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The 10 best DOS contemporary games

The 10 best DOS contemporary games, as the players of dos.games rate them. Grand Theft Auto leads the list, ahead of SimCity Enhanced CD-ROM and Jagged Alliance.

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.

Updated How the lists are ranked

  • 23DOS contemporary games in the archive
  • 10 of 10Play in your browser
  • 3.8Score of #1, out of 5

  6. 6. SimCity

    1989 · Maxis Software Inc. · Simulation

    3.3No ratings yet

    SimCity sets you as the mayor of a new municipality, with the responsibility of building and maintaining a place where citizens can move to and work and be happy.

    Play now: SimCityAbout the game
Ranks 11–20

More great DOS contemporary games

  1. Redneck Rampage Rides Again — playable in the browserInterplay Productions, Inc. · Action · 1998Most played
    3.3
    How this score is built
    SignalAdds
    Player ratings0% · no ratings yet0.00
    Archive default3.20 × 100% · never scored by the catalogue · stands in for 8 ratings3.20
    Blended rating3.20
    Play activity1 player · 3m · capped at +0.50+0.08
    Score3.3

    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 Redneck Rampage Rides Again
  2. Leisure Suit Larry 7: Love for Sail! — playable in the browserSierra On-Line, Inc. · Adventure · 1996Most played
    3.3
    How this score is built
    SignalAdds
    Player ratings0% · no ratings yet0.00
    Archive default3.20 × 100% · never scored by the catalogue · stands in for 8 ratings3.20
    Blended rating3.20
    Play activity1 player · 1m · capped at +0.50+0.08
    Score3.3

    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 Leisure Suit Larry 7: Love for Sail!
  3. Airline Simulator 2 — playable in the browserNOMISSOFT GmbH · Simulation · 1999Most played
    3.3
    How this score is built
    SignalAdds
    Player ratings0% · no ratings yet0.00
    Archive default3.20 × 100% · never scored by the catalogue · stands in for 8 ratings3.20
    Blended rating3.20
    Play activity1 player · capped at +0.50+0.08
    Score3.3

    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 Airline Simulator 2
  4. Leisure Suit Larry 3: Passionate Patti in Pursuit of the Pulsating Pectorals — playable in the browserSierra On-Line, Inc. · Adventure · 1989Most played
    3.3
    How this score is built
    SignalAdds
    Player ratings0% · no ratings yet0.00
    Archive default3.20 × 100% · never scored by the catalogue · stands in for 8 ratings3.20
    Blended rating3.20
    Play activity1 player · capped at +0.50+0.08
    Score3.3

    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 Leisure Suit Larry 3: Passionate Patti in Pursuit of the Pulsating Pectorals
  5. Leisure Suit Larry: In the Land of the Lounge Lizards (SCI Remake) — playable in the browserSierra On-Line, Inc. · Adventure · 1991Not played yet
    3.2
    How this score is built
    SignalAdds
    Player ratings0% · no ratings yet0.00
    Archive default3.20 × 100% · never scored by the catalogue · stands in for 8 ratings3.20
    Blended rating3.20
    Play activitynobody has booted it here · capped at +0.50+0.00
    Score3.2

    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 Leisure Suit Larry: In the Land of the Lounge Lizards (SCI Remake)
  6. Dark Seed — playable in the browserCyberdreams, Inc. · Adventure · 1992Not played yet
    3.2
    How this score is built
    SignalAdds
    Player ratings0% · no ratings yet0.00
    Archive default3.20 × 100% · never scored by the catalogue · stands in for 8 ratings3.20
    Blended rating3.20
    Play activitynobody has booted it here · capped at +0.50+0.00
    Score3.2

    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 Dark Seed
  7. Redneck Rampage: Suckin' Grits on Route 66 — playable in the browserInterplay Productions, Inc. · Action · 1998Not played yet
    3.2
    How this score is built
    SignalAdds
    Player ratings0% · no ratings yet0.00
    Archive default3.20 × 100% · never scored by the catalogue · stands in for 8 ratings3.20
    Blended rating3.20
    Play activitynobody has booted it here · capped at +0.50+0.00
    Score3.2

    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 Redneck Rampage: Suckin' Grits on Route 66
  8. Police Quest 3: The Kindred — playable in the browserSierra On-Line, Inc. · Adventure · 1991Not played yet
    3.2
    How this score is built
    SignalAdds
    Player ratings0% · no ratings yet0.00
    Archive default3.20 × 100% · never scored by the catalogue · stands in for 8 ratings3.20
    Blended rating3.20
    Play activitynobody has booted it here · capped at +0.50+0.00
    Score3.2

    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 Police Quest 3: The Kindred
  9. SimCity Classic — playable in the browserMaxis Software Inc. · Simulation · 1992Not played yet
    3.2
    How this score is built
    SignalAdds
    Player ratings0% · no ratings yet0.00
    Archive default3.20 × 100% · never scored by the catalogue · stands in for 8 ratings3.20
    Blended rating3.20
    Play activitynobody has booted it here · capped at +0.50+0.00
    Score3.2

    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 SimCity Classic
  10. Conspiracy (Enhanced CD) — playable in the browserVirgin Games · Adventure · 1994Not played yet
    3.2
    How this score is built
    SignalAdds
    Player ratings0% · no ratings yet0.00
    Archive default3.20 × 100% · never scored by the catalogue · stands in for 8 ratings3.20
    Blended rating3.20
    Play activitynobody has booted it here · capped at +0.50+0.00
    Score3.2

    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 Conspiracy (Enhanced CD)
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How Best DOS Games are ranked
What is the best DOS contemporary game?

Grand Theft Auto (1997, DMA Design Limited) is the best DOS contemporary game by our players' ratings, ahead of SimCity Enhanced CD-ROM and Jagged Alliance. The ranking follows players' ratings and real play time, so it changes as people play.

Can I play these DOS contemporary games online?

Yes. 10 of the games on this list play free in your browser on dos.games, with no download and no emulator to set up. Press Play on any of them; your progress can be saved.

How many DOS contemporary games are there on dos.games?

23. This list ranks the best 10 in full and the next ones below them; the catalogue has every one, with filters for year, studio and more.

Which year had the most great DOS contemporary games?

1997. 3 of the games on this list came out that year: Grand Theft Auto, Steel Panthers III: Brigade Command - 1939-1999 and Redneck Rampage.

How is this list ranked?

With the same score as our Best DOS Games ranking: players' ratings, pulled toward the archive's own rating while a game has few of them, plus a small bonus for the games people actually keep playing. No editor and no sponsor decides a place.