The most popular based on a novel games

A lot of old games were based on a book, being it a novel or even a short story. Some novels that inspired developers to create video games are The Lords of the Rings (by J. R. R. Tolkien, Rendez Vous with Rama (by Arthur Clarke), The Mist (by Stephen King).

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Prisoner of Ice

DOS1995protected4.1/5 Chaosium Inc.

Lone Wolf: The Mirror of Death

DOS19913.8/5 Mr. Micro

Alice in Wonderland

DOS19893.3/5

Red Storm Rising

DOS19894/5 MicroProse Software

Castle Elsinore

DOS19923.5/5 Temple Software

Treasure Island

DOS19853.5/5 Byron Preiss Video Productions

Dracula in London

DOS19883.5/5 SDJ Enterprises

Dragonflight

DOS19913.6/5 Thalion

The Hunt for Red October

DOSMac OS19874.1/5 Oxford Digital Enterprises

Zorro

DOS19953.3/5 Capstone

Flight of the Intruder

DOS19904.2/5 Rowan Software

The Fellowship of the Ring

DOS19864.1/5 Beam Software

Frankenstein

DOS19944.2/5 Junkyard

Shannara

DOS1995protected4/5 Legend Entertainment

Scrooge

DOS19913/5 Leisuresoft

Scrooge is an abandoned interactive fiction graphic adventure game developed and released by Leisuresoft in 1991 for DO. Scrooge is based on the popular Christmas tale of the same name.

9 Princes in Amber

DOS19854.1/5 Telarium

Team Yankee

DOS19904.2/5 Oxford Digital Enterprises

Companions of Xanth

DOS1993protected3.8/5 Legend Entertainment

Farenheit 451

DOS19843.4/5 Telarium

The Cardinal of the Kremlin

DOS19903.9/5 Capstone

The Cardinal of the Kremlin is an abandoned simulation game involving espionage, politics and govern management set in the cold war years. It was designed by Kenneth Rothschild, developed by Capstone and released by IntraCorp in 1990 for DOS and Amiga. The Cardinal of the Kremlin was based on the Tom Clancy novel of the same name.