Fantasy games sorted by release date

Dwarves and elves, trolls and gnolls, dragons and wyverns, arcane magic, ancient deities, sword and sorcery! It's not just medieval, it's a soup of imagination and reality in equal parts, mixed in a bubbling cauldron, ready to be served in your favourite old tavern.

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Questron 2

DOS1988protected3.8/5 Westwood Studios

Shadowgate

DOSWindows 3.xMac19884/5 ICOM Simulations

Shadowgate is an abandoned fantasy-themed adventure game developed by ICOM Simulations and released by Mindscape in 1988 for Macintosh, DOS, and also for Amiga, Apple IIgs, Atari ST, NES. Shadowgate uses the ICOM MacVenture engine (Deja Vu, Uninvited). Shadowgate was later remade in an enhanced version for Windows 3.1.

The Bard's Tale 2: The Destiny Knight

DOS19884/5 Interplay Productions

The Shadows of Mordor

DOS19883.7/5 Beam Software

Time and Magik: The Trilogy

DOS19884.1/5 Level 9 Computing

Ultima 5: Warriors of Destiny

DOS19884.2/5 Origin Systems

Willow

DOS19883.9/5 Brian A. Rice

Wizardry 4: The Return of Werdna

DOS19883.6/5 Sir-tech Software

Wizardry 5: Heart of the Maelstrom

DOS19883.5/5 Sir-tech Software

Zork Quest: Assault on Egreth Castle

DOS19883.4/5 Tom Snyder Productions

Axe of Rage

DOS19894.1/5 Palace Software

Barbarian: The Ultimate Warrior

DOS19893.9/5 Psygnosis

Bloodwych

DOS19893.8/5

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.