The best party-based games

A party based system allows the player to create, customize and play with a party of adventurers at the beginning or during the game. The vast majority of old RPGs were party based: Ultima, Eye of the Beholder, The Magic Candle are just a few.

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Arcanum: of Steamworks and Magick Obscura

DOS2001protected4.2/5 Troika Games

Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura is a classic role-playing game developed by Troika Games and published by Sierra On-Line. It was released in 2001 for Microsoft Windows. The game is set in a unique steampunk fantasy world where magic and technology coexist, often in conflict.Players assume the role of a customizable protagonist who starts ...

Crystals of Arborea

DOS19904.2/5 Silmarils

Ultima 5: Warriors of Destiny

DOS19884.2/5 Origin Systems

Heroes of Might and Magic II

DOSWindows XP/98/951996protected4.2/5 New World Computing

Heroes of Might and Magic

DOSWindows XP/98/951995protected4.2/5 New World Computing

Psi 5 Trading Company

DOS1986protected4.1/5 Distinctive Software

Ultima 4: Quest of the Avatar

DOS1985freeware4.1/5 Origin Systems

Ultima IV is remembered as one of the best Ultima games ever released, designed as usual by Richard Garriott. Garriott took the Ultima series to a whole new level by introducing the eight virtues: honesty, compassion, valor, justice, sacrifice, honor, spirituality, humility. Ultima IV started the trilogy known as "Age of Enlightenment".

Phantasie 3: The Wrath of Nikademus

DOS19874.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.

Wizardry 6: Bane of the Cosmic Forge

DOSLinuxMac OS1990protected4.1/5 Sir-tech Software

Worlds of Legend: Son of the Empire

DOS19934.1/5

Seal Team

DOS19934.1/5 Electronic Arts

Secret of the Silver Blades

DOSMac OS1990protected4.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.

Secret of the Silver Blades is a fantasy RPG set in the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons universe, developed and released by SSI Strategic Simulations Inc. in 1990 for DOS, Macintosh, Amiga and Commodore 64 systems. Secret of the Silver Blades is part of the Pool of Radiance series and uses the same "GoldBox" engine with isometric turn-based combat ...

Dark Queen of Krynn

DOS1992protected4.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.

Fountain of Dreams

DOS19904.1/5 Electronic Arts

Champions of Krynn

DOS1990protected4.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.

Pool of Radiance

DOSMac OS1988protected4.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.

Realms of Arkania 1: Blade of destiny

DOS1992protected4.1/5 Attic Entertainment Software

Journey: The Quest Begins

DOS19894.1/5 Infocom

Dark Sun: Shattered Lands

DOS1993protected4.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.

Treasures of the Savage Frontier

DOS1992protected4.1/5 Stormfront Studios

The Four Crystals of Trazere

DOS19924.1/5 Mindscape

Hired Guns

DOS19934.1/5 DMA Design

Hired Guns is an abandoned game developed by DMA Design and published by Psygnosis in 1993 for DOS and Amiga platforms. Hired Guns is a sci-fi RPG in which you control four mercenaries in four individual simultaneous first person sub-screens tasked with destroying all the bad guys from a single planet.

Gateway to the Savage Frontier

DOS1991protected4.1/5 Stormfront Studios

Forgotten Realms: Unlimited Adventures

DOSMac OS1993protected4.1/5 MicroMagic

After publishing a plethora of Gold Box titles, SSI decided to release a fantasy RPG based on the Forgotten Realms scenarios of Dungeons & Dragons where the player could create its own adventures. Forgotten Realms Unlimited Adventures (FRUA) is the ultimate Gold Box RPG and received praise from everyone who played it. If you loved Dark Knights ...

Realms of Arkania 2: Star trail

DOS1994protected4.1/5 Attic Entertainment Software

Ultima 7 Part 2: Serpent Isle

DOS19934.1/5 Origin Systems

After the well received Ultima 7 The Black Gate, Origin decided that their Ultima engine could be used for one more game. Ultima 7 Part 2: Serpent Isle begins right after The Black Gate ends. This time the Avatar travels to a whole new land, far away from the usual Britannia. Serpent Isle brings its own charm to the series; exploring new lands...