The best abandonware rpg games
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The Elder Scrolls: Arena
DOS1994freeware4.2/5 sandbox RPG, action RPG
The Elder Scrolls: Arena is the first installment in the highly acclaimed Elder Scrolls series of fantasy ARPG (action role-playing games), developed and published by Bethesda Softworks. It was initially released in 1994. Arena is set in the continent of Tamriel, which later becomes the central location for all the Elder Scrolls games (Skyrim,...
Arcanum: of Steamworks and Magick Obscura
DOS2001protected4.2/5
Starflight 2: Trade routes of the Cloud Nebula
DOS19894.2/5 sandbox RPG
Legends of Valour
DOS19924.2/5 sandbox RPG, action RPG
Ultima 5: Warriors of Destiny
DOS19884.2/5 sandbox RPG, top-down party-based RPG
Bad Blood
DOS19904.2/5
Diablo
Windows XP/98/951996protecteddemo4.2/5 dungeon crawl, action RPG
Alternate Reality: The City
DOSMac19884.1/5
Alternate Reality: The City is a role-playing video game developed by Paradise Programming for various platforms including Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, and Commodore 64. It was released in 1985. In Alternate Reality: The City, players find themselves in a mysterious and surreal city known as simply "The City". The game takes place in a fantasy setti...
Anachronox
Windows XP/98/952001protected4.1/5 action RPG
Joyous Rebel
DOS1996freeware4.1/5
Knights of Legend
DOS19894.1/5
Nox
Windows XP/98/95Mac2000protected4.1/5 action RPG
Heimdall 2: Into the Hall of Worlds
DOS19944.1/5
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
Windows XP/98/952002protected4.1/5 action RPG, sandbox RPG
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind is a critically acclaimed open-world action role-playing video game developed by Bethesda Game Studios. It was released in 2002 and is the third installment in the Elder Scrolls series. The game is set in the fantasy world of Tamriel, on the island of Vvardenfell in the province of Morrowind.The game offers a vast a...
Phantasie 3: The Wrath of Nikademus
DOS19874.1/5 top-down party-based RPG
Wizardry 6: Bane of the Cosmic Forge
DOSLinuxMac1990protected4.1/5 dungeon crawl, first-person party-based RPG
Worlds of Legend: Son of the Empire
DOS19934.1/5
Ultima 4: Quest of the Avatar
DOS1985freeware4.1/5 sandbox RPG, top-down party-based RPG
Ultima IV is remembered as one of the best Ultima games ever released, designed as usual by Richard Garriott. Garriott took the Ultima series to a whole new level by introducing the eight virtues: honesty, compassion, valor, justice, sacrifice, honor, spirituality, humility. Ultima IV started the trilogy known as "Age of Enlightenment".
Secret of the Silver Blades
DOSMac1990protected4.1/5
Secret of the Silver Blades is a fantasy RPG set in the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons universe, developed and released by SSI Strategic Simulations Inc. in 1990 for DOS, Macintosh, Amiga and Commodore 64 systems. Secret of the Silver Blades is part of the Pool of Radiance series and uses the same "GoldBox" engine with isometric turn-based combat ...
Prophecy of the Shadow
DOS1992protected4.1/5
Dark Queen of Krynn
DOS1992protected4.1/5
Fallout
DOSWindows XP/98/951997protecteddemo4.1/5
Beneath Apple Manor
DOS1983freeware4.1/5 roguelike
Fountain of Dreams
DOS19904.1/5 top-down party-based RPG
Slash'Em
Windows XP/98/95Linux1997freeware4.1/5 dungeon crawl, roguelike
Champions of Krynn
DOS1990protected4.1/5
Starflight
DOS19864.1/5 sandbox RPG
Starflight is a classic space exploration and role-playing video game released in 1986 by Binary Systems and published by Electronic Arts. It is known for its innovative gameplay, as well as its open-ended approach to space exploration and storytelling.The game is set in a massive, procedurally generated universe with thousands of star systems to e...
Fallout 2
Windows XP/98/951998protected4.1/5
Knights of Xentar
DOS1994NSFW4.1/5 JRPG
Amulets & Armor
DOS1997freeware4.1/5 action RPG
Amulets & Armor is a first-person ARPG (action RPG) with a fantasy setting. It was developed and published as shareware for DOS by United Software Artists in 1997. Amulets & Armor became freeware in 2013. Gameplay is mission-based; the player can take up quests in any order and even complete the same quests over and over.