Abandonware DOS title

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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Wizardry 6: Bane of the Cosmic Forge

DOSLinuxMac1990protected4.1/5 dungeon crawl, first-person party-based RPG
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Blades of Exile

Windows 3.xMacWindows XP/98/951997freeware4.1/5 top-down party-based RPG
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The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind

Windows XP/98/952002protected4.1/5 action RPG, sandbox RPG
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind is a critically acclaimed open-world action role-playing video game developed by Bethesda Game Studios. It was released in 2002 and is the third installment in the Elder Scrolls series. The game is set in the fantasy world of Tamriel, on the island of Vvardenfell in the province of Morrowind.The game offers a vast a...
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The Dark Heart of Uukrul

DOS19893.9/5 top-down party-based RPG
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Cosmic Soldier: Psychic War

DOS19893.9/5 dungeon crawl, JRPG
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Might and Magic 3: Isles of Terra

DOS1991protected4/5 first-person party-based RPG
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Legend of the Silver Talisman

DOS1996freeware3.9/5 dungeon crawl
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Hexx: Heresy of the Wizard

DOS19944/5 dungeon crawl, first-person party-based RPG
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Sorcerian

DOS19904/5 JRPG, action RPG, metroidvania
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Ardentryst

WindowsLinux20094.1/5 JRPG, platform
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Keys to Maramon

DOS19903.9/5 top-down party-based RPG
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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.
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Icewind Dale 2

Windows XP/98/95Mac2002protected3.9/5
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Death Knights of Krynn

DOS1991protected4/5
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Dark Sun 2: Wake of the Ravager

DOS1994protected4/5 top-down party-based RPG
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Dark Designs 2: Closing the Gate

DOS19904/5 dungeon crawl, first-person party-based RPG
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Planet's Edge

DOS1991protected4/5 top-down party-based RPG
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Ultima 8: The Lost Vale

DOS1994canceled3.8/5 action RPG
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Phantasie 3: The Wrath of Nikademus

DOS19874.1/5 top-down party-based RPG
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Challenge of the Five Realms

DOS1992protected3.7/5 sandbox RPG, top-down party-based RPG
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UnReal World v. 3.20

Windows XP/98/95Mac1992freeware4.1/5 roguelike
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Shadoworlds

DOS1993protected4.2/5
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Ragnarok

DOS1993freeware4.1/5 roguelike
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Wizardry 4: The Return of Werdna

DOS19883.6/5 dungeon crawl, first-person party-based RPG
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Ys: The Vanished Omens

DOS19894.1/5 JRPG, action RPG
Ys: The Vanished Omens (also known as The Ancient Land of Ys) is an abandoned top-down open-world action RPG designed by Masaya Hashimoto, developed by Nihon Falcom and released by Kyodai Software Marketing for DOS in 1989. Ys: The Vanished Omens was published (earlier) for quite a few other home computers and console.
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Temple of Apshai Trilogy

DOS19853.5/5 dungeon crawl
The Temple of Apshai Trilogy is a series of classic role-playing games developed by Automated Simulations (later known as Epyx) in the late 1970s and early 1980s. These games were among the earliest examples of computer-based RPGs and were influential in shaping the genre.The "Temple of Apshai Trilogy" was notable for its depth of gameplay and intr...
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Dusk of the Gods

DOS19913.7/5
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Prophecy of the Shadow

DOS1992protected4.1/5
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The Magic Candle 2: The Four and Forty

DOS19913.8/5 sandbox RPG, top-down party-based RPG
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Legend of Faerghail

DOS19903.9/5 first-person party-based RPG
Legend of Faerghail is a role-playing video game developed by Electronic Design Hannover and published by Rainbow Arts. It was released in 1990 for the Commodore 64, Amiga, and MS-DOS platforms. The game is set in the fantasy world of Faerghail, where the player controls a party of adventurers on a quest to defeat the evil sorcerer Daldras.The game...