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Games based on a tabletop RPG sorted by release date

Video games and tabletop RPGs (TRPG) players often share an affinity. Video gaming companies took advantage of that and the result is quite some games based on pen and paper RPG systems. The most popular of them all is Dungeons & Dragons, but it's not the only one. Megatraveller, Space 1889 and Realms of Arkania are just some of the licensed games based on a non D&D TRPG.

Most popular based on a tabletop RPG games

Baldur's Gate
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Based on a tabletop RPG games

  • menzoberranzan-3
    DOS1994protected4/5 DreamForge Intertainment

    Menzoberranzan is a old DOS fantasy first person perspective RPG developed by DreamForge Intertainment in 1994 from an original idea by John McGirk. Menzoberranzan setting is based on the Dungeons & Dragons Forgotten Realms campaing setting. Menzoberranzan gameplay is party-based and class-based.

  • ravenloftsthrad-4
    DOS1994protected3.7/5 DreamForge Intertainment
  • realmsarkania2-1
    DOS1994protected4.1/5 Attic Entertainment Software
  • aethra_game_006
    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...

  • ravenloft-stone-prophet-07
    DOS1995protected3.3/5 DreamForge Intertainment

    Ravenloft: Stone Prophet is a fantasy RPG set in the egyptian Ravenloft campaign that uses the Advanced Dungeons & Dragon ruleset. It's the sequel to Ravenloft: Strahd's Possession and uses the same first person real-time 3d engine. Stone Prophet was developed by DreamForge Entertainment and published by SSI in 1995.

  • realms-of-arkania-3-03
    DOS1996protected3.9/5 Attic Entertainment Software
  • baldurs-gate-1-03
    Windows XP/98/95LinuxMac1998protected4.1/5 BioWare

    Baldur's Gate a fantasy RPG set in the Dungeons & Dragons universe which is regarded as the RPG that brought new life in a dying genre in the late 90s. Baldur's Gate was developed by BioWare and released by Black Isle Studios in 1998 for Windows, Lunux and Mac. Some of the innovations that Baldur's Gate introduced to the RPG genre are the ...

  • baldurs-gate-2-02
    Windows XP/98/95Mac2000protected4/5 BioWare

    Baldur's Gate 2: Shadows of Amn is a party-based real-time with pause CRPG set in the Dungeons & Dragons universe that shares the same gameplay as the sequel: the much acclaimed Baldur's Gate. Shadows of Amn was developed by BioWare and released by Black Isle Studios in 2000 for PC (Windows) and Mac.

  • icewind-dale1-04
    Windows XP/98/95Mac2000protected3.9/5 Interplay Productions
  • vampire-redemption-02
    Windows XP/98/95Mac2000protected3.9/5 Nihilistic Software
  • icewind-dale-2-08
    Windows XP/98/95Mac2002protected3.8/5 Black Isle Studios
  • baldurs-gate-3-01
    Windows2003canceled3.5/5 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...

  • temple-elemental-evil-04
    Windows XP/98/95Mac2003protected4/5 Troika Games