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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Exile II: Crystal Souls

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

The Faery Tale Adventure: Book I

DOS19873.8/5 action RPG

2400 A.D.

DOS19884/5

Challenge of the Five Realms

DOS1992protected3.7/5 sandbox RPG, top-down party-based RPG

Amulet of Yendor

DOS19853.6/5 roguelike

The Temple of Elemental Evil

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS2003protected3.9/5 top-down party-based RPG

Warriors of Legend

DOS19934/5 action RPG

Omega

DOSLinux1988freeware3.8/5 roguelike

Ancients 2: Approaching Evil

DOS19943.9/5 first-person party-based RPG

ICON: Quest for the Ring

DOS19843.6/5 dungeon crawl, action RPG

Dark Designs 2: Closing the Gate

DOS19904/5 dungeon crawl, first-person party-based RPG

Septerra Core: Legacy of the Creator

Windows XP/98/951999protected4/5 JRPG

Anvil of dawn

DOS1995protected3.8/5 dungeon crawl

Gateway to the Savage Frontier

DOS1991protected4.1/5

Beneath Apple Manor

DOS1983freeware4.1/5 roguelike

Lord of Destruction

DOS19942.6/5

Keef the Thief: A Boy and his Lockpick

DOS19894/5

Avalon

DOS1998freeware3.8/5 JRPG

Dusk of the Gods

DOS19913.7/5

Slash'Em

Windows XP/98/95Linux1997freeware4.1/5 dungeon crawl, roguelike

Windwalker (Moebius 2)

DOS19892.8/5 action RPG

TomeNET

Windows XP/98/95Linux2003freeware4.3/5 roguelike, dungeon crawl

Larn

DOS1986freeware3.9/5 dungeon crawl, roguelike

Tangled Tales

DOS19893.5/5

Darkstone

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

Warp Rogue

WindowsLinux2004freeware3.9/5 roguelike

Vengeance of Excalibur

DOS19913.9/5 action RPG

Space 1889

DOS19903.9/5 top-down party-based RPG, board game

Space 1889 is an abandoned top down RPG developed by Paragon Software and released in 1990 for DOS, Atari ST and Amiga. Space 1889 setting is classic science fiction, but is set in the Victorian. It's worth noting that Space 1889 is loosely based on the tabletop game of the same name.