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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Dark Queen of Krynn

DOS1992protected4.1/5
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Deus Ex

DOSMac OS2000protecteddemo4.1/5 first-person shooter, action RPG
Deus Ex is a critically acclaimed action role-playing video game developed by Ion Storm and published by Eidos Interactive. It was released in 2000 and was designed by Warren Spector, combining elements of first-person shooters, stealth games, and role-playing games. The game is set in a dystopian future where society is fraught with conspiracy the...
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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...
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Dragon Wars

DOS1990protected3.7/5 first-person party-based RPG
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TomeNET

Windows XP/98/95LinuxMac OS2001freeware4.4/5 roguelike, dungeon crawl
TomeNET (Troubles of Middle Earth, Net) is an online, multiplayer rogue-like game set in the world of J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-Earth. It’s a persistent-world game inspired by Angband, a single-player dungeon-crawler based on Tolkien lore. You can play as familiar fantasy races like Elves, Dwarves, Humans, or Hobbits, as well as more obscu...
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ZAngband

Windows 10/11Mac OSDOSLinux1999freeware4.3/5 dungeon crawl, roguelike
Zangband is a variant of the popular roguelike game Angband. Zangband, short for Zelazny Angband, was developed by Chris Weisiger and first released in 1994. The game features a fantasy world with diverse races, classes, and monsters. Players explore dungeons, caves, and other environments in a quest to reach the bottom level of the dungeon, d...
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Dark Sun 2: Wake of the Ravager

DOS1994protected4/5 top-down party-based RPG
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Phantasie 3: The Wrath of Nikademus

DOS19874.1/5 top-down party-based RPG
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Wizardry 5: Heart of the Maelstrom

DOS19883.5/5 dungeon crawl, first-person party-based RPG
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Decker

Windows 10/112002freeware3.6/5 roguelike, turn-based tactics
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Entomorph: Plague Of The Darkfall

Windows XP/98/95Windows 3.xMac OS1995protected3.9/5 action RPG
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Amulet of Yendor

DOS19853.6/5 roguelike
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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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Larn

DOS1986freeware3.9/5 dungeon crawl, roguelike
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Exile III: Ruined World

Windows XP/98/95Mac OSWindows 3.x1997freeware3.8/5 top-down party-based RPG
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Vengeance of Excalibur

DOS19914/5 action RPG
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ShadowCaster

DOS19934.1/5 action RPG
Shadowcaster is a first-person action role-playing game developed by Raven Software and published by Origin Systems. It was released in 1993 for MS-DOS computers.In Shadowcaster, players assume the role of Kirt, a young man who discovers that he is the last of the Shadowcasters, a powerful group of shapeshifters with the ability to transform into d...
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Questron 2

DOS1988protected3.8/5
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Ultima Underworld 2: Labyrinth of Worlds

DOS1993protected4.1/5 action RPG
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Blades of Exile

Windows 3.xMac OSWindows XP/98/951997freeware4/5 top-down party-based RPG
Blades of Exile is a classic role-playing video game developed by Spiderweb Software. It's the third installment in the "Exile" series. The game was released in 1997 for Mac OS, and later for Windows in 1998.In Blades of Exile, players control a party of adventurers who explore the underground world of Exile/Avernum, a vast network of caves and dun...
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Hard Nova

DOS19903.7/5 top-down party-based RPG
Hard Nova is a sci-fi role-playing game (RPG) developed by Malibu Interactive and published by Electronic Arts. Released in 1990, it is available on platforms such as the DOS, Amiga, Atari ST. Hard Nova is set in a distant future where players navigate through various star systems. The player takes on the role of a mercenary leader in charge of a s...
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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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Aspetra

DOS19963/5 JRPG
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Ancients 2: Approaching Evil

DOS19944.1/5 first-person party-based RPG
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UnReal World v. 3.20

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS1992freeware4.1/5 roguelike
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Wizardry 2: The knight of diamonds

DOS19823.8/5 dungeon crawl, first-person party-based RPG
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Rings of Zilfin

DOS1987protected3.2/5
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The Dark Heart of Uukrul

DOS19894/5 top-down party-based RPG
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Al-Qadim: The Genie's Curse

DOS1994protected3.8/5 action RPG
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The Faery Tale Adventure: Book I

DOS19873.8/5 action RPG