The best top-down party-based RPG games

Party-based role-playing games played in a top down perspective were perhaps the first CRPGs to get some attention by fans of pen & paper RPGs. After all, a top down view is the ideal way to convey the feeling of looking at a map, and it's the perfect way to show every member of the party in a turn-based combat. The most fondly remembered top-down CRPGs of the golden age of gaming were perhaps the ones designed by the immortal Richard Garriott: the Ultima series. Let's not forget classics such as The Magic Candle, Dark Sun, Wasteland.

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The Aethra Chronicles

DOS19943.9/5

The Aethra Chronicles is not a well know fantasy RPG, but it deserves some praise. It was developed by only one person (Micheal Lawrence) and, as the title implies, was intended to be the first volume of a saga. Unfortunately, volume two and three were never made. For a shareware game, Aethra was pretty solid and is still loved by the ones who play...

Keys to Maramon

DOS19903.9/5 Mindcraft Software

MegaTraveller 1: The Zhodani Conspiracy

DOS19903.9/5 Paragon Software

MegaTraveller 1: The Zhodani Conspiracy is a science fiction role-playing game (RPG) released in 1990. The Zhodani Conspiracy is the first installment in the MegaTraveller series and was developed by Paragon Software.MegaTraveller 1 takes place in the Traveller universe's Third Imperium, a vast interstellar empire. The plot revolves around a c...

Exile II: Crystal Souls

Windows XP/98/95MacWindows 3.x1996freeware3.9/5 Spiderweb Software

Disciples of Steel

DOS19943.9/5

Exile III: Ruined World

Windows XP/98/95MacWindows 3.x1997freeware3.9/5 Spiderweb Software

Phantasie 1

DOS1987protected3.8/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.

The Magic Candle 2: The Four and Forty

DOS19913.8/5 Mindcraft Software

Demon's Winter

DOS1989protected3.8/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.

Challenge of the Five Realms

DOS1992protected3.7/5 MicroProse Software

Hard Nova

DOS19903.7/5 Malibu Interactive

MegaTraveller 2: Quest for the Ancients

DOS19913.6/5 Paragon Software

MegaTraveller 2: Quest for the Ancients is the sequel to MegaTraveller 1: The Zhodani Conspiracy. It is a science fiction role-playing game (RPG) released in 1991, developed by Paragon Software. Like its predecessor, MegaTraveller 2 is set in the expansive Traveller universe.In MegaTraveller 2, players continue their journey in the Third Imperium, ...

Dragonflight

DOS19913.6/5 Thalion

Dungeons of Kairn

DOS19893.6/5

Baldur's Gate III: The Black Hound

Windows2003canceled3.4/5 Black Isle Studios

Baldur's Gate III: The Black Hound was an unreleased role-playing video game that was intended to be the sequel to the critically acclaimed Baldur's Gate series. It was initially announced by Black Isle Studios, a division of Interplay Entertainment, back in 2002. The Black Hound was being developed using the Infinity Engine, the same engine used i...