The most popular 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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Dungeon Master

DOS19924.2/5 FTL

Dungeon Master, released in 1987 by FTL for Atari ST and later for Amiga and DOS, is a classic dungeon-crawling role-playing game (RPG) that holds a special place in the hearts of many nostalgic gamers. Dungeon Master is considered the father of first-person, 3D, grid-based dungeon crawlers.

Wizardry 6: Bane of the Cosmic Forge

DOSLinuxMac OS1990protected4.1/5 Sir-tech Software

Gateway to the Savage Frontier

DOS1991protected4.1/5 Stormfront Studios

Dragonflight

DOS19913.6/5 Thalion

Fairy Tale Adventure 2: Halls of the Dead

DOSWindows XP/98/9519973.8/5 The Dreamers Guild

Realms of Arkania 3: Shadows Over Riva

DOS1996protected4/5 Attic Entertainment Software

The Magic Candle

DOS19894/5 Mindcraft Software

The Magic Candle: Volume 1 is the first chapter of a series of fantasy old school RPGs. The Magic Candle was developed and released by Mindcraft Software in 1989 for DOS but was also published for Apple II and Commodore 64. The whole Magic Candle series is very similar to some of the early Ultima games in every aspect: turn-based combat, top-down v...

Scavengers of the Mutant World

DOS19883.9/5 Interstel Corporation

Exile: Escape from the Pit

Windows XP/98/95Mac OSWindows 3.x1995freeware3.9/5 Spiderweb Software

The Magic Candle 3

DOS19923.9/5 Mindcraft Software

Jagged Alliance: Deadly Games

DOS1996protected4.2/5 Sir-tech Software

Jagged Alliance

DOS1994protected4.3/5 Sir-tech Software

Return to Krondor

Windows XP/98/951998protected3.9/5 7th Level

Ancients 1: Deathwatch

DOS19913.8/5 Farr-Ware Software

Pool of Radiance

DOSMac OS1988protected4.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.

Eye of the beholder 3: Assault on Myth Drannor

DOS1991protected3.9/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.

Wizardry 5: Heart of the Maelstrom

DOS19883.5/5 Sir-tech Software

Worlds of Legend: Son of the Empire

DOS19934.1/5

Planet's Edge

DOS1991protected4/5 New World Computing

Oubliette

DOS19833.3/5

X-Men 2: The Fall of the Mutants

DOS19914.2/5 Paragon Software

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 ...

Phantasie 1

DOS1987protected3.8/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.

Ishar 2: Messengers of Doom

DOS1994protecteddemo3.5/5 Silmarils

Ishar 2: Messengers of Doom is a role-playing video game developed and published by Silmarils, released in 1993. It is the sequel to Crystals of Arborea and the second installment in the Ishar series. Set in the fantasy world of Kendoria, the game follows the adventures of a group of adventurers as they journey across the land to defeat the evil so...