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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Ishar 2: Messengers of Doom

DOS1994protecteddemo3.5/5 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 Kendoria, the game follows the adventures of a group of adventurers as they journey across the land to defeat the evil so...

Decker

Windows2002freeware3.5/5 roguelike, turn-based tactics

Evets

DOS1988freeware3.5/5 dungeon crawl, roguelike

Legends of Murder: Volume 1 - Stonedale Castle

DOS1989protected3.5/5

Moraff's World

DOS19913.5/5 dungeon crawl

Tangled Tales

DOS19893.5/5

Temple of Apshai Trilogy

DOS19853.5/5 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 and were influential in shaping the genre.The "Temple of Apshai Trilogy" was notable for its depth of gameplay and intr...

Wizardry 5: Heart of the Maelstrom

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

Moebius

DOS19873.4/5 action RPG

Prophecy: the Fall of Trinadon

DOS19893.4/5 action RPG

Telengard

DOS1985freeware3.4/5 dungeon crawl

Vampyr: Talisman of Invocation

DOS19893.4/5

Baldur's Gate III: The Black Hound

Windows2003canceled3.4/5 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 Interplay Entertainment, back in 2002. The Black Hound was being developed using the Infinity Engine, the same engine used i...

Cavequest

DOS19853.3/5

Oubliette

DOS19833.3/5 dungeon crawl, roguelike

Rescue at Rigel

DOS19833.3/5

Ravenloft: Stone Prophet

DOS1995protected3.2/5 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 engine. Stone Prophet was developed by DreamForge Entertainment and published by SSI in 1995.