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Point-and-click adventure

Game genre concept

Adventure games mainly played via pointer device driven user interface. The player clicks to move their character around, interact and examine.

1161
games
49
platforms
Companions of Xanth (MS-DOS)
Companions of Xanth
DOS 1993
Bazooka Sue (MS-DOS)
Bazooka Sue
DOS 1997
Machinarium (Linux)
Machinarium
LIN 2009-10-16
A Mess O' Trouble (Macintosh OS Classic)
A Mess O' Trouble
MAC 1994
King's Quest V: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder! (Macintosh OS Classic)
King's Quest V: Absence Makes the Heart
MAC 1991
Neuromancer (Apple IIGS)
Neuromancer
IIGS 1989
The Secret of Monkey Island (Amiga OCS)
The Secret of Monkey Island
OCS 1990
Beneath A Steel Sky (Amiga OCS)
Beneath A Steel Sky
OCS 1994
Sunny Shine: On the Funny Side of Life (Amiga OCS)
Sunny Shine: On the Funny Side of Life
OCS 1990
Lost Princess (Macintosh OS Classic)
Lost Princess
MAC 1989
Shadowgate (MS-DOS)
Shadowgate
DOS 1988
Space Quest IV: Roger Wilco and the Time Rippers (MS-DOS)
Space Quest IV: Roger Wilco and the Time
DOS 1991

The first video game about Point-and-click adventure was released in 1984.

Sierra On-Line, LucasArts and Lucasfilm Games has published most of these games

Parent group

Adventure

Child group

Pixel Precision

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Platforms

Linux 285
MS-DOS 221
Mac OS Classic 172
Windows 170
Amiga 71
Win3.1 49
Atari ST 40
Mac OS X 33
Nintendo DS 8
PS4 8
FM Towns 6
C64 6
Wii 6
Amiga AGA 5
Xbox One 5
Amstrad CPC 5
NES 5
PS 5
iOS 5
Android 4
PS2 4
PS Vita 3
Mobile 3
NEC PC9801 3
CD-I 3
BSD 3
Apple II E 3
Saturn 2
Apple IIGS 2
X360 2

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