The best 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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HeroQuest
DOSMac OS19913.9/5 dungeon crawl, board game
HeroQuest is a classic video game adaptation of the popular board game HeroQuest, released in 1991 by Gremlin Interactive. HeroQuest faithfully recreates the turn-based, dungeon-crawling, and role-playing gameplay of the board game. Players take on the roles of different heroes, including a barbarian, dwarf, elf, and wizard, as they explo...
Icewind Dale
Windows XP/98/95Mac OS2000protected3.9/5
The Dark Heart of Uukrul
DOS19893.9/5 top-down party-based RPG
Shadowlands
DOS19923.9/5
Shadowlands is a video game released in 1992 for MS-DOS and Amiga platforms. Developed by Teque London Ltd and published by Domark, it's an isometric action-adventure RPG with puzzle-solving elements.In Shadowlands , players control a party of characters navigating through a dark and mysterious realm known as the Shadowlands. The goal is to ex...
Cosmic Soldier: Psychic War
DOS19893.9/5 dungeon crawl, JRPG
Azalta: Cult of the Raven
DOS19963.9/5 top-down party-based RPG
The Temple of Elemental Evil
Windows XP/98/95Mac OS2003protected3.9/5 top-down party-based RPG
Ultimuh MCMLXVII: Part 2 of the 39th Trilogy
DOS19933.9/5 action RPG
Wasteland
DOS1988protected3.9/5 top-down party-based RPG
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...
Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord
DOS19813.9/5 dungeon crawl, first-person party-based RPG
Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord is a role-playing video game that was first released in 1981. It's one of the pioneering titles in the dungeon-crawling genre and one of the first computer role-playing games (CRPGs).Developed by Andrew C. Greenberg and Robert Woodhead, and published by Sir-Tech, Wizardry was initially released for the ...
Keys to Maramon
DOS19903.9/5 top-down party-based RPG
Captive
DOS19923.9/5 dungeon crawl, first-person party-based RPG
Eye of the beholder 3: Assault on Myth Drannor
DOS1991protected3.9/5 first-person party-based RPG, dungeon crawl
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...
Adventure Construction Set
DOS19873.9/5
Adventure Construction Set is an abandoned application developed by Stuart Smith and published for DOS, Amiga, Apple II and Commodore 64 by Electronic Arts in 1987. As the name suggests, ACS is a game-building system (we're talking about adventure RPGs) that lets you edit maps, items, creatures, etc. Included with ACS is a complete game called...
Blues Brothers RPG
Windows XP/98/952004freeware3.9/5 JRPG
Exile II: Crystal Souls
Windows XP/98/95Mac OSWindows 3.x1996freeware3.9/5 top-down party-based RPG
Legend of the Silver Talisman
DOS1996freeware3.9/5 dungeon crawl
Ishar: Legend of the Fortress
DOS1992protected3.9/5 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...
Moraff's Dungeon of the Unforgiven
DOS19933.9/5 dungeon crawl
Warp Rogue
WindowsLinux2004freeware3.9/5 roguelike
Daemonsgate
Windows XP/98/95DOSLinuxMac OS1993protected3.9/5 sandbox RPG
Yendorian Tales: The Tyrants of Thaine
DOS19973.9/5 first-person party-based RPG
Icewind Dale 2
Windows XP/98/95Mac OS2002protected3.9/5
Larn
DOS1986freeware3.9/5 dungeon crawl, roguelike
Ancient Domains of Mystery (ADOM) v1.1
Windows XP/98/95DOSLinux1996freeware3.9/5 dungeon crawl, roguelike
Disciples of Steel
DOS19943.9/5 top-down party-based RPG
Exile III: Ruined World
Windows XP/98/95Mac OSWindows 3.x1997freeware3.9/5 top-down party-based RPG
Mission: Mainframe
DOS19873.9/5 board game