Abandonware DOS title

Top-down view party-based RPGs

Party-based role-playing games played in a top down perspective were perhaps the first CRPGs to get some attention by fans of pen & paper RPGs. After all, a top down view is the ideal way to convey the feeling of looking at a map, and it's the perfect way to show every member of the party in a turn-based combat. The most fondly remembered top-down CRPGs of the golden age of gaming were perhaps the ones designed by the immortal Richard Garriott: the Ultima series. Let's not forget classics such as The Magic Candle, Dark Sun, Wasteland.

Most popular top-down party-based RPG games

Top-down party-based RPG games

  • amberstar-08
    DOS19923.9/5 Thalion

    Amberstar is a fantasy old school RPG very similar to Ultima 6 that uses a top-down view for interiors and small locations and a first person pseudo 3D view for everything else. Unfortunately, the sequel (called Ambermoon) was available for Amiga only and no version existed for DOS or Windows. Amberstar was developed and published by Thalion for DO...

  • azalta-03
  • blades-exile-02
    Windows 3.xMacWindows XP/98/951997freeware3.9/5 Spiderweb Software
  • bloodstone-3
    DOS19934/5 Mindcraft Software
  • challenge-of-the-five-realms-5
    DOS1992protected3.8/5 MicroProse Software
  • darksun2-3
    DOS1994protected4/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
  • darksun1-4
    DOS1993protected4.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
  • demons-winter-2
    DOS1989protected3.7/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
  • disciples-of-steel-04
    DOS19943.9/5
  • dragonflight-01
    DOS19913.6/5 Thalion
  • dungeons-of-kairn-02
    DOS19893.7/5
  • exile2-04
    Windows XP/98/95MacWindows 3.x1996freeware3.5/5 Spiderweb Software
  • exile3-03
    Windows XP/98/95MacWindows 3.x1997freeware3.8/5 Spiderweb Software
  • exile1-01
    Windows XP/98/95MacWindows 3.x1995freeware3.8/5 Spiderweb Software
  • fountain-of-dreams-01
    DOS19904.3/5 Electronic Arts
  • hardnova-9
    DOS19903.7/5 Malibu Interactive
  • lordrings1-2
    DOS19904/5 Interplay Productions

    J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Vol. I is an abandoned fantasy top-down DOS RPG game set in the The Lord of the Rings universe. The Lord of the Rings I was developed and released by Interplay Productions in 1990. The Lord of the Rings, Vol. I is based on the popular The Lord Of The Rings book by J.R.R. Tolkien and it's focused on the f...

  • lotr2b-02
    DOS19923.9/5 Interplay Productions

    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...

  • keysmaramon-2
    DOS19903.9/5 Mindcraft Software
  • megatraveller1-4
    DOS19903.9/5 Paragon Software
  • megatraveller2-1
    DOS19913.7/5 Paragon Software
  • phantasie1-2
    DOS1987protected3.9/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
  • phantasie_3-1
    DOS19874.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
  • planetsedge-8
    DOS1991protected4/5 New World Computing
  • scavengersmutant-1
    DOS19883.9/5 Interstel Corporation
  • space-1889-06
    DOS19904/5 Paragon Software
  • aethra_game_006
    DOS19943.9/5

    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, volume two and three were never made. For a shareware game, Aethra was pretty solid and is still loved by the ones who play...

  • uukrul-4
    DOS19894/5 Digital Studios Limited
  • magiccandle-1
    DOS19894.1/5 Mindcraft Software

    The Magic Candle: Volume 1 is the first chapter of a series of fantasy old school RPGs. The Magic Candle was developed and released by Mindcraft Software in 1989 for DOS but was also published for Apple II and Commodore 64. The whole Magic Candle series is very similar to some of the early Ultima games in every aspect: turn-based combat, top-down v...

  • magiccandle2-6
    DOS19913.8/5 Mindcraft Software