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 Theft Auto III. Set in Vice City, a fictional metropolis inspired by Miami in the 1980s, the game captures the neon-soa...

Impossible Mission 2

DOS1988 platform, tile-matching

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 significant influence on subsequent games in the genre. The game is set in a dark, medieval, steampunk world. Players ta...

Spider-Man 2: The Game

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS2004 third-person action-adventure

Flashback: The Quest for Identity

DOS1993protected platform

Inca 2: Wiracocha

DOS1994

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...

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

Jurassic Park

DOS1993

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, in the USA, and it's based on those old monster movies like Them! (also involving killer ants).

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 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...

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 game is set in a futuristic cyberpunk universe aboard the starship Von Braun in the year 2114. Players assume the role ...