The best abandonware rpg games
In a Role-Playing Game (RPG), players control one or more characters in a fictional world, be it fantasy-oriented, contemporary, sci-fi, etc. RPGs follow up on traditional tabletop role-playing games features, including narrative threads full of obstacles and enigmas, character development, combat systems, or complex inventories.
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Might and Magic: World of Xeen
DOSMac OS1994protecteddemo first-person party-based RPG
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 RPGs developed by New World Computing. World of Xeen represents the merging of these two games into a single, interconnect...
Space Rogue
DOS1989 space simulation, sandbox RPG
Space Rogue is a science fiction RPG developed by Richard Garriott's Origin and desined by Paul Neurath. Space Rogue combines a 3D space simulation with a top down view RPG gameplay. As a space pilot you can hunt bounties, buy and sell goods, land on starbases or outposts and talk to NPCs, do quests, etc.
Planet's Edge
DOS1991protected top-down party-based RPG
Might and Magic 3: Isles of Terra
DOS1991protected first-person party-based RPG
Ultima 1: The First Age of Darkness
DOS1987 top-down party-based RPG
Ultima I: The First Age of Darkness is a seminal role-playing video game developed by Richard Garriott and released by California Pacific Computer Company in 1981. It is the first game in the long-running and influential Ultima series. Initially released for the Apple II, it was later ported to various platforms including DOS, Commodore 64, At...
Zeliard
DOS1990 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.
Ultima 9: Ascension
Windows XP/98/951999protected sandbox RPG, action RPG
Baldur's Gate
Windows XP/98/95LinuxMac OS1998protected
Baldur's Gate a fantasy RPG set in the Dungeons & Dragons universe which is regarded as the RPG that brought new life in a dying genre in the late 90s. Baldur's Gate was developed by BioWare and released by Black Isle Studios in 1998 for Windows, Lunux and Mac. Some of the innovations that Baldur's Gate introduced to the RPG genre are the ...
Baldur's Gate 2: Shadows of Amn
Windows XP/98/95Mac OS2000protected
Baldur's Gate 2: Shadows of Amn is a party-based real-time with pause CRPG set in the Dungeons & Dragons universe that shares the same gameplay as the sequel: the much acclaimed Baldur's Gate. Shadows of Amn was developed by BioWare and released by Black Isle Studios in 2000 for PC (Windows) and Mac.
BattleTech: The Crescent Hawk's Inception
DOS1988 board game
Death Knights of Krynn
DOS1991protected
Whale's Voyage
DOS1993 first-person party-based RPG
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 (DOS) and Amiga.
Realms of Arkania 1: Blade of destiny
DOS1992protected first-person party-based RPG, sandbox RPG
2400 A.D.
DOS1988
Buck Rogers: Matrix Cubed
DOS1992protected
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.
Ultima: Worlds of Adventure 2: Martian Dreams
DOS1991 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.
Dink Smallwood
Windows XP/98/951998freeware action RPG
Dink Smallwood is an action role-playing video game developed by Robinson Technologies. It was first released in 1997 for Windows and later became freeware. The game was created by Seth Robinson, and it gained a cult following for its humor.The game's plot revolves around the titular character, Dink Smallwood, a pig farmer who embarks on an epic ad...
Ardentryst
Windows 10/11Linux2009 JRPG, platform
Dark Designs 2: Closing the Gate
DOS1990 dungeon crawl, first-person party-based RPG
Dark Sun 2: Wake of the Ravager
DOS1994protected top-down party-based RPG
Dungeon master 2: The legend of Skullkeep
DOS1995 dungeon crawl, first-person party-based RPG
Escape from Hell
DOS1990
Hexx: Heresy of the Wizard
DOS1994 dungeon crawl, first-person party-based RPG
Icewind Dale
Windows XP/98/95Mac OS2000protected
J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Vol. II: The Two Towers
DOS1992 top-down party-based RPG
J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Vol. II: The Two Towers is an abandoned fantasy top-down DOS RPG game set in the The Lord of the Rings universe. The Lord of the Rings II was developed and released by Interplay Productions in 1992. The Lord of the Rings, Vol. II: The Two Towers is based on the popular The Lord Of The Rings book by J.R.R. Tol...
Legend of Faerghail
DOS1990 first-person party-based RPG
Legend of Faerghail is a role-playing video game developed by Electronic Design Hannover and published by Rainbow Arts. It was released in 1990 for the Commodore 64, Amiga, and MS-DOS platforms. The game is set in the fantasy world of Faerghail, where the player controls a party of adventurers on a quest to defeat the evil sorcerer Daldras.The game...
Might and Magic 5: Darkside of Xeen
DOS1993protecteddemo first-person party-based RPG
Might and Magic V: Darkside of Xeen is a role-playing video game developed by New World Computing and released in 1993. It is the fifth installment in the Might and Magic series and forms the second half of a larger story arc that began with Might and Magic IV: Clouds of Xeen. The plot focuses on the player's quest to stop the evil overlord Sh...
Neverwinter Nights
DOS1991protected
Reaping The Dungeon
DOS1993 dungeon crawl, roguelike