Role-playing game
This genre originated from tabletop role-playing games. The user controls a hero or a group that must interact with non-player characters and fight against enemies. They all have various parameters, numerical characteristics, and specific abilities. The gameplay of role-playing games can be turn-based or in real-time. Role-playing games are divided into two types: some are focused solely on combat and provide the player with a wide range of combat skills and weaponry, while others offer greater freedom and allow players to complete certain quests without engaging in battle, using skills such as persuasion, stealth, etc. The second type of role-playing games features a deep world, an interesting storyline, and a large number of side quests.
Years
Platforms
PlayStation 2PlayStationXboxGame Boy AdvanceNintendo 64GameCubeWonderSwan ColorGame Boy ColorDOSWindows MobileGP32
Statuses
Best Games in the Role-playing game genre of 2002
Role-playing game, Action, First-person view, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Sandbox, Open world
May 1, 2002
Players:
9/10
Steam:
95/100
Metacritic:
88/100
Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind is a continuation of the fantasy role-playing action game with a first-person view in the Elder Scrolls universe. The events of the game...
Role-playing game, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game, Exploration
July 12, 1990
Players:
9.5/10
Steam:
95/100
Metacritic:
71/100
Final Fantasy is a Japanese-style top-down fantasy RPG with turn-based combat. The game's story focuses on four heroes whose parents were killed during the invasion...
Role-playing game, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Isometric, Adventure, Tactics, Strategy, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
April 2, 1994
Players:
9.8/10
Steam:
93/100
Metacritic:
92/100
Final Fantasy VI is a turn-based tactical strategy role-playing adventure game with an isometric view. The war of magicians left behind only ashes and suffering...
Role-playing game, In real time, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Tactics, Strategy, Japanese role-playing game
July 19, 1991
Players:
7.1/10
Steam:
93/100
Metacritic:
85/100
Final Fantasy IV is a tactical turn-based strategy role-playing game with anime and fantasy RPG elements. Expect fully voiced dramatic cutscenes, deep, emotionally...
Role-playing game, Simulation, Action, Strategy, Fighting, Warships / Submarines, First-person view, Third-person view, Historical
November 24, 2000
Players:
9.4/10
Steam:
75/100
Metacritic:
71/100
Set in the age of sail, this role-playing game follows young captain Nicholas Sharp as he sets out across an Atlantic archipelago to make his name. He gathers a...
Role-playing game, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
December 17, 1988
Players:
8/10
Metacritic:
68/100
A turn-based role-playing game set in a fantasy world where an emperor summons monsters from a demonic realm to seize control. After the attacks leave them...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
July 19, 2001
Players:
8.9/10
Metacritic:
92/100
Final Fantasy 10 — just like in the previous games of the series, the player controls the main character from a third-person perspective, moving through locations...
Role-playing game, In real time, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Isometric, Japanese role-playing game
March 19, 1998
Players:
9.6/10
Steam:
92/100
Metacritic:
83/100
Final Fantasy V is an anime-style turn-based strategy RPG with an isometric view. Embark on an epic adventure as four heroes are united by fate: Bartz and his...
Role-playing game, Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Post-apocalyptic
March 14, 2001
Players:
8.7/10
Steam:
79/100
Metacritic:
82/100
Fallout Tactics is a tactical turn-based strategy game with RPG elements and an isometric camera view set in the Fallout universe. The events of the game will tell...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Isometric, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, The Lord of the Rings
September 24, 2002
Players:
7.9/10
Metacritic:
57/100
A fantasy role-playing game based on The Lord of the Rings, following the path taken by the Fellowship in the book. Players control Frodo, Aragorn, or Gandalf the...
Action, Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Adventure, Role-playing game
December 6, 2000
Players:
8.9/10
Steam:
94/100
Metacritic:
82/100
This science-fiction action game with strategy elements is set on the Island, a vast fragment of a lost planet where three peoples collide. Kabuto, a giant created...
Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, First-person view, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Combat robots
September 27, 2001
Metacritic:
71/100
Set in a futuristic 2173, this tactical role-playing action game follows a young boy named Cage, who gains control of an armed prototype mech and tries to stop the...
Role-playing game, Strategy, First-person view, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Combat robots
February 24, 1995
Front Mission (1995) is a first-person role-playing game with a dash of strategy and robot simulator from the masters at G-Craft. The game is published by Square...