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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Xenomorph

DOS1990

Dungeons of Kairn

DOS1989 top-down party-based RPG

Incursion

Windows 10/11LinuxMac OS2007freeware roguelike, dungeon crawl

Daemonsgate

Windows XP/98/95DOSLinuxMac OS1993protected sandbox RPG

Entomorph: Plague Of The Darkfall

Windows XP/98/95Windows 3.xMac OS1995protected action RPG

Dungeon Explorer

DOS1990

Mission: Mainframe

DOS1987 board game

Exile II: Crystal Souls

Windows XP/98/95Mac OSWindows 3.x1996freeware top-down party-based RPG

Reaping The Dungeon

DOS1993 dungeon crawl, roguelike

Aspetra

DOS1996 JRPG

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...

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...

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...

Moraff's Revenge

DOS1988 dungeon crawl, roguelike

Defender of Boston: The Rock Island Mystery

DOS1992

Scavengers of the Mutant World

DOS1988 top-down party-based RPG

Shard of Spring

DOS1987protected

IVAN (Iter Vehemens ad Necem)

DOSWindows 10/11LinuxMac OS2001freeware roguelike, dungeon crawl

Lord of Destruction

DOS1994

Lords of Doom

DOS1990 first-person party-based 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 ...