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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Platforms
Statuses
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
Steam:
96/100
Metacritic:
92/100
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is the final part of the trilogy of adventures featuring Geralt of Rivia. In 2022, all owners received a free next-gen update to The...
Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Open world, Exploration
Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 9 November 2015
Players:
8/10
Steam:
81/100
Metacritic:
86/100
The continuation of the iconic series of role-playing games in a post-apocalyptic world. The game features a completely revamped leveling system, gameplay, and...
Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 5 → 27 January 2015
Players:
8.6/10
Steam:
94/100
Metacritic:
74/100
Adventure action game in the open world Dying Light allows you to fully immerse yourself in the world of the zombie apocalypse. You can expect upgrades, RPG...
Game released: PC, Mac, PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, Linux → 15 September 2015
Players:
8.5/10
Steam:
96/100
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...
Role-playing game, Action, Online, MMO, In real time, Third-person view, Free game, Fantasy, Medieval era, Sandbox, Exploration
Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 3 March 2016
VGTimes:
5.7/10
Players:
7.2/10
Steam:
72/100
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:
7.5/10
Steam:
81/100
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...
Game released: PlayStation 4, PS Vita, PC, Mac, iPad, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Linux → 27 September 2016
Players:
8/10
Steam:
90/100
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...
Role-playing game, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Roguelike, Dungeons, Cooperative (co-op), Replayability
Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Mac, Linux, Xbox One, Wii U, New Nintendo 3DS, iOS → 4 November 2014
Players:
8.6/10
Steam:
96/100
Metacritic:
87/100
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...
Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Adventure, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Turn-based
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch → 18 September 2014
Players:
7.2/10
Steam:
81/100
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, In real time, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game, Adventure
Game released: PlayStation, PC, PlayStation 3, PSP, PS Vita, iOS, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One → 3 September 1997
Players:
8.8/10
Steam:
75/100
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, 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...
Action, Slasher, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Post-apocalyptic, Adventure, Role-playing game
Game released: PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii U, PlayStation 4 → 16 August 2012
VGTimes:
9.0/10
Players:
8.5/10
Steam:
87/100
Metacritic:
83/100
Darksiders 2 is a continuation of the action-slasher adventure game with a third-person view. The events of the sequel are directly related to the original plot of...
Role-playing game, Online, Simulation, Action, Third-person view, Indie, Medieval era, Open world, Survival
Game released: PC → 17 November 2015
Players:
8.7/10
Steam:
58/100
Metacritic:
63/100
Life is Feudal: Your Own is a medieval life simulator from the Moscow studio Bitbox S.L.. You have to live a medieval life on a 9 km² map along with other 63...
Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Mac, Linux → 3 October 2014
Players:
8.1/10
Steam:
91/100
Metacritic:
85/100
Set in the open world of Mordor, this fantasy action game with role-playing elements follows a hero pursued by a spirit seeking to bend him to its will. As he...
Role-playing game, Simulation, Action, Flight Simulator, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Open world, Space, Exploration
Game released: PC, Mac, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 → 16 December 2014
Players:
8.3/10
Steam:
40/100
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, MOBA
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: Xbox 360, PC, iOS, PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Linux, Mac → 20 July 2011
Players:
8.7/10
Steam:
96/100
Metacritic:
89/100
Bastion is an action-adventure RPG with an isometric camera view in a fantasy setting. You will go to a fairy-tale world, which, by the will of fate, is gradually...
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, PS Vita, PlayStation 3, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, iOS → 27 June 2013
Players:
8.3/10
Steam:
91/100
Metacritic:
84/100
Rogue Legacy is a fantasy platforming roguelite in which a hero explores procedurally generated castles and battles enemies. When a character dies, an heir takes...
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...
Action, Horror, Third-person view, Sandbox, Role-playing game, Stealth, Tactics, Zombies, Survival, Open world
Game released: PC, Xbox One → 27 April 2015
Players:
7.1/10
Steam:
78/100
Metacritic:
72/100
State of Decay — Year-One Survival Edition is an action-horror game with a third-person view and stealth elements. The developers have added new weapons...
Role-playing game, Hack and slash, In real time, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Dungeons
Game released: PC, Mac → 15 October 2014
Players:
9.6/10
Steam:
89/100
Metacritic:
85/100
This dungeon-crawling role-playing game follows four prisoners shipwrecked on the secluded Isle of Nex, where they must find a way to survive and escape. The...
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android, Xbox One → 23 April 2015
Players:
8.7/10
Steam:
95/100
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...
