Best RPG Games — page 3
The highest-scored role-playing games in our catalogue, ranked by our own score rather than a store chart.
- Reviewed
- 530
- Average score
- 9.0
- Top score
- 9.1
Scores for this page’s rows
- 49Don't Starve TogetherKlei Entertainment's Don't Starve Together transcends its survival genre trappings, delivering a carefully crafted, brutally difficult, yet profound...9.1Outstanding
- 50Grim DawnGrim Dawn is one of the very best ARPGs ever made — a carefully crafted dark fantasy epic with unmatched character customization and a deeply satisfyi...9.1Outstanding
- 51Shattered Pixel DungeonShattered Pixel Dungeon is one of the very best roguelikes available on any platform — a carefully crafted dungeon crawler that pairs punishing depth ...9.1Outstanding
- 52Darkest DungeonDarkest Dungeon is a punishing, deeply strategic, and psychologically taxing RPG whose stress system turns the roguelike dungeon crawl into a harrowin...9.1Outstanding
- 5380 Days80 Days transforms a classic novel into interactive storytelling of rare depth, where every choice carves a unique and unforgettable path around a stu...9.1Outstanding
- 54Citizen SleeperCitizen Sleeper's narrative design works because it uses the elegant pressure of a tabletop RPG to tell a powerful, deeply human story about survival ...9.1Outstanding
- 55SteamWorld HeistSteamWorld Heist fuses turn-based tactics with skill-based shooting to create a compulsively playable, deeply satisfying strategy game — one of the ve...9.1Outstanding
- 56Hyper Light DrifterHyper Light Drifter is a brutal, beautiful, and unapologetically minimalist action RPG that rewards precision and patience. It tells its story almost ...9.1Outstanding
- 57CogmindCogmind is a brutally challenging yet intellectually rewarding roguelike whose deep customization and dynamic, reactive world that feels truly alive s...9.0Outstanding
- 58Project ZomboidProject Zomboid isn't a game you "win"; it's a harrowing, brilliantly detailed simulation of a slow, inevitable demise that stands among the very best...9.0Outstanding
- 59Tiny RoguesTiny Rogues is a standout in build-crafting that strips away the bloat of modern action RPGs, leaving the high of broken synergies and demanding bulle...8.9Great
- 60Boneraiser MinionsBoneraiser Minions takes the frantic Survivor-like formula and rebuilds it as a tactical auto-battler that rewards the brain as much as the reflexes. ...8.9Great
- 61I Was a Teenage ExocolonistNorthway Games has built a devastatingly effective machine for empathy, transforming the abstract concept of "experience" into a tactile, high-stakes ...8.9Great
- 62Who's Lila?A striking experiment in psychological discomfort that replaces traditional dialogue trees with the manual labor of human expression — recommended, wi...8.9Great
- 63Tales of Maj'Eyal (ToME)A sharp, deeply tactical roguelike that strips away the genre's chores to expose a brutal, rewarding core of pure strategy. It falls short of flawless...8.9Great
- 64Horizon's GateA captivating blend of classic tactical RPG mechanics and expansive open-world freedom, Horizon's Gate carves out a unique niche, showing that pixel a...8.9Great
- 65A Dark RoomA Dark Room is a quietly brilliant exercise in minimalist storytelling, a genre-bending game whose text-only design proves how much atmosphere imagina...8.9Great
- 66In Stars and TimeIn Stars and Time uses a simple time loop to tell a sharp, affecting story about found family and the weight of carrying knowledge alone. It's a speci...8.9Great
- 67Tactical Breach WizardsTactical Breach Wizards earns a strong recommendation as a sharp, well-designed take on turn-based tactics, pairing clever mechanics with a genuinely ...8.9Great
- 68LISA: The PainfulLISA: The Painful is a brutal, emotionally corrosive RPG that weaponizes player choice to devastating effect. It's not fun, exactly—but it's a clearly...8.9Great
- 69The Banner SagaA brutal, beautiful, and emotionally taxing work of strategy and consequence. The Banner Saga is a grueling journey that rewards investment with one o...8.9Great
- 70Dicey DungeonsDicey Dungeons re-engineers the dice roll from a cheap tool of random chance into a sharp, satisfying engine for tactical expression. It's one of the ...8.9Great
- 71OXENFREEOXENFREE is a chilling, intelligent narrative thriller where the dialogue system itself is the main event, proving that the most compelling gameplay l...8.9Great
- 72EverhoodEverhood is an unsettling, inventive fusion of rhythm mechanics and philosophical RPG storytelling that subverts standard gaming tropes. It demands fa...8.8Great
