Best RPG Games
1,760 RPG games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
God of War Ragnarök
Released: Nov 9, 2022
Critic rating: 94.6 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Game modes: Single player
God of War: Ragnarök is the ninth installment in the God of War series and the sequel to 2018's God of War.
Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story
Released: Feb 11, 2009
Critic rating: 96.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo DS
Game modes: Single player
Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story is the third game in the Mario & Luigi series of games.
Castlevania Advance Collection
Released: Sep 23, 2021
Critic rating: 94.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Castlevania Advance Collection includes three legendary Castlevania games that were first released in the early 2000s: Circle of the Moon, Aria of Sorrow, and Harmony of Dissonance.
Hunter Moonstrike
Released: Jan 23, 2025
Critic rating: 92.6 / 100 • 36 votes
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
Hunter Moonstrike is the first survival game integrated with artificial intelligence.
Disco Elysium: The Final Cut
Released: Mar 30, 2021
Critic rating: 90.8 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Google Stadia, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Disco Elysium: The Final Cut is an enhanced edition of the original role-playing game developed and published by ZA/UM.
The Binding of Isaac: Repentance
Released: Mar 31, 2021
Critic rating: 92.4 / 100 • 21 votes
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Co-operative
The Binding of Isaac: Repentance is the ultimate edition of the award-winning roguelike twin-stick shooter.
Mass Effect Trilogy
Released: Nov 6, 2012
Critic rating: 92.4 / 100 • 694 votes
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
Mass Effect Trilogy is a compilation of the first three Mass Effect games, a series of action role-playing games with third-person shooter combat.
Fate/Grand Order
Released: Jul 30, 2015
Critic rating: 92.3 / 100 • 76 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Visual Novel
Platforms: Android, iOS
Game modes: Single player
Fate/Grand Order is a turn-based role-playing game with some visual novel elements set in the Fate/ franchise, for iOS and Android.
Chrono Trigger
Released: Mar 11, 1995
Critic rating: 91.3 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Role-playing (RPG)
Platforms: Satellaview, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Wii, Super Famicom
Game modes: Single player
In this turn-based Japanese RPG, young Crono must travel through time through a misfunctioning teleporter to rescue his misfortunate companion and take part in an intricate web of past and present perils.
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Released: Mar 20, 1997
Critic rating: 92.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Sega Saturn, PlayStation, PlayStation Portable, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
Having been awoken from his eternal slumber by the reappearance of Castlevania, Alucard must once again face the evil minions of darkness.
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Released: Jul 15, 2003
Critic rating: 93.7 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Xbox, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Choose Your Path!
Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty
Released: Sep 26, 2023
Critic rating: 92.8 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Phantom Liberty is a spy-thriller expansion for the open-world action RPG Cyberpunk 2077.
Ogre Battle 64: Person of Lordly Caliber
Released: Jul 14, 1999
Critic rating: 91.9 / 100 • 24 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Adventure
Platforms: Wii, Nintendo 64, 64DD, Wii U
Game modes: Single player
"Ogre Battle 64: Person of Lordly Caliber is a tactical RPG for the Nintendo 64.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Hearts of Stone
Released: Oct 12, 2015
Critic rating: 91.9 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Hearts of Stone is the first major expansion for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, released in October 2015.
Final Fantasy X HD Remaster
Released: Dec 26, 2013
Critic rating: 95.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Final Fantasy X HD Remaster was released individually in the Japan and Asia regions.
Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree
Released: Jun 21, 2024
Critic rating: 97.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
The Shadow of the Erdtree is a fully-fledged expansion that features an all-new story set in the Land of Shadow.
Pokémon FireRed Version
Released: Jan 29, 2004
Critic rating: 100.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure
Platforms: Game Boy Advance, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Pokémon FireRed Version and Pokémon LeafGreen Version are a pair of core series Generation III games that are set in the Kanto region.
Hades
Released: Sep 17, 2020
Critic rating: 93.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
A rogue-lite hack and slash dungeon crawler in which Zagreus, son of Hades the Greek god of the dead, attempts to escape his home and his oppressive father by fighting the souls of the dead through the various layers of the ever-shifting underworld, while getting to know and forging relationships with its inhabitants.
Defense of the Ancients
Released: Dec 31, 2003
Critic rating: 91.4 / 100 • 60 votes
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Tactical, MOBA
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Multiplayer
Defense of the Ancients (DotA) is a multiplayer online battle arena mod for the video game Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos and its expansion, Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne, based on the "Aeon of Strife" map for StarCraft.
Star Citizen
Released: Aug 30, 2013
Critic rating: 91.4 / 100 • 91 votes
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
Star Citizen is a sandbox open-world MMO "SpaceSim" by Cloud Imperium Games.
Final Fantasy X
Released: Jul 19, 2001
Critic rating: 95.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player
Final Fantasy X is the tenth main installment in the FF series and the first title released on sixth-generation consoles.
Divinity: Original Sin II - Definitive Edition
Released: Aug 31, 2018
Critic rating: 92.6 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
There can only be one God.
Bloodborne
Released: Mar 24, 2015
Critic rating: 91.1 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
An action RPG in which the player embodies a Hunter who, after being transfused with the mysterious blood local to the city of Yharnam, sets off into a "night of the Hunt", an extended night in which Hunters may phase in and out of dream and reality in order to thin the outbreak of abominable beasts that plague the land and, for the more resilient and insightful Hunters, uncover the answers to the Hunt's many mysteries.
Mewgenics
Released: Feb 10, 2026
Critic rating: 91.0 / 100
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
From the creator of The Binding of Isaac, Super Meat Boy and The End is Nigh comes...
EarthBound
Released: Aug 27, 1994
Critic rating: 93.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure
Platforms: Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Wii U, New Nintendo 3DS, Game Boy Advance, Super Famicom
Game modes: Single player
A turn-based JRPG and sequel to the then-Japan-only Earthbound Beginnings (1989) in which Ness, a young boy living in a land based on the USA, leaves home to go on an adventure through strange locations, get to know quirky characters, and defeat an unknowable alien threat called Giygas while facing up to the realities of growing up and becoming familiar with the real world.