Games featuring PvP multiplayer mode

Of all the multiplayer modes available for a game, PvP (Player VS Player) is one of the most appreciated. The thrill of competing in some way against a human opponent is something that changes the way you're playing and is often completely different than fighting a computer opponent. In fact, the first games in history lacked a computer opponent (it needed more resources, more code, etc.), there was PvP before everything else.

Most popular PvP (player VS player) games

Magic: The Gathering

strategyWindows XP/98/95

Dune 2000

strategyWindows XP/98/95

Age of Empires

strategyWindows XP/98/95

PvP (player VS player) games

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18th Airborne

DOS19933.6/5
4-D Sports boxing

DOS19914.1/5 Distinctive Software
4Play

Windows 3.x1995NSFW4/5
4th & Inches

DOS1988protected3.2/5 Accolade
7 colors

DOS19913.4/5 Gamos
Advantage Tennis

DOS19914.1/5 Infogrames
Age of Empires

Windows XP/98/951997protected4.2/5 Ensemble Studios

Age of Empires, published by Microsoft and developed by Ensemble Studios, is one of the most popular historical RTS and started a successful series. The player must guide a civilization from prehistory to the iron age, battling other civilizations, building and gathering resources.
Age of Empires 2: The Age of Kings

Windows XP/98/951999protected4.3/5 Ensemble Studios
Amok

DOS19963.6/5 Scavenger
Aquanox

Windows XP/98/952001protected3/5 Massive Development
Arcade Volleyball

DOS19873.3/5
Archon Ultra

DOS1994protected3.7/5 Free Fall Associates
Archon: the Light and the Dark

DOS19844.1/5 Free Fall Associates

Archon: The Light and the Dark is an abandoned DOS fantasy blend of strategy and action game, developed by Free Fall Associates and published for DOS by Electronic Arts in 1984. Archon and its sequels are a unique mix of chess-like turn-based strategy and arcade action games. Take chess and add the fact that every time two pieces land on the same s...
Army Men

Windows XP/98/9519984.2/5 The 3DO Company
Army Men 2

Windows XP/98/951998protected4.1/5 The 3DO Company
Austerlitz

DOS1989protected3.3/5 Tactical Design Group
Austerlitz 1805

DOS19893.9/5 Cornerstone Software
Ballistix

DOS19893.8/5 Reflections Interactive
Bang! Bang!

Windows 3.x19904/5
Batalia

DOS19862.8/5 The Right Brothers
Battle Arena Toshinden

DOS19964.2/5 Tamsoft Corporation
Battle Chess

DOS1988protected4.2/5 Interplay Productions

Chess was a niche genre in video gaming. There were lots of chess simulations: black and white very old games, licensed games from chess champions, etc. No one ever attempted to broaden the audience until Interplay published Battle Chess. Battle Chess appeal was almost entirely focused on the animations when two pieces ended on the same square.
Battle Chess 2: Chinese Chess

DOS1990protected3.8/5 Interplay Productions
Battle Chess 4000

DOS1992protected3.9/5 Interplay Productions
Battle Isle 2200

DOS1994protected4/5 Blue Byte Software
BC Racers

DOS1995freeware4.1/5 Core Design

BC Racers is a DOS unconventional (to say the least) racing game that features a prehistoric theme, designed by Martin Gibbons, developed and published by Core Design in 1955. It's the third game in the Chuck Rock series, the first two being platformers not available for PC.
Big Red Racing

DOS19954/5 The Big Red Software Company
Blades of steel

DOS19904/5 Konami
Blasteroids

DOS19893.8/5 Atari
Blood & Magic

DOS19964/5 Tachyon Studios