Abandonware games sorted by theme

Browse games by theme

Select the theme you want and browse our games. Themes can be quite precise, but some are very large, like arcade or shooter. We may add new themes from time to time, if you think we are missing a theme, send us a message.

• 4X (48)
• Action RPG (75)
• Adult (525)
• Africa (46)
• Amnesia (35)
• Amusement park (45)
• Anime / Manga (598)
• Arcade (3436)
• Artillery (26)
• Asia (47)
• Athletics (1)
• Automobile (426)
• Barbarian (39)
• Baseball (105)
• Basketball (83)
• BattleMech (138)
• Beat 'em up / Brawler (143)
• Bible (12)
• Bike / Bicycling (30)
• Board / Party Game (468)
• Bowling (23)
• Boxing (51)
• Brutal Sports (35)
• Bus (5)
• Cancelled (27)
• Cards (362)
• Casino (122)
• Chess (94)
• China (1)
• China (Ancient/Imperial) (20)
• Christmas (34)
• City Building / Construction Simulation (41)
• Classical antiquity (43)
• Coin-Op Conversion (1)
• Cold War (56)
• Combat Vehicules (99)
• Comedy (151)
• Comics (6)
• Compilation / Shovelware (273)
• Contemporary (132)
• Cricket (28)
• Crime (73)
• Cyberpunk / Dark Sci-Fi (177)
• D&D / AD&D (47)
• Darts / Target Shooting (5)
• Dating Simulation (1)
• Detective / Mystery (389)
• Dinosaurs (105)
• Dodgeball (4)
• Dungeon Crawler (74)
• Ecology / Nature (106)
• Editor / Construction Set (1)
• Egypt (79)
• Europe (137)
• Falling Block Puzzle (146)
• Fantasy (1953)
• Fighting (392)
• Firefighting (17)
• Fishing (32)
• Flight (527)
• Football (American) (123)
• Foreign Language (20)
• FPS (218)
• Full Motion Video (85)
• Game Show (153)
• Geography (122)
• Giant monsters (17)
• Golf (127)
• Graphic Adventure (212)
• Graphics / Art (81)
• Greek Mythology (35)
• Hack & Slash (10)
• Hacking (26)
• Haunted House (68)
• Health / Nutrition (27)
• Healthcare (9)
• Helicopter (158)
• Hidden object (10)
• Historical Battle (specific/exact) (485)
• History (127)
• Hockey (56)
• Horror (319)
• Horse / Derby (37)
• Hovercraft (13)
• Hunting (67)
• Industrial Age (4)
• Interactive Book (13)
• Interactive Fiction (668)
• Interactive Fiction with Graphics (21)
• Interactive Movie (4)
• Interwar (72)
• Japan (Ancient/Classical/Medieval) (25)
• Japan (Modern / Futuristic) (3)
• Japanese-style Adventure (2)
• Japanese-style RPG (JRPG) (26)
• Law enforcement (147)
• Licensed Title (2486)
• Life / Social Simulation (9)
• Live action (13)
• Managerial (792)
• Martial Arts (126)
• Math / Logic (267)
• Medieval (57)
• Meditative / Zen (35)
• Mental training (45)
• Metroidvania (37)
• Middle East (50)
• Mini Golf (20)
• MMO (10)
• Motorcycle (99)
• Music (53)
• Music / Rhythm (33)
• Narcotics (11)
• Naval (273)
• Ninja (79)
• Norse Mythology (39)
• North America (115)
• Oceania (13)
• Off-Road / Monster Truck (95)
• Olympiad (63)
• Olympics (33)
• Paddle / Pong (144)
• Paintball (4)
• Party Game (4)
• Persistent Universe (18)
• Pinball (113)
• Ping Pong / Table Tennis (8)
• Platform (1886)
• Pool / Snooker (51)
• Post-Apocalyptic (178)
• Pre-Columbian Americas (10)
• Pre-school / Toddler (145)
• Prehistoric (31)
• Prison (9)
• Psychic powers (21)
• Puzzle elements (1629)
• Puzzle-Solving (46)
• Quick Time Events (20)
• Rail Shooter (54)
• Reading / Writing (192)
• Real-Time (1141)
• Religion (30)
• Robot (85)
• Roguelike (30)
• Rolling Ball (26)
• Romance (6)
• RPG Elements (106)
• RTS (49)
• Rugby (25)
• Sailing / Boating (24)
• Sandbox / Open World (14)
• Sci-Fi / Futuristic (3282)
• Science (110)
• Sea Pirates / Caribbean (26)
• SHMUP (376)
• Shooter (3085)
• Skateboarding (33)
• Snowboarding / Skiing (37)
• Snowmobile (6)
• Soccer / Football (European) (328)
• Sociology (16)
• South America (27)
• Space Combat (60)
• Space Flight (297)
• Space Shuttle (13)
• Spy / Espionage (142)
• Stealth (88)
• Steampunk (55)
• Stock Exchange (22)
• Street Racing (79)
• Submarine (88)
• Surfing (11)
• Survival (9)
• Survival Horror (56)
• Tactical RPG (6)
• Tactical Shooter (11)
• Tank (186)
• Tennis (58)
• Thriller (9)
• Tile Matching Puzzle (142)
• Time Management (3)
• Time Travel (38)
• Timed Input (13)
• Track Racing (308)
• Trade (77)
• Trading / Collectible Card (15)
• Train (37)
• Transport (13)
• Tricks / Stunts (65)
• Truck (21)
• Turn-based (1292)
• Typing (39)
• Vampires (72)
• Vehicle Simulator (316)
• Vehicular Combat Simulator (242)
• Versus Fighting (119)
• Video Backdrop (31)
• Virtual World (1)
• Visual Novel (30)
• Volleyball (13)
• Wakeboarding (1)
• Walt Disney (102)
• War (209)
• Wargame (97)
• Werewolves (13)
• Western (98)
• Wilderness Survival (13)
• Word Construction (91)
• World War I (39)
• World War II (326)
• Wrestling (37)
• Zombies (66)