There’s something enthralling about a great RPG that no other genre can compete with. These games give you the freedom to be anyone and do anything, transporting you to huge worlds unlike anything else in gaming. We’ve put together the list of the 10 best RPG games ever, to show you which ones you need to be playing!
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The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion is Bethesda’s magnum opus. Its rendition of Cyrodil remains one of the finest open worlds ever created, matched perfectly by a soundtrack that captures the game’s remarkable atmosphere. Dynamic AI that gave NPCs a daily schedule was revolutionary, and it features some of the best RPG game quests ever written.
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Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic sends players thousands of years before the days of Anakin Skywalker for an all-new experience in the franchise. The game lets you choose between the dark and light sides of the force, in a thrilling adventure no Star Wars game has been able to match. One of the best RPG games ever made, and probably the greatest Star Wars title, too.
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Like several others on this list of the best RPG games ever made, Chrono Trigger‘s greatness lies in how it influenced everything that came afterward. Its multiple endings were revolutionary, and the way it developed its characters through side-quests was seen as best in class.
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Deus Ex mastered player choice back in 2000. This sci-fi masterpiece was renowned for giving players numerous ways to complete each mission, and is still praised for the level of freedom it offers to this day.
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Fallout: New Vegas is post-apocalyptic perfection. With sprawling storylines across numerous factions, you get to be the architect of your own destiny against the dazzling lights of New Vegas. It’s a must-play for any gamer, and easily one of the best RPG games ever made.
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The middle entry in the iconic Mass Effect trilogy is by far BioWare’s best effort. Mass Effect 2 put players back in the shoes of Commander Shepard, as they look to put together a team of deadly individuals for a suicide mission that could change the fate of the galaxy. With romance, action, and some of the best-written characters you’ll find in any game ever, Mass Effect 2 is sci-fi greatness, with choices that are impactful throughout the trilogy.
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Final Fantasy VI is one of the most influential RPGs of all time. It set the standard for what the genre could be, and while some of it may seem standard now, that’s only because Final Fantasy VI did it first. Who’d have thought one of the best Final Fantasy stories would make for one of the best RPG games ever?
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Disco Elysium puts you in the shoes of an amnesiac detective who must solve a murder mystery alongside his partner. Unlike most other RPGs, Disco Elysium’s conflict is solved entirely through dialogue, with a unique mechanic named the Thought Cabinet talking you through the protagonist’s ideologies, which develop as you make choices in-game. From fascism to hard-line communism, Disco Elysium lets you walk your own path, and makes fun of you for it either way.
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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is the conclusion of CD Projekt Red’s perfect trilogy. Complex combat, a staggeringly detailed world, and some of the best quest-writing you’ll ever see define The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt as one of the best RPG games ever.
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Recency bias? Maybe. But Baldur’s Gate 3 does so much right, it’s hard not to imagine it topping this list of the best RPG games ever. How long to beat Baldur’s Gate 3 you wonder? Larian’s CRPG offers so many ways to build and play your character with wide-ranging choices throughout, that we’ll be playing Baldur’s Gate 3 for years to come. It sacrifices scale in favor of quality, and it shows, offering a once-in-a-lifetime RPG experience, presenting the fruits of Larian’s work in the genre to date in one masterful package.
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