The most popular first-person action-adventure games
First-person action-adventure games became more popular in recent years, but the first ones to be conceived can be dated back a few decades ago (Castle Master, Total Eclipse, Driller). Like every action-adventure game, they can include features of both action and adventure genres: an inventory system, action sequences, a linear story, etc.
Sort by:
Driller
DOS1987 Incentive Software
Driller (also known as Space Station Oblivion) is an abandoned action-adventure game developed by Incentive and released by Epyx in 1987 based on the Freescape Engine. In Driller, you control an excavation probe in a real 3d envir...
System Shock 2
Windows XP/98/95LinuxMac OS1999protected Irrational Games
System Shock 2 is a first-person action role-playing video game developed by Irrational Games and Looking Glass Studios. It was released in 1999 and is known for its innovative gameplay, atmospheric setting, and deep narrative.The...
Thief: The Dark Project
Windows XP/98/951998protected Looking Glass Studios
Thief: The Dark Project is a first-person stealth video game developed by Looking Glass Studios and published by Eidos Interactive. Released in 1998, it is considered a groundbreaking title in the stealth genre and has had a signi...
System Shock
DOS1994protected Looking Glass Studios
Eternam
DOS1992protected Infogrames
Eternam is an action-adventure video game developed by Infogrames and released in 1992. It's known for its unique and innovative approach to the adventure game genre.In Eternam, players take on the role of Don Jonz, a bored and di...
Total Eclipse
DOS1988 Major Developments
Midwinter
DOS1990 Maelstrom Games
Castle master
DOS1990 Incentive Software
In Castle Master, you get dropped into a spooky polygonal castle and told, “Figure it out.” And that’s it. Early 3D graphics make every wall look like it was painted by a cubist on a deadline, but it works. You e...
The Colony
DOS1988
Infestation
DOS1990 Psygnosis
Castle master 2
DOS1990 Incentive Software
Also known as The Crypt, Castle Master 2 is like the goth sibling of the first game—darker, moodier, and with more corpses lying around. The gameplay’s pretty much the same: wander, puzzle, zap ghosts with your third e...
David Wolf: Secret Agent
DOS1989 Dynamix
Dark Side
DOS1988 Major Developments
Sleeping Gods Lie
DOS1991 Oxford Digital Enterprises
Cybercon III
DOS1992 The Assembly Line
- 1