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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Dungeons of Kairn
DOS1989 top-down party-based RPG
ICON: Quest for the Ring
DOS1984 dungeon crawl, action RPG
Wizardry 4: The Return of Werdna
DOS1988 dungeon crawl, first-person party-based RPG
Temple of Apshai Trilogy
DOS1985 dungeon crawl
The Temple of Apshai Trilogy is a series of classic role-playing games developed by Automated Simulations (later known as Epyx) in the late 1970s and early 1980s. These games were among the earliest examples of computer-based RPGs...
Ishar 2: Messengers of Doom
DOS1994protecteddemo first-person party-based RPG
Ishar 2: Messengers of Doom is a role-playing video game developed and published by Silmarils, released in 1993. It is the sequel to Crystals of Arborea and the second installment in the Ishar series. Set in the fantasy world of K...
Dungeon Explorer
DOS1990
Evets
DOS1988freeware dungeon crawl, roguelike
Le Maitre Des Ames
DOS1987 first-person party-based RPG
Legends of Murder: Volume 1 - Stonedale Castle
DOS1989protected
Moraff's World
DOS1991 dungeon crawl
Tangled Tales
DOS1989
The Adventures of Robin Hood
DOS1992 action RPG
Wizardry 5: Heart of the Maelstrom
DOS1988 dungeon crawl, first-person party-based RPG
Vampyr: Talisman of Invocation
DOS1989
Moebius
DOS1987 action RPG
Moraff's Revenge
DOS1988 dungeon crawl, roguelike
Obitus
DOS1991 dungeon crawl
Obitus is a role-playing video game developed by Psygnosis and released in 1991 for various platforms including the Amiga, Atari ST, and DOS. It combines elements of role-playing games (RPGs) and action-adventure games and is set ...
Prophecy: the Fall of Trinadon
DOS1989 action RPG
Oubliette
DOS1983 dungeon crawl, roguelike
Telengard
DOS1985freeware dungeon crawl
Telengard is one of the earliest computer role-playing games, released in 1982 for various home computers like the Commodore 64, Apple II, and TRS-80 and later for PC. It was developed by Daniel Lawrence and was heavily inspired b...
Doom: The Roguelike
DOS2005freeware action RPG, roguelike
The Wizard's Castle
DOS1981freeware
The Wizard's Castle is a classic text-based, dungeon-crawling adventure game released in 1980, designed by Joseph R. Power. The game was originally developed for the Exidy Sorcerer computer and later ported to various platforms, s...
Ravenloft: Stone Prophet
DOS1995protected first-person party-based RPG
Ravenloft: Stone Prophet is a fantasy RPG set in the egyptian Ravenloft campaign that uses the Advanced Dungeons & Dragon ruleset. It's the sequel to Ravenloft: Strahd's Possession and uses the same first person real-time 3d e...
Cavequest
DOS1985
Rescue at Rigel
DOS1983
Tera: La Cité des Crânes
DOS1986
Rings of Zilfin
DOS1987protected
Sword Quest 1: The Search
DOS1992