Best RPG Games

The best RPG games ranked by Belly Score. See what The Belly thinks of the top RPG titles.

Looking for the best RPG games? This list ranks every RPG title The Belly has scored, from the highest verdicts down to the lowest. RPG is one of the core genres in the Belly Score database, and each game here has been evaluated on fun factor, gameplay, controls, creativity, presentation, staying power, and that hard-to-define Belly Factor. Use the rankings to find your next RPG obsession — or see where your favorites landed.

9.4

Shin Megami Tensei IV

RPG

Nintendo 3DS

Post-ApocalypticDark FantasyMythology+1

DarkBleakChallenging+3

9.4

Diablo

Action RPG · RPG

Microsoft Windows · Classic Mac OS · PlayStation

Dark FantasyGothicDark / Grim

DarkAtmosphericGritty+2

9.3

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

RPG · Adventure

Nintendo GameCube · Nintendo Switch

FantasyComedy

AdventurousFunnyQuirky+3

9.3

FINAL FANTASY V

RPG · Adventure

Super Nintendo (Super Famicom) · PlayStation · Game Boy Advance · iOS · Android · Microsoft Windows (Steam) · Nintendo Switch · PlayStation 4 · Xbox Series X/S

FantasyHigh FantasyComedy

AdventurousEpicStrategic+3

9.3

Pathologic 2

Adventure · RPG · Survival

Microsoft Windows · PlayStation 4 · Xbox One

Dark / GrimPsychologicalSurreal+1

CreepyDarkBleak+3

NO ART

9.3

Hades

Action · RPG

PC · Nintendo Switch · PlayStation · Xbox

9.3

Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor

Action · Adventure · RPG

PC · PlayStation 3 · PlayStation 4 · Xbox 360 · Xbox One · Linux · macOS

Dark FantasyWarMonsters

EpicIntenseBrutal+3

9.3

TerraFirmaCraft

Adventure · RPG · Survival

PC

PrehistoricNature / Wilderness

AdventurousImmersiveChallenging+3

9.3

The Legend of Heroes: Trails to Azure

RPG

PlayStation Portable · Microsoft Windows · PlayStation Vita · PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 5 · Nintendo Switch · Nintendo Switch 2

ModernDetective / MysteryMilitary+1

ImmersiveStrategicTactical+3

9.3

Radiant Historia

RPG

Nintendo DS · Nintendo 3DS

FantasyDark / GrimPsychological

StrategicTacticalThought-Provoking+3

9.3

Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht

RPG

PlayStation 2

Sci-FiFuturisticSpace+1

MysteriousCinematicThought-Provoking+2

9.3

Limbus Company

RPG · Strategy · Adventure · Visual Novel

PC · iOS · Android

DystopianDark / GrimPsychological+1

DarkStrategicTactical+3

9.3

Final Fantasy

RPG · Adventure

Family Computer · Nintendo Entertainment System · MSX2 · WonderSwan Color · PlayStation · Game Boy Advance · Wii · Wii U · Nintendo 3DS

High FantasyMythologyMonsters

AdventurousEpicStrategic+2

9.3

Arcane Lineage

RPG

Roblox

FantasyDark / Grim

ChallengingBrutalUnforgiving+3

9.3

Starbound

Action · Sandbox · RPG

Windows · OS X · Linux · Xbox One · Xbox Series X/S

Sci-FiSpaceAlien+1

AdventurousExploratoryDiscovery-Driven+3

9.3

Hylics

RPG

Windows

Post-ApocalypticFantasySurreal+1

MysteriousQuirkyWeird+3

9.2

Shadow Hearts

RPG · Horror · Rhythm / Music

PlayStation 2

SupernaturalOccultDark / Grim+1

MysteriousDarkWeird+2

9.2

LIVE A LIVE

RPG

Nintendo Switch · PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 5 · PC

Sci-FiFantasyAncient / Historical+1

AdventurousQuirkyNostalgic+2

9.2

Grim Dawn

Action RPG · RPG

Windows · Xbox One

Post-ApocalypticDark FantasyDark / Grim

DarkGrittyAtmospheric+3

9.2

BAD TIME SIMULATOR

Action · RPG

PC

DarkUnsettlingFast-Paced+11

9.2

Dying Light

Action · RPG · Adventure

PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 5 · Xbox One · PC · Nintendo Switch · Linux · macOS

Post-ApocalypticZombiesDark / Grim

ImmersiveIntenseAdrenaline-Fueled+3

9.2

Chrono Cross

RPG

PlayStation · PlayStation 3 · PlayStation Portable · PlayStation Vita · PlayStation 4 · Nintendo Switch · Xbox One · PC

FantasyPsychologicalSurreal+1

AdventurousMysteriousAtmospheric+3

9.2

Crusader Kings III

RPG · Strategy · Simulation

PC (Microsoft Windows) · macOS · Linux · PlayStation 5 · Xbox Series X|S

MedievalAncient / HistoricalFamily+1

ImmersiveStrategicFunny+3

9.2

Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga

RPG

PlayStation 2 · PlayStation 3

Sci-FiDystopianMythology+1

MysteriousDarkIntense+3