Abandonware rpg games sorted by title, from Z to A

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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Dink Smallwood

Windows XP/98/951998freeware3.9/5 action RPG

Dink Smallwood is an action role-playing video game developed by Robinson Technologies. It was first released in 1997 for Windows and later became freeware. The game was created by Seth Robinson, and it gained a cult following for its humor.The game's plot revolves around the titular character, Dink Smallwood, a pig farmer who embarks on an epic ad...

Diablo

Windows XP/98/951996protecteddemo4.2/5 dungeon crawl, action RPG

Deus Ex

DOSMac2000protecteddemo4/5 first-person shooter, action RPG

Deus Ex is a critically acclaimed action role-playing video game developed by Ion Storm and published by Eidos Interactive. It was released in 2000 and was designed by Warren Spector, combining elements of first-person shooters, stealth games, and role-playing games. The game is set in a dystopian future where society is fraught with conspiracy the...

Demon's Winter

DOS1989protected3.8/5 top-down party-based RPG

Defender of Boston: The Rock Island Mystery

DOS19923.2/5

Decker

Windows2002freeware3.5/5 roguelike, turn-based tactics

Death Knights of Krynn

DOS1991protected4/5

Darkstone

Windows XP/98/951999protected3.8/5 dungeon crawl, action RPG

DarkSpyre

DOS19903.8/5 dungeon crawl, action RPG

Darklands

DOSLinuxWindows XP/98/95Mac1992protected4/5 sandbox RPG

Darklands was a unique historical isometric RPG that mixed real historical data from medieval Germany during the 15th century with a touch of folklore and fantasy. Unfortunately it was also the only Microprose RPG of that kind and beauty. The original game box contained a huge manual with info on european folklore (including the live...

Dark Sun: Shattered Lands

DOS1993protected4.1/5 top-down party-based RPG

Dark Sun 2: Wake of the Ravager

DOS1994protected4/5 top-down party-based RPG

Dark Queen of Krynn

DOS1992protected4.1/5

Dark Designs 2: Closing the Gate

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

Dark Designs 1: Grelminar's Staff

DOS19903.8/5 dungeon crawl, first-person party-based RPG

Daemonsgate

Windows XP/98/95DOSLinuxMac1993protected3.8/5 sandbox RPG

Curse of the Azure Bonds

DOS1989protected3.9/5

Crystals of Arborea

DOS19904.2/5 first-person party-based RPG

Cosmic Soldier: Psychic War

DOS19893.9/5 dungeon crawl, JRPG

Conan: the Cimmerian

DOS19914.2/5 action RPG

Cobra Mission

DOS1992NSFW4.1/5 JRPG

Circuit's Edge

DOS19904.1/5 interactive fiction

Circuit's Edge is a cyberpunk-themed role-playing game developed by Westwood Associates and published by Infocom. It was released in 1990 for various platforms including DOS, Amiga, and Commodore 64.Set in a dystopian future, Circuit's Edge takes place in the fictional city of Rhoes Island, a dark and gritty urban landscape filled with crime, corru...

Champions of Krynn

DOS1990protected4.1/5

Challenge of the Five Realms

DOS1992protected3.7/5 sandbox RPG, top-down party-based RPG

Cavequest

DOS19853.3/5

Castle of the Winds

Windows 3.x1993freeware4.2/5 dungeon crawl, roguelike

Castle of the Winds is a fantasy roguelike role-playing game developed by SaadaSoft in the early 1990s. It was designed for Windows 3.x and is notable for being one of the earliest graphical RPGs for that platform. The game features a top-down perspective and incorporates elements of dungeon crawling, exploration, and character development.The game...

Captive

DOS19923.9/5 dungeon crawl, first-person party-based RPG

Buck Rogers: Matrix Cubed

DOS1992protected4/5

Buck Rogers: Matrix Cubed is a CRPG developed by SSI Strategic Simulations Inc. and released in 1992 for DOS only. Buck Rogers: Matrix Cubed is the sequel to Buck Rogers: Countdown to Doomsday and it's based on a campaign setting created by TSR in the late 80s. The game uses the Gold Box engine, common to much of the RPGs developed by SSI.