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.
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Fountain of Dreams
DOS1990 Electronic Arts
Eye of the beholder 3: Assault on Myth Drannor
DOS1991protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Death Knights of Krynn
DOS1991protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Curse of the Azure Bonds
DOS1989protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Superhero League of Hoboken
DOSWindows XP/98/95LinuxMac OS1994protected Legend Entertainment
Superhero League of Hoboken is a humorous role-playing game (RPG) released in 1994, developed by Legend Entertainment. It's a quirky mix of a traditional RPG and an adventure game, set in a post-apocalyptic world where New Jersey ...
Challenge of the Five Realms
DOS1992protected MicroProse Software
Might and Magic: World of Xeen
DOSMac OS1994protecteddemo New World Computing
Might and Magic: World of Xeen is a fantasy role-playing game (RPG) released in 1994, which is a combination of two games: Clouds of Xeen and Darkside of Xeen. These games were part of the Might and Magic series, a franchise of RP...
Whale's Voyage
DOS1993 neo Software Produktions
Whale's Voyage is an abandoned science fiction first-person view party-based RPG, developed by neo Software Produktions and released by Pro One Software in 1993. Whale's Voyage is currently abandonware and it was published for PC ...
X-Men 2: The Fall of the Mutants
DOS1991 Paragon Software
Septerra Core: Legacy of the Creator
Windows XP/98/951999protected
Fairy Tale Adventure 2: Halls of the Dead
DOSWindows XP/98/951997 The Dreamers Guild
Shadoworlds
DOS1993protected Teque
Exile: Escape from the Pit
Windows XP/98/95Mac OSWindows 3.x1995freeware Spiderweb Software
Exile: Escape from the Pit is a turn-based role-playing game (RPG) developed by Spiderweb Software. It is part of the Exile series, originally released in the mid-1990s. This game was later remade and re-released as Avernum: Escap...
Blades of Exile
Windows 3.xMac OSWindows XP/98/951997freeware 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, p...
Scavengers of the Mutant World
DOS1988 Interstel Corporation
MegaTraveller 1: The Zhodani Conspiracy
DOS1990 Paragon Software
MegaTraveller 1: The Zhodani Conspiracy is a science fiction role-playing game (RPG) released in 1990. The Zhodani Conspiracy is the first installment in the MegaTraveller series and was developed by Paragon Software.MegaTrav...
Heroes of the Lance
DOS1989protected U.S. Gold
Jagged Alliance: Deadly Games
DOS1996protected Sir-tech Software
Ishar: Legend of the Fortress
DOS1992protected Silmarils
Ishar: Legend of the Fortress is a first-person grid-based RPG developed by Silmarils and released in 1992 for DOS, Amiga and Atari ST. Ishar: Legend of the Fortress is the second game, part of the Ishar game series (the first bei...
Oubliette
DOS1983
Bloodwych
DOS1989
Step into a dungeon, take a left at the creepy skeleton, and say hello to Bloodwych, the 1989 DOS game that proves co-op first-person dungeon crawling can be both confusing and oddly addictive. It's got split-screen multiplayer (y...
Ishar 2: Messengers of Doom
DOS1994protecteddemo Silmarils
Ishar 2: Messengers of Doom is a role-playing video game developed and published by Silmarils, released in 1993. It is the sequel to Crystals of Arborea and the second installment in the Ishar series. Set in the fantasy world of K...
Wizardry 4: The Return of Werdna
DOS1988 Sir-tech Software
The Four Crystals of Trazere
DOS1992 Mindscape
Realms of Arkania 3: Shadows Over Riva
DOS1996protected Attic Entertainment Software
Crystals of Arborea
DOS1990 Silmarils
Dark Designs 2: Closing the Gate
DOS1990 Softdisk Publishing
Wizardry 3: Legacy of Llylgamyn
DOS1983 Sir-tech Software
Wizardry III: Legacy of Llylgamyn is a classic role-playing video game developed by Sir-Tech and released in 1983. It is the third installment in the Wizardry series. Originally released for the Apple II, it was later ported ...
Azalta: Cult of the Raven
DOS1996
Azalta: Cult of the Raven is what happens when a lone developer says, “I can make an RPG better than Ultima!” and sort of does. Released in 1996, this DOS dungeon crawler features deep customization, open-ended quests,...
Space 1889
DOS1990 Paragon Software
Space 1889 is an abandoned top down RPG developed by Paragon Software and released in 1990 for DOS, Atari ST and Amiga. Space 1889 setting is classic science fiction, but is set in the Victorian. It's worth noting that Space ...