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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An Elder Scrolls Legend: Battlespire

Windows XP/98/951997protected4/5 action RPG, dungeon crawl
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Neverwinter Nights

DOS1991protected4/5
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Escape from Hell

DOS19904/5
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Oubliette

DOS19833.3/5 dungeon crawl, roguelike
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Dragon Wars

DOS1990protected3.7/5 first-person party-based RPG
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Fairy Tale Adventure 2: Halls of the Dead

DOSWindows XP/98/9519973.8/5 action RPG
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Circuit's Edge

DOS19904.1/5 interactive fiction
Circuit's Edge is a cyberpunk-themed role-playing game developed by Westwood Associates and published by Infocom. It was released in 1990 for various platforms including DOS, Amiga, and Commodore 64.Set in a dystopian future, Circuit's Edge takes place in the fictional city of Rhoes Island, a dark and gritty urban landscape filled with crime, corru...
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Crystals of Arborea

DOS19904.2/5 first-person party-based RPG
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MegaTraveller 1: The Zhodani Conspiracy

DOS19903.9/5 top-down party-based RPG
MegaTraveller 1: The Zhodani Conspiracy is a science fiction role-playing game (RPG) released in 1990. The Zhodani Conspiracy is the first installment in the MegaTraveller series and was developed by Paragon Software.MegaTraveller 1 takes place in the Traveller universe's Third Imperium, a vast interstellar empire. The plot revolves around a c...
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Eye of the beholder 3: Assault on Myth Drannor

DOS1991protected3.9/5 first-person party-based RPG, dungeon crawl
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Buck Rogers: Matrix Cubed

DOS1992protected4/5
Buck Rogers: Matrix Cubed is a CRPG developed by SSI Strategic Simulations Inc. and released in 1992 for DOS only. Buck Rogers: Matrix Cubed is the sequel to Buck Rogers: Countdown to Doomsday and it's based on a campaign setting created by TSR in the late 80s. The game uses the Gold Box engine, common to much of the RPGs developed by SSI.
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Hexx: Heresy of the Wizard

DOS19944/5 dungeon crawl, first-person party-based RPG
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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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Sorcerian

DOS19904/5 JRPG, action RPG, metroidvania
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God of Thunder

DOSWindows XP/98/951993freeware4/5 action RPG, JRPG
God of Thunder is a classic computer game developed by Adept Software and released in 1993. It's a puzzle platformer with a fantasy theme. In the game, you control Thor, the Norse god of thunder, on a quest to save Midgard (Earth) from the evil god Loki and his minions.The gameplay involves navigating through various levels filled with obstacles, e...
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The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind

Windows XP/98/952002protected4.1/5 action RPG, sandbox RPG
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind is a critically acclaimed open-world action role-playing video game developed by Bethesda Game Studios. It was released in 2002 and is the third installment in the Elder Scrolls series. The game is set in the fantasy world of Tamriel, on the island of Vvardenfell in the province of Morrowind.The game offers a vast a...
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The Dark Heart of Uukrul

DOS19893.9/5 top-down party-based RPG
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Worlds of Ultima: The Savage Empire

DOS1990freeware4/5 top-down party-based RPG
After the success of Ultima 6: The False Prophet, Origin decided to "create worlds" not part of the popular Ultima series (strictly speaking) using the same engine of Ultima 6. They came up with two games: The Savage Empire and Martian Dreams. The Savage Empire is set in a stone age-like world and features prehistoric tribes, dinosaurs, insectoid a...
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Ishar: Legend of the Fortress

DOS1992protected3.8/5 first-person party-based RPG
Ishar: Legend of the Fortress is a first-person grid-based RPG developed by Silmarils and released in 1992 for DOS, Amiga and Atari ST. Ishar: Legend of the Fortress is the second game, part of the Ishar game series (the first being Crystals of Arborea). Ishar is a classic RPG like Wizardry or Might & Magic and it plays the same way, but the en...
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Ultima 8: The Lost Vale

DOS1994canceled3.8/5 action RPG
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Blades of Exile

Windows 3.xMacWindows XP/98/951997freeware4.1/5 top-down party-based RPG
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Wizardry 6: Bane of the Cosmic Forge

DOSLinuxMac1990protected4.1/5 dungeon crawl, first-person party-based RPG
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Might and Magic 3: Isles of Terra

DOS1991protected4/5 first-person party-based RPG
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UnReal World v. 3.20

Windows XP/98/95Mac1992freeware4.1/5 roguelike
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Planet's Edge

DOS1991protected4/5 top-down party-based RPG
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Legend of the Silver Talisman

DOS1996freeware3.9/5 dungeon crawl
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Keys to Maramon

DOS19903.9/5 top-down party-based RPG
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Cosmic Soldier: Psychic War

DOS19893.9/5 dungeon crawl, JRPG
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Ys: The Vanished Omens

DOS19894.1/5 JRPG, action RPG
Ys: The Vanished Omens (also known as The Ancient Land of Ys) is an abandoned top-down open-world action RPG designed by Masaya Hashimoto, developed by Nihon Falcom and released by Kyodai Software Marketing for DOS in 1989. Ys: The Vanished Omens was published (earlier) for quite a few other home computers and console.
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The Magic Candle 2: The Four and Forty

DOS19913.8/5 sandbox RPG, top-down party-based RPG