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
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Statuses
Best Games in the Role-playing game genre of 2025 (Game released)
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, First-person view, Historical, Exploration, Open world, Medieval era, Crafting
Game released: PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PC → 4 February 2025
VGTimes:
9.7/10
Players:
8.9/10
Steam:
92/100
Metacritic:
88/100
First-person role-playing action in the vast open world of Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 is a direct sequel to the 2018 game, taking players back to...
Role-playing game, Adventure, Third-person view, Turn-based, Post-apocalyptic, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PC, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5 → 24 April 2025
VGTimes:
8.0/10
Players:
8.8/10
Steam:
96/100
Metacritic:
91/100
Atmospheric role -playing game with an unusual setting and dynamic step -by -step battles. In the center of the plot is a mysterious artist whose...
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Simulation, Online, MMO, Third-person view, Science fiction, Survival, Exploration, Open world, Crafting
Game released: PC, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5 → 10 June 2025
VGTimes:
8.0/10
Players:
8.6/10
Steam:
73/100
Metacritic:
79/100
A multiplayer open-world survival game inspired by Frank Herbert's iconic Dune universe. Players find themselves on Arrakis, a merciless sand planet...
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...
Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Exploration, Open world
Game released: PC, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5 → 29 October 2025
Players:
7.2/10
Steam:
73/100
Metacritic:
81/100
The game takes place on the new colony of Arcadia, where rifts threaten the destruction of all humanity. An agent of the Earth Authority finds...
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, In real time, Fantasy, Medieval era, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 17 September 2024
Players:
8.6/10
Steam:
79/100
Metacritic:
86/100
The game takes place in the world of Valisteya, where among people there are the most powerful creatures — icons. These dangerous creatures...
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Isometric, Turn-based, Tactics, Steampunk, Science fiction, Strategy, Cooperative (co-op)
Game released: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch 2 → 7 December 2023
Players:
9.1/10
Steam:
86/100
Metacritic:
76/100
Players will take on the role of a Rogue Trader, descendant of an ancient dynasty of brave privateers, ruling their own trading empire and exploring...
Third-person view, Adventure, Action, Open world, Fantasy, Role-playing game, Cooperative (co-op), Online, Roguelike
Game released: PC, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S → 30 May 2025
VGTimes:
7.0/10
Players:
7.9/10
Steam:
87/100
Metacritic:
80/100
A standalone action RPG set in the Elden Ring universe with co-op mode for 3 players. Gamers explore a modified version of Limgrave (a combination...
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Hunting / Fishing, Third-person view, Cooperative (co-op), Open world, Fantasy, Online
Game released: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 28 February 2025
VGTimes:
7.3/10
Players:
7.5/10
Steam:
71/100
Metacritic:
89/100
An exciting journey into a world where nature dictates its own rules, and hunting becomes the art of survival. Forbidden lands covered with secrets...
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Free game, Cooperative (co-op), Open world, Fantasy
Game released: PC, Android, iOS, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 23 May 2024
Players:
8.4/10
Steam:
87/100
Metacritic:
72/100
Anime-style role-playing action game in the spirit of Genshin Impact. The game's story begins with a devastating event known as the "Ruin," which...
DLC, Shooter, First-person view, Adventure, Combat robots, Exploration, Science fiction, Action, Futurism (Future), Role-playing game
Game released: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One → 28 January 2025
Players:
8.6/10
Steam:
92/100
Major Sergei Nechaev returns to Enterprise 3826, where he ends up at the Neptune underwater research center. There he will meet new opponents and...
Role-playing game, Shooter, Adventure, First-person view, Science fiction, Old school, Space, Survival horror
Game released: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 23 September 2025
VGTimes:
7.2/10
Players:
7.7/10
Steam:
68/100
The abandoned asteroid Commodus 27-C, once a thriving mining community, is now awash in chaos and bloodshed. A distress signal leads the hero to the...
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, In real time, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga
Game released: PC, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch 2, Xbox Series X/S → 23 January 2025
VGTimes:
9.0/10
Players:
8.7/10
Steam:
78/100
Metacritic:
91/100
The second part of the re-release of the 1997 Japanese role-playing game Final Fantasy VII , and a direct sequel to VII Remake. Fans of the cult...
Collection, Role-playing game, Action, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Shooter, Cyberpunk, Open world
Game released: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch 2, Mac → 5 December 2023
Players:
8.5/10
The complete edition of Cyberpunk 2077, which includes the original game, the Phantom Liberty expansion and all the released updates. A game from CD...
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...
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, DLC, First-person view, Historical, Exploration, Open world, Medieval era, Crafting
Game released: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 15 May 2025
Players:
10/10
Steam:
59/100
Metacritic:
72/100
In the addition, Henry will meet a mysterious artist who is trying to find inspiration and become one of the greatest masters of his time. You can...
Role-playing game, Adventure, Online, Anime / Manga, Adult game, Turn-based, Free game, Tactics, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PC, iOS, Android → 11 December 2025
Players:
6.8/10
Steam:
72/100
A step-by-step role-playing game set in a world where the light of the stars is gradually fading. After the victory of the legendary Star Savior, a...
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...
Role-playing game, Strategy, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Tactics, Science fiction, Action
Game released: Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 → 26 June 2025
Players:
9.2/10
Steam:
73/100
Metacritic:
66/100
Remake of Front Mission 3 with updated graphics, new features, and various improvements. The events of the game take place in the year 2112 in a...
Adventure, First-person view, Free game, Indie, Detective, Survival horror, Open world, Role-playing game, Simulation
Game released: PC → 17 March 2025
Players:
8.3/10
Steam:
88/100
The beginning of the story of a young scientist from Pathologic 3. The main character sets off from a laboratory in the capital to a small town...
Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Adventure, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Exploration, Open world
Game released: PC, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4 → 20 May 2025
Players:
6.6/10
Steam:
65/100
An improved version of S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl, in which the developers have updated the graphics and visual effects. The plot tells...
Role-playing game, Adventure, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PC, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch 2 → 2 February 2024
Players:
8.7/10
Steam:
96/100
Metacritic:
87/100
Remake Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3. Makoto Yuki transfers to a new school and discovers that the city she is in is overrun by terrifying monsters...
