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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Drakkhen

DOS19893.8/5

Ultima 8: The Lost Vale

DOS1994canceled3.8/5 action RPG

Fairy Tale Adventure 2: Halls of the Dead

DOSWindows XP/98/9519973.8/5 action RPG

The Magic Candle 2: The Four and Forty

DOS19913.8/5 sandbox RPG, top-down party-based RPG

WitchavenRL

WindowsLinux20133.8/5 roguelike

Dark Designs 1: Grelminar's Staff

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

Lands of Lore 2: Guardians of Destiny

DOSWindows XP/98/951997protected3.8/5

Demon's Winter

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

Ancients 1: Deathwatch

DOS19913.8/5 first-person party-based RPG

Anvil of dawn

DOS1995protected3.8/5 dungeon crawl

Ishar 3: The Seven Gates of Infinity

DOS1994protected3.8/5 first-person party-based RPG

Questron 2

DOS1988protected3.8/5

DarkSpyre

DOS19903.8/5 dungeon crawl, action RPG

NetHack - Falcon's Eye

Windows XP/98/952001freeware3.8/5 dungeon crawl, roguelike

Darkstone

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

Might and Magic 4: Clouds of Xeen

DOS1992protecteddemo3.8/5 first-person party-based RPG

Might and Magic IV: Clouds of Xeen is a role-playing video game developed and published by New World Computing in 1992. It's part of the long-running Might and Magic series. In Clouds of Xeen, players explore the world of Xeen, which is composed of four elemental realms: air, earth, fire, and water. The game features a first-person perspective and ...

Challenge of the Five Realms

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

Legacy of the Ancients

DOS19893.7/5

NetHack

DOSWindows XP/98/95MacLinux1987freeware3.7/5 dungeon crawl, roguelike

NetHack is an open-source roguelike game that's been around since the early 1980s. It's a single-player dungeon exploration game where you navigate your character through a randomly generated dungeon filled with monsters, traps, treasures, and various items. The goal is to retrieve the Amulet of Yendor, located deep within the dungeon's lowest leve...

Hard Nova

DOS19903.7/5 top-down party-based RPG

Dusk of the Gods

DOS19913.7/5

Dragon Wars

DOS1990protected3.7/5 first-person party-based RPG

Ravenloft: Strahd's Possession

DOS1994protected3.7/5 first-person party-based RPG

Ravenloft: Strahd's Possession is a computer role-playing game (CRPG) released in 1994. It is set in the Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting of Ravenloft, which is known for its gothic horror themes. The game was developed by DreamForge Intertainment and published by Strategic Simulations, Inc. (SSI).The gameplay is based on the Advanced Dungeo...

The Adventures of Robin Hood

DOS19923.7/5 action RPG

Moraff's Revenge

DOS19883.7/5 dungeon crawl, roguelike

Akalabeth: World of Doom

DOS1981freeware3.6/5

Akalabeth is a RPG game allegedly developed in just one summer by the Ultima franchise creator Richard Garriott. It's a dungeon crawler with wire-frame black and white graphics. Akalabeth is played in both first person 3d and top down view points.

MegaTraveller 2: Quest for the Ancients

DOS19913.6/5 top-down party-based RPG

MegaTraveller 2: Quest for the Ancients is the sequel to MegaTraveller 1: The Zhodani Conspiracy. It is a science fiction role-playing game (RPG) released in 1991, developed by Paragon Software. Like its predecessor, MegaTraveller 2 is set in the expansive Traveller universe.In MegaTraveller 2, players continue their journey in the Third Imperium, ...