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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Legend of Kyrandia 2: Hand of fate
DOSMac OS1993protecteddemo point and click adventure
The Legend of Kyrandia: Hand of Fate is the second installment in the Legend of Kyrandia point and click adventure game series developed by Westwood Studios. It was released in 1993 as a sequel to The Legend of Kyrandia.The game's story revolves around Zanthia, a young alchemist who resides in the land of Kyrandia. The villainous jester, Malcolm, r...
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...
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...
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 Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Serrated Scalpel
DOS1992 point and click adventure
Space Quest 6: Roger Wilco in The Spinal Frontier
DOSWindows XP/98/951995protecteddemo 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...
Once Upon a Forest
DOS1995 point and click adventure
Operation Stealth
DOS1990 point and click adventure
Gobliins 2: The Prince Buffoon
DOS1993protected point and click adventure
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...
20000 Leagues under the sea
DOS1988 visual novel, interactive fiction
Xtrek
DOS1991freewareNSFW interactive fiction
A Personal Nightmare
DOS1989 graphic adventure with text parser
Leisure Suit Larry 6: Shape Up or Slip Out!
DOSWindows 3.x1993protectedNSFW point and click adventure
Leisure Suit Larry 5: Passionate Patti does a Llittle Undercover Work
DOS1991NSFW point and click adventure
Sexy Fighter
DOS1993NSFW fighting, visual novel
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
DOS1990
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 ...
I have no Mouth and I Must Scream
DOS1995protected point and click adventure
James Clavell's Shogun
DOS1989 interactive fiction
James Clavell's Shogun, a text adventure game developed by Infocom and released in 1989. Infocom was known for its interactive fiction games, and "James Clavell's Shogun" was one of its later releases.This text adventure game is based on James Clavell's novel "Shogun" and follows the story of John Blackthorne, an English navigator who becomes invol...
Questprobe featuring Human Torch and The Thing
DOS1985 interactive fiction
Discworld
DOS1995 point and click adventure
Cruise for a Corpse
DOS1991 point and click adventure
The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Rose Tattoo
DOS1996 point and click adventure
Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego? Deluxe
DOS1992 puzzle adventure
Sam and Max Hit the Road
DOSWindows XP/98/95LinuxMac OS1993protecteddemo point and click adventure
Sam & Max Hit the Road is a point-and-click adventure game developed and published by LucasArts. It was released in 1993 and is based on the characters Sam and Max created by comic artist Steve Purcell. The game follows the titular characters, Sam, a detective canine, and Max, a hyperkinetic rabbity thing, as they embark on a bizarre and humoro...
Warcraft Adventures: Lord of the Clans
Windows XP/98/951998canceled point and click adventure
Legend of Kyrandia 3: Malcolm's Revenge
DOSMac OS1994protecteddemo point and click adventure
The Legend of Kyrandia: Malcolm's Revenge is the third and final installment in the Legend of Kyrandia series. This point-and-click adventure game was developed and published by Westwood Studios, released in 1994. Unlike the first two games, where players assumed the role of a protagonist fighting against the villain Malcolm, Malcolm's Revenge take...