The most popular underrated underdog games

In order to be an underdog, a game has to be "not well known" to the public (not now, nor at the time of its release) or underrated, but worth mentioning and playing for some reason. There are plenty of games that won the love of gamers against all odds; some of them even had a cult following. By the way, this keyword pays tribute to Sarinee Achavanuntakul, the owner of the first version of Home of the Underdogs, the site that started and popularized the abandonware concept.

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DOS1988protected3.2/5 Accolade

Stormlord

DOS19894/5 Hewson Consultants

Stormlord is an abandoned DOS platform game set in a fantasy world, developed and published by Hewson Consultants in 1989 and designed by Raffaele Cecco. There was some controversy about the scantily clothed fairies in the game.

Snood

DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac OS1996freeware4.1/5

Thomas the Tank Engine

DOS19923.8/5 Peakstar Software

Power Drift

DOS19903.9/5 Sega

Aquanox

Windows XP/98/952001protected3.1/5 Massive Development

Legions

Windows 3.xMac OS19944/5 Mindscape

Zyclunt

DOS19953.5/5 Phantagram

Zyclunt is a side-scrolling action game developed and published by Phantagram in 1995. The game is set in a dystopian future where incurable diseases and a rise in criminal activities have brought society to the brink of collapse. In this setting, advanced genetic engineering has led to the creation of cybernetic organisms, or cyborgs, which have b...

Superfrog

DOS1994protected4/5 Team 17

IVAN (Iter Vehemens ad Necem)

DOSWindows 10/11LinuxMac OS2001freeware3.3/5

Super Cauldron

DOS19923.9/5 Titus Interactive

Dylan Dog: Murderers

DOS19923.7/5 Simulmondo

Strife

DOS1996protecteddemo4/5 Velocity

Strife from 1996 is a first-person shooter game developed by Rogue Entertainment and published by Velocity, based on the Doom engine. It's often remembered for being one of the earlier games to blend first-person shooter gameplay with RPG elements, such as dialogue with NPCs, quests, and an overarching storyline.In Strife, players assume the role o...

Feud

DOS19884/5 Binary Design

Paganitzu

DOS1991protected3.7/5 Apogee Software

Paganitzu is a classic puzzle-adventure game released in 1991 by Apogee Software. Set in an ancient pyramid, the game follows the exploits of its protagonist, Alabama Smith, who must navigate through a series of increasingly complex rooms filled with traps, puzzles, and enemies. The game is divided into three episodes, each one unraveling more of t...