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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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Death Knights of Krynn

DOS1991protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Ah, Death Knights of Krynn—a 1991 RPG where you fight hordes of undead in the Dragonlance universe. SSI’s Gold Box series wasn’t known for holding your hand, and ...
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Yendorian Tales: The Tyrants of Thaine

DOS1997 SW Games
In The Tyrants of Thaine, the graphics get a modest upgrade, but the soul remains pure: this is RPG comfort food. You’re once again cast as the world's most overworked advent...
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Ruins of Cawdor

DOS1995 Ybarra Productions
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Yendorian Tales: Book I - Chapter 2

DOS1996 SW Games
Despite the baffling title (Book I – Chapter 2, yes, really), this is a charmingly earnest old-school RPG. Think “Ultima clone with extra oatmeal” and you're clos...
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Return to Krondor

Windows XP/98/951998protected 7th Level
If you liked Betrayal at Krondor, Return to Krondor is that younger cousin who tries real hard to live up to the family name. It's got 3D graphics (for 1998), turn-based combat, an...
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Scavengers of the Mutant World

DOS1988 Interstel Corporation
Scavengers of the Mutant World (1988) takes you to a post-apocalyptic wasteland where radiation has turned most life forms into something between a potato and a death machine. Your...
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Dragonflight

DOS1991 Thalion
Dragonflight (1991) was a German RPG that dared to think big—party-based adventuring, sprawling maps, and a proper fantasy plot. It played like a love letter to Ultima with i...
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Ishar 2: Messengers of Doom

DOS1994protecteddemo Silmarils
Ishar 2 (1994, DOS) picks up where the first game left off, and then throws in more ways to punish careless adventurers. It’s a first-person RPG where managing your party isn...
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Realms of Arkania 3: Shadows Over Riva

DOS1996protected Attic Entertainment Software
Shadows Over Riva caps the trilogy with a confident stride. The graphics receive a welcome upgrade, the atmosphere takes a darker turn, and the narrative leans heavily into detecti...
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Challenge of the Five Realms

DOS1992protected MicroProse Software
Fancy saving a kingdom from impending doom in exactly 100 in-game days? Challenge of the Five Realms (1992) offers just that, blending RPG exploration with a looming deadline and s...
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Forgotten Realms: Unlimited Adventures

DOSMac OS1993protected MicroMagic
After publishing a plethora of Gold Box titles, SSI decided to release a fantasy RPG based on the Forgotten Realms scenarios of Dungeons & Dragons where the player could create...
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Heroes of the Lance

DOS1989protected U.S. Gold
Heroes of the Lance takes the beloved fantasy setting and turns it into a side-scrolling adventure that is as ambitious as it is occasionally frustrating. Controlling a party of he...
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Demon's Winter

DOS1989protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
In this 1989 DOS game, you survive in a post-apocalyptic world where demons have taken over. Scavenge for resources, fight off demonic creatures, and try to rebuild civilization. I...
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Planet's Edge

DOS1991protected New World Computing
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Superhero League of Hoboken

DOSWindows XP/98/95LinuxMac OS1994protected Legend Entertainment
Superhero League of Hoboken is a humorous role-playing game (RPG) released in 1994, developed by Legend Entertainment. It's a quirky mix of a traditional RPG and an adventure game,...
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Oubliette

DOS1983
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Le Maitre Des Ames

DOS1987 UBI Soft
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Dungeons of Kairn

DOS1989
If Dungeons of Kairn were a person, it’d be that quiet D&D player who never smiles and always plays lawful evil. Released in 1989, this obscure DOS crawler delivers all t...
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Wizardry 6: Bane of the Cosmic Forge

DOSLinuxMac OS1990protected Sir-tech Software
Wizardry VI: Bane of the Cosmic Forge is a role-playing game (RPG) developed by Sir-Tech and released in 1990. It's the sixth installment in the long-running "Wizardry" series.&nbs...
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The Temple of Elemental Evil

Windows XP/98/952003protected Troika Games
The Temple of Elemental Evil is a computer role-playing game (CRPG) released in 2003 by Troika Games and published by Atari. The game is set in the World of Greyhawk, one of D...
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Where Time Stood Still

DOS1987protected Denton Designs
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Dragons of Flame

DOS1989protected U.S. Gold
Dragons of Flame (1989) was SSI’s continuation of the Dragonlance saga, following up on Heroes of the Lance. Like its predecessor, it was a side-scrolling action RPG that tes...
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Don't Go Alone

DOS1989 Sterling Silver Software
Don't Go Alone is the kind of title that doesn’t need a warning label—it’s the warning label. This horror-themed dungeon crawler from 1989 drops you into a world ...
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Dark Designs 1: Grelminar's Staff

DOS1990 Softdisk Publishing
In Dark Designs 1: Grelminar’s Staff, you’re thrust into a classic fantasy dungeon crawler with an emphasis on text-driven menus and turn-based combat. It’s like ...
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Shadoworlds

DOS1993protected Teque
Shadoworlds (1993, DOS) blends sci-fi corridors with fantasy ambitions, creating a curious hybrid that feels both familiar and slightly off-kilter. You assemble a squad to tackle m...