The most popular party-based games

A party based system allows the player to create, customize and play with a party of adventurers at the beginning or during the game. The vast majority of old RPGs were party based: Ultima, Eye of the Beholder, The Magic Candle are just a few.

Most popular party-based applications

Ultima 7 Part 1: The Black Gate

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Ultima 4: Quest of the Avatar

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Eye of the Beholder

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Spirit of Adventure

DOS19914/5 Attic Entertainment Software
Wizardry 5: Heart of the Maelstrom

DOS19883.5/5 Sir-tech Software
Hexx: Heresy of the Wizard

DOS19944/5 Psygnosis
Wizardry 4: The Return of Werdna

DOS19883.6/5 Sir-tech Software
Challenge of the Five Realms

DOS1992protected3.7/5 MicroProse Software
Death Knights of Krynn

DOS1991protected4/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Ravenloft: Strahd's Possession

DOS1994protected3.8/5 DreamForge Intertainment

Ravenloft: Strahd's Possession is a computer role-playing game (CRPG) released in 1994. It is set in the Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting of Ravenloft, which is known for its gothic horror themes. The game was developed by DreamForge Intertainment and published by Strategic Simulations, Inc. (SSI).The gameplay is based on the Advanced Dungeo...
Ancients 2: Approaching Evil

DOS19943.9/5 Farr-Ware Software
Pools of Darkness

DOS1991protected4.2/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Dark Sun 2: Wake of the Ravager

DOS1994protected4/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Buck Rogers: Matrix Cubed

DOS1992protected4/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.

Buck Rogers: Matrix Cubed is a CRPG developed by SSI Strategic Simulations Inc. and released in 1992 for DOS only. Buck Rogers: Matrix Cubed is the sequel to Buck Rogers: Countdown to Doomsday and it's based on a campaign setting created by TSR in the late 80s. The game uses the Gold Box engine, common to much of the RPGs developed by SSI.
Superhero League of Hoboken

DOS1994protected3.9/5 Legend Entertainment
X-Men 2: The Fall of the Mutants

DOS19914.2/5 Paragon Software
Azalta: Cult of the Raven

DOS19964.1/5
The Four Crystals of Trazere

DOS19924/5 Mindscape
Jagged Alliance: Deadly Games

DOS1996protected4.2/5 Sir-tech Software
Curse of the Azure Bonds

DOS1989protected3.9/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Planet's Edge

DOS1991protected4/5 New World Computing
Legend of Faerghail

DOS19903.9/5 Electronic Design Hannover
Wizardry 3: Legacy of Llylgamyn

DOS19833.8/5 Sir-tech Software
Fountain of Dreams

DOS19904.1/5 Electronic Arts
Bloodwych

DOS19893.8/5

Bloodwych is an abandoned RPG set in the fantasy world of Trazere. Two players can play at the same time in split screen mode, a feature that was unusual at the time, especially for an RPG. Bloodwych was released in 1989 by Image Works for DOS, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, C64, ZX Spectrum.
Dark Designs 2: Closing the Gate

DOS19904/5 Softdisk Publishing
Phantasie 1

DOS1987protected3.8/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Exile: Escape from the Pit

Windows XP/98/95MacWindows 3.x1995freeware4.1/5 Spiderweb Software
Septerra Core: Legacy of the Creator

Windows XP/98/951999protected4/5
Return to Krondor

Windows XP/98/951998protected3.9/5 7th Level
Treasures of the Savage Frontier

DOS1992protected4.1/5 Stormfront Studios
Disciples of Steel

DOS19944.1/5
Shadoworlds

DOS1993protected4.2/5 Teque