The Summoning is an isometric-view fantasy role-playing video game developed by Event Horizon Software (later known as DreamForge Intertainment) and published by Strategic Simulations in 1992.

The title featured numerous magic items, as well as a spell-casting system utilizing virtual hand gestures.

The dungeon in The Summoning was broken up into separate levels and sections, with different types of monsters (such as undead) and NPCs being found in each.

[2] The magazine nominated it as the Role-Playing Game of the Year in October 1993, alongside Veil of Darkness.

[3] The game was reviewed in 1993 in Dragon #194 by Hartley, Patricia, and Kirk Lesser in "The Role of Computers" column.