Forgotten Realms: The Archives - Collection Three
Forgotten Realms: The Archives - Collection Three
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Forgotten Realms: The Archives - Collection Two
Developer Stormfront Studios, Strategic Simulations
The Forgotten Realm Archives - Collection Two brings a healthy mix of “Gold Box” and nostalgia goodness to your PC, along with a combination of adventure builders, turn-based and real-time role-playing gameplay. From the Steam store page
301 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy, Mastodon) · newest Nov 3, 2026 · last updated Nov 4, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
88
LovedLoved
165 positive · 23 negative
95% range 82–92%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 165 | 23 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 10 | 3 | 83 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| Mastodon * | 1 | 0 | 6 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
235 of 263 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
88% recommend · 166 yes, 23 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 189 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (257 of 287 positive).
Many players praise the collection for preserving classic Gold Box RPGs that remain fun and nostalgic. [1][2][3] Some reviewers note the games are outdated and may only appeal to those with fond memories. [4][5] A few players report technical issues that make some games unplayable. [6]
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You'd better have very fond memories of this if you're gonna play it in 2025.
- [10]
Its kinda lame to see everyone saying that the younger crown wouldn't enjoy these games. I've personally been having a blast with them. Already beat Pool of Radiance, leveled a character in Hillsfar, now I'm halfway through Curse of the Azure Bonds. It has been a genuinely good time so far and if more people were aware of their existence I'm positive more people around my age would agree with me. These are …
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Absolute must have for any CRPG connoisseur. These are DOS versions of GoldBox games, the only difference from originals are that they are cracked, and you won't need to consult a manual after each reload. It also contains a very helpful utility - GoldBox Companion. It lists your save games by date, has an auto-map which you can edit, contains rest fix, which can help you in some particularly brutal encounters, it …
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TL; DR these games are good and do offer hours of enjoyment, the median length I spent on each game was about 30 hours. However, these series will not appeal to everyone for various reasons. I myself thought I had tolerance for older games, but I did consider quitting after my first session, but I persevered, and I am glad that I did. For brevities’ sake I will refer to the games by acronym, and I will not discuss …
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Forgotten Realms: The Archives – Collection Two is a robust anthology of classic computer RPGs that not only preserves a pivotal era in gaming history but also serves as a testament to the foundational mechanics that shaped the CRPG genre. Bundled in this collection are seven Advanced Dungeons & Dragons-based titles originally released in the late '80s and early '90s, including Pool of Radiance, Curse of the Azure …
Summarised from 34 of the 288 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 13, 2026. How summaries are made
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Players who liked Forgotten Realms: The Archives - Collection Two talk about great nostalgia and memories for older players; those who didn't talk about very outdated graphics and keyboard-only controls. Which matters more to you?
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60 of 301 · most liked firstSpotlight on the cartographer who worked on Tolkien's Middle Earth and D&D's Forgotten Realms As that person constantly flipping back to the maps when traveling along in a story or game, thank you for your passion Karen
neutral · AI labelView post →The artwork of #DungeonHack, a game in the #ForgottenRealms series, by Akihiro Kimura used on the cover of the #NEC #PC98 release in Japan. Usual upscale/clean/retouch process applied.
neutral · AI labelView post →reading old D&D magazines and seeing an ad for their upcoming new setting supplement "The Forgotten Realms" feels like finding audio logs in a video game going "can't wait to start my new job at the Umbrella Corporation! i have a lot of ideas how to improve the world of biotech"
neutral · AI labelView post →Hi!! I’m Aurora, an old ass fanfic writer for many a video game, mostly Final Fantasy and BioWare titles. Huge Forgotten Realms fan also. Here is my AO3 page: archiveofourown.org/users/Kylenn... And I have a lil tip jar here: ko-fi.com/auroratheeel...
neutral · AI labelView post →A two page ad from early 2000 for Icewind Dale, an RPG for PCs by Black Isle Studios Shifting from the cozy intrigues of Baldur's Gate, this standalone adventure pit players against a new, shadowy evil encroaching in the distant, and chilly, far north of TSR's Forgotten Realms campaign world!
neutral · AI labelView post →Here's the Snapping Tortle Barbarian that was painted on last night's stream. It'll be used as an enforcer for one of Calimports Pashas in my Forgotten Realms 5th Ed game. #minipainting #PaintingMiniatures #miniatures
neutral · AI labelView post →A 1988 ad for AD&D: Pool of Radiance, an RPG by SSI for PC platforms The first title in SSI's gold box series takes place in TSR's Forgotten Realms setting for AD&D and features art by Clyde Caldwell used on the cover of 1986's "Knight of Illusion" Endless Quest book and a TTRPG adaptation.
neutral · AI labelView post →From Margaret Weis: Jean Rabe, who wrote RPG books for Spelljammer and Dragonlance and novels for Dragonlance and Forgotten Realms, has passed. We're losing our TTRPG elders as well as our video game elders.
neutral · AI labelView post →You'd better have very fond memories of this if you're gonna play it in 2025.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I was asked to run a kids (& parents') Dungeons & Dragons game, so I’m taking a little work break to dust off 3.5 this morning. The ruleset vibes with me more than 5E. Thinking of setting the one-shot (and possibly more) in the Forgotten Realms. Feels like the right setting to hook new players.
neutral · AI labelView post →Its kinda lame to see everyone saying that the younger crown wouldn't enjoy these games. I've personally been having a blast with them. Already beat Pool of Radiance, leveled a character in Hillsfar, now I'm halfway through Curse of the Azure Bonds. It has been a genuinely good time so far and if more people were aware of their existence I'm positive more people around my age would agree with me. These are definitely worth a buy!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Classic PC RPGs This caught my interest: GOG has the original versions of 3 classic RPGs. Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone The Temple of Elemental Evil Dungeons & Dragons: Dragonshard (a GOG Preservation game) Now STEAM is adding these games in Aug/Sept. -> 2
neutral · AI labelView post →One couldn't help but notice that while the trailer was mostly dark horror, they worked in some 'sexy' horror and one wonders if this was an effort to communicate to the BG3 fans that this game will be BG3 levels of horny. 🤷♂️ But Rivellon is just not as interesting a setting as Forgotten Realms.
neutral · AI labelView post →Forgotten Realms: The Archives – Collection Two is a robust anthology of classic computer RPGs that not only preserves a pivotal era in gaming history but also serves as a testament to the foundational mechanics that shaped the CRPG genre. Bundled in this collection are seven Advanced Dungeons & Dragons-based titles originally released in the late '80s and early '90s, including Pool of Radiance, Curse of the Azure Bonds, Secret of the Silver Blades, Pools of Darkness, Gateway to the Savage…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This looks fun! My tav and 3 characters who describe him Pretty boys with parental issues ahoy! Drizzt Do'urden (Forgotten Realms) Zagreus (Hades Game) Sephiroth (Final Fantasy 7)
neutral · AI labelView post →Pardon me it's laura Lakey (no second L) and you can see her influence on the game. She and her husband worked on Forgotten Realms.
neutral · AI labelView post →The last three contestants in the Ladies of Dungeons and Dragons poll are Silvara an elf with a silver secret (Dragonlance), Alias the tattooed heroine (The Forgotten Realms), and Lucia the Elf (Mystara) from the DnD arcade game I played obsessively for a month #tgirl #dndai #Absynth #futa
neutral · AI labelView post →[GOG via Prime] *Forgotten Realms: The Archives - Collection One*, classic D&D RPG from 1991. > Forgotten Realms: The Archives - Collection One contains the Eye of the Beholder trilogy, a set of first-person, real-time role-playing games. With an original story set in the Forgotten Realms universe, Eye of the Beholder is based on the Advanced Dungeon & Dragons 2nd Edition's game rules. Bringing the immersion, wonder, and epicness of a D&D campaign, Eye of the Beholder is a genre-defining and…
neutral · AI labelView post →This is a good article, but the way I see it, fantasy settings can be divided into two types: gold standard (most D&D and especially Forgotten Realms, Oblivion) and silver standard (Warhammer, Game of Thrones, First Law). The difference is that in the gold standard settings, no one shits.
neutral · AI labelView post →December free Prime Gaming/Amazon Luna lineup: www.amazongamestudios.com/en-us/news/a... Today: -LEGO 2K Drive (EGS) -Forgotten Realms: The Archives Col 1 (GOG) -GYLT 12/11: -Forgotten Realms: The Archives Col 2 (GOG) -Christmas Adventure: Candy Storm 12/18: -Bō: Path of the Teal Lotus (GOG) ...
neutral · AI labelView post →Am I still at the pool? Yep. 😎 My kiddo and their friend are having a blast, so I'm taking advantage of the downtime and shifting focus to my Forgotten Realms (D&D 3.5) game in three days! Time to GM prep. ⚔️📚 #GMLife
neutral · AI labelView post →NEW TODAY! A deep dive into the ancient global disasters at the heart of all three original D&D campaign settings: Greyhawk, Forgotten Realms, and Dragonlance. What do these cataclysms tell us about the game? Why do we find the end of the world so comforting?
neutral · AI labelView post →I used to play these on my Amiga 500. A million years ago.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It’s GAME DAY! 🎲 Forgotten Realms 3.5 Session 5 is here, and six of seven players are ready to raid Galath’s Roost! Waiting for our level 4 heroes: Zhents, ettins, traps, trouble… and a little something special I’ve been saving for them. Will they survive? MUHHHHAAAA! 😈
neutral · AI labelView post →2 characters perished last night in our Cairn game set in the Forgotten Realms. It is our B-game for when folks can't all be there for the other game that is on the edge of being done. Worried that this game set in the Moonshae Isles might be darker than our run of Impossible Landscapes.
neutral · AI labelView post →I gave up after ten minutes. I got into D&D back in 2003 and immediately fell in love with the Baldur's Gate, Icewind Dale and Neverwinter Nights video game franchises. When I found out I could legally buy and play the older Forgotten Realms games, I was ecstatic. But it seems like I'm just too young for this. It's probably something you can only properly appreciate if you grew up with it. The pixel graphics are not my problem, I play and enjoy a lot of games with pixel graphics. But the game…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Last weekend, my daughter and son-in-law came over for my son's birthday. Over dinner, we discussed Baldur's Gate 3, and I mentioned that I've been playing D&D for over 35 years and Forgotten Realms is one of my favorite settings. Now they want me to DM a game for them 😊
neutral · AI labelView post →[Epic] Turnup Boy (PC), Little Nightmares (Mobile), Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms (Mobile). Claim All Claim All…
neutral · AI labelView post →I wouldn't even say that BG3 is a soul transplant. It was a good game set in the Forgotten Realms. But there was nothing about it that made it a sequel to Baldur's Gate 1 or 2. It didn't relate to the story, didn't cover the same themes, didn't use the same version of D&D, didn't play the same.
neutral · AI labelView post →Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance II was out 22 years ago (2004)! First on the PS2 & Xbox, then everything else after (even Linux!); another fun tour of the Forgotten Realms where you throw every colour of magical attacks at huge hordes of enemies. 🌈 Review: www.rpgfan.com/game/baldurs...
neutral · AI labelView post →Many of these games have little-to-no value in today's market, but I personally found them very amusing to go through and try out.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you can put up with AD&D1e's "quirks," these games are a fun ride. So far, I've only played through Pool of Radiance, the first in the Forgotten Realms tetralogy (Pool of Radiance -> Curse of the Azure Bonds -> Secret of the Silver Blades -> Pools of Darkness). The game has some interesting historic features: To save disk space, player journal entries are all stored in a manual that the player is directed to refer to by in game text (e.g. The game might tell you "You copy the diary page…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Absolute must have for any CRPG connoisseur. These are DOS versions of GoldBox games, the only difference from originals are that they are cracked, and you won't need to consult a manual after each reload. It also contains a very helpful utility - GoldBox Companion. It lists your save games by date, has an auto-map which you can edit, contains rest fix, which can help you in some particularly brutal encounters, it has most journal entries from the manual in a convenient format, and also has…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I know more about Glorantha from building three characters than I have ever learned about the Forgotten Realms in a literal decade of playing 5E. I know not every game is going to so firmly seat you in its world, but damn, a genealogical life path generator is brilliant in terms of grounding.
neutral · AI labelView post →My Hyperfixations by year. 1980 to 1984: no memory 1985: King Kong 1986: Zorro 1987: Dinosaurs 1988: Ancient Egypt 1989: Ancient Greece 1990: Dragonlance 1991: Space 1992: Forgotten Realms and Robotech 1993: Rifts RPG and Dinosaurs again 1994: Ender' Game 1995: The Wheel of Time 1996: Ranma 1/2
neutral · AI labelView post →every morning in our D&D game the DM lets me roll to see if I have invented the fax machine. so far I haven't but when I do the Forgotten Realms will be all mine
neutral · AI labelView post →In the mail: - Persuasion, an Austen-inspired game, purchased for class. (Needs card sleeves) - the latest from @plusoneexp.bsky.social Zine Club - @storybrewersroleplaying.com Castles in the Air - Forgotten Realms books from WOTC (only thing I didn’t buy, sent to me as a “content creator”)
neutral · AI labelView post →Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance was out 24 years ago (2001)! 🐲 One of those early greats that's on nearly ALL the consoles (from handhelds to consoles to Linux); but it's the 2 player co-op that made this tour of the Forgotten Realms unforgettable. Reviews: www.rpgfan.com/game/baldurs...
neutral · AI labelView post →Ahh the memories. I remember all of these on my C64.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hubby and I are jumping into the Forgotten Realms together today with the classic game Baldur's Gate Dark Alliance! Come cheer us on! youtu.be/pX9xR4zXSog
neutral · AI labelView post →I’ve got a rare night to myself, and instead of writing, I’m deep in game prep. 🎲Two new campaigns: Traveller and 3.5 Forgotten Realms are next week, so tonight I'm making test Traveller characters for session 0 and the kiddo’s Sun Elf Warblade for session 1, as she’s crashing the D&D game. 😄⚔️
neutral · AI labelView post →What are the top 25 tabletop roleplaying game settings (not licensed) that you'll ALWAYS LOVE? #gamesky #TTTPG #DungeonsandDragons Day 1: The Forgotten Realms (D&D)
neutral · AI labelView post →New skins! Check out the Frost Giant Theme Packs for Beadle AND Grimm in the Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms game! Available now! #idlechampionsoftheforgottenrealms #dnd #idlechampions #frostgiant #beadle #grimm
neutral · AI labelView post →After all these years I was excited to rediscover the games of my youth. I loved these games back in the day and they are still great fun now. The years have been kind to the Gold Box Games, not so much to me :-)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I have 1500+ in BG3. I played it like it was my job for a while. I've done tabletop for decades. I started reading Forgotten Realms books when I was twelve. The fact the book contradicts your fan interpretation is just... Yeah? No shit? The game actively contradicts ITSELF.
positive · AI labelView post →Pool of Radiance, the 1988 original, in a browser tab or on a phone, from your own GOG or Steam copy. I've been working on a way to play the Gold Box games without fighting DOS settings, and Pool of Radiance is ready to try: **amberfolio.org**. You install *Forgotten Realms: The Archives – Collection Two* from GOG or Steam as usual, then hand the site the game's folder once (on a phone, the files or a zip of the folder). It plays in the browser tab from then on, on a computer, an iPhone, an…
neutral · AI labelView post →🦈 Piracy is a dangerous game, especially if you don't really know who you're getting mixed up with. -- A Forgotten Realms short story because why not... docs.google.com/document/d/1...
neutral · AI labelView post →Do we really need more Baldur's Gates? The story was finished in Throne of Bhaal, then Larian dug the corpse up and put a mindflayer brainworm in it, and now it's finished again. Just tap into the oodles of other Dungeons and Dragons settings for the next game. Why not adapt the Dragonlance novels into games? Or call it something else if you stay in Forgotten Realms, let this franchise rest. Ah, I'm sorry I'm just shouting at clouds. Who wants a new IP when you can cash in on a successful…
negative · AI labelView post →Pool of Radiance is the first ever DnD video game (released in 1988). It starts off brutal, but levels off if you can manage to get yourself to a lvl 3 party, so retreat and rest after each encounter until you lvl up. Also The game is open-world so you can skip encounters until you are ready for them. Once you are strong enough to get past the first encounter area, the game gets surprisingly addictive. The original game had a code wheel that was required to actually play the game (an old form…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Almost 35 years after first trying on my Commodore 64 I finally finished Curse of the azure bonds. Will I ever finish remaining two games (secret of silver blades and pools of darkness) before I die? Who knows.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Each of the games in this collection seem to have their own quirks that make them eventually unplayable. One doesn't actually save, another saves but asks for a disc when loading a saved game (so it hangs until I shut it down), another lost the game I saved. I love the old genre for nostalgic reasons, but these are too frustrating to play with these issues. Maybe use the games as a character-generator for offline D&D.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Reptus Archers from Reaper Miniatures Warlord line of figures. Painted for my personal collection. I'm going to use them as servants for a blue dragon in my Forgotten Realms 5th Ed game. Reaper Miniatures #reaperminis #PaintingMiniatures #miniatures #minipainting
neutral · AI labelView post →I must not run Star Wars: Saga Edition. I must not run Star Wars: Saga Edition. Except Zero Company is really making me want to swap out my Forgotten Realms 3.5 game. 😅 So I’ll just… read through my collection of Saga books while enjoying a summer lager. 🍺📚 What could possibly happen.👀 #TTRPGs
neutral · AI labelView post →This morning’s #BooksAndBrews is less reading, more flipping through #DungeonsAndDragons 3.5 as I plan a five-session game. ☕📚 Insomnia brain is not built for deep reading, so vibing instead. A nap is definitely in my near future. 😄 Forgotten Realms? Eberron? Planescape? …decisions, decisions. 🎲
neutral · AI labelView post →[GOG via Prime] *Forgotten Realms: The Archives - Collection Two*, classic D&D RPGs from 1988. > Composed of RPG classics that premiered the Forgotten Realms to video gamers, Forgotten Realms: The Archives - Collection Two contains the following titles: > Pool of Radiance > > Located on the northern shore of the Moonsea, the fabled city of Phlan has been overrun by monsters led by a mysterious leader. > Curse of the Azure Bonds > > You awake with no idea how you arrived in Tilverton. You only…
neutral · AI labelView post →Old as dirt. Requires play on the keyboard. Annoying setup. Entirely WORTH IT.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Reptus Archers from Reaper Miniatures Warlord line of figures. Painted for my personal collection. I'm going to use them as servants for a blue dragon in my Forgotten Realms 5th Ed game. Reaper Miniatures #reaperminis #PaintingMiniatures #miniatures #minipainting
neutral · AI labelView post →I’ve decided! My 3.5 Forgotten Realms campaign has two more longer sessions left, and then I’m wrapping it up. So, new year, new game for my local group in 2027. I’ll leave the campaign on a The Road Goes Ever, Ever On note. What the 2027 campaign will be… TBD. 🎲
neutral · AI labelView post →Hillsfar is a spin off (?) game in the Forgotten Realms RPG games of the 80s/90s and is the next game for me to beat! I transferred Alma from Pool of Radiance and now shes on a mini adventure and prepping for the mainline game: Curse of the Azure Bonds! Lets see how this goes!
neutral · AI labelView post →A great bundle of crpgs except for the Hillsfar. It's not recommended to max out the stats in Pool of Radiance, because this will make random encounters tougher, if you want much fewer of them then play with 4 characters. Demi-humans are a bad choice because of the very low level cap. It's also ill-advised importing characters through the whole Pools series, but better to instead create new ones, especially a ranger in the CotAB. In the last game PoD you should have 18 dexterity for every…
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