In 1893: A World's Fair Mystery, players take on the role of a detective investigating ...
King's Quest 2: Romancing the Throne
DOS1985protected graphic adventure with text parser
Sexy Fighter
DOS1993NSFW fighting, visual novel
Questprobe featuring Human Torch and The Thing
DOS1985 interactive fiction
Guilty
DOS1995 point and click adventure
Star Trek: Judgment Rites
DOS1993protected point and click adventure
Curse of Enchantia
DOS1992 point and click adventure
Curse of Enchantia is a point-and-click graphic adventure game that was released in 1992. It was developed by Core Design and initially published by Core Design in Europe and by Cyberdreams in North America.In Curse of Enchantia, players control a teenage boy named Brad who is mysteriously transported to the fantasy world of Enchantia. The game fol...