Point and click adventure games sorted by release date
Point-and-click adventure games are typically mouse-oriented, allowing players to use the cursor to guide characters, pick up items, interact with the environment, and manage inventory. This genre often emphasizes puzzle-solving and story progression. Some of the most popular point-and-click adventure games include classics like The Secret of Monkey Island series, the Indiana Jones series, Leisure Suit Larry, King's Quest, and Space Quest.
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Deja Vu: A Nightmare Comes True
DOS1987 ICOM Simulations
Kobayashi Naru
DOS1987
Maniac Mansion
DOSLinuxMac OS1987protected LucasArts
Maniac Mansion is one of the most famous point-and-click adventure games developed by Lucasfilm Games, designed by Ron Gilbert (who later created Monkey Island) and Gary Winnick. The story is a blend of old sci-fi and horror B-movie elements. Players can choose between several characters, each with unique abilities useful for solving various puzzle...
Uninvited
DOSMac OS1987 ICOM Simulations
King's Quest 4: The Perils of Rosella
DOS1988protecteddemo Sierra On-Line
King's Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella is an adventure game developed and published by Sierra On-Line in 1988. It is the fourth installment in the popular King's Quest series created by Roberta Williams. The game was originally released for MS-DOS and Apple II computers and later ported to other platforms.The story of King's Quest IV follows Prince...
Manhunter: New York
DOS1988 Evryware
Mortville Manor
DOS1988 Lankhor
Mystery of the Mummy
DOS1988 Time Warp Software
Shadowgate
DOSWindows 3.xMac OS1988 ICOM Simulations
Shadowgate is an abandoned fantasy-themed adventure game developed by ICOM Simulations and released by Mindscape in 1988 for Macintosh, DOS, and also for Amiga, Apple IIgs, Atari ST, NES. Shadowgate uses the ICOM MacVenture engine (Deja Vu, Uninvited). Shadowgate was later remade in an enhanced version for Windows 3.1.
Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders
DOS1988protected LucasArts
Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders is a graphic adventure game developed and published by Lucasfilm Games (now known as LucasArts). It was first released in 1988 for various platforms, including the Commodore 64, MS-DOS, Amiga, and others.The game follows the adventures of Zak McKracken, a tabloid newspaper reporter, as he uncovers a plot by a...
Explora 2
DOS1989 SARL Infomedia
Hero's Quest: So you want to be a hero
DOS1989 Sierra On-Line
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
DOS1989protecteddemo LucasArts
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 "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade", directed by Steven Spielberg.The game follows the plot of the movie closely and incl...
Last Half of Darkness
DOS1989 SoftLab Laboratories
Manhunter 2: San Francisco
DOSMac OS1989 Evryware
Mean Streets
DOS1989protected Access Software
Neuromancer
DOS1989 Interplay Productions
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...
Quest for glory 1: So you want to be a hero
DOS1989protected Sierra On-Line
Space Quest 3: The Pirates of Pestulon
DOSMac OS1989protected Sierra On-Line
The Kristal
DOS1989
The Quest for the Time-bird
DOS1989 Infogrames
Altered Destiny
DOS1990protected Accolade
Altered Destiny is a sci-fi themed point and click adventure game designed by Michael Berlyn, developed and released by Accolade in 1990. Altered Destiny runs on DOS but was also published for Amiga.
B.A.T.
DOS1990 Computer's dream
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...
Countdown
DOS1990 Access Software
Crime Time
DOS1990 Starbyte Software
Deja Vu 2: Lost in Las Vegas
DOS1990 ICOM Simulations
Future Wars: Adventures in Time
DOS1990 Delphine software
Geisha
DOS1990NSFW Coktel Vision
King's Quest 5: Absence makes the heart go yonder
DOSWindows 3.x1990protected Sierra On-Line
Loom
DOSLinuxMac OS1990protecteddemo LucasArts
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 ...