Games based on a novel

A lot of old games were based on a book, being it a novel or even a short story. Some novels that inspired developers to create video games are The Lords of the Rings (by J. R. R. Tolkien, Rendez Vous with Rama (by Arthur Clarke), The Mist (by Stephen King).

Most popular based on a novel games

Dune 2000

strategyWindows XP/98/95

Discworld 2: Mortality Bytes!

adventureDOS

J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Vol. I

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Based on a novel games

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ICON: Quest for the Ring

DOS19843.6/5 Macrocom
J.R.R. Tolkien's Riders of Rohan

DOS19974.1/5 Papyrus Design Group
J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Vol. I

DOS19904/5 Interplay Productions

J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Vol. I is an abandoned fantasy top-down DOS RPG game set in the The Lord of the Rings universe. The Lord of the Rings I was developed and released by Interplay Productions in 1990. The Lord of the Rings, Vol. I is based on the popular The Lord Of The Rings book by J.R.R. Tolkien and it's focused on the f...
J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Vol. II: The Two Towers

DOS19923.9/5 Interplay Productions

J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Vol. II: The Two Towers is an abandoned fantasy top-down DOS RPG game set in the The Lord of the Rings universe. The Lord of the Rings II was developed and released by Interplay Productions in 1992. The Lord of the Rings, Vol. II: The Two Towers is based on the popular The Lord Of The Rings book by J.R.R. Tol...
James Clavell's Shogun

DOS19894.1/5 Infocom
Journey to the Center of the Earth

DOS19883.4/5 Chip
La Abadia del Crimen

DOS19874/5 Opera Soft
Lone Wolf: The Mirror of Death

DOS19913.8/5 Mr. Micro
Megafortress

DOS1991protected4/5 Artech Studios
Mixed-up Mother Goose

DOS19874.1/5 Sierra On-Line
Neuromancer

DOS19894/5 Interplay Productions
Pacific Islands

DOS19924.2/5 Oxford Digital Enterprises
Prisoner of Ice

DOS1995protected4.1/5 Chaosium Inc.
Red Storm Rising

DOS19894/5 MicroProse Software
Rendezvous with Rama

DOS19853.6/5 Telarium
Return of the Phantom

DOS1993protected3.7/5 MicroProse Software
Return to Ringworld

DOS19943.9/5 Tsunami Media
Ringworld: Revenge of the Patriarch

DOS19923.3/5 Tsunami Media
Romance of the Three Kingdoms

DOS19894/5 KOEI
Romance of the Three Kingdoms 2

DOS19904.1/5 KOEI
Romance of the Three Kingdoms 3: Dragon of Destiny

DOS19933.9/5 KOEI
Shannara

DOS1995protected4.1/5 Legend Entertainment
Spirit of Excalibur

DOS19903.8/5 Synergistic Software
Team Yankee

DOS19904.2/5 Oxford Digital Enterprises
The Cardinal of the Kremlin

DOS19903.9/5 Capstone

The Cardinal of the Kremlin is an abandoned simulation game involving espionage, politics and govern management set in the cold war years. It was designed by Kenneth Rothschild, developed by Capstone and released by IntraCorp in 1990 for DOS and Amiga. The Cardinal of the Kremlin was based on the Tom Clancy novel of the same name.
The Crack of Doom

DOS19893.7/5 Beam Software
The Fellowship of the Ring

DOS19864/5 Beam Software
The Fourth Protocol

DOS19874/5 The Electronic Pencil Co.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

DOSMac1984freeware4.2/5 Infocom

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a humorous free text adventure game based on the novel of the same name written by Douglas Adams (if you never read it, shame on you!). The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy was designed by Douglas Adams himself and interactive fiction god Steve Eric Meretzky, it was released by Infocom in 1984 for DOS and for...
The Hobbit

DOS19833.9/5 Beam Software