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
All platformsPCPlayStation 5Xbox Series X/SPlayStation 4Xbox OneNintendo SwitchiOSAndroidMacLinuxBrowser
Statuses
Best Games in the Role-playing game genre of 2019 (Game released)
Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 30 August 2016
Players:
8.8/10
Steam:
96/100
Metacritic:
91/100
The most complete edition of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, including all expansions and add-ons, The Witcher 3: Blood and Wine and The Witcher 3: Hearts of Stone...
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 starring Geralt of Rivia. In 2022, all owners received a free next-gen upgrade to The...
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, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Stadia, Xbox One, Android, Mac → 30 March 2021
Players:
9.2/10
Steam:
92/100
Metacritic:
90/100
Disco Elysium, an isometric text RPG with a point-and-click interface, earned worldwide acclaim for its story and unusual role-playing. Players can expect a...
Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Stadia, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch → 13 March 2020
Players:
8.1/10
Steam:
81/100
Metacritic:
80/100
Borderlands 3 is a role-playing adventure first-person shooter with action elements and the first game in the series where players visit new planets, where they...
Action, Adventure, Stealth, Third-person view, Historical, Open world, Role-playing game, Exploration
Game released: Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PC, Nintendo Switch, Stadia → 5 October 2018
Players:
7.9/10
Steam:
89/100
Metacritic:
85/100
Assassin's Creed Odyssey is a new game in the Assassin's Creed stealth-action series, set in Ancient Greece. Take fate into your own hands and write your own epic...
Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android, Mac, Linux → 26 February 2016
Players:
8.8/10
Steam:
98/100
Metacritic:
88/100
Stardew Valley is a farming simulator with role-playing elements, an open-world sandbox with an isometric camera and the visual style of 90s arcade games. After...
Action, Simulation, Business / Management, Top-down view, Indie, Fantasy, Medieval era, Crafting, Role-playing game
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android → 15 August 2018
Players:
8.2/10
Steam:
60/100
Metacritic:
68/100
Graveyard Keeper is a simulator of a true manager of a medieval cemetery. In the game world, heroes await death in coffins and entire tombs of your cemetery. Each...
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Post-apocalyptic
Game released: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Stadia → 29 November 2016
Players:
8.9/10
Metacritic:
82/100
Final Fantasy XV is a continuation of the popular role-playing action game with a third-person perspective set in the futuristic universe of Final Fantasy and is a...
Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Cooperative (co-op), Japanese role-playing game
Game released: Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PC → 27 September 2019
Players:
7.5/10
Steam:
86/100
Metacritic:
72/100
Hardcore role-playing action from the creators of God Eater. You have to take on the role of a vampire and, together with your companions, confront the very essence...
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Isometric, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Open world, Exploration, Slasher
Game released: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, iOS, PC, Mac → 24 October 2019
Players:
8.8/10
Steam:
94/100
Metacritic:
77/100
Cat Quest 2 is a continuation of the fun role-playing action game with an isometric camera view. The game will take you to a fantasy universe in which there are two...
Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 9 September 2019
Players:
7.7/10
Steam:
75/100
Metacritic:
74/100
GreedFall is a third-person RPG from the creators of Bound by Flame and The Technomancer. The setting is a remote island in the middle of the sea, inhabited by...
Shooter, Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Cooperative (co-op), Action, Role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch → 20 August 2019
Players:
7.8/10
Steam:
86/100
Metacritic:
77/100
Cooperative game from the creators of Darksiders 3, set on a post-apocalyptic Earth. The world has been taken over by terrifying monsters from another dimension...
Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 3 December 2019
Players:
8.1/10
Steam:
71/100
Metacritic:
74/100
Phoenix Point is a tactical strategy game with turn-based combat in a futuristic setting, which is the spiritual successor to the games in the X-COM franchise. The...
Game released: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, Mac, Nintendo Switch, iPad, iOS, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch 2 → 31 August 2018
Players:
9.2/10
Steam:
95/100
Metacritic:
92/100
Special edition of a tactical role-playing game with turn-based battles in a fantasy setting for modern consoles. The game is fully adapted for gamepad control and...
Role-playing game, Adventure, In real time, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation, PC, PlayStation 3, PSP, PS Vita, iOS, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One → 3 September 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...
Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android → 18 June 2019
Players:
8.7/10
Steam:
92/100
Metacritic:
81/100
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer set in a fantasy setting. The game will tell the story of an 18-year-old girl...
Game released: PlayStation 4, PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch → 31 October 2019
Players:
8.6/10
Steam:
96/100
Metacritic:
94/100
Persona 5 Royal is an expanded and enhanced edition of the third-person role-playing adventure Persona 5. The main character Joker and his friends will be able to...
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, iOS → 31 March 2016
Players:
7.6/10
Steam:
93/100
Metacritic:
82/100
Hyper Light Drifter is a top-down action-adventure RPG. The main character of the game suffers from a strange disease and goes to amazing countries to find a...
Game released: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 25 April 2013
Players:
8.2/10
Steam:
88/100
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...
Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 26 March 2019
Players:
7.6/10
Steam:
73/100
Metacritic:
65/100
Outward is a survival role-playing game with third-person perspective in a fantasy setting. As a novice adventurer, you will go to a large, endless world where...
Game released: PS Vita, PlayStation 4, PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 28 March 2017
Players:
9/10
Steam:
88/100
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...
Action, Shooter, Adventure, Horror, In real time, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Survival, Open world, Role-playing game, Detective
Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 → 28 May 2019
Players:
8.8/10
Steam:
92/100
Metacritic:
70/100
A remake of a thriller set in an open world, released in 2005. Three very different doctors try to save an unusual steppe town from an epidemic of a deadly disease...
Role-playing game, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Side view, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: Nintendo Switch, PC, Stadia, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 → 12 July 2018
Players:
8.6/10
Steam:
86/100
Metacritic:
82/100
A Japanese-style RPG that invites you to set off on a journey with one of eight heroes. Each character has unique abilities and their own storyline, revealing...
Game released: PC, Mac, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android, Linux → 3 September 2019
Players:
9.1/10
Steam:
88/100
Metacritic:
81/100
The game tells the story of the Bergson family, who live at the foot of a cursed mountain. An ancient evil has awakened and now only a famous family can stop it...
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Android, iOS, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 15 November 2013
Players:
7.8/10
Steam:
91/100
Metacritic:
74/100
Baldur's Gate 2: Enhanced Edition is an isometric medieval themed RPG. The god of murderers Baal, foreseeing his death, created for himself many descendants from...
Simulation, Action, First-person view, Role-playing game, Indie, Adult game, Survival, Online, Open world
Game released: PC → 30 January 2019
Players:
6.1/10
Steam:
66/100
My Island is a survival simulator for adults with role-playing elements and a first-person view. The game takes place on a colorful island, surrounded by an endless...