Fantasy MS-DOS Games

Swords, sorcery and something terrible stirring under the mountain. Fantasy was the default setting of MS-DOS role-playing games and of a good many adventures and strategy games besides, drawing on tabletop role-playing and on the novels the designers grew up with.

Games tagged "Fantasy" (by release years)

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Discworld
Discworld – MS-DOS cover art
Set in Terry Pratchett’s fantastical Discworld universe, this classic point-and-click adventure casts players as the inept yet lovable wizard Rincewind. When a deadly dragon threatens the city of Ankh-Morpork, it’s up to Rincewind — and his…
Genre: Adventure
Release: 1995
Developer: Perfect 10 Productions
Publisher: Psygnosis

Heroes of Might and Magic
Heroes of Might and Magic – MS-DOS cover art
Heroes of Might and Magic (1995) is a classic turn-based strategy game developed by New World Computing for MS-DOS. It combines exploration, resource management, and tactical combat in a richly illustrated fantasy world. Players command one of…
Genre: Strategy
Release: 1995
Developer: New World Computing
Publisher: -

Anvil of Dawn
Anvil of Dawn – MS-DOS cover art
Anvil of Dawn is a classic first-person dungeon crawler released for MS-DOS in 1995 by New World Computing. Set in a dark fantasy realm threatened by chaos, the game casts players as a lone hero chosen to confront the malevolent warlord who has…
Genre: RPG
Release: 1995
Developer: DreamForge Intertainment
Publisher: New World Computing

Albion
Albion – MS-DOS cover art
Albion (1996) is a narrative-focused role-playing game for MS-DOS developed by Blue Byte, combining several classic RPG design approaches. Exploration is presented in a mix of a top-down 2D view and, in dungeons and caves, a first-person perspective…
Genre: RPG
Release: 1996
Developer: Blue Byte
Publisher: -

Blood & Magic
Blood & Magic – MS-DOS cover art
Blood & Magic is a real-time strategy game developed by Tachyon Studios and published by Interplay Productions for MS-DOS in 1996. It carries the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons licence — the first Interplay game to do so — and is set in the Utter East,…
Genre: Strategy
Release: 1996
Developer: Tachyon Studios
Publisher: Interplay Productions