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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Ravenloft: Strahd's Possession
DOS1994protected first-person party-based RPG
Ravenloft: Strahd's Possession is a computer role-playing game (CRPG) released in 1994. It is set in the Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting of Ravenloft, which is known for its gothic horror themes. The game was developed by ...
The Magic Candle 3
DOS1992 top-down party-based RPG, sandbox RPG
Ravenloft: Stone Prophet
DOS1995protected first-person party-based RPG
Ravenloft: Stone Prophet is a fantasy RPG set in the egyptian Ravenloft campaign that uses the Advanced Dungeons & Dragon ruleset. It's the sequel to Ravenloft: Strahd's Possession and uses the same first person real-time 3d e...
Knights of Legend
DOS1989
Knights of Legend is a tactical role-playing game (RPG) released by Origin Systems in 1989 for MS-DOS, the Apple II, and the Commodore 64. Known for its complex gameplay and strategic depth, the game provides a turn-based combat e...
Tera: La Cité des Crânes
DOS1986
Ultima Underworld 2: Labyrinth of Worlds
DOS1993protected action RPG
Challenge of the Five Realms
DOS1992protected sandbox RPG, top-down party-based RPG
An Elder Scrolls Legend: Battlespire
Windows XP/98/951997protected action RPG, dungeon crawl
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, ...
Dark Sun: Shattered Lands
DOS1993protected top-down party-based RPG
Cavequest
DOS1985
Champions of Krynn
DOS1990protected
Champions of Krynn is a RPG released in 1990 by Strategic Simulations, Inc. (SSI) and is the first game in the Dragonlance Gold Box series. It is based on the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons ruleset and set in the world of Krynn, ...
The Magic Candle 2: The Four and Forty
DOS1991 sandbox RPG, top-down party-based RPG
Space 1889
DOS1990 top-down party-based RPG, board game
Space 1889 is an abandoned top down RPG developed by Paragon Software and released in 1990 for DOS, Atari ST and Amiga. Space 1889 setting is classic science fiction, but is set in the Victorian. It's worth noting that Space ...
The Legacy: Realm of Terror
DOSLinuxMac OS1993protected
The Legacy: Realm of Terror is a first-person view survival horror RPG set in the modern world, in a haunted house. The Legacy was developed by Magnetic Scrolls and published by MicroProse Software in 1993.
Amulet of Yendor
DOS1985 roguelike
Before there were AAA games with 100GB installs, there was Amulet of Yendor, a rogue-like so old-school it might as well come with a floppy disk and a sandwich bag of D&D dice. Your goal? Find the legendary amulet. Your method...
Ys: The Vanished Omens
DOS1989 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: Th...
Might and Magic: Swords of Xeen
DOS1995 first-person party-based RPG
Mission: Mainframe
DOS1987 board game
Legends of Murder: Volume 1 - Stonedale Castle
DOS1989protected
Amulets & Armor
DOS1997freeware action RPG
Imagine Doom and Ultima Underworld had a low-budget child who was homeschooled in a basement filled with Mountain Dew cans. That’s Amulets & Armor. A mix of first-person dungeon crawling and RPG elements, it’s got ...
Neverwinter Nights
DOS1991protected
Dark Sun 2: Wake of the Ravager
DOS1994protected top-down party-based RPG
Elona
Windows 10/112007freeware roguelike, sandbox RPG
Elona (short for Eternal League of Nefia) is a free roguelike RPG developed by Japanese indie developer named Noa in 2007. Its gameplay combines elements of open-world exploration, dungeon crawling, and life simulation. It has com...
Realms of Arkania 3: Shadows Over Riva
DOS1996protected first-person party-based RPG, sandbox 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...
Dark Designs 1: Grelminar's Staff
DOS1990 dungeon crawl, first-person party-based RPG
DND
DOS1984 dungeon crawl, roguelike
Fallout 2
Windows XP/98/951998protected
Eye of the beholder 3: Assault on Myth Drannor
DOS1991protected first-person party-based RPG, dungeon crawl
Questron 2
DOS1988protected
Questron II is a role-playing game (RPG) developed by Westwood Associates and published by Strategic Simulations Inc. (SSI) in 1988. It serves as the sequel to the original Questron (1984) and builds upon its predecessor’s f...