Best RPG Games
1,760 RPG games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Horizon Forbidden West
Released: Feb 18, 2022
Critic rating: 91.8 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Game modes: Single player
Horizon Forbidden West continues Aloy’s story as she moves west to a far-future America to brave a majestic, but dangerous frontier where she’ll face awe-inspiring machines and mysterious new threats.
Dark Souls
Released: Sep 22, 2011
Critic rating: 90.6 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Dark Souls is an action role-playing game developed by FromSoftware and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment.
Final Fantasy VII Remake: Episode Intermission
Released: Jun 10, 2021
Critic rating: 100.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Game modes: Single player
The new episode featuring Yuffie is a brand-new adventure in the world of Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade.
Black Myth: Wukong
Released: Aug 20, 2024
Critic rating: 88.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Game modes: Single player
Black Myth: Wukong is an action role-playing game developed by Game Science, inspired by the classical Chinese novel Journey to the West.
Paper Mario
Released: Aug 11, 2000
Critic rating: 90.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Wii, Nintendo 64, Wii U
Game modes: Single player
Paper Mario, a turn-based JRPG entry in the Mario franchise with a paper-based aesthetic and platforming elements, sees the titular character working his way through the Mushroom Kingdom's diverse locales and biomes, meeting its inhabitants, fighthing unruly enemies and recruiting an array of companions in order to once again save Princess Peach from the clutches of the evil Koopa King Bowser.
Final Fantasy VII Remake
Released: Apr 10, 2020
Critic rating: 89.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Game modes: Single player
A modern reimagining of one of the most iconic games of all time, Final Fantasy VII Remake harnesses the very latest technology to recreate and expand Square Enix's legendary RPG adventure for the current generation.
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
Released: Dec 9, 2024
Critic rating: 89.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Game modes: Single player
Uncover one of history’s greatest mysteries in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, a first-person, single-player adventure set between the events of Raiders of the Lost Ark and The Last Crusade.
Dungeon Siege: Legends of Aranna
Released: Nov 11, 2003
Critic rating: 90.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Players venture out from the familiar Kingdom of Ehb into the savage realm of Aranna.
Monster Hunter: World
Released: Jan 26, 2018
Critic rating: 93.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Welcome to a new world!
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
Released: Mar 9, 1996
Critic rating: 90.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Wii, Wii U, Super Famicom
Game modes: Single player
A JRPG entry in the Super Mario franchise in which Mario meets many unlikely allies in order to jump and fight his way through the Mushroom Kingdom and collect stars to repair the Star Road, the pathway that grants people's wishes, which was destroyed by Smithy, the otherworldly entity that hijacked Bowser's castle and threw the Kingdom into disarray.
Persona 4 Golden
Released: Jun 13, 2020
Critic rating: 90.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Visual Novel
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
A coming of age story that sets the protagonist and his friends on a journey kickstarted by a chain of serial murders.
Persona 3 Reload
Released: Feb 2, 2024
Critic rating: 88.6 / 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
Step into the shoes of a transfer student thrust into an unexpected fate when entering the hour "hidden" between one day and the next.
Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey
Released: Oct 8, 2009
Critic rating: 86.5 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo DS
Game modes: Single player
In the near future, a mysterious, growing, black void appears at the Earth's southern pole.
Neverwinter Nights: Hordes of the Underdark
Released: Dec 2, 2003
Critic rating: 88.4 / 100 • 48 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Neverwinter Nights: Hordes of the Underdark is the second expansion for the role-playing game Neverwinter Nights.
Slay the Spire
Released: Jan 23, 2019
Critic rating: 92.7 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure, Indie, Card & Board Game
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Slay the Spire is a single-player roguelike deck-building game.
Monster Hunter: World - Iceborne
Released: Sep 6, 2019
Critic rating: 91.2 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Let your hunting instinct take you further than ever!
Path of Exile 2
Released: Dec 6, 2024
Critic rating: 88.4 / 100 • 206 votes
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
Path of Exile 2 is a next generation Action RPG created by Grinding Gear Games.
Fire Emblem
Released: Apr 25, 2003
Critic rating: 90.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical
Platforms: Wii U, Game Boy Advance
Game modes: Single player
It is the seventh game of the Fire Emblem series, the second game in the series to be released for the Game Boy Advance, and the first to be released in both North America and Europe.
Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town
Released: Apr 18, 2003
Critic rating: 88.3 / 100 • 34 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator
Platforms: Wii U, Game Boy Advance
Game modes: Single player
Turn a long-neglected field of rocks and weeds into a successful farm in this rustic role-playing game.
Stardew Valley
Released: Feb 26, 2016
Critic rating: 90.5 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Nintendo Switch 2, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Wii U, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Stardew Valley is an open-ended country-life RPG!
Skies of Arcadia
Released: Oct 5, 2000
Critic rating: 90.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Dreamcast
Game modes: Single player
Arcadia is a world where continents float high above, and people travel by airships.
Dragon Age: Origins
Released: Nov 3, 2009
Critic rating: 90.2 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG)
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
Dragon Age: Origins is a third-person role-playing game described as a spiritual successor to Baldur's Gate and Neverwinter Nights franchises.
Deus Ex
Released: Jun 26, 2000
Critic rating: 90.5 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
A philosophical first-person WRPG set in a dystopian 2052 in which JC Denton, a nano-augmented agent for the anti-terrorist organization UNATCO, is tasked with stopping the invasion of Liberty Island by the terrorist group NSF.
Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium
Released: Dec 17, 1993
Critic rating: 88.2 / 100 • 50 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Role-playing (RPG)
Platforms: Linux, Wii, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
You are Chaz Ashely, a rookie Hunter straight out of training who is supported by Alys Brangwin – a crafty veteran whose good looks and prowess with the blade have earned her an awesome reputation.
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Released: Aug 23, 2011
Critic rating: 92.1 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG)
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
In Deus Ex: Human Revolution you play Adam Jensen, a security specialist, handpicked to oversee the defense of one of America's most experimental biotechnology firms.