The most popular fantasy games

Dwarves and elves, trolls and gnolls, dragons and wyverns, arcane magic, ancient deities, sword and sorcery! It's not just medieval, it's a soup of imagination and reality in equal parts, mixed in a bubbling cauldron, ready to be served in your favourite old tavern.

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Fantasy General

DOS1996protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.

Fantasy General is a hex-based turn-based strategy fantasy wargame. The player can duel either against a computer or a human opponent or even take part in a longer campaign. There are two sides to chose from, one good and one evil...

Companions of Xanth

DOS1993protected Legend Entertainment

The Black Cauldron

DOS1986freeware Sierra On-Line

Curse of Enchantia

DOS1992 Core Design

Curse of Enchantia is a point-and-click graphic adventure game that was released in 1992. It was developed by Core Design and initially published by Core Design in Europe and by Cyberdreams in North America.In Curse of Enchantia, ...

The Magic Candle

DOS1989 Mindcraft Software

The Magic Candle: Volume 1 is the first chapter of a series of fantasy old school RPGs. The Magic Candle was developed and released by Mindcraft Software in 1989 for DOS but was also published for Apple II and Commodore 64. The wh...

Wishbringer

DOS1985 Infocom

9 Princes in Amber

DOS1985 Telarium

Based on the cult fantasy novels by Roger Zelazny, 9 Princes in Amber is a 1985 text adventure that assumes two things: you’ve read the books, and you enjoy typing things like “look tree” and “use sword&rdq...

Al-Qadim: The Genie's Curse

DOS1994protected Cyberlore studios

In Al-Qadim: The Genie's Curse (1994), you’re not some grizzled barbarian or pointy-hatted wizard - no, you’re a noble corsair with charm, a sword, and a knack for getting into magical messes. This is Dungeons & Dr...

Simon the Sorcerer

DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac OS1993protected Adventure Soft

Simon the Sorcerer is adventure game designed by Simon Woodroffe, developed and published by Adventure Soft and released in 1993. Often overlooked, Simon The Sorcerer is one of the finest point & click adventure games ever des...

Barbarian: The Ultimate Warrior

DOS1989 Psygnosis

Ah, Barbarian: The Ultimate Warrior—the game where loincloths are tiny and sword swings are deadly. This 1989 fighter slashed its way onto DOS with decapitations, grunts, and enough low-res gore to make Conan blush. Forget f...

Aleshar World of Ice

DOS1997

Aleshar: World of Ice is what happens when someone says, “Let’s make an RPG, but crank the realism to 11.” Set in a cold, brutal land where your sword arm is only as strong as your calorie intake, this 1997 DOS c...

Zork Zero: The Revenge of Megaboz

DOS1989 Infocom

With Zork Zero, Infocom decided to throw everything into the cauldron: graphics, mouse support, and a jester who won’t shut up. A prequel to the original trilogy, it’s stuffed with puzzles, jokes, and deeply Zorkian no...

Menzoberranzan

DOS1994protected DreamForge Intertainment

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 Realm...

Quest for Glory 3: Wages of War

DOS1992protecteddemo Sierra On-Line

Quest for Glory III: Wages of War is an adventure/role-playing game developed and published by Sierra On-Line in 1992. The player takes on the role of the Hero, who has journeyed from the city of Shapeir to the savannahs and ...

The Guild of Thieves

DOS1987 Magnetic Scrolls

Spirit of Adventure

DOS1991 Attic Entertainment Software

Icewind Dale 2

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS2002protected Black Isle Studios

Mordor: The Depths of Dejenol

Windows 3.x1995protected

Mordor: The Depths of Dejenol is fantasy RPG game released in 1995 for Windows 3.x, but it runs flawlessy even Windows XP (see this faq if you want to play Mordor in a virtual machine). Mordor: The Depths of Dejenol is a mix ...

Amberstar

DOS1992 Thalion

Amberstar is a fantasy old school RPG very similar to Ultima 6 that uses a top-down view for interiors and small locations and a first person pseudo 3D view for everything else. Unfortunately, the sequel (called Ambermoon) was ava...

Ultima 9: Ascension

Windows XP/98/951999protected Origin Systems

Heroes of Might and Magic II

DOSWindows XP/98/951996protected New World Computing

Dark Designs 1: Grelminar's Staff

DOS1990 Softdisk Publishing

Dragon Strike

DOS1990protected Westwood Studios

Blood & Magic

DOS1996 Tachyon Studios

From the people who brought you Dungeons & Dragons, here's Blood & Magic (1996), the RTS that nobody remembers but definitely deserves a second glance. You summon golems from magical “blood forges” because appa...

Warlords 3: Reign of Heroes

Windows XP/98/951997 SSG Strategic Studies Group

Warlords 3: Reign of Heroes is an abandoned turn-based fantasy strategy game designed by Steve Fawkner, developed by SSG Strategic Studies Group and released by Red Orb Entertainment in 1997 for Windows. Warlords 3: Reign of Heroe...

Ardentryst

Windows 10/11Linux2009

Ardentryst is the indie platformer that tried really hard to be a Metroidvania and kinda pulled it off. With anime-style art, RPG elements, and two playable characters, it’s got ambition pouring out of its pixelated pores. T...

Super Mario Fusion: Revival

Windows 10/112011freewareremake

Super Mario Fusion: Revival is a freeware fan-made game project that aims to combine elements from various classic video games, primarily the Super Mario series and the Sonic the Hedgehog series, into a single game. It's esse...

IVAN (Iter Vehemens ad Necem)

DOSWindows 10/11LinuxMac OS2001freeware

An Elder Scrolls Legend: Battlespire

Windows XP/98/951997protected Bethesda Softworks

Battlespire is the weird, dark cousin of the Elder Scrolls family - the one who shows up late to the reunion with a sword and no pants. This first-person RPG strips out all the comfy open-world stuff and throws you into a linear, ...