Abandonware DOS title

The best abandonware PC games of all time

Retro gamers like myself are convinced that the best PC games ever published were developed in a golden age of PC gaming, a long time ago, during the 80s and the 90s. I collected quite a few of those PC games and I own a small big box PC game collection. Some of you may remember most of these titles, a few of you probably remember all of them and played every single "abandoned" Windows and DOS game that made it into the chart.

Actually, some of the games listed below are not abanoned at all and you can buy them on GOG or Steam, but they definitely deserve to be included anyway.

I'm aware that every "best games" chart is far from perfect, there's always a couple of games that you think are missing. That's why this abandonware games list is exclusively based on votes cast by users.

The best games of the month: April 2024

These are the top games according to the user votes of the current month only.

# game title status rating
01 Sid Meier's SimGolf (2002)
4.43
/ 5
02 True Love (1995)
4.33
/ 5
03 Mega Man X4 (1998)
4.29
/ 5
04 Dune 2000 (1998)
4.20
/ 5
05 Virtua Cop 2 (1997)
4.13
/ 5

The best old PC games

These are the top games according to user votes given since the birth of Abandonware DOS.

# game title status rating
01 The Secret of Monkey Island (1990)
4.32
/ 5
02 Street Fighter 2 (1992)
4.32
/ 5
03 Ultima 7 Part 1: The Black Gate (1992)
4.32
/ 5
04 Tetris Classic (1992)
4.32
/ 5
05 Micro Machines (1994)
4.30
/ 5
06 Jagged Alliance 2 (1999)
4.30
/ 5
07 X-COM: Ufo Defense (1994)
4.30
/ 5
08 Driller (1987)
4.29
/ 5
09 Master of Orion 2: Battle at Antares (1996)
4.29
/ 5
10 Pipe Dream (1989)
4.29
/ 5
11 Alley Cat (1984)
4.29
/ 5
12 Chuck Yeager's Air Combat (1991)
4.29
/ 5
13 Mortal Kombat (1993)
4.29
/ 5
14 Skate or Die (1988)
4.29
/ 5
15 Warlords 3: Reign of Heroes (1997)
4.29
/ 5
16 Whiplash (1995)
4.29
/ 5
17 King's Quest 1: Quest for the Crown (1984)
4.29
/ 5
18 Lemmings 2: The Tribes (1993)
4.28
/ 5
19 The Incredible Machine 2 (1994)
4.28
/ 5
20 Volfied (1991)
4.28
/ 5
21 Doom 2: Hell on Earth (1994)
4.28
/ 5
22 Leisure Suit Larry 1: In the Land of the Lounge Lizards (1987)
4.28
/ 5
23 Empire Earth (2001)
4.28
/ 5
24 Bio Menace Episode 3: Master Cain (1993)
4.27
/ 5
25 Panza Kick Boxing (1990)
4.27
/ 5
26 Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge (1991)
4.27
/ 5
27 Super Street Fighter 2 (1996)
4.27
/ 5
28 ATAC: The Secret War Against Drugs (1992)
4.27
/ 5
29 Heretic (1994)
4.27
/ 5
30 Stunt Island (1992)
4.27
/ 5
31 Bio Menace Episode 2: The Hidden Lab (1993)
4.27
/ 5
32 Operation Wolf (1989)
4.27
/ 5
33 Alien Syndrome (1989)
4.27
/ 5
34 Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe (1991)
4.27
/ 5
35 Links 386 Pro (1992)
4.27
/ 5
36 Space Hulk (1993)
4.27
/ 5
37 Lode Runner (1983)
4.27
/ 5
38 F-15 Strike Eagle III (1992)
4.27
/ 5
39 Age of Empires 2: The Age of Kings (1999)
4.26
/ 5
40 Das Boot: German U-Boat Simulation (1990)
4.26
/ 5
41 Fleet Defender (1994)
4.26
/ 5
42 Zork II: The Wizard of Frobozz (1983)
4.26
/ 5
43 Cisco Heat (1991)
4.26
/ 5
44 Eye of the Beholder 2: The Legend of Darkmoon (1991)
4.26
/ 5
45 Screamer (1995)
4.26
/ 5
46 Battlehawks 1942 (1988)
4.26
/ 5
47 Digger (1983)
4.25
/ 5
48 Jetfighter 2: Advanced Tactical Fighter (1990)
4.25
/ 5
49 Grand Prix 2 (1995)
4.25
/ 5
50 Space Quest 1: The Sarien Encounter (1986)
4.25
/ 5
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