The most popular 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
DOSWindows XP/98/9519974.1/5 racing: car
In Grand Theft Auto the player takes the role of a criminal who can freely roam around the city (Liberty City) completing tasks for the local mobs: stealing cars, killing pedestrians, all of it while avoiding the police and the army. The freedom of gameplay and the "I'm the bad guy" appeal of the game made the Grand Theft Auto series very popular.
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...
Spider-Man 2: The Game
Windows XP/98/95Mac OS20044.2/5 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...
Star Wars: Yoda Stories
Windows XP/98/9519974.1/5
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Windows XP/98/9520013.9/5 third-person action-adventure
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver
Windows XP/98/951999protected3.7/5 third-person action-adventure
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver is an action-adventure game released in 1999, developed by Crystal Dynamics and published by Eidos Interactive. It’s the second game in the Legacy of Kain series. The game is set in the world of Nosgoth, a gothic realm dominated by vampires. The protagonist, Raziel, is a vampire lieutenant under the rule of th...
Castlevania
DOS19904/5 metroidvania, platform
Indiana Jones and his Desktop Adventures
Windows 3.xMac OS1996demo4.1/5
Fade to Black
DOS19954.1/5 third-person shooter, third-person action-adventure
Castle Wolfenstein
DOS19844/5 maze
Outcast
Windows XP/98/951999protected4.2/5 third-person action-adventure
D/Generation
DOS19914/5 isometric action-adventure
Batman: the Caped Crusader
DOS19884/5
Batman: The Caped Crusader is an action-adventure video game released in the late 1980s. It was developed and published by Ocean Software and was available on various home computer systems of that era, including the Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Amiga, Atari ST and, of course, DOS. The game was a graphic action-adventure that combine...
Ecstatica
DOS19944.1/5 third-person action-adventure
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...
Flashback: The Quest for Identity
DOS1993protected4.2/5 platform
Jurassic Park
DOS19934.2/5
Another World
DOS1991protected4.1/5 platform
Alone in the Dark
DOS1992protected4.1/5 third-person action-adventure
Beverly Hills Cop
DOS19903.2/5 racing: car, platform
The Beverly Hills Cop video game by Tynesoft is an action-adventure game based on the popular film franchise starring Eddie Murphy. It was released in 1990 for various home computer platforms, including the Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, and Amstrad CPC.In the game, players take on the role of Axel Foley, the wise-cracking detective played by Murphy in...
Last Ninja
DOS19883.6/5 isometric action-adventure
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.
Veil of Darkness
DOS1993protected3.9/5 isometric action-adventure
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...
Cadaver
DOS19903.9/5 isometric 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).
Inca 2: Wiracocha
DOS19944.2/5
Tomb Raider II
Windows XP/98/95Mac OS1997protected3.9/5 third-person action-adventure
System Shock
DOS1994protected3.9/5 first-person shooter, action RPG, first-person action-adventure