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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ZAngband
Windows 10/11Mac OSDOSLinux1999freeware dungeon crawl, roguelike
Zangband is a variant of the popular roguelike game Angband. Zangband, short for Zelazny Angband, was developed by Chris Weisiger and first released in 1994. The game features a fantasy world with diverse races, classes, and monsters. Players explore dungeons, caves, and other environments in a quest to reach the bottom level of the dungeon, d...
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 1889 is loosely based on the tabletop game of the same name.
Dragons of Flame
DOS1989protected action RPG
TomeNET
Windows XP/98/95LinuxMac OS2001freeware roguelike, dungeon crawl
TomeNET (Troubles of Middle Earth, Net) is an online, multiplayer rogue-like game set in the world of J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-Earth. It’s a persistent-world game inspired by Angband, a single-player dungeon-crawler based on Tolkien lore. You can play as familiar fantasy races like Elves, Dwarves, Humans, or Hobbits, as well as more obscu...
Scavengers of the Mutant World
DOS1988 top-down party-based RPG
Mission: Mainframe
DOS1987 board game
Vengeance of Excalibur
DOS1991 action RPG
Decker
Windows 10/112002freeware roguelike, turn-based tactics
Dark Queen of Krynn
DOS1992protected
Lords of Doom
DOS1990 first-person party-based RPG
Lord of Destruction
DOS1994
Shard of Spring
DOS1987protected
Rescue at Rigel
DOS1983
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...
Moraff's Revenge
DOS1988 dungeon crawl, roguelike
Larn
DOS1986freeware 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 in a fantasy world.In the game, players control the protagonist who finds themselves transported to the realm of Obitus ...
Evets
DOS1988freeware dungeon crawl, roguelike
Xenomorph
DOS1990
Aspetra
DOS1996 JRPG
Dungeon Explorer
DOS1990
IVAN (Iter Vehemens ad Necem)
DOSWindows 10/11LinuxMac OS2001freeware roguelike, dungeon crawl
DarkSpyre
DOS1990 dungeon crawl, action RPG
Quest for the Unicorn
DOSWindows XP/98/95Linux1990freeware roguelike
Cavequest
DOS1985
WitchavenRL
Windows 10/11Linux2013 roguelike
Shadoworlds
DOS1993protected
Le Maitre Des Ames
DOS1987 first-person party-based RPG
Omega
DOSLinux1988freeware roguelike