Abandonware DOS title

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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IVAN (Iter Vehemens ad Necem)

DOSWindows 10/11LinuxMac OS2001freeware roguelike, dungeon crawl
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WitchavenRL

Windows 10/11Linux2013 roguelike
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Demon's Winter

DOS1989protected top-down party-based RPG
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Lands of Lore 2: Guardians of Destiny

DOSWindows XP/98/951997protected
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Challenge of the Five Realms

DOS1992protected sandbox RPG, top-down party-based RPG
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Might and Magic 4: Clouds of Xeen

DOS1992protecteddemo 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, wh...
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Hillsfar

DOS1989protected action RPG
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Blues Brothers RPG

Windows XP/98/952004freeware JRPG
Yes, this exists. Blues Brothers RPG (2004, Windows XP) is what happens when someone looks at a legendary blues duo and says, “What if they fought zombies with saxophones?” Set in a world that’s part dungeon craw...
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NetHack

DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac OSLinux1987freeware 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, t...
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Baldur's Gate III: The Black Hound

Windows 10/112003canceled top-down party-based RPG
Baldur's Gate III: The Black Hound was an unreleased role-playing video game that was intended to be the sequel to the critically acclaimed Baldur's Gate series. It was initially announced by Black Isle Studios, a division of Inte...
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Exile III: Ruined World

Windows XP/98/95Mac OSWindows 3.x1997freeware top-down party-based RPG
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Exile II: Crystal Souls

Windows XP/98/95Mac OSWindows 3.x1996freeware top-down party-based RPG
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Azalta: Cult of the Raven

DOS1996 top-down party-based RPG
Azalta: Cult of the Raven is what happens when a lone developer says, “I can make an RPG better than Ultima!” and sort of does. Released in 1996, this DOS dungeon crawler features deep customization, open-ended quests,...
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MegaTraveller 2: Quest for the Ancients

DOS1991 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...
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Hard Nova

DOS1990 top-down party-based RPG
Hard Nova is a sci-fi role-playing game (RPG) developed by Malibu Interactive and published by Electronic Arts. Released in 1990, it is available on platforms such as the DOS, Amiga, Atari ST. Hard Nova is set in a distant future ...
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Dragon Wars

DOS1990protected first-person party-based RPG
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Mines of Titan

DOS1989 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...
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AlphaMan

DOS1995 roguelike
Ever wondered what would happen if a roguelike and a B-movie had a radioactive baby? AlphaMan is the answer. Set in a post-apocalyptic world where mutant banana slugs might be your best friend—or your worst enemy—you p...
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Akalabeth: World of Doom

DOS1981freeware
Ah yes, the game that crawled so Ultima could run. Akalabeth is a wireframe dungeon crawl where you descend into monster-infested labyrinths with the elegance of a lost spreadsheet. The graphics are so old school they could legall...
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Ancients 1: Deathwatch

DOS1991 first-person party-based RPG
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...
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Decker

Windows 10/112002freeware roguelike, turn-based tactics
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Fates of Twinion

DOS1993 dungeon crawl
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Ravenloft: Strahd's Possession

DOS1994protected 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 ...
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Space 1889

DOS1990 top-down party-based RPG, board game
Space 1889 is an abandoned top down RPG developed by Paragon Software and released in 1990 for DOS, Atari ST and Amiga. Space 1889 setting is classic science fiction, but is set in the Victorian. It's worth noting that Space ...
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Amulet of Yendor

DOS1985 roguelike
Before there were AAA games with 100GB installs, there was Amulet of Yendor, a rogue-like so old-school it might as well come with a floppy disk and a sandwich bag of D&D dice. Your goal? Find the legendary amulet. Your method...
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Aspetra

DOS1996 JRPG
Welcome to Aspetra, a 1996 DOS game that tried to cram an epic sci-fi RPG into your beige box PC — and mostly succeeded! Think “Star Trek meets budget constraints.” You explore strange new worlds, meet weirdly sp...
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Dragonflight

DOS1991 top-down party-based RPG