The most popular based on a novel games

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

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Dune II: The building of a dynasty

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Discworld 2: Mortality Bytes!

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Based on a novel games

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Transarctica

DOS19934.1/5 Silmarils
Dragonflight

DOS19913.6/5 Thalion
The Crack of Doom

DOS19893.7/5 Beam Software
9 Princes in Amber

DOS19854.2/5 Telarium
Neuromancer

DOS19894/5 Interplay Productions
Team Yankee

DOS19904.2/5 Oxford Digital Enterprises
Callahan's Crosstime Saloon

DOS19974/5 Legend Entertainment
War in Middle Earth

DOS19884/5 Synergistic Software
Arrakis

DOS20003.9/5
William Shatner's TekWar

DOS19953.9/5 Capstone
Megafortress

DOS1991protected4/5 Artech Studios
Gateway 2: Homeworld

DOS1993protected3.9/5 Legend Entertainment
Spirit of Excalibur

DOS19903.8/5 Synergistic Software
Companions of Xanth

DOS1993protected3.7/5 Legend Entertainment
Return of the Phantom

DOS1993protected3.7/5 MicroProse Software
Red Storm Rising

DOS19894/5 MicroProse Software
Return to Ringworld

DOS19943.9/5 Tsunami Media
The mist

DOS19853.9/5 Angelsoft
Pacific Islands

DOS19924.3/5 Oxford Digital Enterprises
J.R.R. Tolkien's Riders of Rohan

DOS19974.1/5 Papyrus Design Group
Death Gate

DOS1994protected3.9/5 Legend Entertainment
The Wizard of Oz

DOS19853.9/5 Windham Classics
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.
Rendezvous with Rama

DOS19853.7/5 Telarium
Dracula in London

DOS19883.5/5 SDJ Enterprises
Zorro

DOS19953.3/5 Capstone
Hook

DOS19924/5 Shadow Software
The Hunt for Red October

DOSMac19874.1/5 Oxford Digital Enterprises
The Fourth Protocol

DOS19874/5 The Electronic Pencil Co.
Dragonriders of Pern

DOS19873.1/5 Everlasting