Abandonware rpg games sorted by year, newest first
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Tunnels & Trolls: Crusaders of Khazan
DOS19904.1/5 top-down party-based RPG
Ultima 6: The False Prophet
DOS1990protected4.2/5 sandbox RPG, top-down party-based RPG
Wizardry 6: Bane of the Cosmic Forge
DOSLinuxMac1990protected4.1/5 dungeon crawl, first-person party-based RPG
Worlds of Ultima: The Savage Empire
DOS1990freeware4/5 top-down party-based RPG
After the success of Ultima 6: The False Prophet, Origin decided to "create worlds" not part of the popular Ultima series (strictly speaking) using the same engine of Ultima 6. They came up with two games: The Savage Empire and Martian Dreams. The Savage Empire is set in a stone age-like world and features prehistoric tribes, dinosaurs, insectoid a...
Xenomorph
DOS19904/5
Zeliard
DOS19904/5 JRPG, action RPG, metroidvania
Zeliard is a fantasy platformer - JRPG hybrid with metroidvania gameplay elements developed by Game Arts and released for DOS in 1990. Zeliard is a single-player game.
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.
Cosmic Soldier: Psychic War
DOS19893.9/5 dungeon crawl, JRPG
Curse of the Azure Bonds
DOS1989protected3.9/5
Demon's Winter
DOS1989protected3.8/5 top-down party-based RPG
Don't Go Alone
DOS19893.9/5 first-person party-based RPG
Dragons of Flame
DOS1989protected3.9/5 action RPG
Drakkhen
DOS19893.8/5
Dungeons of Kairn
DOS19893.6/5 top-down party-based RPG
Hillsfar
DOS1989protected3.8/5 action RPG
Keef the Thief: A Boy and his Lockpick
DOS19894/5
Knights of Legend
DOS19894.1/5
Legacy of the Ancients
DOS19893.7/5
Legend of the Red Dragon
DOS19893.5/5
Legends of Murder: Volume 1 - Stonedale Castle
DOS1989protected3.5/5
Mines of Titan
DOS19893.6/5 first-person party-based RPG
Mines of Titan (also known as Mars Saga for other platforms) is an abandoned single-player RPG with a sci-fi setting (you're going to Mars!). Mines of Titan was developed by Westwood Studios and released by Infocom in 1989 for DOS, Apple II and Commodore 64.
Prophecy: the Fall of Trinadon
DOS19893.4/5 action RPG
Space Rogue
DOS19894/5 space simulation, sandbox RPG
Space Rogue is a science fiction RPG developed by Richard Garriott's Origin and desined by Paul Neurath. Space Rogue combines a 3D space simulation with a top down view RPG gameplay. As a space pilot you can hunt bounties, buy and sell goods, land on starbases or outposts and talk to NPCs, do quests, etc.
Starflight 2: Trade routes of the Cloud Nebula
DOS19894.2/5 sandbox RPG
Tangled Tales
DOS19893.5/5
The Dark Heart of Uukrul
DOS19893.9/5 top-down party-based RPG
The Magic Candle
DOS19894/5 sandbox RPG, top-down party-based RPG
The Magic Candle: Volume 1 is the first chapter of a series of fantasy old school RPGs. The Magic Candle was developed and released by Mindcraft Software in 1989 for DOS but was also published for Apple II and Commodore 64. The whole Magic Candle series is very similar to some of the early Ultima games in every aspect: turn-based combat, top-down v...
Times of Lore
DOS19894.1/5 action RPG
Times of Lore is an abandoned action RPG designed by Chris Roberts, developed and released by Origin Systems in 1989 for DOS and many more 8 bit and 16 bit platforms. Compared to Ultima (the much more popular franchise also by Origin) Times of Lore is a washed down RPG, more similar to a NES game. In fact, Roberts was inspired by The Legend of Zelda.
Vampyr: Talisman of Invocation
DOS19893.4/5
Windwalker (Moebius 2)
DOS19892.8/5 action RPG