Role-playing game 2021 for PlayStation 5 — top best games in the Role-playing game genre

Final Fantasy VII Remake - a game in the Role-playing game genre

Role-playing game, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 10 June 2021

Players: 7.4/10

Metacritic: 88/100

Final Fantasy VII Remake is a re-release of the Japanese role-playing game Final Fantasy VII from 1997. Fans of the cult JRPG and newcomers unfamiliar with the...

Genshin Impact

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Free game

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 28 April 2021

Players: 7.4/10

Metacritic: 83/100

An adventure game that offers an immersion into the thrilling events of the fairy-tale world of Teyvat. Together with a group of brave companions, you will explore...

Tales of Arise

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 10 September 2021

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 85/100

A large-scale role-playing action game in the Tales series, telling the story of two worlds — Dana and Rena. For centuries, the inhabitants of Rena oppressed the...

Nioh 2: Complete Edition

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 5 February 2021

Players: 7.8/10

Metacritic: 86/100

Nioh 2: Complete Edition — the complete edition of the hardcore role-playing action game Nioh 2 with a third-person view in Japanese style, including all...

Disco Elysium

Role-playing game, Adventure, Isometric, Interactive movie

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 30 March 2021

Players: 9.4/10

Metacritic: 90/100

Disco Elysium is a text-based RPG with an isometric camera and a point-and-click interface that has gained worldwide recognition for its story and unique...

Diablo 2: Resurrected

Role-playing game, Isometric, Horror, Action, Slasher, Hack and slash, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 23 September 2021

Players: 6.3/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Diablo 2: Resurrected is a remake of the cult isometric action-RPG Diablo 2. In the updated version of the game, a new graphics engine has been implemented, the...

GreedFall

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 30 June 2021

Players: 8.1/10

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...

Mortal Shell

Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Fantasy

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 4 March 2021

Players: 7.4/10

Metacritic: 75/100

Mortal Shell is a hardcore action role-playing game with a third-person view in a dark fantasy setting, inspired by the Dark Souls series. You will play the role of...

Nioh: Complete Edition

Role-playing game, Action, Slasher, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Historical

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 5 February 2021

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Nioh: Complete Edition — A complete edition of the third-person action-adventure slasher game, which includes the base game and all released expansion packs...

Yakuza: Like a Dragon

Role-playing game, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, In real time, Turn-based, Adventure

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 2 March 2021

Players: 8.5/10

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...

The Elder Scrolls Online

Role-playing game, Online, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 15 June 2021

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...

Disciples: Liberation

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 21 October 2021

Players: 9.6/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Disciples: Liberation is a continuation of the famous series of tactical RPGs with strategy elements and an isometric camera view in a dark fantasy setting. You...

Death's Door

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 23 November 2021

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 87/100

Death's Door is an adventure role-playing action slasher game with an isometric camera view in a fantasy setting. Collecting the souls of the dead from bell to bell...

Tails of Iron

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 17 September 2021

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 82/100

Tails of Iron is a side-scrolling action-adventure game in a fantasy setting. Playing as Reggie, heir to the Rat throne, you will have to save your kingdom and...

Aeterna Noctis

Arcade, Side view, Fantasy / Medieval, Action, Role-playing game, Adventure

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 15 December 2021

Metacritic: 69/100

Aeterna Noctis is a side-scrolling adventure role-playing action platformer in a fantasy setting. The Supreme God Chaos cursed his creation, forcing the dominant...

Tribes of Midgard

Role-playing game, Roguelike, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Survival

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 27 July 2021

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 72/100

Tribes of Midgard is a cooperative role-playing game about survival in a Scandinavian world that is being invaded by giants during Ragnarok. Locations are generated...

Dicey Dungeons

Arcade, Indie, Strategy, Roguelike, Card game, Role-playing game

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 11 November 2021

Players: 9.4/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Dicey Dungeons — an exciting card-based turn-based game with RPG elements and a simplified roguelike from the creators of Super Hexagon and VVVVVV. In the...

Astria Ascending

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 30 September 2021

Metacritic: 64/100

Astria Ascending is a side-scrolling adventure JRPG with turn-based combat in a fantasy setting. Together with brave heroes, you will explore the vast and beautiful...

Atelier Ryza 2: Lost Legends & the Secret Fairy

Role-playing game, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Anime / Manga, Adventure, In real time

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 3 December 2020

Metacritic: 81/100

Atelier Ryza 2: Lost Legends & the Secret Fairy is a Japanese-style role-playing adventure viewed from the third person, which is a sequel to Atelier Ryza: Ever...

Nioh

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 5 February 2021

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 88/100

Nioh is a hardcore Japanese-style third-person action RPG. A deep and engaging world awaits you that combines historical facts and Japanese folklore. The tough...

Final Fantasy XIV Online

Role-playing game, Action, MMO, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 13 April 2021

Players: 7.4/10

Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn is a third-person multiplayer action RPG set in a fantasy setting that is an improved version of the original 2010 Final Fantasy...

Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Earthblood

Role-playing game, Horror, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Action, Mysticism / Supernatural

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 4 February 2021

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 53/100

Werewolf: The Apocalypse — Earthblood is a dark and cruel game based on the cult universe of everyone's favorite Vampire: The Masquerade — Bloodlines...

Eldest Souls

Action, Indie, Top-down view, Role-playing game, Fantasy / Medieval, Anime / Manga, Adventure

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 29 July 2021

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 78/100

Eldest Souls is a dynamic top-down action game where you have to fight ruthless and treacherous gods. The game takes place in a gloomy world in which powerful gods...

The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim Anniversary Edition

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Stealth, First-person view, Third-person view, Collection, Fantasy

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 11 November 2021

Players: 7.6/10

Metacritic: 73/100

The anniversary edition of the legendary first-person role-playing game The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim. The edition includes all DLCs and over 500 paid mods from the...

MONARK

Role-playing game, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Adventure

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 14 October 2021

Metacritic: 64/100

MONARK is an action-adventure role-playing game with Japanese-style turn-based combat. The world plunged into darkness and madness as a mysterious and deadly fog...

Nioh 2

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 5 February 2021

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 85/100

Nioh 2 is a sequel to the hardcore Japanese-style third-person action RPG. The game will take place in Japan during the “era of the warring provinces.” The main...

The Falconeer

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 5 August 2021

Metacritic: 65/100

The Falconeer is an open-world fantasy RPG featuring unconventional combat featuring aerial combat and acrobatics. The action takes place in a world called The...

Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance

Role-playing game, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Top-down view

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 7 May 2021

Metacritic: 81/100

Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance is a fast-paced top-down action RPG set in the fantasy universe of Baldur's Gate. The combat system is based on the rules of Dungeons...

Wytchwood

Role-playing game, Adventure, Isometric

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 9 December 2021

Players: 9.9/10

Metacritic: 78/100

Wytchwood is an amazing isometric RPG adventure set in a land of gothic fables and fairy tales. As a mysterious old witch, you'll explore a quaint village, collect...

Smelter

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 2 September 2021

Metacritic: 75/100

Smelter is a side-scrolling action-platformer RPG in a fantasy setting. In the game you have to try on the role of Eve, who came to the earthly world from Eden and...

Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance

Role-playing game, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Online, Cooperative (co-op), Action, Slasher

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 22 June 2021

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 56/100

Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance is a cooperative action role-playing game with a third-person view in the fantasy universe of Dungeons & Dragons. The game will...

Skeletal Avenger

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 29 September 2021

Players: 7/10

Skeletal Avenger is an arcade action RPG with roguelike elements and an isometric camera view. A huge arsenal of weapons and capabilities awaits you — you can...

Cris Tales

Role-playing game, Adventure, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 20 July 2021

Metacritic: 74/100

Cris Tales is an adventure role -playing play with step -by -step battles in the Japanese style. The main feature of the game was the unique mechanics of “Time...

Chicory: A Colorful Tale

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 10 June 2021

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 89/100

Chicory: A Colorful Tale is an adventure puzzle game with RPG elements and a top-down view. The game is about a dog who wields a magic brush. You'll use the power...

Monster Harvest

Role-playing game, Adventure, Simulation, Business / Management, Top-down view, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 31 August 2021

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 57/100

Monster Harvest is a colorful adventure farming simulator with a top-down view. In the game you will go on an unforgettable adventure — you will start a new...

Kitaria Fables

Adventure, Role-playing game, Action, Slasher, Fantasy / Medieval, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 2 September 2021

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 69/100

Kitaria Fables is an action-adventure role-playing game with management elements in a fantasy setting. In the game you will go to an amazing world, which is...

Dustwind

Role-playing game, In real time, Isometric, Turn-based, Post-apocalyptic, Tactics

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 15 September 2021

Players: 8.2/10

Dustwind is a turn-based role-playing game with an isometric camera view in a post-apocalyptic world, which is the spiritual successor to the original Fallout. As...

Hood: Outlaws & Legends

Action, Adventure, Role-playing game, Online, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 10 May 2021

Players: 7.2/10

Metacritic: 62/100

Hood: Outlaws & Legends is a medieval-style action-adventure game with a third-person view. Faced with a ruthless, unbridled state, rebels and bandits from all...

Dauntless

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 2 December 2021

Players: 7.3/10

Metacritic: 78/100

Dauntless is a free-to-play cooperative action RPG with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. You will be able to play as the so-called killers traveling...

Mortal Shell: The Virtuous Cycle

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 18 August 2021

Mortal Shell: The Virtuous Cycle is an expansion for the hardcore third-person action RPG set in a dark fantasy setting. The expansion will introduce a "roguelike...

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Best Games in the Role-playing game genre of 2021 for PlayStation 5