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.

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...

Spider-Man 2: The Game

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS20044.2/5 third-person 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...

Castlevania

DOS19903.9/5 metroidvania, platform

Star Wars: Yoda Stories

Windows XP/98/9519974.2/5

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...

Indiana Jones and his Desktop Adventures

Windows 3.xMac OS1996demo4.1/5

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Windows XP/98/9520014/5 third-person action-adventure

Castle Wolfenstein

DOS19844.1/5 maze

Outcast

Windows XP/98/951999protected4.2/5 third-person action-adventure

Driller

DOS19874.3/5 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...

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...

D/Generation

DOS19914/5 isometric action-adventure

Captain Blood

DOSMac OS19883.8/5 space exploration

Captain Blood is a space exploration video game released in 1988. It was developed by the French company ERE Informatique, and it was designed by Philippe Ulrich and Didier Bouchon.The game is set in a futuristic universe, where players take on the role of Captain Blood, a human abducted by an alien race known as the Thiiny. The gameplay revolves a...

Alone in the Dark

DOS1992protected4.1/5 third-person action-adventure

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 ...

Fade to Black

DOS19954.1/5 third-person action-adventure

Alone in the Dark 3

DOS1994protected4.1/5 third-person action-adventure

Another World

DOS1991protected4.1/5 platform

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...