Abandonware DOS title

The best abandonware action-adventure games

Action-adventure video games combine elements of both the action and adventure genres, offering a mix of fast-paced gameplay and exploration within a narrative-driven context. These games often feature a central storyline, character development, and a world for players to explore. The genre encompasses a broad range of gameplay styles and settings.
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Grand Theft Auto: Vice City

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS2002protected racing: car
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City is an open-world action-adventure game developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games in 2002. It's the fourth main entry in the GTA series and serves as a spiritual successor to Grand Thef...
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Indenture

DOS1995remake maze
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Impossible Mission 2

DOS1988 platform, tile-matching
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Flashback: The Quest for Identity

DOS1993protected platform
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Spider-Man 2: The Game

Windows XP/98/95Mac OSWindows 10/112004 third-person action-adventure
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Driller

DOS1987 first-person action-adventure
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...
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Outcast

Windows XP/98/951999protected third-person action-adventure
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Thief: The Dark Project

Windows XP/98/951998protected first-person action-adventure
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...
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Little Big Adventure

DOS1994protected isometric action-adventure
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It Came from the Desert

DOS1990freeware
It Came from the Desert is an abandonware action-adventure game developed by Cinemaware and released in 1990 for PC (DOS) and Amiga. It Came From the Desert is an action-adventure game with a peculiar flavor: it's set in the 50s, ...
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Windows XP/98/952001 third-person action-adventure
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System Shock 2

Windows XP/98/95LinuxMac OS1999protected first-person shooter, action RPG, first-person action-adventure
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...
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Wrath of the Demon

DOS1991 third-person action-adventure
Wrath of the Demon is a fantasy action-adventure game developed by the Canadian company Abstrax and published by ReadySoft. The game was released in 1991 for the Amiga, Atari ST, and MS-DOS platforms, with a later release for the ...
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Le Fetiche Maya

DOS1989
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Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS1998protected third-person action-adventure
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Indiana Jones and his Desktop Adventures

Windows 3.xMac OS1996demo
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Another World

DOS1991protected platform
Another World (1991) is a cinematic platformer with big ideas, minimal UI, and a shocking willingness to let you die within five seconds of starting. You play as a scientist who gets teleported to an alien planet where everything ...
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Star Wars: Yoda Stories

Windows XP/98/951997
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Lyle in Cube Sector

Windows 10/112006 platform, metroidvania
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Ecstatica

DOS1994 third-person action-adventure
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Jurassic Park

DOS1993
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Fade to Black

DOS1995 third-person shooter, third-person action-adventure
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Metal Gear

DOS1990
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Alone in the Dark 3

DOS1994protected third-person action-adventure
By the time Alone in the Dark 3 (1994, DOS) rolls around, Edward Carnby has seen it all - so now it’s off to the Wild West, because of course it is. Zombies? Check. Cowboys? Check. Zombie cowboys? You bet. The gameplay is st...
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Fantasy World Dizzy

DOS1991 platform
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Captain Comic 2: Fractured Reality

DOS1990freeware metroidvania