The most popular abandonware rpg games
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NetHack - Falcon's Eye
Windows XP/98/952001freeware3.8/5 dungeon crawl, roguelike
Icewind Dale
Windows XP/98/95Mac OS2000protected3.9/5
Scavengers of the Mutant World
DOS19883.9/5 top-down party-based RPG
Death Knights of Krynn
DOS1991protected4/5
Worlds of Legend: Son of the Empire
DOS19934.2/5
Realms of Arkania 1: Blade of destiny
DOS1992protected4.1/5 first-person party-based RPG, sandbox RPG
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...
Oubliette
DOS19833.3/5 dungeon crawl, roguelike
Times of Lore
DOS19894.1/5 action RPG
Times of Lore is an abandoned action RPG designed by Chris Roberts, developed and released by Origin Systems in 1989 for DOS and many more 8 bit and 16 bit platforms. Compared to Ultima (the much more popular franchise also by Origin) Times of Lore is a washed down RPG, more similar to a NES game. In fact, Roberts was inspired by The Legend of Zelda.
Pool of Radiance
DOSMac OS1988protected4.1/5
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.
The Bard's Tale 2: The Destiny Knight
DOS19884/5 first-person party-based RPG
Bad Blood
DOS19904.2/5
Fairy Tale Adventure 2: Halls of the Dead
DOSWindows XP/98/9519973.8/5 action RPG
Dark Queen of Krynn
DOS1992protected4.1/5
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...
The Legacy: Realm of Terror
DOSLinuxMac OS1993protected3.9/5
The Legacy: Realm of Terror is a first-person view survival horror RPG set in the modern world, in a haunted house. The Legacy was developed by Magnetic Scrolls and published by MicroProse Software in 1993.
Dragon Wars
DOS1990protected3.7/5 first-person party-based RPG
Circuit's Edge
DOS19904.1/5 interactive fiction
Circuit's Edge is a cyberpunk-themed role-playing game developed by Westwood Associates and published by Infocom. It was released in 1990 for various platforms including DOS, Amiga, and Commodore 64.Set in a dystopian future, Circuit's Edge takes place in the fictional city of Rhoes Island, a dark and gritty urban landscape filled with crime, corru...
Hired Guns
DOS19934.1/5 first-person party-based RPG
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.
Ultima Underworld 2: Labyrinth of Worlds
DOS1993protected4.1/5 action RPG
Dungeon master 2: The legend of Skullkeep
DOS19954/5 dungeon crawl, first-person party-based RPG
Worlds of Ultima: The Savage Empire
DOS1990freeware4/5 top-down party-based RPG
After the success of Ultima 6: The False Prophet, Origin decided to "create worlds" not part of the popular Ultima series (strictly speaking) using the same engine of Ultima 6. They came up with two games: The Savage Empire and Martian Dreams. The Savage Empire is set in a stone age-like world and features prehistoric tribes, dinosaurs, insectoid a...
Ultima: Worlds of Adventure 2: Martian Dreams
DOS19914/5 top-down party-based RPG
Ultima: Worlds of Adventure 2: Martian Dreams is an abandoned science fiction RPG designed by Jeff George, developed by Origin Systems and released in 1991 for DOS. Martian Dreams uses the Ultima VI engine to depict Mars in a top down perspective.
Al-Qadim: The Genie's Curse
DOS1994protected3.8/5 action RPG
An Elder Scrolls Legend: Battlespire
Windows XP/98/951997protected4/5 action RPG, dungeon crawl
Angband
Windows XP/98/95DOSLinux1992freeware4/5 dungeon crawl, roguelike
Zeliard
DOS19904/5 JRPG, action RPG, metroidvania
Zeliard is a fantasy platformer - JRPG hybrid with metroidvania gameplay elements developed by Game Arts and released for DOS in 1990. Zeliard is a single-player game.
Conan: the Cimmerian
DOS19914.2/5 action RPG
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.