Best RPG Games — page 8
The highest-scored role-playing games in our catalogue, ranked by our own score rather than a store chart.
- Reviewed
- 530
- Average score
- 8.3
- Top score
- 8.4
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Scores for this page’s rows
- 169Cultist SimulatorCultist Simulator is a brilliantly infuriating puzzle box that stands apart from most narrative games. It rewards intellect and patience with rich sto...8.4Great
- 170Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DanaYs VIII takes a 30-year-old series about a red-haired adventurer washing up on beaches and finally builds a whole game around the premise — and castaw...8.3Great
- 171King of Dragon PassDecades on, King of Dragon Pass remains a high-water mark for narrative strategy — a clan-management sim where myth is a game mechanic and every decis...8.3Great
- 172Skate StorySkate Story takes a genre defined by physics and repetition and turns it into something devotional. It's not the deepest skater on the market, but it'...8.3Great
- 173HopliteTwelve years after its seven-day birth, Hoplite remains a benchmark-free but genuinely excellent take on turn-based tactics on a phone. Four dollars b...8.3Great
- 174Shadows Over LoathingA witty, mechanically inventive RPG that proves stick figures and deadpan humor can carry a sprawling, highly replayable cosmic horror mystery — recom...8.3Great
- 175Touhou Mystia's IzakayaA sharp, well-tuned blend of rhythm and resource management that proves the Touhou universe is capable of far more than dodging projectiles. A decepti...8.3Great
- 176UnsightedUnsighted is a sharp, confident action-RPG that blends parry-heavy combat with a relentless time-management system forcing players to weigh the value ...8.3Great
- 177FelvidekFelvidek is a sharp, biting, and visually striking RPG that proves budget constraints are no excuse for a lack of vision. It values the player's time ...8.3Great
- 178CryptmasterCryptmaster is a clever, monochromatic subversion of the dungeon crawler that proves the pen—or the keyboard—is mightier than the sword. It treats lan...8.3Great
- 179GnosiaGnosia is a remarkably successful translation of social deduction into a single-player format, turning the anxiety of 'Werewolf' into a personal, haun...8.3Great
- 180Backpack HeroBackpack Hero builds a compulsive loop around its central, clever premise: inventory as weapon. Rough edges and balance inconsistencies hold it back f...8.3Great
- 181Crown GambitCrown Gambit blends a compelling, branching narrative with genuinely tactical card combat, delivering a dark fantasy experience that rewards strategic...8.3Great
- 182LunacidLunacid is a careful, confident reconstruction of the PS1-era action RPG — a challenging, atmospheric descent that both reveres and refines its classi...8.3Great
- 183Children of MortaChildren of Morta weaves a poignant family saga into a roguelite action RPG, and its narrative depth and character dynamics set it apart within the ...8.3Great
- 184Pathologic 2Pathologic 2 is an audacious, uncompromising narrative-driven survival thriller that demands patient engagement and offers rare thematic depth, chal...8.3Great
- 185Life is StrangeLife is Strange earns a solid recommendation as one of the stronger entries in the narrative adventure canon. It weaponizes nostalgia and a clever tim...8.3Great
- 186Library Of RuinaLibrary of Ruina is a fiercely intelligent and punishingly difficult strategy game, blending deck-building, turn-based tactics, and a visual novel int...8.3Great
- 187Cassette BeastsCassette Beasts pairs a brilliant monster-fusing mechanic with a mature narrative to deliver a creature-collecting RPG that respects the player's inte...8.3Great
- 188CrashlandsCrashlands streamlines the survival-crafting formula into an addictive, comedy-fueled RPG that values player fun and relentless progression over the g...8.3Great
- 189Stone Story RPGStone Story RPG turns ASCII art into some of the most expressive animation in indie gaming, and it hides a real programming language under its idle-RP...8.2Great
- 190DawncasterDawncaster is one of the more generous roguelike deckbuilders around — a sprawling card RPG that layers talents, gear and enchantments onto the Slay t...8.2Great
- 191Shin Megami Tensei V: VengeanceAtlus took a mechanically sharp, narratively hollow JRPG and gave it the story it always deserved, plus a proper PC port. Newcomers should buy it with...8.2Great
- 192Dragon Age: OriginsSeventeen years on, Dragon Age: Origins remains one of BioWare's finest role-playing campaigns, and one of the few that still rewards patience in kind...8.2Great
