Abandonware action-adventure games sorted by release date
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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Below The Root
DOS1984 platform, metroidvania
Based on a book series almost nobody remembers, Below The Root drops you into a serene world of treehouses, talking children, and deeply philosophical moral choices. Combat does not exist. Instead, you explore, read minds, and try to resolve conflicts by being kind and empathetic. It is like if Mr. Rogers made a fantasy adventure. The game has more...
Castle Adventure
DOS1984freeware interactive fiction, dungeon crawl
Castle Wolfenstein
DOS1984 maze
Shamus
DOS1984
Shamus is a maze action game developed by William Mataga and published by Synapse Software in 1982. The game became popular on various home computer platforms of the early 1980s. In Shamus, players control a detective navigating through a labyrinth filled with enemies and traps, aiming to defeat the villain, The Shadow. The gameplay involves explor...
Beyond Castle Wolfenstein
DOS1985 maze
Before Doomguy started ripping and tearing, there was Beyond Castle Wolfenstein. A stealth game where sneaking is mandatory, disguises are fashionable, and stabbing Nazis is encouraged. It’s the sequel to Castle Wolfenstein, and ups the ante with more guards, more keys, and more reasons to panic when your pass doesn’t work. It’s l...
Shogun
DOS1986
The Great Escape
DOS1986protected 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.
Dizzy
DOS1987 platform
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 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...
Iznogoud
DOS1987
King of Chicago
DOSMac OS1987
La Abadia del Crimen
DOS1987 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.
Where Time Stood Still
DOS1987protected isometric action-adventure
Batman: the Caped Crusader
DOS1988
Half comic book, half arcade game, Batman: The Caped Crusader (1988) offers a delightfully weird aesthetic with its paneled visual style and pulp serial vibe. You’ll punch, puzzle-solve, and generally Batman your way through the Penguin and Joker's nonsense. The game plays like a noir graphic novel with an 8-bit accent. Bonus: Batman’s ...
Captain Blood
DOSMac OS1988 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...
Captain Comic, The Adventures of
DOS1988freeware metroidvania
Dark Side
DOS1988 first-person action-adventure
Dungeon of Shalan
DOS1988
Feud
DOS1988 maze
Impossible Mission 2
DOS1988 platform, tile-matching
Last Ninja
DOS1988 isometric action-adventure
Sinbad and the Throne of the Falcon
DOS1988freeware
The Colony
DOS1988 first-person action-adventure
Total Eclipse
DOS1988 first-person action-adventure
Asterix: Operation Getafix
DOS1989
Operation Getafix (1989) is what happens when you turn a beloved comic series into a game with the precision of a wild boar wearing gloves. You play as Asterix on a quest to help Getafix the druid recover his memory and his recipe for the magic potion. What follows is a mix of puzzle-solving and mini-games that will leave you both confused and oddl...
Caves of Thor
DOS1989 maze
David Wolf: Secret Agent
DOS1989 first-person action-adventure, racing: car, flight simulation
Heroes of the Lance
DOS1989protected
Le Fetiche Maya
DOS1989