Games like The Bard's Tale

The Bard's Tale: first released 1985 by Interplay.

In the series: Tales of the Unknown, Volume I: The Bard's Tale (1985), The Bard's Tale II: The Destiny Knight (1986), The Bard's Tale III: Thief of Fate (1988), The Bard's Tale IV: Barrows Deep (2018).

11 games inspired by The Bard's Tale

• Ashes of the Forgotten: Free browser crawler in the style of 1980s party RPGs.
• Garenda: Free browser crawler with turn-based party combat across ten levels.
• Into The Inferno: First-person blobber about rescuing children taken by demons; one of several small crawlers by this creator.
• Lawless Legends: Wild West fantasy RPG built for the Apple II, also playable on modern systems.
• Minerva Labyrinth: Dark first-person crawler with a magical-girl heroine in the Wizardry lineage.
• Nox Archaist: New Ultima-style RPG written for real Apple II computers.
• OpenDW (Dragon Wars engine recreation): Engine recreation of Interplay's Dragon Wars, the Bard's Tale team's follow-up.
• Paper Sorcerer: Stylish black-and-white first-person blobber where you play the villain.
• Skald: Against the Black Priory: Kickstarted Commodore 64-style RPG inspired by Ultima.
• Swords and Sorcery: Underworld: Six-character first-person crawler closely modeled on the first Might and Magic games; sold from the developer's own site as well as Steam.
• The Mighty Wizard's Tale: Old-school party-based dungeon crawler.