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: March 2024

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

# game title status rating
01 Spider-Man 2: The Game (2004)
4.80
/ 5
02 Command & Conquer (1995)
4.71
/ 5
03 Police Quest 1: In Pursuit of the Death Angel (1987)
4.60
/ 5
04 Soko-Ban (1984)
4.40
/ 5
05 Mega Man (1990)
4.40
/ 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 Battle Arena Toshinden (1996)
4.33
/ 5
02 Street Fighter 2 (1992)
4.32
/ 5
03 The Secret of Monkey Island (1990)
4.32
/ 5
04 Jagged Alliance 2 (1999)
4.32
/ 5
05 Ultima 7 Part 1: The Black Gate (1992)
4.32
/ 5
06 The Incredible Machine 2 (1994)
4.32
/ 5
07 Tetris Classic (1992)
4.32
/ 5
08 X-COM: Ufo Defense (1994)
4.30
/ 5
09 Whiplash (1995)
4.30
/ 5
10 Master of Orion 2: Battle at Antares (1996)
4.30
/ 5
11 Pipe Dream (1989)
4.29
/ 5
12 Micro Machines (1994)
4.29
/ 5
13 Skate or Die (1988)
4.29
/ 5
14 Alley Cat (1984)
4.29
/ 5
15 Lemmings 2: The Tribes (1993)
4.28
/ 5
16 Volfied (1991)
4.28
/ 5
17 Doom 2: Hell on Earth (1994)
4.28
/ 5
18 Mortal Kombat (1993)
4.28
/ 5
19 Alien Syndrome (1989)
4.28
/ 5
20 Chuck Yeager's Air Combat (1991)
4.28
/ 5
21 Leisure Suit Larry 1: In the Land of the Lounge Lizards (1987)
4.28
/ 5
22 Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe (1991)
4.28
/ 5
23 Warlords 3: Reign of Heroes (1997)
4.28
/ 5
24 Empire Earth (2001)
4.28
/ 5
25 Space Hulk (1993)
4.27
/ 5
26 Driller (1987)
4.27
/ 5
27 Panza Kick Boxing (1990)
4.27
/ 5
28 Super Street Fighter 2 (1996)
4.27
/ 5
29 Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge (1991)
4.27
/ 5
30 Hero's Quest: So you want to be a hero (1989)
4.27
/ 5
31 Heretic (1994)
4.27
/ 5
32 King's Quest 1: Quest for the Crown (1984)
4.27
/ 5
33 Operation Wolf (1989)
4.27
/ 5
34 Capitalism 2 (2001)
4.27
/ 5
35 Links 386 Pro (1992)
4.27
/ 5
36 NHL 96 (1995)
4.27
/ 5
37 Star Wars: Dark Forces (1995)
4.27
/ 5
38 Lode Runner (1983)
4.27
/ 5
39 Lotus: The ultimate challenge (1993)
4.27
/ 5
40 Broken Sword 2: The Smoking Mirror (1997)
4.26
/ 5
41 Police Quest 1: In Pursuit of the Death Angel (1987)
4.26
/ 5
42 Age of Empires 2: The Age of Kings (1999)
4.26
/ 5
43 Gobliiins (1991)
4.26
/ 5
44 Chip's Challenge (1991)
4.26
/ 5
45 The Elder Scrolls 2: Daggerfall (1996)
4.26
/ 5
46 Zork II: The Wizard of Frobozz (1983)
4.26
/ 5
47 Eye of the Beholder 2: The Legend of Darkmoon (1991)
4.26
/ 5
48 Cisco Heat (1991)
4.26
/ 5
49 Screamer (1995)
4.26
/ 5
50 F-22 Lightning 2 (1996)
4.25
/ 5