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Top 10 · 1998

The 10 best DOS games of 1998

The 10 best DOS games of 1998, as the players of dos.games rate them. Tomb Raider Gold leads the list, ahead of Polda and Heroes of Might and Magic II (Deluxe Edition).

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

  • 16DOS games of 1998 in the archive
  • 10 of 10Play in your browser
  • 3.5Score of #1, out of 5

  2. 2. Polda

    1998 · SleepTeam · Adventure

    3.51 rating

    Guide detective Pankrac through a strange kidnapping case in SleepTeam's 1998 MS-DOS adventure Polda, solving inventory puzzles and talking to suspects.

    Play now: PoldaAbout the game
Ranks 11–16

More great DOS games of 1998

  1. NAM — playable in the browserGT Interactive · 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 NAM
  2. 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
  3. Abyss of Pandemonium — playable in the browserPerfect Publishing · Add-on · 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 Abyss of Pandemonium
  4. Liero — playable in the browserJoosa Riekkinen · 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 Liero
  5. So You Wanna Be A Redneck — playable in the browserHead Games Publishing, 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 So You Wanna Be A Redneck
  6. Jump 'n Bump — playable in the browserBrainchild Design · 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 Jump 'n Bump
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What is the best DOS game of 1998?

Tomb Raider Gold (1998, Core Design Ltd.) is the best DOS game of 1998 by our players' ratings, ahead of Polda and Heroes of Might and Magic II (Deluxe Edition). The ranking follows players' ratings and real play time, so it changes as people play.

Can I play these DOS games of 1998 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 games of 1998 are there on dos.games?

16. 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.

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.