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.
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Best Games in the Role-playing game genre of 2013
Role-playing game, Strategy, Hack and slash, In real time, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Free game, MOBA
July 9, 2013
Players:
6.2/10
Steam:
87/100
Metacritic:
90/100
Dota 2 is a continuation of the legendary team tactical and strategic game with role-playing game elements, in which each player controls one hero, and, if the hero...
Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Free game, Cooperative (co-op), Role-playing game
March 25, 2013
Players:
8.2/10
Steam:
91/100
Metacritic:
76/100
A dynamic online third-person action game where the warrior's journey takes place through an expansive interplanetary system torn by faction conflicts. Under the...
Role-playing game, In real time, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Star Wars, Science fiction, Adventure
July 15, 2003
Players:
9.1/10
Steam:
91/100
Metacritic:
90/100
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic is a fantasy role-playing game with a third-person view in the Star Wars universe. You can choose your path in this epic game...
Role-playing game, Adventure, In real time, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
January 31, 1997
Players:
8.8/10
Steam:
76/100
Metacritic:
83/100
Final Fantasy VII is a third-person role-playing game in the anime and fantasy style. In Midgar, a city controlled by the mega-conglomerate Shinra Inc., Mako...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
July 19, 2001
Players:
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, Action, Shooter, Adventure, Stealth, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Cyberpunk, Tactics
July 11, 2013
Players:
5.4/10
Steam:
35/100
Metacritic:
57/100
Deus Ex: The Fall is a first-person role-playing shooter in a cyberpunk style. The game is set in 2027, a golden era for science, technology and human development...
Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Cooperative (co-op), Online, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)
December 16, 2010
Players:
9.1/10
Steam:
92/100
Metacritic:
79/100
Dungeon Defenders is a dynamic cooperative action role-playing game with a third-person view and elements of the tower defense genre in a fantasy setting. You have...
Role-playing game, In real time, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
February 11, 1999
Players:
9.3/10
Steam:
84/100
Metacritic:
90/100
Final Fantasy VIII is a continuation of the legendary series of role-playing games with turn-based combat in the Japanese style. The game takes place in a...
Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Collection, Anime / Manga, Japanese role-playing game, Fantasy
December 26, 2013
Players:
9.1/10
Steam:
88/100
Metacritic:
85/100
The edition combines updated versions of the iconic Final Fantasy X and its sequel Final Fantasy X-2. The story begins with Tidus's journey, who finds himself in...
Role-playing game, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
February 9, 2006
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...
Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Fighting, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Platformer, Metroidvania
August 15, 2012
Players:
9.6/10
Steam:
94/100
Metacritic:
84/100
Dust: An Elysian Tail is a 2D action-adventure platformer with role-playing elements and a side view in a fantasy setting. A colorful world awaits you, filled with...
Role-playing game, Action, Hack and slash, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Farm Simulator, Adventure
January 24, 2013
Steam:
91/100
Metacritic:
80/100
A fantasy role-playing game with farming follows a hero who falls from the sky onto the back of the dragon Ventuswill and arrives in Selphia. Named the town’s...
Role-playing game, Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Open world, Science fiction, Space
March 15, 2013
Players:
9/10
Steam:
87/100
Space Rangers HD: A War Apart is a re-release of the top-down space role-playing strategy game Space Rangers. In addition to the familiar story, the updated version...