Abandonware adventure games sorted by release date
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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DOS1981freewareNSFW interactive fiction
Adventure in Serenia
DOS1982 interactive fiction
Before heroes had inventory screens and voice acting, there was Adventure in Serenia, the lovechild of a text parser and a fever dream. Released in 1982, this proto-graphic adventure gave players a taste of magic, mystery, and con...
Deadline
DOS1982 interactive fiction
Released in 1982, Deadline is one of Infocom’s classic text adventures, and it doesn’t pull punches. You’re a detective with twelve in-game hours to solve a murder, and time moves whether you’re ready or no...
Starcross
DOS1982 interactive fiction
Zork I: The Great Underground Empire
DOS1982 interactive fiction
Zork is one of the most popular text-adventures and one of the first interactive fiction games ever created. The first Zork was developed in the seventies and ported on various platform by Infocom in the early 80s. Infocom wa...
Enchanter
DOS1983 interactive fiction
Forbidden Quest
DOS1983 interactive fiction
Infidel
DOS1983 interactive fiction
Planetfall
DOS1983 interactive fiction
Planetfall is an interactive fiction sci-fie game released in 1983 by Infocom, written by Steve Meretzky. It is often considered one of Infocom's best titles. You play as a low-ranking Ensign Seventh Class in the Stellar Patr...
Suspended
DOS1983 interactive fiction
The Hobbit
DOS1983 interactive fiction
The Witness
DOS1983 interactive fiction
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...
Amazon
DOS1984 interactive fiction
From the mind of Michael Crichton comes Amazon, a game that lets you live out your jungle explorer fantasies—without the bugs or dysentery. You’re off to the Amazon to recover a missing expedition and probably get into...
Cutthroats
DOS1984 interactive fiction
In Cutthroats, you’re a diver hired for a treasure-hunting expedition that’s about to go very wrong. This text adventure from Infocom mixes underwater exploration with a noir-tinged plot full of betrayal and greed. The...
Dragon World
DOS1984 interactive fiction
Earthly delights
DOS1984 interactive fiction
Farenheit 451
DOS1984 interactive fiction
Holy Grail
DOS1984 interactive fiction
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...
Questprobe featuring The Hulk
DOS1984 interactive fiction
Seastalker
DOS1984 interactive fiction
Sorcerer
DOS1984 interactive fiction
Suspect
DOS1984 interactive fiction
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
DOSMac OS1984freeware interactive fiction
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a humorous free text adventure game based on the novel of the same name written by Douglas Adams (if you never read it, shame on you!). The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy was designed by D...
Troll's Tale
DOS1984
Zork III: The Dungeon Master
DOS1984 interactive fiction
The final part of the original trilogy, Zork III ditches treasure-hunting in favor of introspection, moral puzzles, and the looming presence of the Dungeon Master—basically the Gandalf of passive-aggressive mentorship. It&rs...
Zyll
DOS1984
Released in 1984, Zyll is what happens when a Dungeons & Dragons dungeon master learns to code and decides to build a text adventure inside a coffee machine. There are no graphics - just glorious walls of text - but boy, is it...
9 Princes in Amber
DOS1985 interactive fiction
Based on the cult fantasy novels by Roger Zelazny, 9 Princes in Amber is a 1985 text adventure that assumes two things: you’ve read the books, and you enjoy typing things like “look tree” and “use sword&rdq...