DOS Games Discussion

A while ago I developed a habit to browse IndieDB in a random search for something interesting. This is how I found Wyrmsun in the first place. However, I often don't have the time to actually try out or even just follow a project, and there are so many games out there it's easy to lose track of them.

So I decided to use this thread to just take note of something that seems interesting among the many projects at IndieDB (in no particular order):

First-Person Shooter
E.D.G.E. - Earth Defence Grunt Elite
B-12: Brantisky Mk. 12
Red Zone
Starshock
Purple Complex
Synthes 3D
The Journey
Dungeon of Eternity
Black Fps
The Esc4pe

Thid-Person Shooter
Noxious
Path of Shadows

Real-Time Strategy
WizardCraft
Harvested
Knights Province
Subpar Commander
Illgresi
Dwelvers
DwarfCorp
Thrones of War
Earth Liberation
Retro Island War
Glory Defenders

Turn-Based Strategy/Tactics
StarJunk
Outland 17: Void of Liberty
Shadow Corps
Lord of Rigel
Kingdom of Sogon

Roguelike
Ananias
Goblin Dungeon

Role-Playing
OneSamurai: Dusk
Legends of Pixelia
Dark Flame
Dungeon Rushers
The Provinces Of Midland - Argskin
Lonekin
Underrail
The Age of Decadence
Dungeons of Aledorn
Sage Fusion
Siralim
Kelgar Alpha
Cetetorius
CaRpg
Heroes of a Broken Land
Frayed Knights: The Skull of S'makh-Daon
Mar Colony Challenger
Aztaka
Berserker Quest VI
Realms of Fortune
Driftmoon
Notrium
9th Dawn
Sovereign
Goblins & Grottos
Seed of Andromeda
Invention RPG
Long Gone Days
LandTraveller
Heroes of the Monkey Tavern
Shackled
Void Pyramid

MMORPG
Ninelives

Adventure
Shardlight
City of the Shroud
Amphipolis - Gate to Hades
COLUMNAE: A Past Under Construction

Shooter
Rogue Invader
CounterAttack
STRACO
Subterrain
Void Raiders
Space Thinger
MAMBO
Mission: GALAZA
Amaranthine
Super Untitled Game
BlastZone 2
sk0r Spaceshooter
XYDONIA

Platform/Side-Scrolling
Citadel 1986
Trial by Viking
StarCore
DROID 02X
Dead Knight
Dinocide
Heroes of Yggdrassil
Orange Adventure
Cendric
Orange Moon
Trials of Azra

Puzzle
Replaced
Gravity Den
Elysium
Enigma Prison
Atrium
Puzzle Depot

Open World/Sandbox
Brutal Nature
Planet Centauri

Visual Novel
The Next World

Management Strategy
Imagine Earth
Survival Kingdom
Starship Corporation
I, Mayor

Survival
Hull Breach
Wayward
RimWorld

Simulation
Limit Load
Eterium
StarTrade

Racing
FFX Runner HD

Great idea! I was really intrigued by StarJunk, but I forgot about them. Glad you refreshed my memory! I think I had a few I don't see on this list, I'll try to contribue. And if you want to keep this list-only, no worries if you want to delete this commentary message.

Well yeah, refreshing my own memory was one of the goals as well. I've also dug a few more potentially interesting things in the process too.

You might also notice that all the above have one thing in common - there are downloads of demo/beta/whatever payable releases. This is because I browsed the files, not the genre categories.

UPD: These titles are now all listed in the first post, split by categories.

Here's more:

WizardCraft - RTS
Shardlight - Adventure
OneSamurai: Dusk - Turn-based RPG
Ananias - Roguelike
Rogue Invader - Roguelike Shooter
StarJunk - Turn-Based Tactics
Legends of Pixelia - RPG
Citadel 1986 - Platform/Puzzle
Trial by Viking - Side-Scrolling Action
Harvested - Survival RTS
Replaced - First-Person Puzzle
City of the Shroud - quite a stylish game mixing several genres
E.D.G.E. - Earth Defence Grunt Elite - FPS
Gravity Den - Puzzle Platform
CounterAttack - Shmup
Elysium - Puzzle/Adventure
B-12: Brantisky Mk. 12 - FPS/Puzzle
Knights Province - RTS
Dark Flame - Side-Scrolling RPG
STRACO - Top-Down Shooter
Brutal Nature - Open World/Sandbox
Subterrain - Top-Down Survival Shooter
The Next World - Strategy/Visual Novel
StarCore - Platform
Ninelives - MMORPG
DROID 02X - Platform
Red Zone - Arena FPS (cancelled)
Imagine Earth - Management Strategy
Void Raiders - Top-Down Shooter
Dead Knight - Side-Scrolling Roguelike
Dinocide - Platfrom
Enigma Prison - First-Person Puzzle
Hull Breach - First-Person Survival
Space Thinger - Third-Person Space Shooter
Atrium - First-Person Puzzle
Dwelvers - RTS
Puzzle Depot - Puzzle
Limit Load - Simulation
MAMBO - Isometric Shooter
Shadow Corps - Turn-Based Tactics
Amphipolis - Gate to Hades
Lord of Rigel - 4X TBS
Heroes of Yggdrassil - Platform
Mission: GALAZA - Arcade Shooter
Amaranthine - Shmup
Planet Centauri - Side-Scrolling Sandbox
Super Untitled Game - Side-Scrolling Shooter
Goblins & Grottos - Side-Scrolling RPG
BlastZone 2 - Shmup
Starshock - FPS/RPG
Eterium - Space Combat Simulation
StarTrade - Space Trade/Combat Simulation

Master Spy - Stealth Platformer
This one is released on Steam and intrigues me, but I haven't pulled the trigger quite uet.

Star Trek: Excalibur - Space Simulation(?)
I don't know if this can break the curse of Star Trek games, but looks like a valiant effort!

These are both from the 2015 highly voted games:
2015 Indie otY top 100

Purple Complex - FPS with stealth elements

Black Shadow 3D - Action/RPG on the Duke Nukem 3D engine (cancelled)
DwarfCorp- Managerial RTS
Seed of Andromeda - Sandbox RPG

Wayward - Roguelike
RimWorld - Survival/Strategy
Synthes 3D - First-Person Shooter
Goblin Dungeon - Roguelite
The Journey - First-Person Shooter

Survival Kingdom - Roguelike/Strategy
Goblin Dungeon - Rogue-Lite
Invention RPG - FPS/RPG
Dungeon of Eternity - FPS/RPG
COLUMNAE: A Past Under Construction - Experimental Adventure
Long Gone Days - RPG
Black Fps - FPS
sk0r Spaceshooter - Shmup/Arcade
Orange Adventure - Side-Scrolling
XYDONIA - Shmup
Cendric - Platform/RPG
Orange Moon - Platform
LandTraveller - RPG
Trials of Azra - Platform

Dungeon Rushers - a dungeon crawling game that might be interesting. Very nice art.

I've updated the first post with a categorized list and added some more titles.

I'm throwing in some itch.io findings as well:
Retro Island War
The Esc4pe
FFX Runner HD
Glory Defenders
Kingdom of Sogon
Heroes of the Monkey Tavern
Shackled
Xydonia
Void Pyramid

Added two third-person shooter games:
Noxious
Path of Shadows

Forsaken Castle
Infinite Desolation
Warsim
Terrorbane
Digaway
Ruggnar
Ascend
Vulture Strike

This is tangential, but the names of some games... kinda silly. And even funnier if you mix them up:
Forsaken Desolation, Infinite Castle, Warbane, Terrorsim...
OTOH, I'd play some of those games, they sound cool

I guess it's pretty hard to come up with an original title for a game these days

Titan
Vortex of Hostility
Tinman Takedown
Membrane
Blaze
Gunnhildr
Boarding Action
Diluvian
Hover Cubes

Some exploration games:

Escape from Pirate Island
Wonders Between Dunes
Lens
Santorini Paradise
Winter's Brew
Observer Effect - Edge of Earth
Outside of Our Own
Ruah
North Winter
Iborea - The Acheron's Journey

Just found this neat looking RTS w/ RPG elements:
Loria: Rage of Chaos

Also this:
Gods of the Fallen Land

[Edit] Here's a few more:
Cyber Utopia
HASTE
Airmen