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...
Indenture
DOS1995remake maze
Impossible Mission 2
DOS1988 platform, tile-matching
Flashback: The Quest for Identity
DOS1993protected platform
Spider-Man 2: The Game
Windows XP/98/95Mac OSWindows 10/112004 third-person action-adventure
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...
Outcast
Windows XP/98/951999protected third-person action-adventure
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...
Dizzy: Prince of the Yolkfolk
DOS1993 platform
Little Big Adventure
DOS1994protected isometric action-adventure
X-Men 2: The Fall of the Mutants
DOS1991 action RPG
Inca 2: Wiracocha
DOS1994
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, ...
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Windows XP/98/952001 third-person action-adventure
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...
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 ...
Le Fetiche Maya
DOS1989
The Taking of Beverly Hills
DOS1991
Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft
Windows XP/98/95Mac OS1998protected third-person action-adventure
Indiana Jones and his Desktop Adventures
Windows 3.xMac OS1996demo
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 ...
Star Wars: Yoda Stories
Windows XP/98/951997
Lyle in Cube Sector
Windows 10/112006 platform, metroidvania
Ecstatica
DOS1994 third-person action-adventure
Jurassic Park
DOS1993
Fade to Black
DOS1995 third-person shooter, third-person action-adventure
Metal Gear
DOS1990
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...
Fantasy World Dizzy
DOS1991 platform
Captain Comic 2: Fractured Reality
DOS1990freeware metroidvania