The best 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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Planet of Lust

DOS1989NSFW graphic adventure with text parser

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...

The Secret of Monkey Island

DOS1990protecteddemo point and click adventure

The Secret of Monkey Island is perhaps the most popular point and click adventure game developed by Lucasfilm Games and designed by the trio Ron Gilbert, Dave Grossman and Tim Schafer. In Monkey Island you're the would-be pirate G...

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 b...

Jewels of Darkness

DOS1986 graphic adventure with text parser, interactive fiction

The Journeyman Project 3: Legacy of Time

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS1998protected puzzle adventure

The Journeyman Project 3: Legacy of Time is the third chapter in The Journeyman Project series. It's a science fiction adventure game developed by Presto Studios, designed by Phil Saunders and published by Red Orb Entertainment in...

Leisure Suit Larry 1: In the Land of the Lounge Lizards

DOS1987NSFW graphic adventure with text parser

Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards is the debut title in the Leisure Suit Larry series, created by Al Lowe and originally published by Sierra On-Line in 1987. The game follows Larry Laffer, a leisure-suit-wearing...

Space Quest 1: The Sarien Encounter

DOSMac OS1986 graphic adventure with text parser

Space Quest I: The Sarien Encounter is a graphic adventure game developed and published by Sierra On-Line, released in 1986. It was created by the duo of Scott Murphy and Mark Crowe, who later became known as the "Two Guys from An...

Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge

DOS1991protecteddemo point and click adventure

Monkey Island 2 is the second game of the Monkey Island series, a point and click adventure game set in a world of pirates and mysterious treasures. Monkey Island 2 utilizes a command-based SCUMM interface and a branching dialogue...

The Journeyman Project 2: Buried in Time

Windows XP/98/95Mac OSWindows 3.x1995protecteddemo puzzle adventure

The Journeyman Project 2: Buried in Time is a point-and-click adventure game developed by Presto Studios, released in 1995 as a sequel to The Journeyman Project. The Journeyman Project series is set in a future where time tra...

Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis

DOSMac OS1992protecteddemo point and click adventure

Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis is a graphical point and click adventure game created by LucasArts and published in 1992, based on the popular movie character. As the famous archaeologist Indiana Jones, you will travel the ...

Police Quest: Open Season

DOSWindows 3.x1993protected point and click adventure

Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars

Windows XP/98/95DOSLinuxMac OS2009protected point and click adventure

Templars, assassins, and a clueless American tourist named George. Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars is a 2D point-and-click masterpiece with more intrigue than a Vatican basement. Originally released in the ‘90s and ...

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 f...

Hero's Quest: So you want to be a hero

DOS1989 point and click adventure

Gobliiins

DOSMac OS1991protected point and click adventure

Gobliiins is a peculiar adventure game designed by Pierre Gilhodes, developed by French company Coktel Vision and released by Sierra On-Line in 1991 for DOS, Mac, Amiga and Atari ST. In Gobliiins, you control multiple goblins...

Police Quest 1: In Pursuit of the Death Angel

DOS1987 graphic adventure with text parser

Police Quest: In Pursuit of the Death Angel is an adventure game released in 1987 by Sierra On-Line, designed by former police officer Jim Walls. It's the first installment in the Police Quest series and is known for its realistic...

King's Quest 1: Quest for the Crown

DOS1984 graphic adventure with text parser

King's Quest: Quest for the Crown is the first game in the popular series of King's Quest. Developed by Sierra On-line, King's Quest is an early adventure game (one of the first animated adventures), a step up from the classic gra...

Zork II: The Wizard of Frobozz

DOS1983 interactive fiction

You survived Zork I, and now it’s personal. In Zork II, you face off against the enigmatic Wizard of Frobozz, who exists mostly to mess with you like a magical prankster with way too much free time. The puzzles get harder, t...

The Last Express

DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac OS1997protecteddemo point and click adventure

The Last Express, released in 1997, is a unique adventure game designed by Jordan Mechner, the creator of Prince of Persia. Set on the Orient Express in July 1914, just before World War I, the game offers an intricate and immersiv...

Guilty

DOS1995 point and click adventure

King's Quest 6: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow

DOSWindows 3.x1992protected point and click adventure

The Guild of Thieves

DOS1987 interactive fiction

Freddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist

DOSWindows XP/98/95Windows 3.xMac OS1993protecteddemo point and click adventure

Freddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist is a humorous point-and-click adventure game from 1993 developed by Sierra On-Line and co-designed by Al Lowe (creator of Leisure Suit Larry) and Josh Mandel. Set in the Old West, Freddy Pharkas...

Where in America's Past is Carmen Sandiego?

DOS1991 trivia / quiz

Mixed-up Fairy Tales

DOS1991 point and click adventure

B.A.T. 2 : The Koshan Conspiracy

DOS1992 point and click adventure

Ah, B.A.T. 2, the cyberpunk sequel that decided the future needed more trench coats, tech jargon, and inexplicably confusing interfaces. Released in 1992 for DOS, this game throws you into the seedy underbelly of interstellar espi...

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...