Games like Ultima

Ultima: first released 1981 by Origin Systems.

In the series: Ultima I: The First Age of Darkness (1981), Ultima III: Exodus (1983), Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar (1985), Ultima V: Warriors of Destiny (1988), Ultima VII: The Black Gate (1992), Ultima Online (1997).

113 games inspired by Ultima

• Akalabeth Pyxel: Pyxel retro-engine remake of Akalabeth.
• Akaruuk: Old-school open-world RPG styled on the early Ultimas, offered from the author's own site.
• Ashes: Two Worlds Collide: 3D RPG inspired by Ultima VII.
• Avadon 2: The Corruption: Second Avadon game.
• Avadon 3: The Warborn: Final Avadon game.
• Avadon: The Black Fortress: Party RPG with old-school tile maps.
• Avernum: Isometric remake of Exile; first sold as shareware from the developer's site.
• Avernum 2: Shareware remake of Exile II from Spiderweb's site.
• Avernum 2: Crystal Souls: Modern remake of Exile II.
• Avernum 3: Shareware remake of Exile III.
• Avernum 3: Ruined World: Modern remake of Exile III.
• Avernum 4: First all-new Avernum story in the old-school tile style.
• Avernum 4: Greed and Glory: Remake of Avernum 4 in the newer engine.
• Avernum 5: Continuation of the Avernum underworld saga.
• Avernum 6: Finale of the second Avernum trilogy.
• Avernum: Escape from the Pit: Second remake of the first Exile game.
• Back to Roots: Exult-style engine remake of Ultima IV and V.
• Blades of Avernum: Avernum-engine scenario editor and adventures, a remake of Blades of Exile.
• Blades of Exile: Exile engine with a scenario editor; source released in 2007 and still kept alive by fans.
• Blood & Chaos: Party-based roguelike inspired by 1980s RPGs.
• Bludgeons & Krakens: Retro epic RPG tagged in the Ultima tradition.
• Chronicles of Sosaria: Fan project set in Ultima III-era Sosaria.
• Code of the Savage RPG: Dark fantasy RPG inspired by Ultima.
• Corven: Path of Redemption: Open-world RPG by the former Ultima IX: Redemption team, in an original setting.
• Cosmos Chronicles: Open-world retro 2D RPG across a galaxy, also released for the Atari ST.
• Crimson Twilight: New Commodore 64 RPG drawing on Questron and the early Ultimas.
• Crypt Wizard: Ultima-style game announced by the creator of EUO.
• Dink Smallwood: Top-down tile RPG, freeware and open source since 2003, given away from RTsoft's site.
• El Portal Negro: First-person Unity remake of Ultima VII.
• Elderlands: Tile-based MMORPG by a former Origin developer.
• Epica Rex: Crowdfunded Ultima-inspired RPG built in Minecraft style.
• Eschalon: Book I: Turn-based isometric RPG first sold from the developer's site; now free on Steam and GOG.
• Eschalon: Book II: Sequel in the same old-school style.
• Eschalon: Book III: Final Eschalon book.
• Euotopia (EUO): Free multiplayer tile RPG modeled on the classic Ultima look.
• Excelsior Phase One: Lysandia: Tile-based classic RPG in the style of Ultima.
• Excelsior Phase Two: Errondor: Sequel to Lysandia in the same Ultima style.
• Exile II: Crystal Souls: Second Exile shareware RPG with top-down tiles and party combat; now freeware from the developer.
• Exile III: Ruined World: Last of the original Exile shareware trilogy, made freeware in 2013.
• Exile: Escape from the Pit: Shareware tile-based RPG in the Ultima mold; freeware on Spiderweb's own site since 2013.
• Exult: Engine that runs Ultima VII and Serpent Isle on modern systems and powers fan mods.
• Flight of the Maxima: Ultima-inspired RPG built on the IRE engine.
• Geneforge: Shareware RPG about shaping creatures, with old-style isometric tiles.
• Geneforge 1 - Mutagen: Remake of the first Geneforge.
• Geneforge 2: Second Geneforge shareware RPG.
• Geneforge 2 - Infestation: Remake of Geneforge 2.
• Geneforge 3: Third Geneforge shareware RPG.
• Geneforge 3 - Detonation: Kickstarted remake of Geneforge 3, announced as coming soon.
• Geneforge 4: Rebellion: Fourth Geneforge shareware RPG.
• Geneforge 5: Overthrow: Final original Geneforge game.
• Knights of the Chalice: D&D 3.5 tactical RPG at 320x240 in the Gold Box tradition, first sold only from its own site.
• Knights of the Chalice II: Kickstarted D&D-style tactical RPG sold from the developer's own store as well as Steam and GOG.
• Lawless Legends: Wild West fantasy RPG built for the Apple II, also playable on modern systems.
• Legend of the Avatar: Fan project retelling the history of Sosaria.
• Legends of Amberland III: The Crimson Tower: Third Amberland game, a classic western RPG drawing on 1990s party crawlers.
• Lords of Xulima: Old-school party RPG modeled on Might and Magic and Wizardry.
• Lowlander II: Mobile sequel to an Ultima II-inspired tile RPG.
• Lurking: Old-school CRPG inspired by Ultima III and Wizardry with a classless skill tree.
• Lurking I: Immortui: Retro party-based fantasy RPG on itch.io.
• Lurking II: A Madness: Retro party-based sequel.
• Moonring: Free Ultima-like by a Fable co-creator.
• Morgaelin: Browser-based low-resolution demake of Ultima VIII using Ultima IV-style tiles.
• Myrkvidr: Brutal retro RPG on itch.io built around Ultima III and IV.
• Nethergate: Tile-based RPG set in Roman Britain, playable as Celts or Romans.
• Nethergate: Resurrection: Rewrite of Nethergate sold only through Spiderweb's own ordering page.
• Nox Archaist: New Ultima-style RPG written for real Apple II computers.
• Nuvie: Open engine for the Ultima VI engine games; Ultima VI is completable, now merged into ScummVM.
• Open Sosaria: Engine recreation of the first Ultima.
• OpenArthurianX6: Crowdfunded RPG creation kit with an Ultima VI-style engine.
• Otpad World: Simplified retro browser dungeon-crawling RPG.
• Pentagram: Exult-style engine for Ultima VIII; its code later went into ScummVM's Ultima engine.
• Penult: Ultima-style RPG with a DOS edition using CGA graphics for early PCs.
• Queen's Wish 2: The Tormentor: Sequel to Queen's Wish.
• Queen's Wish: The Conqueror: Old-school RPG with fort building.
• Sanctimonia: Indie Ultima-inspired online RPG.
• ScummVM: Huge project that reimplements hundreds of adventure and RPG engines from LucasArts, Sierra, Origin and more.
• Serpent in the Staglands: Kickstarted hardcore RPG modeled on Darklands-era design.
• Shadow Over Moonglow (Divinity: Original Sin 2 mod): Standalone Divinity: Original Sin 2 campaign set as a prequel to Ultima V.
• Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues: Online RPG by Ultima creator Richard Garriott pitched as a spiritual successor to Ultima.
• Skald: Against the Black Priory: Kickstarted Commodore 64-style RPG inspired by Ultima.
• The Dark Unknown: Tile-based RPG modeled on Ultima V, playable in the browser from the author's site.
• The Gate of Sosaria: Ultima fan RPG set in Sosaria.
• The Lost Swords of Taliesin: 8-bit-style RPG inspired by Ultima III, Deathlord and Questron.
• The New Puritan Parish for the Eradication of Devils: Retro RPG set in a fantasy New England.
• The Real Texas: Old West action RPG built in the style of Ultima VI.
• The Savage Empire Remake (Exult mod for Ultima VII): Remake of The Savage Empire in the Exult engine.
• The Serpent Isle Remake (Oblivion mod): Remake of Serpent Isle as an Oblivion mod.
• The Ultima 6 Project (Dungeon Siege total conversion): Remake of Ultima VI as a Dungeon Siege total conversion.
• The Ultima 6 Remake (Ultima VII mod for Exult): Remake of Ultima VI inside the Exult (Ultima VII) engine.
• Tibia: Tile-based fantasy MMORPG run only from its own site since 1997.
• u4-decompiled: Hand-decompiled C source of the DOS Ultima IV that rebuilds a playable game.
• u6-decompiled: Decompiled, rebuildable C source of the DOS Ultima VI.
• Ultima 1 Revenge: Modern engine rebuild of Ultima I with a playable demo.
• Ultima 1 Revisited: From-scratch remake of the first Ultima.
• Ultima 3 Remake in Python: Hobby remake of Ultima III written in Python.
• Ultima 3 Upgrade (patch for the PC Ultima III): Graphics, music and interface upgrade for the PC Ultima III.
• Ultima 3.5: Pax Britannia: New Ultima-style game for a custom 8-bit Z80 system.
• Ultima 5 Redux: Modern rebuild of Ultima V that reads the original data, developed on its own blog.
• Ultima 6 Online: Online multiplayer reimplementation of Ultima VI.
• Ultima 7 Part 3: The Feudal Lands (Ultima VII mod for Exult): Fan story expansion continuing Ultima VII in Exult.
• Ultima III: A New Exodus (NES Ultima III ROM hack): ROM mod of the NES Ultima III that rebalances classes and races.
• Ultima IX: Redemption (Morrowind mod): Reimagining of Ultima IX built on the Morrowind engine, later aimed at OpenMW.
• Ultima Return: Fan continuation of the Serpent Isle story.
• Ultima V Redux: Mostly faithful remake of Ultima V using the original data files, now being rewritten in Go as UltimaVRedux.
• Ultima V: Lazarus (Dungeon Siege mod): Free remake of Ultima V on the Dungeon Siege engine, distributed from its own site.
• Ultima VII Revisited: Open-source 3D replacement engine for Ultima VII with reworked inventory and combat; needs the original files.
• Ultima: Escape from Mount Drash remake: PC remake of the rare VIC-20 Ultima spinoff.
• Ultima: The Invasion of Mondain: Remake of Ultima I.
• Underworld Ascension: Classic-style fantasy RPG on itch.io.
• Unknown Realm: The Siege Perilous: 8-bit style RPG for PC and Commodore 64 in the mold of early Ultima.
• uUltima: One-to-one Unity remake of Ultima I.
• Vecalabeth: Vector-graphics remake of Akalabeth hosted on the Ultima Codex.
• xu4: Open-source remake of the Ultima IV engine with optional upgraded graphics.