The best abandonware rpg games
In a Role-Playing Game (RPG), players control one or more characters in a fictional world, be it fantasy-oriented, contemporary, sci-fi, etc. RPGs follow up on traditional tabletop role-playing games features, including narrative threads full of obstacles and enigmas, character development, combat systems, or complex inventories.
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Rogue
Windows XP/98/95DOSLinuxMac OS19844.2/5 dungeon crawl, roguelike
Rogue is one of the first RPGs in the history of video gaming. It's a text-based dungeon crawler in which you have to fight your way in the dungeon to recover the Amulet of Yendor. Rogue became popular around 1980 on mainframes and later ported to various platforms, including DOS in 1984. Rogue is simply the father of all the roguelike games that c...
Phantasie 3: The Wrath of Nikademus
DOS19874.2/5 top-down party-based RPG
Might and Magic 7: For Blood and Honor
DOS1999protected4.2/5 first-person party-based RPG
Might and Magic VII: For Blood and Honor is a fantasy role-playing game (RPG) developed by New World Computing and released in 1999. It is the seventh installment in the long-running Might and Magic series. The game is set in the fictional world of Enroth and takes place in the same universe as the previous Might and Magic games. Might and Mag...
Nox
Windows XP/98/95Mac OS2000protected4.2/5 action RPG
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
Windows XP/98/952002protected4.2/5 action RPG, sandbox RPG
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind is a critically acclaimed open-world action role-playing video game developed by Bethesda Game Studios. It was released in 2002 and is the third installment in the Elder Scrolls series. The game is set in the fantasy world of Tamriel, on the island of Vvardenfell in the province of Morrowind.The game offers a vast a...
Diablo
Windows XP/98/951996protecteddemo4.1/5 dungeon crawl, action RPG
Ultima 5: Warriors of Destiny
DOS19884.1/5 sandbox RPG, top-down party-based RPG
Ultima V: Warriors of Destiny is a role-playing video game developed and published by Origin Systems in 1988. It is the fifth installment in the highly influential Ultima series, created by Richard Garriott. Initially released for the Apple II and Commodore 64, it was later ported to DOS, Atari ST, Amiga, and other platforms. The story pi...
Anachronox
Windows XP/98/952001protected4.1/5 action RPG
Joyous Rebel
DOS1996freeware4.1/5
Alternate Reality: The City
DOSMac OS19884.1/5
Alternate Reality: The City is a role-playing video game developed by Paradise Programming for various platforms including Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, and Commodore 64. It was released in 1985. In Alternate Reality: The City, players find themselves in a mysterious and surreal city known as simply "The City". The game takes place in a fantasy setti...
Heimdall 2: Into the Hall of Worlds
DOS19944.1/5
Ultima 4: Quest of the Avatar
DOS1985freeware4.1/5 sandbox RPG, top-down party-based RPG
Ultima IV is remembered as one of the best Ultima games ever released, designed as usual by Richard Garriott. Garriott took the Ultima series to a whole new level by introducing the eight virtues: honesty, compassion, valor, justice, sacrifice, honor, spirituality, humility. Ultima IV started the trilogy known as "Age of Enlightenment".
Starflight
DOS19864.1/5 sandbox RPG
Starflight is a classic space exploration and role-playing video game released in 1986 by Binary Systems and published by Electronic Arts. It is known for its innovative gameplay, as well as its open-ended approach to space exploration and storytelling.The game is set in a massive, procedurally generated universe with thousands of star systems to e...
Wizardry 6: Bane of the Cosmic Forge
DOSLinuxMac OS1990protected4.1/5 dungeon crawl, first-person party-based RPG
Dungeon Master
DOS19924.1/5 dungeon crawl, first-person party-based RPG
Dungeon Master is a classic computer role-playing game (CRPG) developed by FTL Games and released in 1987. It's considered one of the pioneering titles in the dungeon crawler genre. In Dungeon Master, players navigate through a dungeon environment in a first-person perspective, controlling a party of up to four adventurers. The goal is to explore t...
Amulets & Armor
DOS1997freeware4.1/5 action RPG
Amulets & Armor is a first-person ARPG (action RPG) with a fantasy setting. It was developed and published as shareware for DOS by United Software Artists in 1997. Amulets & Armor became freeware in 2013. Gameplay is mission-based; the player can take up quests in any order and even complete the same quests over and over.
Secret of the Silver Blades
DOSMac OS1990protected4.1/5
Secret of the Silver Blades is a fantasy RPG set in the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons universe, developed and released by SSI Strategic Simulations Inc. in 1990 for DOS, Macintosh, Amiga and Commodore 64 systems. Secret of the Silver Blades is part of the Pool of Radiance series and uses the same "GoldBox" engine with isometric turn-based combat ...
Prophecy of the Shadow
DOS1992protected4.1/5
Dark Queen of Krynn
DOS1992protected4.1/5
Fallout
DOSWindows XP/98/951997protecteddemo4.1/5
Beneath Apple Manor
DOS1983freeware4.1/5 roguelike
Fountain of Dreams
DOS19904.1/5 top-down party-based RPG
Slash'Em
Windows XP/98/95Linux1997freeware4.1/5 dungeon crawl, roguelike
Fallout 2
Windows XP/98/951998protected4.1/5
Champions of Krynn
DOS1990protected4.1/5
Blades of Exile
Windows 3.xMac OSWindows XP/98/951997freeware4.1/5 top-down party-based RPG
Blades of Exile is a classic role-playing video game developed by Spiderweb Software. It's the third installment in the "Exile" series. The game was released in 1997 for Mac OS, and later for Windows in 1998.In Blades of Exile, players control a party of adventurers who explore the underground world of Exile/Avernum, a vast network of caves and dun...
Tunnels & Trolls: Crusaders of Khazan
DOS19904.1/5 top-down party-based RPG
UnReal World v. 3.20
Windows XP/98/95Mac OS1992freeware4.1/5 roguelike
Knights of Xentar
DOS1994NSFW4.1/5 JRPG
Ragnarok
DOS1993freeware4.1/5 roguelike