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
Steam:
89/100
Metacritic:
70/100
A game by CD Projekt RED, the creators of The Witcher, based on Mike Pondsmith’s Cyberpunk 2020 tabletop game. Players are sent to 2077, where their custom-created...
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Stealth, Third-person view, Historical, Open world, Exploration
Game released: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Stadia → 10 November 2020
Players:
7.3/10
Steam:
68/100
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...
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...
Role-playing game, Adventure, Simulation, Action, Historical, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Survival, Construction, Crafting, Online
Game released: PC, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4 → 17 December 2020
Players:
8.1/10
Steam:
88/100
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...
Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Open world, Adventure
Game released: PlayStation 4, PC → 5 December 2017
Players:
8.3/10
Steam:
89/100
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...
Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Free game, Cooperative (co-op), Role-playing game
Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch 2 → 25 March 2013
Players:
8.2/10
Steam:
91/100
Metacritic:
76/100
A dynamic online third-person action game where the warrior's journey takes place through an expansive interplanetary system torn by faction conflicts. Under the...
Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Open world, Adventure
Game released: PlayStation 4, PC → 1 March 2017
Players:
8.7/10
Steam:
89/100
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...
Role-playing game, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Post-apocalyptic, Exploration, Survival
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4 → 19 December 2018
Players:
8.5/10
Steam:
83/100
Metacritic:
70/100
ATOM RPG: Post-apocalyptic indie game is a post-apocalyptic role-playing game with turn-based combat and an isometric camera view. The game takes place in the...
Game released: PlayStation 4, PC, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PlayStation 5 → 17 January 2020
Players:
8.5/10
Steam:
94/100
Metacritic:
85/100
Yakuza: Like a Dragon is an action-adventure game with a third-person view in the Yakuza universe, which received a completely new combat system for the series. We...
Game released: Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, PC, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch 2 → 22 January 2026
Players:
7.7/10
Steam:
86/100
Metacritic:
88/100
Final Fantasy VII Remake is a rerelease of the 1997 Japanese role-playing game Final Fantasy VII . Fans of this cult JRPG and newcomers unfamiliar with the series...
Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android → 9 November 2018
Players:
8.2/10
Steam:
87/100
Metacritic:
84/100
An exciting adventure with role-playing elements, based on the card strategy Gwent: The Witcher Card Game. The events of the game unfold in the universe of "The...
Game released: PS Vita, PlayStation 3, PC, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch → 22 February 2013
Players:
8.1/10
Steam:
97/100
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: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Stadia, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 4 September 2020
Players:
6.8/10
Steam:
66/100
Metacritic:
69/100
Marvel's Avengers is a third-person action-adventure game based on the Avengers comic book series. You will take control of Iron Man, Thor, Captain America and...
Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Science fiction, Open world
Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One → 11 June 2020
Players:
7.1/10
Steam:
72/100
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...
Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Stadia, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 3 December 2020
Players:
8.9/10
Steam:
72/100
Metacritic:
79/100
Immortals Fenyx Rising is an atmospheric adventure with a third-person view in a fantasy setting from the creators of Assassin's Creed: Odyssey. You will go to...
Role-playing game, Action, Online, MMO, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Open world, Adventure
Game released: PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5 → 3 June 2020
Players:
8.1/10
Steam:
88/100
Metacritic:
72/100
Multiplayer role-playing action with a pirate theme. Thanks to the extensive possibilities of the multiplayer mode, you and other players can manage a large pirate...
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: Wii U, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC → 8 December 2012
VGTimes:
8.3/10
Players:
8.2/10
Steam:
74/100
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...
Role-playing game, In real time, Third-person view, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Free game, Open world, MMO
Game released: Browser, PC, Windows 3.x, Mac → 2001
Steam:
81/100
RuneScape is a popular free-to-play fantasy MMORPG with a third-person view. You will travel to the Sixth Age of Gielinor and discover a fantastic world filled with...
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android → 29 May 2018
Players:
7.6/10
Steam:
80/100
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, Linux, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 8 May 2018
Players:
8.8/10
Steam:
87/100
Metacritic:
83/100
Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire is a sequel to the classic isometric RPG with real-time combat. Eothas, the god of light and rebirth, was thought to be dead, but he...
Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Stadia → 5 December 2019
Players:
8.5/10
Steam:
84/100
Metacritic:
76/100
Action-slasher with RPG elements, Darksiders Genesis is a prequel to the Darksiders trilogy. The events start decades before the first game, and the main character...
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: 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...
Role-playing game, Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Cooperative (co-op), Exploration, Science fiction
Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 3 December 2020
Players:
9.2/10
Steam:
88/100
Metacritic:
75/100
Haven is an atmospheric third-person adventure where you take control of the characters Yu and Kay, who have been exiled to a mysterious planet called the Source...
Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, iOS, Android → 22 May 2020
Players:
8.1/10
Steam:
88/100
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...