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 2020 (Game released)
Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Stadia → 10 December 2020
VGTimes:
9.4/10
Players:
7.6/10
Metacritic:
70/100
The game from CD Projekt RED, the creators of The Witcher, is based on the tabletop game Cyberpunk 2020 by Mike Pondsmith. The player is sent to the year 2077...
Game released: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Stadia → 10 November 2020
Players:
7.3/10
Metacritic:
82/100
Assassin's Creed Valhalla is an action-adventure game from a third-person perspective with RPG elements set in an open, well-developed, dynamically changing game...
Role-playing game, Adventure, Simulation, Action, Historical, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Survival
Game released: PC, PlayStation 5 → 17 December 2020
Players:
8.1/10
Metacritic:
73/100
Medieval Dynasty is a first-person action-adventure RPG set in an open world inspired by the medieval era. The main character is an ordinary poor man who has to...
Game released: PS Vita, PlayStation 3, PC, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch → 22 February 2013
Players:
8.1/10
Metacritic:
89/100
Improved and expanded edition of the popular Japanese role-playing game Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4. Inaba is a quiet town in rural Japan that provides the best...
Game released: Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, PC, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch 2 → 22 January 2026
Players:
7.7/10
Metacritic:
88/100
Final Fantasy VII Remake is a reimagining of the Japanese role-playing game Final Fantasy VII from 1997. Fans of the iconic JRPG and newcomers unfamiliar with the...
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android → 29 May 2018
Players:
7.6/10
Metacritic:
81/100
Moonlighter is an action RPG with a procedurally generated world and a Japanese-style isometric camera view. Players will find dark and gloomy dungeons populated by...
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...
Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S → 4 September 2020
Players:
8.3/10
Metacritic:
81/100
Paradise Killer is an atmospheric adventure with role-playing elements and a first-person view. The events of the game take place in a surreal reality, in which...
Game released: PlayStation 4, PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch → 31 October 2019
Players:
8.6/10
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, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android → 23 March 2018
Players:
8.7/10
Metacritic:
65/100
Ash of Gods is a turn-based RPG that combines tactical turn-based combat with dramatic, choice-driven storytelling. The game world is a fantasy on the theme of the...
Game released: iOS, Android, PC, Nintendo Switch, Mac, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 23 December 2019
Players:
9.5/10
Metacritic:
73/100
The Legend of Bum-bo — a turn-based role-playing game with arcade puzzles and randomly generated levels from the creators of Binding of Isaac. A monster named...
Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, iOS, Android → 22 May 2020
Players:
8.1/10
Metacritic:
69/100
Adventure action set in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico. The story centers around a shark that has survived a brutal encounter with a hunter and is driven by a...
