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The top 30 abandonware games of all time

Retro gamers like myself think that the best PC games were published a long time ago, in the 80s and in the 90s. Some of you may remember these titles, but some of you are going to learn just now about the best abandonware games of all time.

Actually, some of these games are not abanoned at all and you can buy them on GOG or Steam, but I decided to include them anyway.

The games are ordered according to the votes cast by the users of Abandonware DOS.


# best games ever status year rating
001 X-COM: Ufo defense (a.k.a. Ufo: Enemy unknown) 1994
4.20
002 Doom 1993
4.17
003 Master of Orion 2: Battle at Antares 1996
4.16
004 The Secret of Monkey Island 1990
4.13
005 Magic: The Gathering 1997
4.12
006 Prince of Persia 1990
4.11
007 Railroad Tycoon 2 1998
4.11
008 Virtua Cop 2 1997
4.11
009 House of the Dead 1998
4.10
010 Civilization 1991
4.10
011 Bubble Bobble 1989
4.10
012 Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis 1992
4.10
013 Sid Meier's SimGolf 2002
4.10
014 The Lost Vikings 1993
4.10
015 Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers 1993
4.10
016 Speedball 2 1992
4.09
017 Ultima Underworld 2: Labyrinth of Worlds 1993
4.09
018 Transport Tycoon 1994
4.09
019 Civilization 2 1996
4.08
020 Ultima 7 Part 1: The Black Gate 1992
4.08
021 Dune 2000 1998
4.08
022 Blade Runner 1997
4.08
023 Frontier: First Encounters 1995
4.08
024 SimCity (a.k.a. SimCity Classic) 1989
4.08
025 Tetris 1987
4.08
026 Lode Runner: The Legend Returns 1994
4.08
027 Dope Wars 1998
4.07
028 Warlords 1990
4.07
029 Age of Empires 2: The Age of Kings 1999
4.07
030 Ultima 5: Warriors of Destiny 1988
4.07
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