Point and click adventure games sorted by release date
Point & click adventure games are typically mouse-oriented games. The player uses the cursor to guide characters, pick up items, and manage the items inventory. Among the most popular point and click adventure games are: The Secret of Monkey Island series, the Indiana Jones series, the Leisure suit Larry, King's Quest and Space Quest series.
Most popular point and click adventure games
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Deja Vu: A Nightmare Comes True
DOS19873.9/5 ICOM Simulations
Kobayashi Naru
DOS19873.4/5
Maniac Mansion
DOSLinuxMac OS1987protected4.2/5 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 OS19873.8/5 ICOM Simulations
King's Quest 4: The Perils of Rosella
DOS1988protecteddemo3.8/5 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
DOS19883.7/5 Evryware
Mortville Manor
DOS19883.8/5 Lankhor
Mystery of the Mummy
DOS19883.6/5 Time Warp Software
Shadowgate
DOSWindows 3.xMac OS19884/5 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
DOS1988protected4.1/5 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
DOS19893.6/5 SARL Infomedia
Hero's Quest: So you want to be a hero
DOS19894.2/5 Sierra On-Line
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
DOS1989protecteddemo4.2/5 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
DOS19893.9/5 SoftLab Laboratories
Manhunter 2: San Francisco
DOSMac OS19894/5 Evryware
Mean Streets
DOS1989protected4/5 Access Software
Neuromancer
DOS19894/5 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
DOS1989protected4/5 Sierra On-Line
Space Quest 3: The Pirates of Pestulon
DOSMac OS1989protected3.9/5 Sierra On-Line
The Kristal
DOS19893.9/5
The Quest for the Time-bird
DOS19893.9/5 Infogrames
Altered Destiny
DOS1990protected3.8/5 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.
DOS19903.9/5 Computer's dream
Countdown
DOS19904/5 Access Software
Crime Time
DOS19903.3/5 Starbyte Software
Deja Vu 2: Lost in Las Vegas
DOS19904.1/5 ICOM Simulations
Future Wars: Adventures in Time
DOS19904.1/5 Delphine software
Geisha
DOS1990NSFW3.9/5 Coktel Vision
King's Quest 5: Absence makes the heart go yonder
DOSWindows 3.x1990protected3.8/5 Sierra On-Line
Loom
DOSLinuxMac OS1990protecteddemo4.3/5 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 ...