The most popular 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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Ardentryst
Windows 10/11Linux2009 JRPG, platform
Ardentryst is the indie platformer that tried really hard to be a Metroidvania and kinda pulled it off. With anime-style art, RPG elements, and two playable characters, it’s got ambition pouring out of its pixelated pores. T...
Betrayal at Krondor
DOS1993protected first-person party-based RPG
If you like your RPGs verbose, Betrayal at Krondor is basically a fantasy novel you play. Set in Raymond E. Feist’s Midkemia, the game oozes with narrative depth, detailed characters, and the occasional goblin ambush. The co...
Buck Rogers: Countdown to Doomsday
DOS1990protected
In the 25th century, bureaucracy is still awful—but now you also have laser guns. Buck Rogers: Countdown to Doomsday is a surprisingly solid sci-fi RPG that blends space opera drama with crunchy tactical combat. Think Dungeo...
The Temple of Elemental Evil
Windows XP/98/952003protected top-down party-based RPG
The Temple of Elemental Evil is a computer role-playing game (CRPG) released in 2003 by Troika Games and published by Atari. The game is set in the World of Greyhawk, one of D&D's most famous campaign settings. The story ...
Prophecy: the Fall of Trinadon
DOS1989 action RPG
Dark Designs 1: Grelminar's Staff
DOS1990 dungeon crawl, first-person party-based RPG
IVAN (Iter Vehemens ad Necem)
DOSWindows 10/11LinuxMac OS2001freeware roguelike, dungeon crawl
Ultima 8: Pagan
DOSMac OS1994protected action RPG
Realms of Arkania 1: Blade of destiny
DOS1992protected first-person party-based RPG, sandbox RPG
Wasteland
DOS1988protected top-down party-based RPG
Spirit of Adventure
DOS1991 first-person party-based RPG
Cavequest
DOS1985
Planet's Edge
DOS1991protected top-down party-based RPG
Wizardry 6: Bane of the Cosmic Forge
DOSLinuxMac OS1990protected dungeon crawl, first-person party-based RPG
Wizardry VI: Bane of the Cosmic Forge is a role-playing game (RPG) developed by Sir-Tech and released in 1990. It's the sixth installment in the long-running "Wizardry" series. The game begins with the player's party investig...
The Aethra Chronicles
DOS1994 top-down party-based RPG
The Aethra Chronicles is not a well know fantasy RPG, but it deserves some praise. It was developed by only one person (Micheal Lawrence) and, as the title implies, was intended to be the first volume of a saga. Unfortunately, vol...
Zeliard
DOS1990 JRPG, action RPG, metroidvania
Zeliard is a fantasy platformer/RPG hybrid that has all the trappings of a classic quest: a brave knight, an evil demon, a princess in distress, and an unreasonable number of bats. With charming pixel art and a hauntingly catchy s...
Champions of Krynn
DOS1990protected
Champions of Krynn is a RPG released in 1990 by Strategic Simulations, Inc. (SSI) and is the first game in the Dragonlance Gold Box series. It is based on the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons ruleset and set in the world of Krynn, ...
Drakkhen
DOS1989
NetHack
DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac OSLinux1987freeware 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, t...
Secret of the Silver Blades
DOSMac OS1990protected
Secret of the Silver Blades is a fantasy RPG set in the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons universe, developed and released by SSI Strategic Simulations Inc. in 1990 for DOS, Macintosh, Amiga and Commodore 64 systems. Secret of the S...
Buck Rogers: Matrix Cubed
DOS1992protected
This sequel takes the same D&D-in-space formula and tries to go bigger, bolder, and... okay, maybe just more complicated. Buck Rogers: Matrix Cubed continues the galactic struggle with improved combat depth and a slightly mess...
Akalabeth: World of Doom
DOS1981freeware
Ah yes, the game that crawled so Ultima could run. Akalabeth is a wireframe dungeon crawl where you descend into monster-infested labyrinths with the elegance of a lost spreadsheet. The graphics are so old school they could legall...
Icewind Dale 2
Windows XP/98/95Mac OS2002protected
Ravenloft: Strahd's Possession
DOS1994protected first-person party-based RPG
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 ...
Icewind Dale
Windows XP/98/95Mac OS2000protected
Windwalker (Moebius 2)
DOS1989 action RPG
Divine Divinity
Windows 10/11Mac OS2002protected sandbox RPG, action RPG
Divine Divinity is a role-playing game (RPG) developed by Larian Studios and released in 2002. It's the first game in the Divinity series, which has since expanded with several sequels and spin-offs. The game is set in a fantasy w...
Fountain of Dreams
DOS1990 top-down party-based RPG
The Magic Candle 3
DOS1992 top-down party-based RPG, sandbox RPG