Best RPG Games
1,761 RPG games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Atelier Ryza 2: Lost Legends & the Secret Fairy
Released: Jan 25, 2021
Critic rating: 82.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
This story takes place three years after the events of the previous game “Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout,” and depicts the reunion of Ryza and her friends, who go through new encounters and goodbyes to discover a true priceless treasure.
Shenmue II
Released: Aug 6, 2001
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Xbox, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Dreamcast
Game modes: Single player
Yu Suzuki's cinematic masterpiece returns with more spellbinding adventure and an even more immersive world.
Tales of Monkey Island: Chapter 1 - Launch of the Screaming Narwhal
Released: Jul 27, 2009
Critic rating: 81.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Point-and-click, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Wii, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
A new Monkey Island adventure dawns with Guybrush Threepwood in a typically tight spot.
Reigns: Her Majesty
Released: Dec 6, 2017
Critic rating: 83.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Adventure, Indie, Card & Board Game
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
Reigns: Her Majesty is the revolutionary sequel to the smash swipe 'em up hit Reigns.
Core Keeper
Released: Aug 27, 2024
Critic rating: 86.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Explore an endless cavern of creatures, relics and resources in a mining sandbox adventure for 1-8 players.
.Hack//Infection
Released: Jun 20, 2002
Critic rating: 76.2 / 100 • 25 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up
Platforms: PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player
.Hack//Infection is the first of a series of four games, titled .hack//Infection, .hack//Mutation, .hack//Outbreak, and .hack//Quarantine, features a "game within a game"; a fictional massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) called The World which does not require the player to connect to the Internet.
The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners
Released: Jan 23, 2020
Critic rating: 84.3 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Meta Quest 2, PlayStation VR2, Windows Mixed Reality, PlayStation VR, SteamVR, Meta Quest 3, Oculus Rift, Oculus Quest
Game modes: Single player
Saints & Sinners is a game unlike any other in The Walking Dead universe.
Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance
Released: Jun 6, 2002
Critic rating: 76.1 / 100 • 120 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Wii U, Game Boy Advance
Game modes: Single player
Nearly fifty years has past since Simon Belmont rescued the land from the curse of Dracula.
Pokémon Conquest
Released: Mar 17, 2012
Critic rating: 74.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Platforms: Nintendo DS
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Pokémon Conquest is a strategy game set in the Ransei region.
Rise Online
Released: Jan 26, 2024
Critic rating: 76.1 / 100 • 49 votes
Rating: E10+
Genres: Role-playing (RPG)
Platforms: Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS
Game modes: Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
Rise Online is the Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game (MMORPG) developed by Rokosoft.
Suzerain
Released: Dec 4, 2020
Critic rating: 72.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Assume the role of President Anton Rayne and guide the nation of Sordland.
Grandia
Released: Dec 18, 1997
Critic rating: 76.0 / 100 • 53 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG)
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Android, Sega Saturn, PlayStation, PlayStation Portable
Game modes: Single player
Grandia is a role-playing video game developed by Game Arts and published by Entertainment Software Publishing for the Sega Saturn console as the first game in their Grandia series.
Tron 2.0
Released: Aug 26, 2003
Critic rating: 74.4 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Racing, Role-playing (RPG)
Platforms: Xbox, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Split screen
An unknown viral agent threatens the future of computer systems worldwide.
Phantasy Star II
Released: Mar 21, 1989
Critic rating: 76.0 / 100 • 27 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Role-playing (RPG)
Platforms: Linux, Wii, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
Gameplay is similar to the original Phantasy Star, the first game in the series.
Icey
Released: Nov 17, 2016
Critic rating: 76.9 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Fighting, Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Icey is a 2D side-scrolling action game and a meta game in disguise.
Borderlands 2: Sir Hammerlock's Big Game Hunt
Released: Jan 15, 2013
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG)
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
The third DLC for Borderlands 2, the Vault Hunter travels to a new part of Pandora populated by exotic, but dangerous, creatures as well as savage natives and witch doctors who are out to kill the Vault Hunter at all costs.
Everhood
Released: Mar 3, 2021
Critic rating: 76.7 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Music, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Expect the unexpected in an ineffable tale of the inexpressible world of Everhood.
Crashlands
Released: Jan 20, 2016
Critic rating: 79.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Crashlands is an outlandish story-driven-action-adventure set in a world of hidden magic and high technology.
Fahrenheit: Indigo Prophecy Remastered
Released: Jan 28, 2015
Critic rating: 76.0 / 100 • 82 votes
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
Originally released in 2005, Fahrenheit (known as Indigo Prophecy in North America) was a breakthrough in interactive narrative, teetering between the worlds of cinema and gaming while also embracing them, carving its own unique genre in the entertainment landscape.
Pokémon Legends: Z-A
Released: Oct 16, 2025
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
A new adventure awaits within Lumiose City, where an urban redevelopment plan is underway to shape the city into a place that belongs to both people and Pokémon.
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor - The Bright Lord
Released: Feb 24, 2015
Critic rating: 82.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Battle against Sauron as Celebrimbor, the great Elven Lord of the Second Age, to unlock powerful runes and the ability to wield the One Ring.
Xenosaga Episode II: Jenseits von Gut und Böse
Released: Jun 24, 2004
Critic rating: 75.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player
Xenosaga Episode II: Jenseits von Gut und Böse is a direct sequel to the first episode of the science-fiction RPG Xenosaga series.
Nobody Wants to Die
Released: Jul 17, 2024
Critic rating: 78.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Game modes: Single player
Lose yourself in the dystopian world of New York, 2329; immortality comes at a price that someone has to pay.
Outriders
Released: Apr 1, 2021
Critic rating: 77.8 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Google Stadia, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Outriders is a 1-3 player co-op RPG shooter set in an original, dark and desperate sci-fi universe.
Death and Taxes
Released: Feb 20, 2020
Critic rating: 75.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Adventure, Indie, Visual Novel
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
In this 2D, narrative-based game, you assume the role of the Grim Reaper...