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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Temple of Apshai Trilogy

DOS19853.5/5 dungeon crawl

The Temple of Apshai Trilogy is a series of classic role-playing games developed by Automated Simulations (later known as Epyx) in the late 1970s and early 1980s. These games were among the earliest examples of computer-based RPGs and were influential in shaping the genre.The "Temple of Apshai Trilogy" was notable for its depth of gameplay and intr...

Planet's Edge

DOS1991protected4/5 top-down party-based RPG

UnReal World v. 3.20

Windows XP/98/95Mac1992freeware4.1/5 roguelike

Ultima 8: The Lost Vale

DOS1994canceled3.8/5 action RPG

Death Knights of Krynn

DOS1991protected4/5

Dark Designs 2: Closing the Gate

DOS19904/5 dungeon crawl, first-person party-based RPG

Shadoworlds

DOS1993protected4.2/5

Bloodwych

DOS19893.8/5 dungeon crawl, first-person party-based RPG

Bloodwych is an abandoned RPG set in the fantasy world of Trazere. Two players can play at the same time in split screen mode, a feature that was unusual at the time, especially for an RPG. Bloodwych was released in 1989 by Image Works for DOS, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, C64, ZX Spectrum.

Ardentryst

WindowsLinux20094.1/5 JRPG, platform

Icewind Dale 2

Windows XP/98/95Mac2002protected3.9/5

Ys: The Vanished Omens

DOS19894.1/5 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: The Vanished Omens was published (earlier) for quite a few other home computers and console.

Legend of Faerghail

DOS19903.9/5 first-person party-based RPG

Legend of Faerghail is a role-playing video game developed by Electronic Design Hannover and published by Rainbow Arts. It was released in 1990 for the Commodore 64, Amiga, and MS-DOS platforms. The game is set in the fantasy world of Faerghail, where the player controls a party of adventurers on a quest to defeat the evil sorcerer Daldras.The game...