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The 10 best DOS adventure games

The 10 best DOS adventure games, as the players of dos.games rate them. The Dig leads the list, ahead of Circle of Blood and Discworld.

Every game on the list plays in your browser, with nothing to install. The order comes from players' ratings and real play time, so it moves as people play.

Updated How the lists are ranked

  • 146DOS adventure games in the archive
  • 10 of 10Play in your browser
  • 3.8Score of #1, out of 5
  1. 1. The Dig

    1995 · LucasArts Entertainment Company, LLC · Adventure

    3.8 out of 5Played all the time

    A DEEP SPACE ADVENTURE BY SEAN CLARK IN COLLABORATION WITH FILMMAKER STEVEN SPIELBERG An asteroid the size of a small moon is on a crash course toward Earth, and only NASA veteran Boston Low has the expertise to stop it.

  2. 3. Discworld

    1995 · Teeny Weeny Games, Ltd. · Adventure

    3.6 out of 5Played all the time

    This adventure game puts the player in the shoes of Rincewind, a wizard whose sole purpose in life is to stay alive.

  3. 5. Polda

    1998 · SleepTeam · Adventure

    3.5 out of 5Played all the time

    Guide detective Pankrac through a strange kidnapping case in SleepTeam's 1998 MS-DOS adventure Polda, solving inventory puzzles and talking to suspects.

  4. 6. Horké léto

    1998 · Maxon · Adventure

    3.5 out of 5Played all the time

    Guide Honza Majer through Maxon's 1998 MS-DOS comedy adventure Horké léto, a point-and-click search for his kidnapped family voiced by Zdeněk Izer.

Ranks 11–20

More great DOS adventure games

  1. Full Throttle, LucasArts Entertainment Company, LLC 1995 cover art
    11. Full ThrottleLucasArts Entertainment Company, LLC · Adventure · 1995Played all the time
    3.4 out of 5
  2. Flight of the Amazon Queen, WarnerActive 1995 cover art
    12. Flight of the Amazon QueenWarnerActive · Adventure · 1995Played all the time
    3.3 out of 5
  3. Dune, Virgin Interactive Entertainment, Inc. 1992 cover art
    13. DuneVirgin Interactive Entertainment, Inc. · Adventure · 1992Played all the time
    3.3 out of 5
  4. Zelda Classic, Armageddon Games 2000 cover art
    14. Zelda ClassicArmageddon Games · Adventure · 2000Played all the time
    3.3 out of 5
  5. Marvel Comics Spider-Man: The Sinister Six, Byron Preiss Multimedia Company, Inc. 1996 cover art
    15. Marvel Comics Spider-Man: The Sinister SixByron Preiss Multimedia Company, Inc. · Adventure · 1996Played all the time
    3.3 out of 5
  6. Loom, LucasArts Entertainment Company, LLC 1990 cover art
    16. LoomLucasArts Entertainment Company, LLC · Adventure · 1990Played all the time
    3.3 out of 5
  7. L.A. Law: The Computer Game, Capstone Software 1992 cover art
    17. L.A. Law: The Computer GameCapstone Software · Adventure · 1992Played all the time
    3.3 out of 5
  8. Trick or Treat, Proein Software 1994 cover art
    18. Trick or TreatProein Software · Adventure · 1994Played a lot
    3.3 out of 5
  9. The Legend of Kyrandia: Book Two - The Hand of Fate, Virgin Interactive Entertainment, Inc. 1994 cover art
    19. The Legend of Kyrandia: Book Two - The Hand of FateVirgin Interactive Entertainment, Inc. · Adventure · 1994Played all the time
    3.3 out of 5
  10. Beneath a Steel Sky, Virgin Interactive Entertainment, Inc. 1994 cover art
    20. Beneath a Steel SkyVirgin Interactive Entertainment, Inc. · Adventure · 1994Played a lot
    3.3 out of 5
Questions

Frequently asked

What is the best DOS adventure game?

The Dig (1995, LucasArts Entertainment Company, LLC) is the best DOS adventure game by our players' ratings, ahead of Circle of Blood and Discworld. The ranking follows players' ratings and real play time, so it changes as people play.

Can I play these DOS adventure games online?

Yes. 10 of the games on this list play free in your browser on dos.games, with no download and no emulator to set up. Press Play on any of them; your progress can be saved.

How many DOS adventure games are there on dos.games?

146. This list ranks the best 10 in full and the next ones below them; the catalogue has every one, with filters for year, studio and more.

Which year had the most great DOS adventure games?

1995. 2 of the games on this list came out that year: The Dig and Discworld.

How is this list ranked?

With the same score as our Best DOS Games ranking: players' ratings, pulled toward the archive's own rating while a game has few of them, plus a small bonus for the games people actually keep playing. No editor and no sponsor decides a place.