The most popular 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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Dungeons of Kairn

DOS19893.6/5 top-down party-based RPG

Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss

DOS1992protected4.2/5 dungeon crawl, action RPG

Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss is one of the first free-roaming first-person 3D ARPG (action RPG) ever created. The Stygian Abyss is the dungeon of the same name, part of the land of Britannia, and it's set in the Ultima universe created by Richard Garriott. Ultima Underworld was designed by Paul Neurath, developed by Blue Sky Productions and...

Incursion

WindowsLinuxMac OS2007freeware4/5 roguelike, dungeon crawl

Warriors of Legend

DOS19934/5 action RPG

Dragonflight

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

Worlds of Legend: Son of the Empire

DOS19934.1/5

Tera: La Cité des Crânes

DOS19863.2/5

Rings of Zilfin

DOS1987protected3.2/5

Decker

Windows2002freeware3.5/5 roguelike, turn-based tactics

Dungeon Explorer

DOS19903.5/5

Evets

DOS1988freeware3.5/5 dungeon crawl, roguelike

Dark Designs 2: Closing the Gate

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

Space 1889

DOS19903.9/5 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 1889 is loosely based on the tabletop game of the same name.

Slash'Em

Windows XP/98/95Linux1997freeware4.1/5 dungeon crawl, roguelike

Fates of Twinion

DOS19933.6/5 dungeon crawl

Challenge of the Five Realms

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

Rescue at Rigel

DOS19833.3/5

Daemonsgate

Windows XP/98/95DOSLinuxMac OS1993protected3.8/5 sandbox RPG

Treasures of the Savage Frontier

DOS1992protected4.1/5

Heimdall

DOS19923.9/5

Telengard

DOS1985freeware3.4/5 dungeon crawl

Wizardry 5: Heart of the Maelstrom

DOS19883.5/5 dungeon crawl, first-person party-based RPG

Keef the Thief: A Boy and his Lockpick

DOS19894/5

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.