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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 2017

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Stardew Valley

Role-playing game, Simulation, Business / Management, Indie

February 26, 2016

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 88/100

Stardew Valley is a farmer simulator with elements of a role-playing system, a sandbox in an open world with an isometric camera and a visual style reminiscent of...

Fallout 4: Game of the Year Edition

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view, Collection, Post-apocalyptic

September 26, 2017

Players: 8.5/10

Fallout 4: Game of the Year Edition is a special edition of the role-playing game in the post-apocalyptic world of Fallout 4. The game includes all the latest...

The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim

Role-playing game, Action, Hack and slash, First-person view, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

November 10, 2011

VGTimes: 9.0/10

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 94/100

The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim is a role-playing game with action elements in an open world. It was developed and released by Bethesda for PS3, Xbox 360, and PC on...

Darkest Dungeon

Role-playing game, Action, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Roguelike

February 3, 2015

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...

Binding of Isaac: Rebirth

Role-playing game, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Roguelike, Dungeons, Cooperative (co-op)

November 4, 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...

Mass Effect: Andromeda

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future)

March 21, 2017

Players: 7.2/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Mass Effect: Andromeda is a continuation of the space action role-playing game with a third-person view in the Mass Effect universe. Events take place after the...

Horizon Zero Dawn

Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic

February 28, 2017

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 89/100

Horizon Zero Dawn is an action role-playing game with a third-person view in the world of a futuristic post-apocalypse. The game is dedicated to the confrontation...

Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition

Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic

December 5, 2017

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Complete Edition Horizon Zero Dawn, which includes the original game and the expansion The Frozen Wilds. You will have to immerse yourself in a world where you...

NieR: Automata

Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view

February 23, 2017

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 86/100

NieR Automata is an action RPG with a third-person view. The game is a direct continuation of NieR. Events revolve around an alien invasion of Earth. Due to its...

Divinity: Original Sin 2

Role-playing game, In real time, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based

September 14, 2017

Players: 9.1/10

Divinity: Original Sin 2 is a continuation of the tactical role-playing game with turn-based combat in a fantasy setting. Unlike the original, the sequel features...

Undertale

Role-playing game, Adventure, Top-down view, Indie

September 15, 2015

Players: 8.6/10

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...

ELEX

Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Post-apocalyptic

October 17, 2017

Players: 7.9/10

Metacritic: 62/100

ELEX is a role-playing action game with a third-person perspective set in a sci-fi environment, created by the makers of Risen and Gothic. A comet has struck the...

Victor Vran

Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval

July 24, 2015

Players: 7.6/10

Metacritic: 75/100

Victor Vran is an isometric RPG with an action/fantasy twist from Haemimont Games. The game is published by Haemimont Games and EuroVideo Medien. Victor Vran is...

Mass Effect 2

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, In real time, Third-person view

January 26, 2010

Players: 9.2/10

Metacritic: 95/100

Mass Effect 2 is a continuation of the space role-playing trilogy with a first-person view. The events of the game continue the story told in the original. Captain...

Salt and Sanctuary

Role-playing game, Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view

March 15, 2016

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 82/100

Salt and Sanctuary is a fantasy platformer with RPG elements and a side view. The game tells the story of a sailor who is shipwrecked off the shore of an unknown...

Clicker Heroes

Arcade, Role-playing game, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Free game

May 13, 2015

Players: 7.6/10

Clicker Heroes is a shareware arcade clicker with role-playing elements in a fantasy setting. Like many games of this type, there's a lot of pointing involved, or...

South Park: The Fractured but Whole

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval

October 17, 2017

Players: 7.9/10

Metacritic: 81/100

South Park: The Fractured but Whole is an action-adventure role-playing game in the South Park universe. The game continues the story of the previous part, South...

Battle Brothers

Role-playing game, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Indie, Tactics

April 27, 2015

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Mass Effect 3

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Futurism (Future)

March 5, 2012

VGTimes: 8.3/10

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 90/100

Mass Effect 3 is the final part of the space role-playing trilogy with a third-person view. Events begin with a devastating attack on Earth by an army of an ancient...

Unepic

Role-playing game, Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view

October 2, 2011

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 69/100

Unepic is a side-scrolling action-platformer RPG in a fantasy setting. You will play as Daniel, who, due to strange circumstances, finds himself in the ancient and...

Hobo: Tough Life

Role-playing game, Simulation, First-person view, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Open world

July 25, 2017

Players: 8.8/10

A survival simulator where you can experience the essence of the life of a homeless person and try on this difficult role. The events of the game take place in the...

Cat Quest

Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Indie

August 8, 2017

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Cat Quest is an unusual action RPG with an isometric camera view. The game invites you to get into the role of a cat who wanders around the world and fights...

SpellForce 3

Role-playing game, Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

December 7, 2017

Players: 7.1/10

Metacritic: 74/100

SpellForce 3 is a continuation of the interesting interweaving of real-time strategy and role-playing games in a fantasy setting. The game tells about the events...

Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen

Role-playing game, Action, DLC, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

April 23, 2013

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen is a fantasy action role-playing game with a third-person view. You will find a large open world and a new system of interactions...

The Surge

Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Futurism (Future)

May 15, 2017

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Futuristic action role-playing game with a third-person view from the creators of Lords of the Fallen. The events of the game take place in the future, when there...

The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel 3

Role-playing game, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based

September 28, 2017

Players: 7.6/10

Metacritic: 83/100

The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel 3 is the continuation of the great role-playing saga The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel. The events of the game...

Punch Club

Role-playing game, Boxing, Business / Management, Sports game, Side view

January 8, 2016

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 75/100

Punch Club is a boxing sports game with RPG elements that tells the story of a boxer searching for his father's killer. The game is made in pixel style and...

Vikings: Wolves of Midgard

Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval

March 24, 2017

Players: 7.2/10

Metacritic: 66/100

Vikings: Wolves of Midgard is an action RPG with an isometric camera view in a fantasy setting. The game takes place in Midgard, which is known from...

Portal Knights

Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Roguelike

May 18, 2017

Players: 7.8/10

Metacritic: 74/100

Portal Knights is an action role-playing game with a procedurally generated world in a fantasy setting from the creators of Sacred 3. The ideological inspiration...

Elite Dangerous

Role-playing game, Simulation, Action, Flight Simulator, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Open world

December 16, 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...

Death Road to Canada

Role-playing game, Action, Top-down view, Post-apocalyptic, Roguelike

July 22, 2016

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Death Road to Canada is a top-down action RPG set in a post-apocalyptic world. You will go to the center of a full-scale invasion of the living dead. Having taken...

Battle Chasers: Nightwar

Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Turn-based

October 3, 2017

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Battle Chasers: Nightwar is a classic RPG in the style of Heroes of Might and Magic 3. You will explore dungeons, develop the abilities of your characters and move...

StarCrawlers

Role-playing game, Strategy, First-person view, Turn-based

May 23, 2017

StarCrawlers is a first-person role-playing game with a dash of strategy from developers Juggernaut Games. The game is published by Juggernaut...

The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim VR

Role-playing game, Action, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Virtual Reality (VR)

November 17, 2017

Players: 6.6/10

Metacritic: 79/100

The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim VR is a special version of Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim Special Edition, the legendary role-playing fantasy game with an open world...

Expeditions: Viking

Role-playing game, Strategy, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Tactics

April 27, 2017

Players: 7.8/10

Metacritic: 74/100

Expeditions: Viking is a tactical turn-based RPG that will take you back to the 700s during the time of the Vikings and allow you to become one of them. You have to...

Path of Exile

Role-playing game, Online, Action, Hack and slash, In real time, Isometric, Free game

January 25, 2013

Players: 7.5/10

Metacritic: 86/100

Path of Exile is a free-to-play action RPG with an isometric camera view. You are an exile trying to survive in the dark world of Wraeclast. Fighting for your life...

Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age

Role-playing game, Third-person view, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval

July 11, 2017

Players: 7.3/10

Metacritic: 85/100

Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age is a re-release of the legendary Final Fantasy XII, which was released in 2006 for PS2. The game will delight you with improved...

Realms of Magic

Indie, Adventure, Role-playing game, Action, Sandbox, Survival, Platformer, Crafting

December 6, 2017

Players: 10/10

Realms of Magic is an adventure sandbox with role-playing elements and a side view. Expect a fusion of classic old-school game mechanics (crafting, talent trees...

Ys 8: Lacrimosa of Dana

Role-playing game, Third-person view, Anime / Manga

July 21, 2016

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 83/100

Ys 8: Lacrimosa of Dana is a sequel to the Japanese role-playing game with a third-person view. The main character is again the red-haired adventurer Adol, who...

Sheltered

Role-playing game, Adventure, Post-apocalyptic, Side view

March 15, 2016

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 64/100

Sheltered is a procedurally generated adventure game set in a post-apocalyptic world. After many died in a nuclear holocaust, you are lucky enough to survive in a...

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