Fantasy games sorted by release date
Dwarves and elves, trolls and gnolls, dragons and wyverns, arcane magic, ancient deities, sword and sorcery! It's not just medieval, it's a soup of imagination and reality in equal parts, mixed in a bubbling cauldron, ready to be served in your favourite old tavern.
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Temple of Kroz
DOS1990freeware Apogee Software
The Bard's Tale 3: Thief of Fate
DOS1990 Interplay Productions
The Bard’s Tale III: Thief of Fate is the third and final installment in the original The Bard’s Tale trilogy, developed by Interplay and published by Electronic Arts in 1988. It is a classic turn-based dungeon crawler...
The Final Crusade of Kroz
DOS1990freeware Apogee Software
Tunnels & Trolls: Crusaders of Khazan
DOS1990 New World Computing
Tunnels & Trolls: Crusaders of Khazan is a computer RPG released in 1990 for MS-DOS and PC-98 platforms. It is based on the tabletop role-playing game Tunnels & Trolls created by Ken St. Andre, which was a lighter and more...
Ultima 6: The False Prophet
DOS1990protected Origin Systems
Ultima VI: The False Prophet is a classic RPG released in 1990 by Origin Systems. It’s the sixth main entry in the Ultima series and marks the conclusion of the Age of Enlightenment trilogy. The game was originally developed...
War of the Lance
DOS1990protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Warlords
DOS1990 SSG Strategic Studies Group
Wizardry 6: Bane of the Cosmic Forge
DOSLinuxMac OS1990protected Sir-tech Software
Wizardry VI: Bane of the Cosmic Forge is a role-playing game (RPG) developed by Sir-Tech and released in 1990. It's the sixth installment in the long-running "Wizardry" series. The game begins with the player's party investig...
Zeliard
DOS1990 Game Arts
Zeliard is a fantasy platformer/RPG hybrid that has all the trappings of a classic quest: a brave knight, an evil demon, a princess in distress, and an unreasonable number of bats. With charming pixel art and a hauntingly catchy s...
Ancients 1: Deathwatch
DOS1991 Farr-Ware Software
In Ancients 1: Deathwatch, you gather your pixelated party and set off to cleanse a city of evil, or at least try not to get mugged by slimes. It's a dungeon crawler in classic DOS fashion — grid movement, turn-based battles...
Battle Master
DOS1991 Personal Software Services
In Battle Master (1991), you play as a heavily armored murder-hobo leading an army across a fantasy world that really doesn’t want you there. It’s part action-RPG, part tactical slog, with clunky pathfinding and surpri...
Blade Warrior
DOS1991 Image Works
Blade Warrior (1991) is a side-scrolling beat 'em up that looks like it was illustrated entirely in heavy metal album covers. You’re a silhouette of rage, cutting through demonic hordes in a world where nobody believes in co...
Cadaver: The Payoff
DOS1991 Bitmap Brothers
Karadoc’s back, and apparently inflation hit the dungeon economy hard—he wants his gold! Cadaver: The Payoff is less a sequel and more a direct continuation, like finding an extra serving of mystery meat in your RPG st...
Conan: the Cimmerian
DOS1991 Synergistic Software
Dark Ages Volume I - Prince of Destiny
DOS1991freeware Scenerio Software
Dark Ages Volume II - The Undead Kingdom
DOS1991freeware Scenerio Software
Dark Ages Volume III - Dungeons of Doom
DOS1991freeware Scenerio Software
Death Knights of Krynn
DOS1991protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Dragonflight
DOS1991 Thalion
Elvira 2: The Jaws of Cerberus
DOS1991 Horror Soft
Elvira 2: The Jaws of Cerberus is an abandoned horror adventure/RPG hybrid game with elements of dark fantasy, developed by Horror Soft and published by Accolade for DOS in 1991. Elvira 2: The Jaws of Cerberus is also part of the ...
Eye of the Beholder
DOS1991protected Westwood Studios
Eye of the Beholder 2: The Legend of Darkmoon
DOS1991protecteddemo Westwood Studios
Eye of the Beholder II: The Legend of Darkmoon is a first-person party-based role-playing game (RPG) developed by Westwood Associates and published by Strategic Simulations, Inc. (SSI). It was released in 1991 as a sequel to ...
Eye of the beholder 3: Assault on Myth Drannor
DOS1991protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Fantasy World Dizzy
DOS1991 Codemasters
Gateway to the Savage Frontier
DOS1991protected Stormfront Studios
Gateway to the Savage Frontier is a Dungeons & Dragons computer role-playing game released in 1991. It was developed by Beyond Software (later known as Stormfront Studios) and published by SSI (Strategic Simulations, Inc.) as ...
Gnome Alone
DOS1991
Gobliiins
DOSMac OS1991protected Coktel Vision
Gobliiins is a peculiar adventure game designed by Pierre Gilhodes, developed by French company Coktel Vision and released by Sierra On-Line in 1991 for DOS, Mac, Amiga and Atari ST. In Gobliiins, you control multiple goblins...
Golden Axe
DOS1991 Sega
Golden Axe is a classic arcade game developed by Sega and released in 1989. It's a side-scrolling beat 'em up game set in a fantasy world where players choose one of three characters: a barbarian, a dwarf, or an amazon, each with ...
HeroQuest
DOSMac OS1991 Gremlin Graphics / Gremlin Interactive
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...
Lone Wolf: The Mirror of Death
DOS1991 Mr. Micro