1. Sid Meier's Civilization
1991 · MPS Labs · Strategy / tactics
In Sid Meier's 1991 strategy game, you build an empire from ancient history to spaceflight, spanning the widest scope of any strategy game in 1991.
Top 10 · 1990s
The 10 best DOS games of the 1990s
The 10 best DOS games of the 1990s, as the players of dos.games rate them. Sid Meier's Civilization leads the list, ahead of DOOM II: Hell on Earth and Command & Conquer.
Every game on the list plays in your browser, with nothing to install. The order comes from players' ratings and real play time, so it moves as people play.
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- 617DOS games of the 1990s in the archive
- 10 of 10Play in your browser
- 3.9Score of #1, out of 5
- 3.92 ratings
- 3.92 ratings
2. DOOM II: Hell on Earth
1994 · id Software, Inc. · Action
In id Software's 1994 sequel to the original Doom, you play the same hero: the last remaining space marine.
- 3.82 ratings
3. Command & Conquer
1995 · Westwood Studios, Inc. · Strategy / tactics
Westwood's 1995 MS-DOS strategy game Command & Conquer pits GDI against Nod in the war for Tiberium. Includes the Covert Operations add-on.
- 3.82 ratings
4. The Dig
1995 · LucasArts Entertainment Company, LLC · Adventure
A DEEP SPACE ADVENTURE BY SEAN CLARK IN COLLABORATION WITH FILMMAKER STEVEN SPIELBERG An asteroid the size of a small moon is on a crash course toward Earth, and only NASA veteran Boston Low has the expertise to stop it.
- 3.81 rating
5. Grand Theft Auto
1997 · DMA Design Limited · Racing / Driving
- 3.72 ratings
6. Constructor
1997 · System 3 Software Ltd. · Simulation
Constructor gives the player the chance to run a construction company in a place where real estate is up for those who want to develop it first and where everything is allowed to get rid of the competition.
- 3.72 ratings
7. Street Fighter II
1992 · Capcom Co., Ltd. · Action
Street Fighter II is a fighting game.
- 3.72 ratings
8. Blood
1997 · Monolith Productions · Action
Caleb was once a feared gunslinger, until he met a woman who was involved with a mysterious cult known as Cabal.
- 3.71 rating
9. Theme Hospital
1997 · Bullfrog Productions, Ltd. · Strategy / tactics
Theme Hospital is a level-based hospital management simulation where players have to start on an empty building, and then assemble rooms with all kinds of material, from desks and file cabinets for the general diagnosis to the expensive ultra-scanners and x-rays to diagnose such bizarre diseases such as Bloaty Head, Slack Songue or Alien DNA, and treat them with with even more bizarre machines like an Head Inflator or a DNA fixer.
- 3.61 rating
10. Jazz Jackrabbit
1994 · Epic MegaGames, Inc. · Action
Jazz Jackrabbit is the PC world's answer to Sonic the Hedgehog.
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- Most played3.61 rating
How this score is built Signal Adds Player ratings5.00 × 11% · average of 1 rating 0.56 Archive default3.20 × 89% · never scored by the catalogue · stands in for 8 ratings 2.84 Blended rating 3.40 Play activity4 players · 57m · capped at +0.50 +0.20 Score 3.6 Recomputed from the database as ratings and sessions land. Every title in the archive goes through this same arithmetic — there is no manual adjustment step.
Open Fallout - Earth 2140 — playable in the browserInterplay Productions, Inc. · Strategy / tactics · 1997Most playedMost played3.61 rating
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Open Discworld - Most played3.61 rating
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Open DOOM - Z — playable in the browserVirgin Interactive Entertainment, Inc. · Strategy / tactics · 1996Most playedMost played3.61 rating
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Open Z - Often played3.51 rating
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How this score is built Signal Adds Player ratings5.00 × 11% · average of 1 rating 0.56 Archive default3.20 × 89% · never scored by the catalogue · stands in for 8 ratings 2.84 Blended rating 3.40 Play activity2 players · 12m · capped at +0.50 +0.13 Score 3.5 Recomputed from the database as ratings and sessions land. Every title in the archive goes through this same arithmetic — there is no manual adjustment step.
Open Lands of Lore: Guardians of Destiny - Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis — playable in the browserLucasArts Entertainment Company, LLC · Adventure · 1992Often playedOften played3.51 rating
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Open Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis - Often played3.51 rating
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