List of Dungeons & Dragons video games
This is a list of video games based on the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy tabletop role-playing game, including computer games, console games, arcade games, and mobile games.
Licensing history[edit]
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The first Dungeons & Dragons licensed games were made by Mattel for the Intellivision. The contract actually required some variations to the normal Intellivision title screens with the name being capitalized and the addition of the word 'cartridge'. The games, however, had nothing to do with the rules or any of the settings.[1]
Up until 1987, a number of games inspired by Dungeons & Dragons had appeared, such as the Wizardry and Ultima series, but these were not licensed from TSR. TSR considered making their own video games and passed on the idea, and instead announced in 1987 that it was looking for a game development partner to make officially-licensed games. At least ten different companies applied, including Electronic Arts and Origin Systems, but TSR awarded the contract to Strategic Simulations, Inc. (SSI) primarily because of their broader vision and their experience in computerized wargaming.[2][3] After a successful run with their Gold Box series of games, SSI lost their exclusive license in 1994. TSR then divided the license among multiple publishers.[4]
TSR awarded Interplay Productions, Inc. a license to use the Forgotten Realms and Planescape trademarks and associated properties for use in computer and video game products.[5] Within Interplay, a division named Black Isle Studios used this license arrangement to develop a series of successful games based upon the two D&D settings. They also published the Baldur's Gate series developed by the Canadian company BioWare. In 2003, Interplay ran into financial difficulties, resulting in the closure of Black Isle Studios. Their next planned D&D video game, code-named "Jefferson," was canceled as a result of legal issues with Wizards of the Coast, the new rights holders to the D&D franchise.[6]
Wizards of the Coast purchased TSR, the makers of Dungeons & Dragons, in 1997. They in turn were acquired by Hasbro in 1999. As a result, the subsidiary Hasbro Interactive gained the right to use the Dungeons & Dragons game brand in their video game products. In 2001, facing financial difficulties, Hasbro sold 100% of Hasbro Interactive to French software concern Infogrames Entertainment, SA in a US$100 million deal.[7] This led to the publication of Neverwinter Nights in 2002, a game also developed by Bioware.
List of games[edit]
Sorted by setting (also known as game worlds).
Forgotten Realms[edit]
The majority of all D&D video games are set in the Forgotten Realms. Since 2007 to date, every D&D video game has been set in the Forgotten Realms.
Title | Series | Genre | Platform(s) | Developer | Release | Engine |
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Pool of Radiance[8] | Gold Box: Pool of Radiance | RPG (turn-based) | Home computers, NES | SSI | 1988 | Gold Box |
Hillsfar[8] | Gold Box: Pool of Radiance | Action-adventure | Home computers, NES | Westwood Studios | 1989 | |
Curse of the Azure Bonds[8] | Gold Box: Pool of Radiance | RPG (turn-based) | Home computers | SSI | 1989 | Gold Box |
Secret of the Silver Blades[8] | Gold Box: Pool of Radiance | RPG (turn-based) | Home computers | SSI | 1990 | Gold Box |
Eye of the Beholder[9][10] | Eye of the Beholder | RPG (action-based) | Home computers, Sega CD, SNES, Amiga | Westwood Studios | 1990 | |
Eye of the Beholder II: The Legend of Darkmoon[9][10] | Eye of the Beholder | RPG (action-based) | Home computers, Amiga | Westwood Studios | 1991 | |
Pools of Darkness[10] | Gold Box: Pool of Radiance | RPG (turn-based) | Home computers | SSI | 1991 | Gold Box |
Neverwinter Nights[10] | Gold Box: Savage Frontier | RPG (turn-based) | Home computers | AOL, Stormfront Studios, SSI | 1991 | Gold Box |
Gateway to the Savage Frontier[10] | Gold Box: Savage Frontier | RPG (turn-based) | Home computers | Stormfront Studios | 1991 | Gold Box |
Treasures of the Savage Frontier[10] | Gold Box: Savage Frontier | RPG (turn-based) | MS-DOS, Amiga | Stormfront Studios | 1992 | Gold Box |
Spelljammer: Pirates of Realmspace[10] | RPG (turn-based) | MS-DOS | Cybertech Systems | 1992 | ||
Eye of the Beholder III: Assault on Myth Drannor[9][11] | Eye of the Beholder | RPG (action-based) | MS-DOS, PC-98 | SSI | 1993 | |
Forgotten Realms: Unlimited Adventures[11] | Gold Box | RPG (turn-based) | MS-DOS, Mac | MicroMagic, Inc. | 1993 | Gold Box |
Dungeon Hack[11] | RPG (roguelike) | MS-DOS | DreamForge Intertainment | 1993 | ||
Menzoberranzan[11] | RPG (action-based) | MS-DOS | DreamForge Intertainment | 1994 | Ravenloft | |
Blood & Magic[12] | Real-time strategy | MS-DOS | Tachyon Studios | 1996 | ||
Descent to Undermountain[12] | RPG (action-based) | MS_DOS, Windows | Interplay | 1998 | ||
Baldur's Gate[12] | Baldur's Gate | RPG | Windows, Mac | BioWare | November 30, 1998 | Infinity Engine |
Baldur's Gate: Tales of the Sword Coast[12] | Baldur's Gate | RPG | Windows, Mac | BioWare | April 30, 1999 | Infinity Engine |
Icewind Dale[13] | Icewind Dale | RPG | Windows, Mac | Black Isle Studios | June 20, 2000 | Infinity Engine |
Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn[13] | Baldur's Gate | RPG | Windows, Mac | BioWare | September 24, 2000 | Infinity Engine |
Icewind Dale: Heart of Winter[13] | Icewind Dale | RPG | Windows | Black Isle Studios | February 21, 2001 | Infinity Engine |
Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal[13] | Baldur's Gate | RPG | Windows, Mac | BioWare | June 21, 2001 | Infinity Engine |
Icewind Dale: Trials of the Luremaster[13] | Icewind Dale | RPG | Windows | Black Isle Studios | September 7, 2001 | Infinity Engine |
Pool of Radiance: Ruins of Myth Drannor[13] | RPG (turn-based) | Windows | Stormfront Studios | September 27, 2001 | ||
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance[13] | Dark Alliance | Hack and slash | PS2, Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, GBA | Snowblind Studios | December 2, 2001 | Dark Alliance Engine |
Neverwinter Nights[13] | Neverwinter Nights | RPG | Windows, Mac, Linux | BioWare | June 18, 2002 | Aurora Engine |
Icewind Dale II[13] | Icewind Dale | RPG | Windows | Black Isle Studios | August 27, 2002 | Infinity Engine |
Dungeons & Dragons: Eye of the Beholder | RPG (turn-based) | Game Boy Advance | Pronto Games | October 30, 2002 | ||
Neverwinter Nights: Shadows of Undrentide[13][14] | Neverwinter Nights | RPG | Windows, Mac, Linux | Floodgate Entertainment, BioWare | June 21, 2003 | Aurora Engine |
Neverwinter Nights: Hordes of the Underdark[13][14] | Neverwinter Nights | RPG | Windows, Mac, Linux | BioWare | December 2, 2003 | Aurora Engine |
Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone[15] | RPG (action-based) | Windows, PS2, Xbox | Stormfront Studios | 2004 | ||
Neverwinter Nights: Mobile[16] | Neverwinter Nights | RPG (action-based) | Mobile phone | Floodgate Entertainment | 2004 | |
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II[13] | Dark Alliance | Hack and slash | PS2, Xbox | Black Isle Studios | January 20, 2004 | Dark Alliance Engine |
Neverwinter Nights: Shadowguard[14] | Neverwinter Nights | RPG | Windows, Mac, Linux | Floodgate Entertainment | November 10, 2004 | Aurora Engine |
Neverwinter Nights: Witch's Wake[14] | Neverwinter Nights | RPG | Windows, Mac, Linux | BioWare | November 10, 2004 | Aurora Engine |
Neverwinter Nights: Kingmaker[14] | Neverwinter Nights | RPG | Windows, Mac, Linux | BioWare | November 10, 2004 | Aurora Engine |
Neverwinter Nights: Pirates of the Sword Coast[17] | Neverwinter Nights | RPG | Windows, Mac, Linux | BioWare | September 20, 2005 | Aurora Engine |
Neverwinter Nights: Infinite Dungeons[18] | Neverwinter Nights | RPG | Windows, Mac, Linux | BioWare | May 26, 2006 | Aurora Engine |
Neverwinter Nights: Wyvern Crown of Cormyr[19] | Neverwinter Nights | RPG | Windows, Mac, Linux | BioWare | September 14, 2006 | Aurora Engine |
Neverwinter Nights 2[20] | Neverwinter Nights | RPG | Windows, Mac | Obsidian Entertainment | October 31, 2006 | Electron Engine |
Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer[20] | Neverwinter Nights | RPG | Windows | Obsidian Entertainment | September 27, 2007 | Electron Engine |
Dungeons & Dragons: Tiny Adventures[21][22][23] | 2008 | |||||
Neverwinter Nights 2: Storm of Zehir[20] | Neverwinter Nights | RPG | Windows | Obsidian Entertainment | November 18, 2008 | Electron Engine |
Neverwinter Nights 2: Mysteries of Westgate[24] | Neverwinter Nights | RPG | Windows | Ossian Studios | April 29, 2009 | Electron Engine |
Heroes of Neverwinter | Liquid Entertainment | 2011 | ||||
Dungeons & Dragons: Daggerdale[25] | Dark Alliance | Hack and slash | PS3, Xbox 360, Windows | Bedlam Games | May 25, 2011 | |
Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition[26] | Baldur's Gate | RPG | Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android | Overhaul Games | September 28, 2012 | Infinity Enhanced Engine |
Neverwinter[27] | MMORPG | Windows, Xbox One, PS4 | Cryptic Studios | June 20, 2013 | ||
Dungeons & Dragons: Arena of War[28] | Action | iOS, Android | DeNA | October 17, 2013 | Unity (game engine) | |
Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition[29] | Baldur's Gate | RPG | Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android | Overhaul Games | November 15, 2013 | Infinity Enhanced Engine |
Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition[30] | Icewind Dale | RPG | Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android | Overhaul Games | October 30, 2014 | Infinity Enhanced Engine |
Lords of Waterdeep[31] | Boardgame | iOS, Android | Playdek | November 21, 2014 | ||
Sword Coast Legends | RPG | Windows, OS X, Linux, PS4, Xbox One | N-Space, Digital Extremes | September 29, 2015 | ||
Baldur's Gate: Siege of Dragonspear | Baldur's Gate | RPG | Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android | Beamdog | March 31, 2016 | Infinity Enhanced Engine |
Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms[32] | Idle clicker | Mac, Windows, iOS, Android, PS4, Xbox | Codename Entertainment | September 8, 2017 | ||
Tales from Candlekeep: Tomb of Annihilation[33] | Boardgame | Mac, Windows | BKOM Studios | October 11, 2017 | ||
Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition | Neverwinter Nights | RPG | Windows, Mac | Beamdog | March 27, 2018 | Aurora Enhanced Engine |
Warriors of Waterdeep[34][35] | Turn-based tactics | Android, iOS | Ludia | May 28, 2019 | ||
Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance[36] | Dark Alliance | Hack and slash | PC, consoles | Tuque Games | 2021 | |
Baldur's Gate III | Baldur's Gate | RPG | Larian Studios | TBA (early access 2020) | Divinity 4 Engine | |
Dungeons & Dragons: Dice Adventures [37][38] | iOS, Android | Wizards of the Coast | TBA (soft launch 2019-2020) |
Dragonlance[edit]
Title | Series | Genre | Platform(s) | Developer | Release | Engine |
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Heroes of the Lance[8] | Silver Box | Action platformer | Home computers, NES, Master System | U.S. Gold | 1988 | Silver Box |
Dragons of Flame[8] | Silver Box | Action platformer | Home computers, NES | U.S. Gold | 1989 | Silver Box |
Shadow Sorcerer[10] | Silver Box | Real-time strategy | Home computers | U.S. Gold | 1991 | |
War of the Lance[8] | Turn-based strategy | Home computers | SSI | 1989 | ||
DragonStrike[8] | Flight simulator | Home computers | Westwood Studios | 1990 | ||
DragonStrike (NES)[8] | Scrolling shooter | NES | Westwood Studios | 1992 | ||
Champions of Krynn[8] | Gold Box: Dragonlance | RPG (turn-based) | Home computers | SSI | 1990 | Gold Box |
Death Knights of Krynn[10] | Gold Box: Dragonlance | RPG (turn-based) | Home computers | SSI | 1991 | Gold Box |
The Dark Queen of Krynn[10] | Gold Box: Dragonlance | RPG (turn-based) | Home computers | SSI | 1992 | Gold Box |
Mystara[edit]
Title | Genre | Platform(s) | Developer | Release |
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Dungeons & Dragons: Order of the Griffon | RPG (turn-based) | TurboGrafx 16 | Westwood Studios | 1992 |
Dungeons & Dragons: Warriors of the Eternal Sun[10] | RPG (turn-based) | Sega Genesis | Westwood Studios | 1992 |
Fantasy Empires[11] | Turn-based strategy | MS-DOS | Silicon Knights | 1993 |
Dungeons & Dragons: Tower of Doom[11] | Hack and slash | Arcade, Sega Saturn | Capcom | 1994 |
Dungeons & Dragons: Shadow over Mystara[12] | Hack and slash | Arcade, Sega Saturn | Capcom | 1996 |
Dark Sun[edit]
Title | Genre | Platform(s) | Developer | Release |
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Dark Sun: Shattered Lands[11] | RPG (turn-based) | MS-DOS | SSI | 1993 |
Dark Sun: Wake of the Ravager[11] | RPG (turn-based) | MS-DOS | SSI | 1994 |
Dark Sun Online: Crimson Sands[12] | MMORPG | Windows | SSI | 1996 |
Ravenloft[edit]
Title | Genre | Platform(s) | Developer | Release |
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Ravenloft: Strahd's Possession[11] | RPG (action-based) | MS-DOS | DreamForge Intertainment | 1994 |
Ravenloft: Stone Prophet[12] | RPG (action-based) | MS-DOS | DreamForge Intertainment | 1995 |
Iron & Blood: Warriors of Ravenloft[12] | Fighting | MS-DOS, PlayStation | Take 2 Interactive | 1997 |
Greyhawk[edit]
Greyhawk was the original Advanced Dungeons & Dragons setting. It was superseded by the Forgotten Realms around 1985, but it became the official default D&D setting in 2000. The Greyhawk video games were released shortly after.
Title | Genre | Platform(s) | Developer | Release |
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Dungeons & Dragons: Heroes[13] | Hack and Slash | Xbox | Atari Hunt Valley Development Studio | September 2003 |
The Temple of Elemental Evil[13] | RPG (turn based) | Windows | Troika Games | September 16, 2003 |
Dungeons & Dragons Tactics[39][40] | RPG (turn based) | PSP | Kuju Entertainment | August 14, 2007 |
Eberron[edit]
Title | Genre | Platform(s) | Developer | Release |
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Dungeons & Dragons: Dragonshard[41] | Real-time strategy | Windows | Liquid Entertainment | September 21, 2005 |
Dungeons & Dragons Online: Stormreach[42] | MMORPG | Windows | Turbine, Inc. | February 28, 2006 |
Other settings[edit]
Collections[edit]
See also[edit]
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- Dominus Dracon Delectare – Dungeons & Dragons digital games and board games