Abandonware DOS title

The best abandonware PC games of all time

Retro gamers like myself are convinced that the best PC games ever published were developed in a golden age of PC gaming, a long time ago, during the 80s and the 90s. I collected quite a few of those PC games and I own a small big box PC game collection. Some of you may remember most of these titles, a few of you probably remember all of them and played every single "abandoned" Windows and DOS game that made it into the chart.

Actually, some of the games listed below are not abanoned at all and you can buy them on GOG or Steam, but they definitely deserve to be included anyway.

I'm aware that every "best games" chart is far from perfect, there's always a couple of games that you think are missing. That's why this abandonware games list is exclusively based on votes cast by users.

The best games of the month: March 2024

These are the top games according to the user votes of the current month only.

# game title status rating
01 Soko-Ban (1984)
4.40
/ 5
02 The Elder Scrolls 2: Daggerfall (1996)
4.22
/ 5
03 The Secret of Monkey Island (1990)
4.20
/ 5
04 Sid Meier's SimGolf (2002)
4.20
/ 5
05 Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines (1998)
4.20
/ 5

The best old PC games

These are the top games according to user votes given since the birth of Abandonware DOS.

# game title status rating
01 Street Fighter 2 (1992)
4.32
/ 5
02 Jagged Alliance 2 (1999)
4.32
/ 5
03 The Secret of Monkey Island (1990)
4.32
/ 5
04 Ultima 7 Part 1: The Black Gate (1992)
4.32
/ 5
05 Tetris Classic (1992)
4.32
/ 5
06 The Incredible Machine 2 (1994)
4.32
/ 5
07 X-COM: Ufo Defense (1994)
4.30
/ 5
08 Alley Cat (1984)
4.30
/ 5
09 Whiplash (1995)
4.30
/ 5
10 Master of Orion 2: Battle at Antares (1996)
4.29
/ 5
11 Pipe Dream (1989)
4.29
/ 5
12 Micro Machines (1994)
4.29
/ 5
13 Skate or Die (1988)
4.29
/ 5
14 Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe (1991)
4.28
/ 5
15 Lemmings 2: The Tribes (1993)
4.28
/ 5
16 Ugh! (1992)
4.28
/ 5
17 Mortal Kombat (1993)
4.28
/ 5
18 Doom 2: Hell on Earth (1994)
4.28
/ 5
19 Leisure Suit Larry 1: In the Land of the Lounge Lizards (1987)
4.28
/ 5
20 Battle Arena Toshinden (1996)
4.28
/ 5
21 Warlords 3: Reign of Heroes (1997)
4.28
/ 5
22 Volfied (1991)
4.28
/ 5
23 Empire Earth (2001)
4.27
/ 5
24 Panza Kick Boxing (1990)
4.27
/ 5
25 Aces Over Europe (1993)
4.27
/ 5
26 Space Hulk (1993)
4.27
/ 5
27 Driller (1987)
4.27
/ 5
28 Chuck Yeager's Air Combat (1991)
4.27
/ 5
29 Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge (1991)
4.27
/ 5
30 Heretic (1994)
4.27
/ 5
31 Hero's Quest: So you want to be a hero (1989)
4.27
/ 5
32 Operation Wolf (1989)
4.27
/ 5
33 Super Street Fighter 2 (1996)
4.27
/ 5
34 Capitalism 2 (2001)
4.27
/ 5
35 NHL 96 (1995)
4.27
/ 5
36 Star Wars: Dark Forces (1995)
4.27
/ 5
37 Links 386 Pro (1992)
4.27
/ 5
38 Lode Runner (1983)
4.27
/ 5
39 King's Quest 1: Quest for the Crown (1984)
4.27
/ 5
40 The Smurfs (1996)
4.26
/ 5
41 Broken Sword 2: The Smoking Mirror (1997)
4.26
/ 5
42 Age of Empires 2: The Age of Kings (1999)
4.26
/ 5
43 The Elder Scrolls 2: Daggerfall (1996)
4.26
/ 5
44 Gobliiins (1991)
4.26
/ 5
45 Chip's Challenge (1991)
4.26
/ 5
46 Outcast (1999)
4.26
/ 5
47 Strike Commander (1993)
4.26
/ 5
48 Grand Prix 2 (1995)
4.26
/ 5
49 Zork II: The Wizard of Frobozz (1983)
4.26
/ 5
50 Lotus: The ultimate challenge (1993)
4.26
/ 5