Fantasy games sorted by release date
Dwarves and elves, trolls and gnolls, dragons and wyverns, arcane magic, ancient deities, sword and sorcery! It's not just medieval, it's a soup of imagination and reality in equal parts, mixed in a bubbling cauldron, ready to be served in your favourite old tavern.
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Ruins of Cawdor
DOS19953.3/5 Ybarra Productions
Shannara
DOS1995protected4/5 Legend Entertainment
Stonekeep
DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac OS1995protected3.9/5 Interplay Productions
Stonekeep is a first-person role-playing game (RPG) developed by Interplay Entertainment. It was released for MS-DOS in 1995 and later for other platforms such as Windows and Macintosh.The game is set in the fantasy world of Britannia, where the player takes on the role of a hero named Drake. The story revolves around the protagonist's quest to def...
Warcraft 2: Tides of Darkness
DOS1995protected4.2/5 Blizzard Entertainment
Warlords 2 Deluxe
DOS19953.6/5 SSG Strategic Studies Group
Witchaven
DOSWindows XP/98/951995protected4.2/5 Capstone
Witchaven is an abandoned fantasy first-person shooter (or "slasher", since you'll wield melee weapons) developed by Capstone and released by IntraCorp in 1995 for DOS and Windows. Witchaven includes RPG elements such as experience and leveling your character but it's primarily an action game with swords and spells.
Wolfsbane
DOS19953.3/5 Midnight Software
Ancient Domains of Mystery (ADOM) v1.1
Windows XP/98/95DOSLinux1996freeware3.9/5
Aspetra
DOS19963/5
Azalta: Cult of the Raven
DOS19963.8/5
Birthright: The Gorgon's Alliance
Windows XP/98/9519964.2/5 Synergistic Software
Blood & Magic
DOS19963.9/5 Tachyon Studios
Cave Wars
DOS19964.2/5
Discworld 2: Mortality Bytes!
DOS19964.1/5 Perfect Entertainment
Exile II: Crystal Souls
Windows XP/98/95Mac OSWindows 3.x1996freeware3.9/5 Spiderweb Software
Fable
DOS19964.2/5 Simbiosis Interactive
Fantasy General
DOS1996protected4.2/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Fantasy General is a hex-based turn-based strategy fantasy wargame. The player can duel either against a computer or a human opponent or even take part in a longer campaign. There are two sides to chose from, one good and one evil, each with unique and colorful units.
Heroes of Might and Magic II
DOSWindows XP/98/951996protected4.2/5 New World Computing
Inner Worlds
DOSLinux19963.7/5 Sleepless Software
Joyous Rebel
DOS1996freeware4.1/5
Legend of the Silver Talisman
DOS1996freeware3.9/5 Inter-Active Arts
Magic Carpet 2: The Netherworlds
DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac OS1996protected3.8/5 Bullfrog
Realms of Arkania 3: Shadows Over Riva
DOS1996protected4/5 Attic Entertainment Software
The Elder Scrolls 2: Daggerfall
DOS1996freeware4.2/5 Bethesda Softworks
The Elder Scrolls 2: Daggerfall is an old school first-person 3D RPG developed by Bethesda Softworks and released in 1996 for DOS. Daggerfall is the second chapter in popular The Elder Scrolls series. The open world gameplay, the procedural generation of dungeons and the freedom of exploring and taking on the quests at your own pace are some of the...
Yendorian Tales: Book I - Chapter 2
DOS19963.8/5 SW Games
Zork Nemesis
DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac OS1996protected4.1/5 Zombie Studios
Aleshar World of Ice
DOS19973.8/5
Amulets & Armor
DOS1997freeware4.1/5 United Software Artists
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.
An Elder Scrolls Legend: Battlespire
Windows XP/98/951997protected4/5 Bethesda Softworks
Blades of Exile
Windows 3.xMac OSWindows XP/98/951997freeware4/5 Spiderweb Software
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...