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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Impossible Mission 2
DOS19884.2/5 platform, tile-matching
X-Men 2: The Fall of the Mutants
DOS19914.2/5 action RPG
Outcast
Windows XP/98/951999protected4.2/5 third-person action-adventure
Jurassic Park
DOS19934.2/5
Inca 2: Wiracocha
DOS19944.2/5
Thief: The Dark Project
Windows XP/98/951998protected4.2/5 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 significant influence on subsequent games in the genre. The game is set in a dark, medieval, steampunk world. Players ta...
Driller
DOS19874.2/5 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 environment, through a first person view. The goal of the game is to place a drilling rig in each of the 8 regions of the moo...
Spider-Man 2: The Game
Windows XP/98/95Mac OS20044.2/5 third-person action-adventure
Castle Adventure
DOS1984freeware4.2/5 interactive fiction, dungeon crawl
Flashback: The Quest for Identity
DOS1993protected4.2/5 platform
Little Big Adventure
DOS1994protected4.2/5 isometric action-adventure
Dizzy: Prince of the Yolkfolk
DOS19934.2/5 platform
System Shock 2
Windows XP/98/95LinuxMac OS1999protected4.2/5 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 game is set in a futuristic cyberpunk universe aboard the starship Von Braun in the year 2114. Players assume the role ...
Wrath of the Demon
DOS19914.2/5 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 Commodore 64 in 1992. The game is set in a dark fantasy world where players take on the role of a hero on a quest t...
Star Wars: Yoda Stories
Windows XP/98/9519974.1/5
Indenture
DOS1995remake4.1/5 maze
Ecstatica
DOS19944.1/5 third-person action-adventure
It Came from the Desert
DOS1990freeware4.1/5
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, in the USA, and it's based on those old monster movies like Them! (also involving killer ants).
Lyle in Cube Sector
Windows 10/1120064.1/5 platform, metroidvania
Indiana Jones and his Desktop Adventures
Windows 3.xMac OS1996demo4.1/5
Another World
DOS1991protected4.1/5 platform
Le Fetiche Maya
DOS19894.1/5
Fade to Black
DOS19954.1/5 third-person shooter, third-person action-adventure
Fantasy World Dizzy
DOS19914.1/5 platform
La Abadia del Crimen
DOS19874.1/5 isometric action-adventure
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.
Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft
Windows XP/98/95Mac OS1998protected4.1/5 third-person action-adventure
Alone in the Dark 3
DOS1994protected4.1/5 third-person action-adventure
The Great Escape
DOS1986protected4.1/5 isometric action-adventure
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.
Alone in the Dark
DOS1992protected4.1/5 third-person action-adventure
Grand Theft Auto 2
Windows XP/98/9519994.1/5 racing: car
Grand Theft Auto 2 is the second chapter in the successful Grand Theft Auto series. GTA 2 is an abandoned top-down action-adventure / driving hybrid game developed by DMA Design and released by Rockstar Games in 1999 for various platforms, including PlayStation, Microsoft Windows, and Game Boy Color. GTA2 is set in a fictional city called "Any...