The best underrated underdog games

In order to be an underdog, a game has to be "not well known" to the public (not now, nor at the time of its release) or underrated, but worth mentioning and playing for some reason. There are plenty of games that won the love of gamers against all odds; some of them even had a cult following. By the way, this keyword pays tribute to Sarinee Achavanuntakul, the owner of the first version of Home of the Underdogs, the site that started and popularized the abandonware concept.

Most popular underrated underdog games

Albion

rpgDOS

Dope Wars

simulationWindows XP/98/95

Death Rally

racingDOS

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Wacky Wheels

DOS1994protected4.5/5 Apogee Software
Ultra Mortal Kombat Vendetta

Windows XP/98/952001freeware4.3/5
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.
Albion

DOS19964.2/5 Blue Byte Software
Blood

DOS1997protected4.2/5 Monolith Productions
Jagged Alliance

DOS1994protected4.2/5 Sir-tech Software
Feud

DOS19884.2/5 Binary Design
Gabriel Knight 2: The Beast Within

DOSWindows XP/98/951995protected4.2/5 Sierra On-Line
Starflight

DOS19864.2/5 Binary Systems
Dope Wars

Windows XP/98/9519984.2/5 Beermat Software
Driller

DOS19874.1/5 Incentive

Driller (also known as Space Station Oblivion) is an abandoned action-adventure game developed by Incentive and released by Epyx in 1987 based on the Freescape Engine. In Driller, you control an excavation probe in a real 3d environment, through a first person view. The goal of the game is to place a drilling rig in each of the 8 regions of the moo...
Alter Ego: Male Version

DOS19864.1/5 Activision
SimAnt: The Electronic Ant Colony

DOS19914.1/5 Maxis
Power Drift

DOS19904.1/5 Sega
Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure

Windows XP/98/9519954.1/5 Activision

Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure is an abandoned action platform game set in South America and it's the fourth installment of the Pitfall series. Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure was designed by John Spinale, developed and released by Activision in 1995 for Windows, Super Nintendo, Game Boy Advance, Genesis, Jaguar, etc. The Mayan Adventure is part of the ...
Alter Ego: Female Version

DOS19864.1/5 Activision
Shadowgate

DOSWindows 3.xMac19884.1/5 ICOM Simulations

Shadowgate is an abandoned fantasy-themed adventure game developed by ICOM Simulations and released by Mindscape in 1988 for Macintosh, DOS, and also for Amiga, Apple IIgs, Atari ST, NES. Shadowgate uses the ICOM MacVenture engine (Deja Vu, Uninvited). Shadowgate was later remade in an enhanced version for Windows 3.1.
Scorched Earth

DOS1991protected4.1/5
Death Rally

DOS1996freeware4.1/5 Remedy Entertainment Ltd.
Supaplex

DOS1991freeware4.1/5 Think!Ware Development
Betrayal at Krondor

DOS1993protected4/5 Dynamix
Fast Food Dizzy

DOS19894/5 Codemasters
I have no Mouth and I Must Scream

DOS1995protected4/5 The Dreamers Guild
Redneck Rampage

DOS1997protected4/5 Xatrix Entertainment
D/Generation

DOS19914/5 Software Toolworks
Eric the Unready

DOS1993protected4/5 Legend Entertainment
Hill Street Blues

DOS19914/5 Krisalis

Hill Street Blues is an old DOS "driving" game developed by Krisalis in 1991. The gameplay it's similar to a Grand Theft Auto clone (we're talking about GTA 1 or 2) in which you are the police and you have to apprehend criminals. Hill Street Blues is a rare example of game based on a TV series.
Stormlord

DOS19894/5 Hewson Consultants

Stormlord is an abandoned DOS platform game set in a fantasy world, developed and published by Hewson Consultants in 1989 and designed by Raffaele Cecco. There was some controversy about the scantily clothed fairies in the game.
Super Cauldron

DOS19924/5 Titus Interactive
Time Bandit

DOS19894/5 MichTron