The most popular abandonware rpg games

In a Role-Playing Game (RPG), players control one or more characters in a fictional world, be it fantasy-oriented, contemporary, sci-fi, etc. RPGs follow up on traditional tabletop role-playing games features, including narrative threads full of obstacles and enigmas, character development, combat systems, or complex inventories.

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Angband

Windows XP/98/95DOSLinux1992freeware4/5 dungeon crawl, roguelike

Alternate Reality: The City

DOSMac OS19884.1/5

Alternate Reality: The City is a role-playing video game developed by Paradise Programming for various platforms including Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, and Commodore 64. It was released in 1985. In Alternate Reality: The City, players find themselves in a mysterious and surreal city known as simply "The City". The game takes place in a fantasy setti...

DND

DOS19844.1/5 dungeon crawl, roguelike

MegaTraveller 1: The Zhodani Conspiracy

DOS19903.9/5 top-down party-based RPG

MegaTraveller 1: The Zhodani Conspiracy is a science fiction role-playing game (RPG) released in 1990. The Zhodani Conspiracy is the first installment in the MegaTraveller series and was developed by Paragon Software.MegaTraveller 1 takes place in the Traveller universe's Third Imperium, a vast interstellar empire. The plot revolves around a c...

Vampyr: Talisman of Invocation

DOS19893.4/5

Autoduel

DOS19853.8/5 board game, vehicular combat, action RPG

Autoduel is an abandoned top-down open world post apocalyptic RPG/driving game hybrid designed by Chuck Bueche and Richard Garriott of Ultima fame. Autoduel was developed by Origin Systems and was released in 1985 for DOS, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, C64, Apple II, Macintosh, Amiga. Autoduel is based on a board game designed by Steve Jackson himself.

Exile II: Crystal Souls

Windows XP/98/95Mac OSWindows 3.x1996freeware3.9/5 top-down party-based RPG

Dungeon Master

DOS19924.2/5 dungeon crawl, first-person party-based RPG

Dungeon Master, released in 1987 by FTL for Atari ST and later for Amiga and DOS, is a classic dungeon-crawling role-playing game (RPG) that holds a special place in the hearts of many nostalgic gamers. Dungeon Master is considered the father of first-person, 3D, grid-based dungeon crawlers.

Betrayal at Krondor

DOS1993protected4/5 first-person party-based RPG

Icewind Dale 2

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS2002protected3.9/5

Fountain of Dreams

DOS19904.1/5 top-down party-based RPG

Demon's Winter

DOS1989protected3.8/5 top-down party-based RPG

Darkstone

Windows XP/98/951999protected3.8/5 dungeon crawl, action RPG

Tunnels & Trolls: Crusaders of Khazan

DOS19904.1/5 top-down party-based RPG

Blues Brothers RPG

Windows XP/98/952004freeware3.9/5 JRPG

Bloodwych

DOS19893.8/5 dungeon crawl, first-person party-based RPG

Bloodwych is an abandoned RPG set in the fantasy world of Trazere. Two players can play at the same time in split screen mode, a feature that was unusual at the time, especially for an RPG. Bloodwych was released in 1989 by Image Works for DOS, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, C64, ZX Spectrum.

Death Knights of Krynn

DOS1991protected4/5

Gateway to the Savage Frontier

DOS1991protected4.1/5

The Magic Candle 3

DOS19923.9/5 top-down party-based RPG, sandbox RPG

Decker

Windows2002freeware3.5/5 roguelike, turn-based tactics

Spirit of Adventure

DOS19914/5 first-person party-based RPG

Exile: Escape from the Pit

Windows XP/98/95Mac OSWindows 3.x1995freeware3.9/5 top-down party-based RPG

Scavengers of the Mutant World

DOS19883.9/5 top-down party-based RPG

Van Buren (Fallout 3)

Windows XP/98/952003canceleddemo3.9/5

Van Buren was a science fiction post-apocalyptic RPG being developed by Black Isle Studios and never published. Van Buren was the direct sequel to Fallout 2, part of the Fallout franchise. Van Buren was canceled in 2003.

Ultima 8: Pagan

DOSMac OS1994protected4.2/5 action RPG

Amulets & Armor

DOS1997freeware4.1/5 action RPG

Amulets & Armor is a first-person ARPG (action RPG) with a fantasy setting. It was developed and published as shareware for DOS by United Software Artists in 1997. Amulets & Armor became freeware in 2013. Gameplay is mission-based; the player can take up quests in any order and even complete the same quests over and over.