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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. Heroes of Might and Magic II (Deluxe Edition) leads the list, ahead of Tomb Raider Gold and Carmageddon: Max Pack.

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

  • 17DOS games of 1998 in the archive
  • 10 of 10Play in your browser
  • 3.7Score of #1, out of 5
  1. 4. Polda

    1998 · SleepTeam · Adventure

    3.5 out of 5Played all the time

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

  2. 5. Horké léto

    1998 · Maxon · Adventure

    3.5 out of 5Played all the time

    Guide Honza Majer through Maxon's 1998 MS-DOS comedy adventure Horké léto, a point-and-click search for his kidnapped family voiced by Zdeněk Izer.

  3. 6. Liero

    1998 · Joosa Riekkinen · Action

    3.3 out of 5Played a lot

    Liero is like Worms but with players battling in realtime instead of turn-based.At the start of the game, each player chooses 5 weapons from a vast weapons array, 40 in total.

Ranks 11–17

More great DOS games of 1998

  1. The Great Giana Sisters X-Mas 98, Rainer Sinsch 1998 cover art
    11. The Great Giana Sisters X-Mas 98Rainer Sinsch · Action · 1998Played a lot
    3.3 out of 5
  2. Runaway City, JAST USA 1998 cover art
    12. Runaway CityJAST USA · Adventure · 1998Played all the time
    3.2 out of 5
  3. NAM, GT Interactive 1998 cover art
    13. NAMGT Interactive · Action · 1998Played a lot
    3.2 out of 5
  4. Abyss of Pandemonium, Perfect Publishing 1998 cover art
    14. Abyss of PandemoniumPerfect Publishing · Add-on · 1998Played a lot
    3.2 out of 5
  5. Heroes, RealTech VR 1998 cover art
    15. HeroesRealTech VR · Action · 1998Played a lot
    3.2 out of 5
  6. So You Wanna Be A Redneck, Head Games Publishing, Inc. 1998 cover art
    16. So You Wanna Be A RedneckHead Games Publishing, Inc. · Action · 1998Played often
    3.2 out of 5
  7. Jump 'n Bump, Brainchild Design 1998 cover art
    17. Jump 'n BumpBrainchild Design · Action · 1998Played often
    3.2 out of 5
Questions

Frequently asked

What is the best DOS game of 1998?

Heroes of Might and Magic II (Deluxe Edition) (1998, New World Computing, Inc.) is the best DOS game of 1998 by our players' ratings, ahead of Tomb Raider Gold and Carmageddon: Max Pack. 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?

17. 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.