Best RPG Games
1,761 RPG games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Dawnguard
Released: Jun 26, 2012
Critic rating: 70.8 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG)
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
The Elder Scrolls V: Dawnguard is the first official add-on / DLC.
The Surge 2
Released: Sep 23, 2019
Critic rating: 74.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
The Surge 2 keeps what fans and critics loved about the original while also expanding greatly upon the formula.
Rogue Galaxy
Released: Dec 8, 2005
Critic rating: 81.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player
Rogue Galaxy is an action role playing game set in a futuristic fantasy universe, in which the player moves through a continuous environment with no load time between overworld exploration and battles.
Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Wrath of the Druids
Released: May 13, 2021
Critic rating: 77.4 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Eivor’s latest journey takes them to shores of Ireland, where the newly-appointed High-King Flann Sinna seeks to unite four disparate regions under a single Irish banner.
Darksiders II: Deathinitive Edition
Released: Oct 27, 2015
Critic rating: 75.6 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Fighting, Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: Google Stadia, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
A remastered version of the 2012 release, Darksiders II.
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
Released: May 1, 2002
Critic rating: 63.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Xbox, PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind is an open-world first-person role-playing game and the third main entry in The Elder Scrolls series.
Black & White 2
Released: Oct 7, 2005
Critic rating: 73.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
In the game, the player takes the role of a god called from the void (nothingness) to help those who invoked them.
Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders
Released: Mar 31, 1996
Critic rating: 74.3 / 100 • 21 votes
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG)
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), DOS
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
In a twisted medieval dimension, undead creatures and bestial horrors have done the unthinkable--callously slaughtering your entire race.
F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch
Released: Sep 7, 2021
Critic rating: 86.8 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
It is a metroidvania game that the player will play as a rabbit who can manipulate the big mech-arm on his back, exploring in a vivid diesel punk world and fighting against the evil robot army.
Payday 2
Released: Aug 13, 2013
Critic rating: 74.8 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Tactical
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Payday 2 is an action-packed, four-player co-op shooter that once again lets gamers don the masks of the original crew: Dallas, Hoxton, Wolf and Chains as they descend on Washington D.C.
Borderlands: Claptrap's New Robot Revolution
Released: Sep 28, 2010
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG)
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Claptrap's New Robot Revolution is DLC for Borderlands.
World of Horror
Released: Oct 19, 2023
Critic rating: 87.5 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Point-and-click, Role-playing (RPG), Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Experience the quiet terror of this 1-bit love letter to Junji Ito and H.P.
Metal Gear Acid
Released: Dec 16, 2004
Critic rating: 72.5 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical, Card & Board Game
Platforms: PlayStation Portable
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Metal Gear Acid is a turn-based collectable card game.
State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition
Released: Mar 13, 2020
Critic rating: 74.2 / 100 • 22 votes
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
The dead have risen and civilization has fallen.
Guild of Dungeoneering
Released: Jul 15, 2015
Critic rating: 79.0 / 100
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Quiz/Trivia, Indie, Card & Board Game
Platforms: Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
Guild of Dungeoneering is a turn-based dungeon crawler with a twist: instead of controlling the hero you build the dungeon around him.
Ghost Song
Released: Nov 3, 2022
Critic rating: 72.6 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
On the desolate moon of Lorian V, a long-dormant Deadsuit awakens from slumber.
Nox
Released: Jan 31, 2000
Critic rating: 74.2 / 100 • 65 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
An excellent action/RPG hybrid with very unique gameplay.
Ghost of a Tale
Released: Mar 13, 2018
Critic rating: 65.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Ghost of a Tale is an action-RPG game in which you play as Tilo, a mouse and minstrel thrown into a perilous adventure.
Dying Light 2: Stay Human
Released: Feb 3, 2022
Critic rating: 76.8 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
The last great human settlement exists within an unforgiving, infected world.
Skylanders: Imaginators
Released: Oct 13, 2016
Critic rating: 78.3 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Co-operative
Kaos has discovered the ancient power of Mind Magic and is using it to create an unstoppable army of Doomlanders!
Phantasy Star Online 2
Released: Jul 4, 2012
Critic rating: 76.7 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation Vita, Xbox One
Game modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
Embark on a never-ending assortment of missions with fellow operatives and experience unparalleled character customization and action RPG combat, completely free to play.
Solo Leveling: Arise
Released: May 7, 2024
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG)
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Solo Leveling: Arise is an action RPG based on the South Korean web novel of the same name.
Borderlands 2: Commander Lilith and the Fight for Sanctuary
Released: Jun 9, 2019
Critic rating: 75.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Return to the award-winning shooter-looter for an all-new adventure that sets the stage for the upcoming Borderlands 3.
Final Fantasy Type-0 HD
Released: Mar 17, 2015
Critic rating: 75.3 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Final Fantasy Type-0 HD is a high-definition remaster of the Japan-exclusive PlayStation Portable game Final Fantasy Type-0.
Warframe
Released: Mar 25, 2013
Critic rating: 73.5 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch 2, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Warframe situates players as members of the Tenno race, newly awoken after years of cryo-sleep into a solar system at war.