The most popular abandonware rpg games
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Bad Blood
DOS19904.2/5
Dark Queen of Krynn
DOS1992protected4.1/5
Starflight
DOS19864.1/5 sandbox RPG
Starflight is a classic space exploration and role-playing video game released in 1986 by Binary Systems and published by Electronic Arts. It is known for its innovative gameplay, as well as its open-ended approach to space exploration and storytelling.The game is set in a massive, procedurally generated universe with thousands of star systems to e...
Worlds of Ultima: The Savage Empire
DOS1990freeware4/5 top-down party-based RPG
After the success of Ultima 6: The False Prophet, Origin decided to "create worlds" not part of the popular Ultima series (strictly speaking) using the same engine of Ultima 6. They came up with two games: The Savage Empire and Martian Dreams. The Savage Empire is set in a stone age-like world and features prehistoric tribes, dinosaurs, insectoid a...
Dragon Wars
DOS1990protected3.7/5 first-person party-based RPG
Ultima Underworld 2: Labyrinth of Worlds
DOS1993protected4.1/5 action RPG
Dungeon master 2: The legend of Skullkeep
DOS19954/5 dungeon crawl, first-person party-based RPG
The Legacy: Realm of Terror
DOSLinuxMac OS1993protected3.9/5
The Legacy: Realm of Terror is a first-person view survival horror RPG set in the modern world, in a haunted house. The Legacy was developed by Magnetic Scrolls and published by MicroProse Software in 1993.
Zeliard
DOS19904/5 JRPG, action RPG, metroidvania
Zeliard is a fantasy platformer - JRPG hybrid with metroidvania gameplay elements developed by Game Arts and released for DOS in 1990. Zeliard is a single-player game.
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
Windows XP/98/952002protected4.1/5 action RPG, sandbox RPG
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind is a critically acclaimed open-world action role-playing video game developed by Bethesda Game Studios. It was released in 2002 and is the third installment in the Elder Scrolls series. The game is set in the fantasy world of Tamriel, on the island of Vvardenfell in the province of Morrowind.The game offers a vast a...
Fairy Tale Adventure 2: Halls of the Dead
DOSWindows XP/98/9519973.8/5 action RPG
Circuit's Edge
DOS19904.1/5 interactive fiction
Circuit's Edge is a cyberpunk-themed role-playing game developed by Westwood Associates and published by Infocom. It was released in 1990 for various platforms including DOS, Amiga, and Commodore 64.Set in a dystopian future, Circuit's Edge takes place in the fictional city of Rhoes Island, a dark and gritty urban landscape filled with crime, corru...
Ultima: Worlds of Adventure 2: Martian Dreams
DOS19914/5 top-down party-based RPG
Ultima: Worlds of Adventure 2: Martian Dreams is an abandoned science fiction RPG designed by Jeff George, developed by Origin Systems and released in 1991 for DOS. Martian Dreams uses the Ultima VI engine to depict Mars in a top down perspective.
Bloodwych
DOS19893.8/5 dungeon crawl, first-person party-based RPG
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.
Al-Qadim: The Genie's Curse
DOS1994protected3.8/5 action RPG
Captive
DOS19923.9/5 dungeon crawl, first-person party-based RPG
Angband
Windows XP/98/95DOSLinux1992freeware4/5 dungeon crawl, roguelike
Stonekeep
DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac OS1995protected4/5 dungeon crawl
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...
UnReal World v. 3.20
Windows XP/98/95Mac OS1992freeware4.1/5 roguelike
ShadowCaster
DOS19933.9/5 action RPG
Shadowcaster is a first-person action role-playing game developed by Raven Software and published by Origin Systems. It was released in 1993 for MS-DOS computers.In Shadowcaster, players assume the role of Kirt, a young man who discovers that he is the last of the Shadowcasters, a powerful group of shapeshifters with the ability to transform into d...
Ultima 8: Pagan
DOSMac OS1994protected4.2/5 action RPG
Shadoworlds
DOS1993protected4/5
NetHack
DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac OSLinux1987freeware3.7/5 dungeon crawl, roguelike
NetHack is an open-source roguelike game that's been around since the early 1980s. It's a single-player dungeon exploration game where you navigate your character through a randomly generated dungeon filled with monsters, traps, treasures, and various items. The goal is to retrieve the Amulet of Yendor, located deep within the dungeon's lowest leve...
Realms of Arkania 2: Star trail
DOS1994protected4.1/5 first-person party-based RPG, sandbox RPG
Spirit of Excalibur
DOS19903.8/5 action RPG
An Elder Scrolls Legend: Battlespire
Windows XP/98/951997protected4/5 action RPG, dungeon crawl
Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss
DOS1992protected4.2/5 dungeon crawl, action RPG
Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss is one of the first free-roaming first-person 3D ARPG (action RPG) ever created. The Stygian Abyss is the dungeon of the same name, part of the land of Britannia, and it's set in the Ultima universe created by Richard Garriott. Ultima Underworld was designed by Paul Neurath, developed by Blue Sky Productions and...
Conan: the Cimmerian
DOS19914.2/5 action RPG
Times of Lore
DOS19894.1/5 action RPG
Times of Lore is an abandoned action RPG designed by Chris Roberts, developed and released by Origin Systems in 1989 for DOS and many more 8 bit and 16 bit platforms. Compared to Ultima (the much more popular franchise also by Origin) Times of Lore is a washed down RPG, more similar to a NES game. In fact, Roberts was inspired by The Legend of Zelda.
Prophecy of the Shadow
DOS1992protected4.1/5