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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Darkstone

Windows XP/98/951999protected dungeon crawl, action RPG

Return to Krondor

Windows XP/98/951998protected

Autoduel

DOS1985 board game, vehicular combat, action RPG

Autoduel is an abandoned top-down open world post apocalyptic RPG/driving game hybrid designed by Chuck Bueche and Richard Garriott of Ultima fame. Autoduel was developed by Origin Systems and was released in 1985 for DOS, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, C64, Apple II, Macintosh, Amiga. Autoduel is based on a board game designed by Steve Jackson himself.

Avalon

DOS1998freeware JRPG

Alien Fires 2199 AD

DOS1988 action RPG

Alien Fires: 2199 AD is a 1987/88 science fiction RPG (role-playing game) developed and published by Paragon Software for the Amiga, Atari ST and MS-DOS. Players can customize their character’s stats and skills at the beginning of the game. The graphics were considered quite advanced, especially on the Amiga platform.

Dragons of Flame

DOS1989protected action RPG

Dark Designs 1: Grelminar's Staff

DOS1990 dungeon crawl, first-person party-based RPG

Phantasie 1

DOS1987protected top-down party-based RPG

Spirit of Excalibur

DOS1990 action RPG

Azalta: Cult of the Raven

DOS1996 top-down party-based RPG

The Faery Tale Adventure: Book I

DOS1987 action RPG

Wizardry 2: The knight of diamonds

DOS1982 dungeon crawl, first-person party-based RPG

Hack

DOS1984freeware dungeon crawl, roguelike

Shadow of Yserbius

DOS1993 dungeon crawl

DarkSpyre

DOS1990 dungeon crawl, action RPG

Drakkhen

DOS1989

Incursion

Windows 10/11LinuxMac OS2007freeware roguelike, dungeon crawl

Omega

DOSLinux1988freeware roguelike

Zeitgeist

Windows XP/98/951996 third-person shooter, first-person shooter, rail shooter

Zeitgeist, also known as Jupiter Strike in North America, is a 3D space shooter developed by Taito and published by Acclaim Entertainment. It was released for the PlayStation and Windows in 1996. Zeitgeist is a rail shooter: the player controls a spaceship that moves along a fixed path, with limited control over the ship's movement within...

Bloodwych

DOS1989 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.