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 3PlayStation 2Xbox 360XboxPSPWiiNintendo DSSNESGame Boy AdvanceBREWMSXGameCubeGenesisJ2MEPalm OSWindows Mobile
Statuses
Best Games in the Role-playing game genre of 2006 (Game released)
Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Adventure, Horror, In real time, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Indie
Game released: PC → 18 August 2006
Players:
9.9/10
Mor. Utopia is a role-playing action game with a first-person view. The game offers a choice of three protagonists: the Bachelor, the Haruspex, and the Impostor...
Action, Strategy, Fighting, Warships / Submarines, In real time, Third-person view, Isometric, Sports game, Open world, Role-playing game, Adventure
Game released: iOS, iPhone, Mac, Wii, PC, Windows Phone, Xbox, Xbox 360, PSP → 21 July 2011
Players:
9.4/10
Steam:
94/100
An adventurous pirate game that combines elements of strategy, role-playing, and sea travel simulation. In the age of great discoveries, the player becomes the...
Role-playing game, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PC, PSP, PlayStation 3 → 29 October 2015
Steam:
97/100
Metacritic:
80/100
Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC is a Japanese-style role-playing adventure with turn-based combat. The game tells the story of the kingdom of Liberl, where...
Game released: PC, Android, iOS, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch → 24 January 2008
Players:
8.7/10
Steam:
89/100
Metacritic:
66/100
Titan Quest is an isometric action role-playing game steeped in the myths and legends of Ancient Greece. A well-developed character customization system, 28 classes...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: NES, Nintendo DS, Wii, PSP, iOS, Android, Ouya, PC → 27 April 1990
Players:
8/10
Steam:
93/100
Final Fantasy III is a fantasy anime-style role-playing game with a third-person perspective. The four main characters were completely redesigned and new scenarios...
Game released: iOS, PlayStation 2, PC, Xbox, PS Vita, PlayStation 4, Android, Mac, Linux → 1 October 2011
Players:
8.9/10
Steam:
77/100
Metacritic:
75/100
The Bard's Tale is a fun role-playing adventure with an isometric camera view in the fantasy universe of The Bard's Tale. In the game you will try on the role of an...
Game released: PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PSP, Wii, PC, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 → 3 November 2006
Players:
7.7/10
Steam:
62/100
Metacritic:
80/100
Marvel Ultimate Alliance is an exciting action role-playing game with an isometric camera view about Marvel superheroes. The game will allow you to create your own...
Role-playing game, Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Isometric, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Turn-based
Game released: PC → 3 February 2011
Players:
8.5/10
Space Rangers 2: Dominators — real-time strategy with an isometric view. The main events of the second part of the game take place 250 years after the end of...
Role-playing game, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Isometric, Adventure, Tactics, Strategy, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: SNES, PlayStation, Game Boy Advance, PlayStation 3, PSP, Wii, iOS, Android, Amazon Fire TV, PC → 11 October 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
Game released: SNES, PlayStation, WonderSwan Color, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, Wii, iOS, Android, PSP, PC → 23 November 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, Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Open world
Game released: PC → 19 June 2006
Players:
8.9/10
Steam:
32/100
Metacritic:
45/100
Ex Machina is an exciting racing arcade game with role-playing elements and a third-person view. The plot takes us to a post-apocalyptic world, where everything is...
Role-playing game, Fighting, Simulation, Warships / Submarines, Third-person view, Action, Open world
Game released: PC → 29 September 2006
Players:
7.7/10
Steam:
62/100
Metacritic:
56/100
A naval role-playing game about pirate adventures in the Caribbean during the 17th century. Players can take the role of Blaze, a fortune hunter, or Beatrice, a...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 → 3 April 2007
Metacritic:
67/100
This fantasy role-playing game features turn-based combat and follows Atsuma, an enchanter-in-training caught up in a war that has been raging for a thousand years...
Role-playing game, In real time, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Isometric, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: SNES, PlayStation, Game Boy Advance, PlayStation 3, PSP, iOS, Android, PC → 13 October 2006
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
Game released: PC → 30 October 2008
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, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: Xbox 360 → 14 December 2016
Metacritic:
79/100
Blue Dragon is an epic action role-playing game with turn-based combat and third-person view in a fantasy setting. The events of the game will tell about a young...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PSP, PC → 29 March 2011
Players:
10/10
Steam:
93/100
Metacritic:
79/100
This turn-based Japanese role-playing game is set in the fantasy kingdom of Liberl, where bracers help the public and maintain order. When an airship carrying...