Abandonware DOS title

The most popular abandonware rpg games

In a Role-Playing Game (RPG), players control one or more characters in a fictional world, be it fantasy-oriented, contemporary, sci-fi, etc. RPGs follow up on traditional tabletop role-playing games features, including narrative threads full of obstacles and enigmas, character development, combat systems, or complex inventories.
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Divine Divinity

WindowsMac OS2002protected4.3/5 sandbox RPG, action RPG
Divine Divinity is a role-playing game (RPG) developed by Larian Studios and released in 2002. It's the first game in the Divinity series, which has since expanded with several sequels and spin-offs. The game is set in a fantasy world called Rivellon, which is threatened by the rise of an evil force known as the Black Ring. Players take on the role...
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Prophecy of the Shadow

DOS1992protected4.1/5
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Menzoberranzan

DOS1994protected4/5 first-person party-based RPG
Menzoberranzan is a old DOS fantasy first person perspective RPG developed by DreamForge Intertainment in 1994 from an original idea by John McGirk. Menzoberranzan setting is based on the Dungeons & Dragons Forgotten Realms campaing setting. Menzoberranzan gameplay is party-based and class-based.
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Ragnarok

DOS1993freeware4.1/5 roguelike
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Neverwinter Nights

DOS1991protected4/5
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Wizardry 2: The knight of diamonds

DOS19823.8/5 dungeon crawl, first-person party-based RPG
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Telengard

DOS1985freeware3.4/5 dungeon crawl
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Hired Guns

DOS19934.1/5 first-person party-based RPG
Hired Guns is an abandoned game developed by DMA Design and published by Psygnosis in 1993 for DOS and Amiga platforms. Hired Guns is a sci-fi RPG in which you control four mercenaries in four individual simultaneous first person sub-screens tasked with destroying all the bad guys from a single planet.
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Champions of Krynn

DOS1990protected4.1/5
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Hack

DOS1984freeware3.8/5 dungeon crawl, roguelike
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Treasures of the Savage Frontier

DOS1992protected4.1/5
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Sorcerian

DOS19904/5 JRPG, action RPG, metroidvania
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Cavequest

DOS19853.3/5
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Drakkhen

DOS19893.8/5
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Space Rogue

DOS19894/5 space simulation, sandbox RPG
Space Rogue is a science fiction RPG developed by Richard Garriott's Origin and desined by Paul Neurath. Space Rogue combines a 3D space simulation with a top down view RPG gameplay. As a space pilot you can hunt bounties, buy and sell goods, land on starbases or outposts and talk to NPCs, do quests, etc.
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Curse of the Azure Bonds

DOS1989protected3.9/5
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AlphaMan

DOS19953.6/5 roguelike
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Crystals of Arborea

DOS19904.2/5 first-person party-based RPG
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The Aethra Chronicles

DOS19943.9/5 top-down party-based RPG
The Aethra Chronicles is not a well know fantasy RPG, but it deserves some praise. It was developed by only one person (Micheal Lawrence) and, as the title implies, was intended to be the first volume of a saga. Unfortunately, volume two and three were never made. For a shareware game, Aethra was pretty solid and is still loved by the ones who play...
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Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS2000protected4.3/5 action RPG
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Realms of Arkania 3: Shadows Over Riva

DOS1996protected4/5 first-person party-based RPG, sandbox RPG
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Ancients 1: Deathwatch

DOS19913.8/5 first-person party-based RPG
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Pools of Darkness

DOSMac OS1991protected4.2/5
Pools of Darkness is a computer role-playing game (CRPG) developed and published by Strategic Simulations, Inc. (SSI). It is the fourth entry in the "Gold Box" series of Dungeons & Dragons games, which are based on the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (AD&D) ruleset. The game was released in 1991 for MS-DOS and later ported to other platform...
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Fountain of Dreams

DOS19904.1/5 top-down party-based RPG
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Entomorph: Plague Of The Darkfall

Windows XP/98/95Windows 3.xMac OS1995protected3.9/5 action RPG
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Phantasie 1

DOS1987protected3.8/5 top-down party-based RPG
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Ardentryst

WindowsLinux20094.1/5 JRPG, platform
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Wizardry 4: The Return of Werdna

DOS19883.6/5 dungeon crawl, first-person party-based RPG
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Might and Magic 4: Clouds of Xeen

DOS1992protecteddemo3.8/5 first-person party-based RPG
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 ...
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Spirit of Adventure

DOS19914/5 first-person party-based RPG