Best RPG Games
1,761 RPG games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Prey
Released: May 4, 2017
Critic rating: 75.8 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
In Prey, you awaken aboard Talos I, a space station orbiting the moon in the year 2032.
RuneScape
Released: Jan 4, 2001
Critic rating: 78.2 / 100 • 145 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Web browser, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Multiplayer, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
RuneScape is a high fantasy open world MMORPG.
Grimm's Hollow
Released: Oct 31, 2019
Critic rating: 78.2 / 100 • 34 votes
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother.
Onimusha: Warlords
Released: Jan 15, 2019
Critic rating: 75.1 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
This enhanced HD version of Onimusha: Warlords now supports 16:9 wide screen resolution as well as the old 4:3 ratio.
Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE
Released: Dec 26, 2015
Critic rating: 82.1 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Music, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Wii U
Game modes: Single player
Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE is a crossover role-playing video game developed by Atlus and Intelligent Systems for the Wii U, based on the two companies' Shin Megami Tensei and Fire Emblem series, respectively.
DeathSpank
Released: Jul 13, 2010
Critic rating: 79.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Fighting, Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
This game follows the thong-tastic adventures of a misguided hero named DeathSpank.
Pathologic Classic HD
Released: Oct 29, 2015
Critic rating: 74.0 / 100
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
In Pathologic players embark on a dark journey to explore a remote town built upon old tanneries and butcheries just as a mysterious and deadly disease breaks out.
Ghost of Tsushima: Legends
Released: Oct 16, 2020
Critic rating: 78.1 / 100 • 21 votes
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5
Game modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative
Ghost of Tsushima: Legends is an online co-operative multiplayer experience inspired by Japanese folk tales and mythology.
Kingdom Hearts 0.2: Birth by Sleep - A Fragmentary Passage
Released: Jan 12, 2017
Critic rating: 78.1 / 100 • 42 votes
Rating: E10+
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
A short sequel to Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep that partially takes place during the events of the first Kingdom Hearts, A fragmentary passage gets its name from a hidden ending to BBS and tells the story of Master Aqua's ten-year journey through the Realm of Darkness.
Super Paper Mario
Released: Apr 9, 2007
Critic rating: 78.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Wii, Wii U
Game modes: Single player
The newest chapter of the Paper Mario story isn't just out of this world...
Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon
Released: Aug 7, 2008
Critic rating: 83.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical
Platforms: Wii U, Nintendo DS
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
A reinvention of the original NES titles with revamped graphics and intuitive touch control, Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon will finally introduce longtime fans to the stories that gave birth to the series nearly 20 years ago in Japan, while introducing the Fire Emblem franchise to a broader audience of strategy and chess fans.
Sable
Released: Sep 23, 2021
Critic rating: 82.7 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Sable is a coming-of-age tale of discovery through exploration across a strikingly rendered open world desert.
Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin
Released: Nov 16, 2006
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo DS
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin is a side-scrolling action RPG where you switch between two hunters, Jonathan Morris and Charlotte Aulin, to explore Dracula's castle and defeat the vampire Brauner.
Chroma Squad
Released: Apr 30, 2015
Critic rating: 71.9 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Chroma Squad is a tactical RPG about five stunt actors who decide to quit their jobs and start their own Power Rangers-inspired TV show!
Shardlight
Released: Mar 8, 2016
Critic rating: 75.6 / 100
Genres: Point-and-click, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
A post-apocalyptic adventure game from the publisher that brought you Primordia, Gemini Rue and Technobabylon!
Arx Fatalis
Released: Jun 28, 2002
Critic rating: 77.5 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Xbox, PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
This critically acclaimed first-person RPG takes the player on an incredible adventure in the fantastic world of Arx.
Rogue
Released: Dec 31, 1980
Critic rating: 78.0 / 100 • 24 votes
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Adventure
Platforms: PDP-11, Atari 8-bit, PC-8800 Series, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum, TRS-80 Color Computer, Atari ST/STE, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, DOS, Amiga, Amstrad CPC
Game modes: Single player
Rogue is a dungeon crawling video game first developed by Michael Toy and Glenn Wichman around 1980.
Tales of Maj'Eyal
Released: Dec 31, 2012
Critic rating: 78.0 / 100 • 21 votes
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Tactical, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
Tales of Maj'Eyal is a roguelike RPG, featuring tactical turn-based combat and advanced character building.
Silver
Released: Mar 18, 1999
Critic rating: 78.0 / 100 • 34 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Dreamcast
Game modes: Single player
An RPG set in a medieval land where all the women have been kidnapped and it is up to you to get them back.
Starfield
Released: Sep 6, 2023
Critic rating: 85.4 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Game modes: Single player
Starfield is a single-player action role-playing game developed by Bethesda Game Studios and set in an open-world space environment.
Jeanne d'Arc
Released: Nov 22, 2006
Critic rating: 76.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Tactical
Platforms: PlayStation Portable
Game modes: Single player
Jeanne d'Arc is a tactical role-playing video game loosely based on the story of Joan of Arc and her struggles against the English occupation of France during the Hundred Years' War in the early 15th century.
Dungeons & Dragons: Shadow over Mystara
Released: Feb 4, 1996
Critic rating: 75.0 / 100
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Arcade
Platforms: Arcade, Sega Saturn
Game modes: Single player, Co-operative, Split screen
Shadow over Mystara is a side-scrolling beat-'em-up with role-play elements that make it stand out from other similar games released at the time.
Peglin
Released: Aug 27, 2024
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Peglin is a Pachinko Roguelike - Fight enemies by collecting special orbs and popping pegs to deal damage.
Costume Quest
Released: Oct 19, 2010
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
Costume Quest is a rollicking Adventure/Role-Playing game that unfolds on Halloween night across seemingly peaceful suburban neighborhoods, a mysterious village carnival, and a monster-infested shopping mall.
Star Ocean
Released: Jul 19, 1996
Critic rating: 77.9 / 100 • 22 votes
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Super Famicom
Game modes: Single player
The first game from tri-Ace released on the Super Famicon published by Enix.