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

Dungeon Explorer

DOS1990

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

Moraff's Revenge

DOS1988 dungeon crawl, roguelike

Aspetra

DOS1996 JRPG

Evets

DOS1988freeware dungeon crawl, roguelike

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

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 in a fantasy world.In the game, players control the protagonist who finds themselves transported to the realm of Obitus ...

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 by DND, a 1970s mainframe game that itself took influence from Dungeons & Dragons. Telengard is a dungeon crawle...

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, such as the TRS-80 and early IBM PCs. The game is set in a mysterious wizard's castle, where the player takes on the...

Cavequest

DOS1985

Prophecy: the Fall of Trinadon

DOS1989 action RPG

Rescue at Rigel

DOS1983

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 engine. Stone Prophet was developed by DreamForge Entertainment and published by SSI in 1995.