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The best based on a tabletop RPG games

Video games and tabletop RPGs (TRPG) players often share an affinity. Video gaming companies took advantage of that and the result is quite some games based on pen and paper RPG systems. The most popular of them all is Dungeons & Dragons, but it's not the only one. Megatraveller, Space 1889 and Realms of Arkania are just some of the licensed games based on a non D&D TRPG.

Most popular based on a tabletop RPG games

Baldur's Gate
rpgWindows XP/98/95, Linux, Mac
The Temple of Elemental Evil
rpgWindows XP/98/95, Mac
  • eotb2-4
    DOS1991protected4.3/5 Westwood Studios

    Eye of the Beholder 2: The Legend of Darkmoon is an old DOS fantasy RPG set in the Dungeons & Dragons universe, developed by Westwood Studios and published by SSI Strategic Simulations Inc. in 1991. Eye of the Beholder 2 (also called EotB2) is one of the most popular party-based dungeon crawlers every released for PC.

  • eotb1-4
    DOS1991protected4.2/5 Westwood Studios
  • dungeonhack-5
    DOS1993protected4.2/5 DreamForge Intertainment

    Dungeon Hack, based on Advanced Dungeons and Dragons, is a first person dungeon crawl. You can create your one-man party and generate a random the dungeon everytime you start from scratch. Dungeon Hack gameplay is very similar to the Eye of the beholder series.

  • tunnels-and-trolls-02
    DOS19904.2/5 New World Computing
  • pools-of-darkness-06
    DOS1991protected4.2/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
  • dark-queen-of-krynn-08
    DOS1992protected4.2/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
  • realmsarkania1-1
    DOS1992protected4.2/5 Attic Entertainment Software
  • buckcountdown-04
    DOS1990protected4.2/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
  • vampire-redemption-02
    Windows XP/98/95Mac2000protected4.1/5 Nihilistic Software
  • secret-silver-blades-03
    DOSMac1990protected4.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.

    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 Silver Blades is part of the Pool of Radiance series and uses the same "GoldBox" engine with isometric turn-based combat ...

  • dnd_text-02
    DOS19844.1/5
  • championskrynn-2
    DOS1990protected4.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
  • temple-elemental-evil-04
    Windows XP/98/95Mac2003protected4.1/5 Troika Games
  • darksun1-4
    DOS1993protected4.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
  • realmsarkania2-1
    DOS1994protected4.1/5 Attic Entertainment Software
  • poolradiance-5
    DOSMac1988protected4.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
  • unlimited-adventures-09
    DOSMac1993protected4.1/5 MicroMagic

    After publishing a plethora of Gold Box titles, SSI decided to release a fantasy RPG based on the Forgotten Realms scenarios of Dungeons & Dragons where the player could create its own adventures. Forgotten Realms Unlimited Adventures (FRUA) is the ultimate Gold Box RPG and received praise from everyone who played it. If you loved Dark Knights ...

  • treasuresfrontier-1
    DOS1992protected4.1/5 Stormfront Studios
  • gatewayfrontier-2
    DOS1991protected4.1/5 Stormfront Studios
  • baldurs-gate-1-03
    Windows XP/98/95LinuxMac1998protected4/5 BioWare

    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 ...

  • darksun2-3
    DOS1994protected4/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
  • neverwinternights-splash
    DOS1991protected4/5 Beyond Software
  • buckrogersmatrix-05
    DOS1992protected4/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.

    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.

  • deathknightskrynn-1
    DOS1991protected4/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
  • space-1889-06
    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.

  • menzoberranzan-3
    DOS1994protected4/5 DreamForge Intertainment

    Menzoberranzan is a old DOS fantasy first person perspective RPG developed by DreamForge Intertainment in 1994 from an original idea by John McGirk. Menzoberranzan setting is based on the Dungeons & Dragons Forgotten Realms campaing setting. Menzoberranzan gameplay is party-based and class-based.

  • realms-of-arkania-3-03
    DOS1996protected4/5 Attic Entertainment Software
  • baldurs-gate-2-02
    Windows XP/98/95Mac2000protected3.9/5 BioWare

    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.

  • 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...

  • eotb3-3
    DOS1991protected3.9/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.