Role-playing game 2017 for PC — top best games in the Role-playing game genre

NieR: Automata - a game in the Role-playing game genre

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

Game released: PC → 17 March 2017

Players: 9/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 86/100

NieR Automata is an action RPG with a third-person view. The game is a direct continuation of NieR. Events revolve around an alien invasion of Earth. Due to its...

Assassin's Creed: Origins

Action, Adventure, Stealth, Third-person view, Historical, Open world, Role-playing game

Game released: PC → 27 October 2017

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Assassin's Creed: Origins — an action-adventure game with a third-person view in an open world set in the Assassin's Creed universe. The game takes place in ancient...

Hobo: Tough Life

Role-playing game, Simulation, First-person view, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Open world, Online

Early Access: PC → 25 July 2017; Game released: PC → 13 April 2021

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 79/100

A survival simulator where you can experience the essence of the life of a homeless person and try on this difficult role. The events of the game take place in the...

South Park: The Fractured but Whole

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval, Comedy, Turn-based

Game released: PC → 17 October 2017

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 81/100

South Park: The Fractured but Whole is an action-adventure role-playing game in the South Park universe. The game continues the story of the previous part, South...

Middle-earth: Shadow of War

Action, Stealth, Slasher, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Open world, Role-playing game

Game released: PC → 9 October 2017

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Middle-earth: Shadow of War is a continuation of the action slasher with a third-person view Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor. Talion returns again as the main...

ELEX

Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Post-apocalyptic, Open world

Game released: PC → 17 October 2017

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 68/100

Metacritic: 62/100

ELEX is a role-playing action game with a third-person perspective set in a sci-fi environment, created by the makers of Risen and Gothic. A comet has struck the...

Mass Effect: Andromeda

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Science fiction, Open world

Game released: PC → 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...

Divinity: Original Sin 2

Role-playing game, In real time, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Exploration

Game released: PC → 14 September 2017

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 93/100

Divinity: Original Sin 2 is a continuation of the tactical role-playing game with turn-based combat in a fantasy setting. Unlike the original, the sequel features...

The Surge

Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Science fiction

Game released: PC → 16 May 2017

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Futuristic action role-playing game with a third-person view from the creators of Lords of the Fallen. The events of the game take place in the future, when there...

Torment: Tides of Numenera

Role-playing game, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Adventure

Early Access: PC → 26 January 2016; Game released: PC → 28 February 2017

Players: 8/10

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Torment: Tides of Numenera is a classic role-playing game with an isometric camera view and turn-based combat, which is the spiritual successor to Planescape...

Albion Online

Role-playing game, MMO, Isometric, Historical, Free game, Open world

Game released: PC → 17 July 2017

Players: 6.8/10

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Albion Online is a free-to-play, isometric camera-based, multiplayer role-playing game set in a medieval setting that is the spiritual successor to Ultima Online. A...

Battle Brothers

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

Game released: PC → 24 March 2017; Early Access: PC → 27 April 2015

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 77/100

A turn-based tactical role-playing game about leading a mercenary company through a harsh, low-fantasy medieval world in a procedurally generated open-world...

Star Trek Timelines

Role-playing game, Strategy, Futurism (Future), Free game, Space

Game released: PC → 12 July 2017

Steam: 65/100

Star Trek Timelines is a sci-fi strategy game with role-playing game elements set in the universe of the popular Star Trek odyssey. You have to manage your small...

Battle Chasers: Nightwar

Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game, Dungeons

Game released: PC → 20 October 2017

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Battle Chasers: Nightwar is a classic RPG in the style of Heroes of Might and Magic 3. You will explore dungeons, develop the abilities of your characters and move...

Icarus Online

Role-playing game, MMO, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Free game

Game released: PC → 16 April 2014; Beta testing: PC → 21 July 2017

Players: 6.5/10

Icarus is a free-to-play multiplayer role-playing game in a fantasy style, inspired by Korean and Japanese comics. It stands out from other MMORPGs with many...

Planescape: Torment - Enhanced Edition

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

Game released: PC → 11 April 2017

Players: 9.8/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Planescape: Torment — Enhanced Edition is a special re-release of the classic role-playing game with turn-based combat in a fantasy world for modern...

Portal Knights

Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Roguelike, Adventure, Online, Sandbox

Game released: PC → 18 May 2017

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Portal Knights is an action role-playing game with a procedurally generated world in a fantasy setting from the creators of Sacred 3. The ideological inspiration...

Nioh: Complete Edition

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

Game released: PC → 7 November 2017

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 80/100

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...

Darkest Dungeon: The Crimson Court

Role-playing game, Action, DLC, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Roguelike, Strategy, Indie

Game released: PC → 19 June 2017

Players: 6.8/10

Steam: 62/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Darkest Dungeon: The Crimson Court is an add-on for a unique party-based side-scrolling RPG with turn-based combat. The add-on introduces a new campaign, the action...

Fade to Silence

Role-playing game, Action, Horror, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Survival, Open world

Early Access: PC → 14 December 2017; Game released: PC → 30 April 2019

Players: 6.4/10

Steam: 62/100

Metacritic: 56/100

Fade to Silence is a post-apocalyptic RPG that takes you to the future, when humanity is on the verge of extinction. You have to survive in harsh winter conditions...

Gigantic

Role-playing game, Online, Action, In real time, Third-person view, Free game, Roguelike, MOBA

Game released: PC → 9 April 2024; The project is closed: PC → 31 July 2018

Players: 7/10

Steam: 65/100

Metacritic: 75/100

A dynamic game that combines elements of online action and MOBA strategy. You are given a choice of two teams that will have to fight each other. The main goal of...

Deus Ex: Breach

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Stealth, Futurism (Future), Free game, Role-playing game, Cyberpunk

Game released: PC → 24 January 2017

Players: 1/10

Steam: 43/100

Deus Ex: Breach is a shareware arcade stealth shooter in a futuristic setting, which was originally released as an online mode for Deus Ex: Mankind Divided. It...

SpellForce 3

Role-playing game, Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PC → 15 December 2017

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 74/100

SpellForce 3 is a continuation of the interesting interweaving of real-time strategy and role-playing games in a fantasy setting. The game tells about the events...

NieR Automata - 3C3C1D119440927

Role-playing game, Action, DLC, Slasher, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 2 May 2017

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 79/100

NieR Automata — 3C3C1D119440927 — add-on for the hurricane action role-playing game with a third-person view NieR Automata. In the add-on, you will have...

Fallout 4: Game of the Year Edition

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view, Collection, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: PC → 26 September 2017

Players: 8.5/10

Fallout 4: Game of the Year Edition is a special edition of the role-playing game in the post-apocalyptic world of Fallout 4. The game includes all the latest...

Expeditions: Viking

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

Game released: PC → 27 April 2017

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Expeditions: Viking is a tactical turn-based RPG that will take you back to the 700s during the time of the Vikings and allow you to become one of them. You have to...

Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Open world, Exploration

Game released: PC → 17 July 2017

Players: 5.7/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles is an action-adventure action RPG with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. You will play as the main character who is...

Exiled

Role-playing game, Online, Action, MMO, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Sandbox, Top-down view

Early Access: PC → 23 February 2017

Players: 4/10

Steam: 89/100

This isometric multiplayer RPG with open PvP takes place in a forsaken valley where players compete for freedom and prosperity. Game worlds last for up to a month...

Neo Atlas 1469

Role-playing game, Simulation, Adventure, Top-down view, Fantasy

Game released: PC → 14 February 2017

Steam: 64/100

Neo Atlas 1469 is an adventure simulator with role-playing elements and a side view. 15th century, Europe. The game takes place at a time when no one fully...

Diablo 3: Rise of the Necromancer

Role-playing game, Action, DLC, Hack and slash, Beat them all, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PC → 27 June 2017

Players: 6.3/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Diablo 3: Rise of the Necromancer is an action RPG add-on with an isometric camera view. The core of this expansion will be the new Necromancer class, which is...

Dark Souls 3: The Ringed City

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

Game released: PC → 28 March 2017

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Dark Souls 3: The Ringed City is an expansion to the hardcore third-person action RPG Dark Souls 3. After the end of the Age of Fire, when the end of the world came...

Tales of Berseria

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

Game released: PC → 26 January 2017

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Tales of Berseria is a Japanese-style third-person action RPG. You will embark on a journey of self-discovery and take on the role of the heroine Velvet Crowe, a...

Dark Souls 3: The Fire Fades Edition

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

Game released: PC → 21 April 2017

Players: 9.4/10

Dark Souls 3: The Fire Fades Edition is a special edition of the hardcore action role-playing game with a third-person view in the Dark Souls universe, which...

Toukiden 2

Role-playing game, Action, Slasher, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Open world, Hunting / Fishing

Game released: PC → 21 March 2017

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Toukiden 2 is a sequel to the Japanese-style action RPG about demon hunters. You will take on the role of the mysterious Slayer, who has awakened after a ten-year...

The Elder Scrolls Online: Morrowind

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

Game released: PC → 28 May 2017

Players: 9.5/10

Metacritic: 76/100

The Elder Scrolls Online: Morrowind is an addition to the multiplayer role-playing game in a fantasy setting in the Elder Scrolls universe. A new chapter of the...

Fallout 4 VR

Role-playing game, Action, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Virtual Reality (VR), Open world

Game released: PC → 11 December 2017

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 60/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Fallout 4 VR is a special version of the post-apocalyptic role-playing action game Fallout 4 for HTC Vive virtual reality devices. The game takes place in Boston...

Dragon Quest: Heroes 2

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

Game released: PC → 25 April 2017

Steam: 69/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Dragon Quest: Heroes 2 is a continuation of the fantasy action role-playing game with a third-person view, which takes place in a completely new world. The...

Warhammer 40,000: Space Wolf

Strategy, Board / Group Game, Turn-based, Tactics, Role-playing game

Game released: PC → 21 September 2017

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 65/100

Warhammer 40,000: Space Wolf is a turn-based tactical strategy in the Warhammer 40,000 universe. You will find a single-player campaign with a dramatic plot and a...

Warspear Online

Role-playing game, MMO, Fantasy / Medieval, Mini-game / browser-based, Free game, Old school

Game released: PC → 2 November 2017

Players: 6.9/10

Steam: 58/100

Warspear Online is a free-to-play multiplayer role-playing game in a fantasy setting. You can expect dynamic battles in real time, changes in the appearance of...

Grimoire: Heralds of the Winged Exemplar

Role-playing game, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Dungeons, Indie

Game released: PC → 4 August 2017

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 67/100

Grimoire: Heralds of the Winged Exemplar is a classic first-person turn-based RPG inspired by games from the 90s. Fourteen races, fifteen specializations and the...

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Best Games in the Role-playing game genre of 2017 for PC