The best 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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Wizardry 3: Legacy of Llylgamyn
DOS19833.8/5 Sir-tech Software
Wizardry III: Legacy of Llylgamyn is a classic role-playing video game developed by Sir-Tech and released in 1983. It is the third installment in the Wizardry series. Originally released for the Apple II, it was later ported to other platforms, including the Commodore 64, IBM PC, and various Japanese computers. The game is set in the fant...
Fairy Tale Adventure 2: Halls of the Dead
DOSWindows XP/98/9519973.8/5 The Dreamers Guild
The Magic Candle 2: The Four and Forty
DOS19913.8/5 Mindcraft Software
Demon's Winter
DOS1989protected3.8/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Ancients 1: Deathwatch
DOS19913.8/5 Farr-Ware Software
Ishar 3: The Seven Gates of Infinity
DOS1994protected3.8/5 Silmarils
Challenge of the Five Realms
DOS1992protected3.8/5 MicroProse Software
Exile III: Ruined World
Windows XP/98/95Mac OSWindows 3.x1997freeware3.8/5 Spiderweb Software
Might and Magic 4: Clouds of Xeen
DOS1992protecteddemo3.8/5 New World Computing
Might and Magic IV: Clouds of Xeen is a role-playing video game developed and published by New World Computing in 1992. It's part of the long-running Might and Magic series. In Clouds of Xeen, players explore the world of Xeen, which is composed of four elemental realms: air, earth, fire, and water. The game features a first-person perspective and ...
Ruins of Cawdor
DOS19953.8/5 Ybarra Productions
Baldur's Gate III: The Black Hound
Windows 10/112003canceled3.7/5 Black Isle Studios
Baldur's Gate III: The Black Hound was an unreleased role-playing video game that was intended to be the sequel to the critically acclaimed Baldur's Gate series. It was initially announced by Black Isle Studios, a division of Interplay Entertainment, back in 2002. The Black Hound was being developed using the Infinity Engine, the same engine used i...
Hard Nova
DOS19903.7/5 Malibu Interactive
Hard Nova is a sci-fi role-playing game (RPG) developed by Malibu Interactive and published by Electronic Arts. Released in 1990, it is available on platforms such as the DOS, Amiga, Atari ST. Hard Nova is set in a distant future where players navigate through various star systems. The player takes on the role of a mercenary leader in charge of a s...
Dragon Wars
DOS1990protected3.7/5 Interplay Productions
MegaTraveller 2: Quest for the Ancients
DOS19913.7/5 Paragon Software
MegaTraveller 2: Quest for the Ancients is the sequel to MegaTraveller 1: The Zhodani Conspiracy. It is a science fiction role-playing game (RPG) released in 1991, developed by Paragon Software. Like its predecessor, MegaTraveller 2 is set in the expansive Traveller universe.In MegaTraveller 2, players continue their journey in the Third Imperium, ...
Mines of Titan
DOS19893.7/5 Westwood Studios
Mines of Titan (also known as Mars Saga for other platforms) is an abandoned single-player RPG with a sci-fi setting (you're going to Mars!). Mines of Titan was developed by Westwood Studios and released by Infocom in 1989 for DOS, Apple II and Commodore 64.
Ravenloft: Strahd's Possession
DOS1994protected3.6/5 DreamForge Intertainment
Ravenloft: Strahd's Possession is a computer role-playing game (CRPG) released in 1994. It is set in the Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting of Ravenloft, which is known for its gothic horror themes. The game was developed by DreamForge Intertainment and published by Strategic Simulations, Inc. (SSI).The gameplay is based on the Advanced Dungeo...
Dragonflight
DOS19913.6/5 Thalion
Le Maitre Des Ames
DOS19873.6/5 UBI Soft
Space 1889
DOS19903.6/5 Paragon Software
Space 1889 is an abandoned top down RPG developed by Paragon Software and released in 1990 for DOS, Atari ST and Amiga. Space 1889 setting is classic science fiction, but is set in the Victorian. It's worth noting that Space 1889 is loosely based on the tabletop game of the same name.
Dungeons of Kairn
DOS19893.6/5
Wizardry 4: The Return of Werdna
DOS19883.6/5 Sir-tech Software
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...
Wizardry 5: Heart of the Maelstrom
DOS19883.5/5 Sir-tech Software
Oubliette
DOS19833.3/5
Ravenloft: Stone Prophet
DOS1995protected3.2/5 DreamForge Intertainment
Ravenloft: Stone Prophet is a fantasy RPG set in the egyptian Ravenloft campaign that uses the Advanced Dungeons & Dragon ruleset. It's the sequel to Ravenloft: Strahd's Possession and uses the same first person real-time 3d engine. Stone Prophet was developed by DreamForge Entertainment and published by SSI in 1995.