Old Skies, and the new golden age of adventure games. @ThisIsPete

Old Skies, and the new golden age of adventure games. @ThisIsPete

Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

Old Skies from Wadjet Eye Games is a beautiful piece of interactive storytelling, demonstrating beyond doubt that the point-and-click adventure game as a means of delivering a narrative is very much alive and well -- and, at this point, perhaps even thriving more than in the heyday of Sierra and LucasArts.

Buy Old Skies:
Steam - store.steampowered.com/app/1346360/Old_Skies
GOG - gog.com/en/game/old_skies
Humble - humblebundle.com/store/product/oldskies-widget/hIGl7vJjhI

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