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The best isometric action-adventure games

In isometric action-adventure games the action (and the adventure too...) takes place in an isometric environment. Isometric perspective allow the player to walk around in a 3D environment in a third-person view without the need of real 3D graphics. Like every action-adventure game, isometric action-adventure games can include features of both adventure and action elements: action mini-games, inventory, a story, etc.

Most popular isometric action-adventure games

D/Generation
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Last Ninja
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Little Big Adventure

DOS1994protected4.2/5 Adeline Software International
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La Abadia del Crimen

DOS19874.1/5 Opera Soft
La Abadía del Crimen (The Abbey of Crime) is an action-adventure developed in Spain by Paco Menéndez in the mid-1980s. It was initially created for the Amstrad CPC and later ported to other popular home computer systems of the time, such as the ZX Spectrum and MSX. The game was released in 1987.
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The Great Escape

DOS1986protected4.1/5 Denton Designs
As a prisoner of war, you must find a way to escape a prison in Germany in 1942. The prisoner has a daily routine which will follow if not controlled by the player for a certain amount of time.
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Little Big Adventure 2 (Twinsen's Odyssey)

DOSWindows XP/98/951997protected4.1/5 Adeline Software International
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D/Generation

DOS19914/5 The Software Toolworks
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Veil of Darkness

DOS1993protected4/5 Event Horizon
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Where Time Stood Still

DOS1987protected3.9/5 Denton Designs
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Cadaver

DOS19903.9/5 Bitmap Brothers
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Cadaver: The Payoff

DOS19913.8/5 Bitmap Brothers
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The Immortal

DOS1991protected3.7/5 Sandcastle
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Treasure Trap

DOS19903.6/5 Emerald Software
Treasure Trap is an abandoned isometric action-adventure game published for DOS, Amiga and Atari ST by Electronic Zoo in 1990. Treasure Trap was developed by Emerald Software and designed by Brian Kelly.
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Last Ninja

DOS19883.6/5 System 3
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Last Ninja 2: Back with a Vengeance

DOS19903.5/5 System 3
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