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Top-down view party-based RPGs

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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

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Ultima 1: The First Age of Darkness
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Ultima 4: Quest of the Avatar
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  • amberstar-08
    Amberstar
    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
    Azalta: Cult of the Raven
    DOS19964.1/5
  • baldurs-gate-3-01
    Baldur's Gate III: The Black Hound
    Windows2003canceled3.3/5 Black Isle Studios

    Baldur's Gate III: The Black Hound was an unreleased role-playing video game that was intended to be the sequel to the critically acclaimed Baldur's Gate series. It was initially announced by Black Isle Studios, a division of Interplay Entertainment, back in 2002. The Black Hound was being developed using the Infinity Engine, the same engine used i...

  • blades-exile-02
    Blades of Exile
    Windows 3.xMacWindows XP/98/951997freeware4.1/5 Spiderweb Software
  • bloodstone-3
    Bloodstone: an Epic Dwarven Tale
    DOS19934/5 Mindcraft Software
  • challenge-of-the-five-realms-5
    Challenge of the Five Realms
    DOS1992protected3.7/5 MicroProse Software
  • darksun2-3
    Dark Sun 2: Wake of the Ravager
    DOS1994protected4/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
  • darksun1-4
    Dark Sun: Shattered Lands
    DOS1993protected4.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
  • demons-winter-2
    Demon's Winter
    DOS1989protected3.7/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
  • disciples-of-steel-04
    Disciples of Steel
    DOS19944.1/5
  • dragonflight-01
    Dragonflight
    DOS19913.6/5 Thalion
  • dungeons-of-kairn-02
    Dungeons of Kairn
    DOS19893.7/5
  • exile2-04
    Exile II: Crystal Souls
    Windows XP/98/95MacWindows 3.x1996freeware3.8/5 Spiderweb Software
  • exile3-03
    Exile III: Ruined World
    Windows XP/98/95MacWindows 3.x1997freeware3.8/5 Spiderweb Software
  • exile1-01
    Exile: Escape from the Pit
    Windows XP/98/95MacWindows 3.x1995freeware4.1/5 Spiderweb Software
  • fountain-of-dreams-01
    Fountain of Dreams
    DOS19904.1/5 Electronic Arts
  • hardnova-9
    Hard Nova
    DOS19903.8/5 Malibu Interactive
  • lordrings1-2
    J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Vol. I
    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
    J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Vol. II: The Two Towers
    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
    Keys to Maramon
    DOS19904/5 Mindcraft Software
  • megatraveller1-4
    Megatraveller 1: the Zhodani conspiracy
    DOS19903.9/5 Paragon Software
  • megatraveller2-1
    Megatraveller 2: Quest for the ancients
    DOS19913.6/5 Paragon Software
  • phantasie1-2
    Phantasie 1
    DOS1987protected3.8/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
  • phantasie_3-1
    Phantasie 3: The Wrath of Nikademus
    DOS19874.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
  • planetsedge-8
    Planet's Edge
    DOS1991protected4/5 New World Computing
  • scavengersmutant-1
    Scavengers of the Mutant World
    DOS19883.9/5 Interstel Corporation
  • space-1889-06
    Space 1889
    DOS19904/5 Paragon Software

    Space 1889 is an abandoned top down RPG developed by Paragon Software and released in 1990 for DOS, Atari ST and Amiga. Space 1889 setting is classic science fiction, but is set in the Victorian. It's worth noting that Space 1889 is loosely based on the tabletop game of the same name.

  • aethra_game_006
    The Aethra Chronicles
    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
    The Dark Heart of Uukrul
    DOS19893.9/5 Digital Studios Limited
  • magiccandle-1
    The Magic Candle
    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...

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