Party-based games

A party based system allows the player to create, customize and play with a party of adventurers at the beginning or during the game. The vast majority of old RPGs were party based: Ultima, Eye of the Beholder, The Magic Candle are just a few.

Most popular party-based games

Ultima 7 Part 1: The Black Gate

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Might and Magic Book One: Secret of the Inner Sanctum

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Eye of the Beholder

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Party-based games

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Disciples of Steel

DOS19943.9/5
Don't Go Alone

DOS19894/5 Sterling Silver Software
Dragon Wars

DOS1990protected3.8/5 Interplay Productions
Dragonflight

DOS19913.6/5 Thalion
Dragons of Flame

DOS1989protected3.9/5 U.S. Gold
Drakkhen

DOS19894/5 Infogrames
Dungeon Master

DOS19924.2/5 FTL

Dungeon Master, released in 1987 by FTL for Atari ST and later for Amiga and DOS, is a classic dungeon-crawling role-playing game (RPG) that holds a special place in the hearts of many nostalgic gamers. Dungeon Master is considered the father of first-person, 3D, grid-based dungeon crawlers.
Dungeon master 2: The legend of Skullkeep

DOS19954/5 FTL
Dungeons of Kairn

DOS19893.7/5
Exile II: Crystal Souls

Windows XP/98/95MacWindows 3.x1996freeware3.8/5 Spiderweb Software
Exile III: Ruined World

Windows XP/98/95MacWindows 3.x1997freeware3.8/5 Spiderweb Software
Exile: Escape from the Pit

Windows XP/98/95MacWindows 3.x1995freeware4.1/5 Spiderweb Software
Eye of the Beholder

DOS1991protected4.2/5 Westwood Studios
Eye of the Beholder 2: The Legend of Darkmoon

DOS1991protected4.3/5 Westwood Studios

Eye of the Beholder 2: The Legend of Darkmoon is an old DOS fantasy RPG set in the Dungeons & Dragons universe, developed by Westwood Studios and published by SSI Strategic Simulations Inc. in 1991. Eye of the Beholder 2 (also called EotB2) is one of the most popular party-based dungeon crawlers every released for PC.
Eye of the beholder 3: Assault on Myth Drannor

DOS1991protected3.9/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Fairy Tale Adventure 2: Halls of the Dead

DOSWindows XP/98/9519973.8/5 The Dreamers Guild
Forgotten Realms: Unlimited Adventures

DOSMac1993protected4.1/5 MicroMagic

After publishing a plethora of Gold Box titles, SSI decided to release a fantasy RPG based on the Forgotten Realms scenarios of Dungeons & Dragons where the player could create its own adventures. Forgotten Realms Unlimited Adventures (FRUA) is the ultimate Gold Box RPG and received praise from everyone who played it. If you loved Dark Knights ...
Fountain of Dreams

DOS19904.1/5 Electronic Arts
Gateway to the Savage Frontier

DOS1991protected4.1/5 Stormfront Studios
Hard Nova

DOS19903.8/5 Malibu Interactive
Heroes of Might and Magic

DOSWindows XP/98/951995protected4.2/5 New World Computing
Heroes of Might and Magic II

DOSWindows XP/98/951996protected4.2/5 New World Computing
Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia

Windows XP/98/951999protected4.2/5 New World Computing
Heroes of the Lance

DOS1989protected3.9/5 U.S. Gold
HeroQuest

DOS19913.9/5 Gremlin Graphics / Gremlin Interactive
Hexx: Heresy of the Wizard

DOS19944/5 Psygnosis
Hired Guns

DOS19934/5 DMA Design

Hired Guns is an abandoned game developed by DMA Design and published by Psygnosis in 1993 for DOS and Amiga platforms. Hired Guns is a sci-fi RPG in which you control four mercenaries in four individual simultaneous first person sub-screens tasked with destroying all the bad guys from a single planet.
Icewind Dale

Windows XP/98/95Mac2000protected3.9/5 Interplay Productions
Icewind Dale 2

Windows XP/98/95Mac2002protected3.8/5 Black Isle Studios
Ishar 2: Messengers of Doom

DOS1994protected3.5/5 Silmarils