The best 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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Don't Go Alone

DOS19893.9/5 first-person party-based RPG

Keys to Maramon

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

Curse of the Azure Bonds

DOS1989protected3.9/5

Eye of the beholder 3: Assault on Myth Drannor

DOS1991protected3.9/5 first-person party-based RPG, dungeon crawl

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...

Adventure Construction Set

DOS19873.9/5

Adventure Construction Set is an abandoned application developed by Stuart Smith and published for DOS, Amiga, Apple II and Commodore 64 by Electronic Arts in 1987. As the name suggests, ACS is a game-building system (we're talking about adventure RPGs) that lets you edit maps, items, creatures, etc. Included with ACS is a complete game called...

Blues Brothers RPG

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

Exile II: Crystal Souls

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

Ancient Domains of Mystery (ADOM) v1.1

Windows XP/98/95DOSLinux1996freeware3.9/5 dungeon crawl, roguelike

Legend of the Silver Talisman

DOS1996freeware3.9/5 dungeon crawl

Icewind Dale 2

Windows XP/98/95Mac2002protected3.9/5

Moraff's Dungeon of the Unforgiven

DOS19933.9/5 dungeon crawl

Warp Rogue

WindowsLinux2004freeware3.9/5 roguelike

Captive

DOS19923.9/5 dungeon crawl, first-person party-based RPG

Yendorian Tales: The Tyrants of Thaine

DOS19973.9/5 first-person party-based RPG

Larn

DOS1986freeware3.9/5 dungeon crawl, roguelike

Disciples of Steel

DOS19943.9/5 top-down party-based RPG

Exile III: Ruined World

Windows XP/98/95MacWindows 3.x1997freeware3.9/5 top-down party-based RPG

Mission: Mainframe

DOS19873.9/5 board game

Return to Krondor

Windows XP/98/951998protected3.9/5

Dragons of Flame

DOS1989protected3.9/5 action RPG

Ishar: Legend of the Fortress

DOS1992protected3.8/5 first-person party-based RPG

Ishar: Legend of the Fortress is a first-person grid-based RPG developed by Silmarils and released in 1992 for DOS, Amiga and Atari ST. Ishar: Legend of the Fortress is the second game, part of the Ishar game series (the first being Crystals of Arborea). Ishar is a classic RPG like Wizardry or Might & Magic and it plays the same way, but the en...

The Faery Tale Adventure: Book I

DOS19873.8/5 action RPG

Mad Paradox

DOS1994NSFW3.8/5 JRPG

Galdregon's Domain

DOS19883.8/5

Omega

DOSLinux1988freeware3.8/5 roguelike

Shadow of Yserbius

DOS19933.8/5 dungeon crawl

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.