Best RPG Games
1,761 RPG games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Might and Magic VIII: Day of the Destroyer
Released: Feb 29, 2000
Critic rating: 80.6 / 100 • 23 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG)
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player
The Destroyer again walks the land.
Sunless Sea
Released: Feb 6, 2015
Critic rating: 85.0 / 100
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
Play as the captain of a steamship on an underwater ocean surrounding the fictional city of Fallen London.
Tales of Berseria
Released: Aug 18, 2016
Critic rating: 82.1 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG)
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
In Tales Of Berseria players embark on a journey as they assume the role of Velvet, a young woman whose once gentle nature has been replaced and overcome with a festering anger and hatred after a traumatic experience three years prior to the events within Tales Of Berseria imbued her left hand with a special ability.
Pokémon Moon
Released: Nov 18, 2016
Critic rating: 85.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo 3DS
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon will be the first games in the Pokémon series to allow players to choose from nine languages to play in.
Ys Origin
Released: Dec 21, 2006
Critic rating: 80.2 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
700 years before the events of Ys I & II, the land of Ys was on the brink of destruction.
Year Walk
Released: Feb 21, 2013
Critic rating: 86.7 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
In the old days man tried to catch a glimpse of the future in the strangest of ways.
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided - A Criminal Past
Released: Feb 23, 2017
Critic rating: 81.3 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG)
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Adam Jensen is back in Deus Ex: Mankind Divided – A Criminal Past, along with both an old acquaintance in Delara Auzenne, and new characters.
Horizon Forbidden West: Burning Shores
Released: Apr 19, 2023
Critic rating: 80.8 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Game modes: Single player
Travel beyond the Forbidden West as Aloy’s story continues.
EarthBound Beginnings
Released: Jun 14, 2015
Critic rating: 80.5 / 100 • 54 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Wii U, Nintendo Entertainment System, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
EarthBound Beginnings is the first installment in the EarthBound / Mother series.
World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria
Released: Sep 25, 2012
Critic rating: 83.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria, colloquially referred to as Mists or MoP, is the fourth expansion set for the massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) World of Warcraft, following Cataclysm.
The House of Da Vinci
Released: Jun 22, 2017
Critic rating: 88.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Enter The House of Da Vinci, a new must-try 3D puzzle adventure game.
Cosmic Star Heroine
Released: Apr 11, 2017
Critic rating: 77.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Google Stadia, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
"3 exotic planets to explore.
World of Warcraft Classic
Released: Aug 27, 2019
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
World of Warcraft: Classic (shortened as Classic) is a new server option for World of Warcraft announced at BlizzCon 2017.
Shadow Hearts
Released: Jun 28, 2001
Critic rating: 80.5 / 100 • 23 votes
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Platforms: PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player
Shadow Hearts is the first official game in the Shadow Hearts series and is the sequel to Koudelka.
Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn
Released: Feb 22, 2007
Critic rating: 74.7 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Tactical
Platforms: Wii
Game modes: Single player
Radiant Dawn is a turn-based tactics RPG and a direct sequel, 3 years have passed, to the game "Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance" for the Nintendo GameCube.
Star Wars: The Old Republic
Released: Dec 20, 2011
Critic rating: 85.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG)
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
Step in to the center of your own Star Wars story as you choose your path down the light or dark side of the Force.
Book of Demons
Released: Dec 13, 2018
Critic rating: 90.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Book of Demons is a deck-building hack and slash adventure, with a dark theme reminiscent of classics of the PC ARPG genre.
Legend of Mana
Released: Jul 15, 1999
Critic rating: 80.4 / 100 • 46 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation, PlayStation Portable
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
While incorporating action role-playing game elements from the three games which preceded it, Legend of Mana has its own distinct style of gameplay.
Indivisible
Released: Oct 8, 2019
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Indivisible is a side-scrolling RPG in the vein of Valkyrie Profile, spanning a huge fantasy world inspired by our own world’s various cultures and mythologies.
Mass Effect 2: Zaeed - The Price of Revenge
Released: Jan 28, 2010
Critic rating: 80.4 / 100 • 60 votes
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG)
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
Zaeed - The Price of Revenge is a DLC pack for Mass Effect 2.
Citizen Sleeper
Released: May 5, 2022
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Roleplaying in the ruins of interplanetary capitalism.
Fire Emblem Engage
Released: Jan 20, 2023
Critic rating: 86.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical, Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Become the Divine Dragon and save the continent of Elyos!
The Count Lucanor
Released: Mar 3, 2016
Critic rating: 83.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Pixel adventure inspired by classics like Zelda and Silent Hill.
Shadowrun: Hong Kong
Released: Aug 20, 2015
Critic rating: 78.3 / 100
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
Shadowrun: Hong Kong is the third standalone game in Harebrained Schemes’ critically-acclaimed Shadowrun cRPG series.
Demon's Crest
Released: Oct 21, 1994
Critic rating: 80.4 / 100 • 44 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Wii U, New Nintendo 3DS, Super Famicom
Game modes: Single player
This is the third game featuring Firebrand from the Gargoyle's Quest series.