Party-based games
A party based system allows the player to create, customize and play with a party of adventurers at the beginning or during the game. The vast majority of old RPGs were party based: Ultima, Eye of the Beholder, The Magic Candle are just a few.
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101: The Airborne Invasion of Normandy
Windows XP/98/9519984.2/5 Empire Interactive
Amberstar
DOS19924/5 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...
Ambush at Sorinor
DOS19933.8/5 Mindcraft Software
Ancients 1: Deathwatch
DOS19913.8/5 Farr-Ware Software
Ancients 2: Approaching Evil
DOS19944.1/5 Farr-Ware Software
Arcanum: of Steamworks and Magick Obscura
DOS2001protected4.2/5 Troika Games
Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura is a classic role-playing game developed by Troika Games and published by Sierra On-Line. It was released in 2001 for Microsoft Windows. The game is set in a unique steampunk fantasy world where magic and technology coexist, often in conflict.Players assume the role of a customizable protagonist who starts ...
Azalta: Cult of the Raven
DOS19963.8/5
Baldur's Gate
Windows XP/98/95LinuxMac OS1998protected4/5 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 ...
Baldur's Gate 2: Shadows of Amn
Windows XP/98/95Mac OS2000protected4/5 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.
Baldur's Gate III: The Black Hound
Windows 10/112003canceled3.7/5 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...
Betrayal at Krondor
DOS1993protected4.1/5 Dynamix
Blades of Exile
Windows 3.xMac OSWindows XP/98/951997freeware4/5 Spiderweb Software
Blades of Exile is a classic role-playing video game developed by Spiderweb Software. It's the third installment in the "Exile" series. The game was released in 1997 for Mac OS, and later for Windows in 1998.In Blades of Exile, players control a party of adventurers who explore the underground world of Exile/Avernum, a vast network of caves and dun...
Bloodstone: an Epic Dwarven Tale
DOS19934/5 Mindcraft Software
Bloodwych
DOS19893.8/5
Bloodwych is an abandoned RPG set in the fantasy world of Trazere. Two players can play at the same time in split screen mode, a feature that was unusual at the time, especially for an RPG. Bloodwych was released in 1989 by Image Works for DOS, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, C64, ZX Spectrum.
Blues Brothers RPG
Windows XP/98/952004freeware3.8/5
Buck Rogers: Countdown to Doomsday
DOS1990protected4.2/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Buck Rogers: Matrix Cubed
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.
Captive
DOS19923.9/5 Mindscape
Challenge of the Five Realms
DOS1992protected3.8/5 MicroProse Software
Champions of Krynn
DOS1990protected4.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Crystals of Arborea
DOS19904.2/5 Silmarils
Curse of the Azure Bonds
DOS1989protected4/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Dark Designs 1: Grelminar's Staff
DOS19903.9/5 Softdisk Publishing
Dark Designs 2: Closing the Gate
DOS19904/5 Softdisk Publishing
Dark Queen of Krynn
DOS1992protected4.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Dark Sun 2: Wake of the Ravager
DOS1994protected4/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Dark Sun: Shattered Lands
DOS1993protected4.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Darklands
DOSLinuxWindows XP/98/95Mac OS1992protected4/5 MicroProse Software
Darklands was a unique historical isometric RPG that mixed real historical data from medieval Germany during the 15th century with a touch of folklore and fantasy. Unfortunately it was also the only Microprose RPG of that kind and beauty. The original game box contained a huge manual with info on european folklore (including the live...
Death Knights of Krynn
DOS1991protected4/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Demon's Winter
DOS1989protected3.8/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.