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 2015 (Game released)
Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Mac, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 18 May 2015
Players:
9.1/10
Metacritic:
92/100
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is the final part of the adventures of Geralt of Rivia trilogy. In 2022, all its owners received a free next-gen update to The Witcher 3...
Role-playing game, Action, Online, MMO, In real time, Third-person view, Free game, Fantasy, Medieval era
Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 3 March 2016
VGTimes:
5.7/10
Players:
7.1/10
Metacritic:
73/100
A free multiplayer open-world RPG with a focus on dynamic battles. In it, you will create your own hero using one of the most advanced customization systems...
Game released: PC, Mac, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Stadia, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 4 April 2014
Players:
7.6/10
Metacritic:
76/100
The Elder Scrolls Online is an online role-playing game with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. The events of the game take place 1000 years before the time...
Role-playing game, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Roguelike, Dungeons, Cooperative (co-op)
Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Mac, Linux, Xbox One, Wii U, New Nintendo 3DS, iOS → 4 November 2014
Players:
8.6/10
Binding of Isaac: Rebirth is a top-down indie RPG. You will play as the boy Isaac, hiding in the basement from his mother, whom God ordered to sacrifice him. To...
Game released: PC, Mac, PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2 → 15 September 2015
Players:
8.5/10
Metacritic:
92/100
An RPG with a unique combat system, where each battle can be completed without a single blow. Instead of the usual violence, there are conversations, mercy, and...
Game released: PlayStation 4, PS Vita, PC, Mac, iPad, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One → 27 September 2016
Players:
7.9/10
Metacritic:
84/100
Darkest Dungeon is a unique party RPG, where the skills of your heroes are tied not to abstract indicators of strength, dexterity, intelligence, but to a very real...
Game released: PlayStation, PC, PlayStation 3, PSP, PS Vita, iOS, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One → 3 September 1997
Players:
8.8/10
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, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Isometric, Adventure, Tactics, Strategy, Turn-based
Game released: SNES, PlayStation, Game Boy Advance, PlayStation 3, PSP, Wii, iOS, Android, Amazon Fire TV, PC → 11 October 1994
Players:
9.8/10
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, Action, Strategy, Adventure, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Indie
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch → 18 September 2014
Players:
7.2/10
Metacritic:
78/100
Wasteland 2 is the long-awaited sequel to the post-apocalyptic role-playing game with turn-based combat that inspired the Fallout series. Just like in the original...
Role-playing game, Simulation, Action, Flight Simulator, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Open world
Game released: PC, Mac, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 → 16 December 2014
Players:
8.3/10
Metacritic:
79/100
Elite Dangerous is a reboot of the legendary space simulator of the 80s. The Empire is on the brink of chaos. The Emperor is ill, and a fierce struggle for the...
Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, MMO, Hack and slash, In real time, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Fantasy / Medieval
Game released: PC, Mac → 2 June 2015
Players:
8.9/10
Metacritic:
86/100
Heroes of the Storm — multiplayer MOBA with heroes from universes created by...
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android, Xbox One → 23 April 2015
Players:
8.7/10
Metacritic:
86/100
Crypt of the NecroDancer is a unique indie game where everything moves to the rhythm of the music of Danny Baranowski, the composer of Super Meat Boy and the...
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch → 6 October 2015
Players:
7.3/10
Metacritic:
63/100
Skyhill is a quest with survival elements. The main character ends up in a hotel called SKYHILL, where he rents the safest room on the hundredth floor. And then...
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Hack and slash, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Historical
Game released: PC, Mac, PlayStation 4, Linux → 20 November 2015
Players:
7.7/10
Metacritic:
27/100
Vendetta — Curse of Raven's Cry is an action-adventure RPG with a third-person view from the creators of the Two Worlds series. The main character of the game...
Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Adventure, In real time, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Fantasy, Medieval era, Indie
Game released: PC, Xbox One, Mac, iOS, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Android → 11 June 2020
Players:
7.7/10
Metacritic:
79/100
A hardcore roguelike in which a group of prisoners suddenly become explorers of a hostile world. After a prison ship crashes on the mysterious planet Auriga, the...