Best RPG Games
1,760 RPG games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Mass Effect 2
Released: May 14, 2021
Critic rating: 88.2 / 100 • 39 votes
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
A remaster of the original Mass Effect 2 included in the Mass Effect: Legendary Edition bundle.
Suikoden
Released: Dec 15, 1995
Critic rating: 92.5 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Sega Saturn, PlayStation, PlayStation Portable
Game modes: Single player
Suikoden is a Japanese-style role-playing game with several unusual additions.
Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch Remastered
Released: Sep 20, 2019
Critic rating: 89.6 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch Remastered on PlayStation 4 and PC features brilliant new visual enhancements, letting PlayStation 4 players enjoy the game at 1080p resolution and with a super-smooth frame rate of 60 frames per second (fps).
Fuga: Melodies of Steel
Released: Jul 28, 2021
Critic rating: 90.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Fuga is set in a war-ravaged world where a village is destroyed by the fascist Berman Empire.
Xenoblade Chronicles
Released: Jun 10, 2010
Critic rating: 90.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Wii, Wii U
Game modes: Single player
Xenoblade Chronicles follows Shulk and his band of friends as they search for answers about the mysterious "Monado" sword and defend their homeland from violent robotic creatures known as the Mechon.
Shenmue
Released: Dec 29, 1999
Critic rating: 90.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Dreamcast
Game modes: Single player
"He shall appear from a far Eastern land across the sea.
Horizon Zero Dawn
Released: Feb 28, 2017
Critic rating: 88.8 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Game modes: Single player
Welcome to a vibrant world rich with the beauty of nature – but inhabited by awe-inspiring, highly advanced machines.
The Legend of Heroes: Trails from Zero
Released: Apr 23, 2020
Critic rating: 86.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
The Legend of Heroes: Trails from Zero is the fourth installment in the main Trails series, serving as a direct sequel to the events of the Liberl arc and the beginning to the Crossbell arc.
Caves of Qud
Released: Dec 5, 2024
Critic rating: 94.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Caves of Qud is a science fantasy roguelike epic steeped in retro-futurism, deep simulation, and swathes of sentient plants.
Final Fantasy IX
Released: Feb 9, 2016
Critic rating: 88.0 / 100 • 43 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Android, iOS
Game modes: Single player
The mobile edition of Final Fantasy IX brings high-resolution character models, HD cutscenes and an interface adapted for touchscreen play.
Mass Effect 3: Extended Cut
Released: Jul 4, 2012
Critic rating: 88.0 / 100 • 24 votes
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
The Extended Cut downloadable content adds to and modifies the ending of Mass Effect 3, in response to fan feedback.
Ghost of Yotei
Released: Oct 2, 2025
Critic rating: 90.3 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 5
Game modes: Single player
The game takes place 300 years after Ghost of Tsushima.
Mass Effect 3
Released: Mar 6, 2012
Critic rating: 90.8 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Mass Effect 3 is an action role-playing game in which Commander Shepard leads a final campaign against the Reapers, a machine race that has invaded Earth and is conquering civilizations across the galaxy.
Minishoot' Adventures
Released: Apr 2, 2024
Critic rating: 90.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Minishoot' is a cute and unique adventure game that mixes up open exploration with crispy twin-stick shooter action.
Outcast
Released: Jun 25, 1999
Critic rating: 90.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
Outcast is a 3D third-person (with an optional first-person view) action game with adventure elements.
Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth
Released: Nov 29, 2018
Critic rating: 79.3 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo 3DS
Game modes: Single player
The dream meeting of Persona 3, 4, 5!
The Banner Saga 3
Released: Jul 26, 2018
Critic rating: 87.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Banner Saga 3 is the final dramatic chapter in the mature, story-driven Viking RPG series which has won over 20 awards and has been nominated for 4 BAFTA awards.
Final Fantasy VII
Released: Sep 7, 1997
Critic rating: 85.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation, PlayStation Portable
Game modes: Single player
The Western release of Final Fantasy VII (released as Final Fantasy VII International in Japan) included additional elements and alterations, such as streamlining of the menu and Materia system, reducing the health of enemies, new visual cues to help with navigation across the world map, and additional cutscenes relating to Cloud's past.
NieR: Automata
Released: Feb 23, 2017
Critic rating: 85.7 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
NieR: Automata tells the story of androids 2B, 9S and A2 and their battle to reclaim the machine-driven dystopia overrun by powerful machines.
Fire Emblem Awakening
Released: Apr 19, 2012
Critic rating: 90.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical
Platforms: Nintendo 3DS
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Armies clash as the world burns.
Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar
Released: Nov 1, 1985
Critic rating: 87.7 / 100 • 39 votes
Genres: Role-playing (RPG)
Platforms: Apple II
Game modes: Single player
Following the defeat of the evil triad in the previous three Ultima games, the world of Sosaria changed beyond recognition: continents rose and sank, and new cities were built, heralding the advent of a different civilization.
Heroes of Might and Magic III: Armageddon's Blade
Released: Sep 30, 1999
Critic rating: 87.7 / 100 • 109 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Heroes of Might and Magic III: Armageddon's Blade is the first of two expansion packs for the turn-based strategy game Heroes of Might and Magic III.
Xenoblade Chronicles 3
Released: Jul 29, 2022
Critic rating: 90.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
A vast world awaits in Xenoblade Chronicles 3, the next game in the acclaimed RPG series from developer Monolithsoft.
Valkyria Chronicles
Released: Apr 24, 2008
Critic rating: 90.1 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical
Platforms: PlayStation 3
Game modes: Single player
Set in a fictitious continent reminiscent of the 1930s, Valkyria Chronicles depicts Europe divided in two and ruled by two super powers: the Empire and the Federation.
Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 Remix
Released: Mar 9, 2017
Critic rating: 84.6 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 Remix is an HD remastered collection of 6 unforgettable Kingdom Hearts experiences.