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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Disciples of Steel
DOS1994 top-down party-based RPG
Mordor: The Depths of Dejenol
Windows 3.x1995protected dungeon crawl, first-person party-based RPG
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 ...
Scavengers of the Mutant World
DOS1988 top-down party-based RPG
HeroQuest
DOSMac OS1991 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...
Wasteland
DOS1988protected top-down party-based RPG
Shadowlands
DOS1992
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 ...
Icewind Dale 2
Windows XP/98/95Mac OS2002protected
Adventure Construction Set
DOS1987
Long before Minecraft let us build worlds, Adventure Construction Set handed you a digital Lego box and said, “Go nuts.” Want to make a dungeon full of orcs and ham sandwiches? Sure. A sci-fi epic with talking robots a...
Moria
DOS1992freeware dungeon crawl, roguelike
Ultimuh MCMLXVII: Part 2 of the 39th Trilogy
DOS1993 action RPG
The Aethra Chronicles
DOS1994 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, vol...
Curse of the Azure Bonds
DOS1989protected
Mad Paradox
DOS1994NSFW JRPG
Beneath Apple Manor
DOS1983freeware roguelike, dungeon crawl
Beneath Apple Manor is a pioneering game in the roguelike genre, originally developed and released in 1978 by Don Worth for the Apple II and later re-released for DOS as a "Special Edition". It's one of the earliest known role-pla...
Spirit of Adventure
DOS1991 first-person party-based RPG
Dark Designs 1: Grelminar's Staff
DOS1990 dungeon crawl, first-person party-based RPG
MegaTraveller 1: The Zhodani Conspiracy
DOS1990 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.MegaTrav...
DarkSpyre
DOS1990 dungeon crawl, action RPG
Warp Rogue
Windows 10/11Linux2004freeware roguelike
Eye of the beholder 3: Assault on Myth Drannor
DOS1991protected first-person party-based RPG, dungeon crawl
Autoduel
DOS1985 board game, vehicular combat, action RPG
What do you get when you mix Mad Max, Car Wars, and a fondness for vehicular homicide? You get Autoduel (1985, DOS), a top-down driving RPG where your car is your castle and your guns are your diplomatic policy. Part racing game, ...
Shadow of Yserbius
DOS1993 dungeon crawl
Entomorph: Plague Of The Darkfall
Windows XP/98/95Windows 3.xMac OS1995protected action RPG
Legend of the Silver Talisman
DOS1996freeware dungeon crawl
Moraff's Dungeon of the Unforgiven
DOS1993 dungeon crawl
Spirit of Excalibur
DOS1990 action RPG
Wizardry 3: Legacy of Llylgamyn
DOS1983 dungeon crawl, first-person party-based RPG
Wizardry III: Legacy of Llylgamyn is a classic role-playing video game developed by Sir-Tech and released in 1983. It is the third installment in the Wizardry series. Originally released for the Apple II, it was later ported ...
Cosmic Soldier: Psychic War
DOS1989 dungeon crawl, JRPG
Ultima 8: The Lost Vale
DOS1994canceled action RPG
Ishar: Legend of the Fortress
DOS1992protected 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 bei...