Top Role Playing (RPG) Games


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21. Valkyria Chronicles 4

Platform: PC (Steam)
US Release Year: 2018
Overall Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Genres: Role Playing (RPG) (Tactical RPG)
ESRB Rating: T
Developer: Sega
Publisher: Sega
Synopsis: The return of the turn-based strategy with third-person shooter mechanics returns. Taking place at the same time as the original Valkyria Chronicles, but focuses on Squad E in the Federation. Under the command of Claude Wallace he, along with his childhood friends, navigate the harsh realities of war - from freezing blizzards to waves of Imperial Soldiers to the godlike Valkyria themselves - and will find out if their bonds can survive. The signature hand-drawn style returns, updated for the current systems, along with composer Hitoshi Sakimoto. New features include numerous offensive/defensive battleship support options, a new Grenadier class and Last Stand action before death.

22. Valkyria Chronicles 4

Platform: PlayStation 4
US Release Year: 2018
Overall Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Genres: Role Playing (RPG) (Tactical RPG)
ESRB Rating: T
Developer: Sega
Publisher: Sega
Synopsis: The return of the turn-based strategy with third-person shooter mechanics returns. Taking place at the same time as the original Valkyria Chronicles, but focuses on Squad E in the Federation. Under the command of Claude Wallace he, along with his childhood friends, navigate the harsh realities of war - from freezing blizzards to waves of Imperial Soldiers to the godlike Valkyria themselves - and will find out if their bonds can survive. The signature hand-drawn style returns, updated for the current systems, along with composer Hitoshi Sakimoto. New features include numerous offensive/defensive battleship support options, a new Grenadier class and Last Stand action before death.

23. Valkyria Chronicles 4

Platform: Xbox One
US Release Year: 2018
Overall Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Genres: Role Playing (RPG) (Tactical RPG)
ESRB Rating: T
Developer: Sega
Publisher: Sega
Synopsis: The return of the turn-based strategy with third-person shooter mechanics returns. Taking place at the same time as the original Valkyria Chronicles, but focuses on Squad E in the Federation. Under the command of Claude Wallace he, along with his childhood friends, navigate the harsh realities of war - from freezing blizzards to waves of Imperial Soldiers to the godlike Valkyria themselves - and will find out if their bonds can survive. The signature hand-drawn style returns, updated for the current systems, along with composer Hitoshi Sakimoto. New features include numerous offensive/defensive battleship support options, a new Grenadier class and Last Stand action before death.

24. Valkyria Chronicles 4

Platform: Nintendo Switch
US Release Year: 2018
Overall Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Genres: Role Playing (RPG) (Tactical RPG)
ESRB Rating: T
Developer: Sega
Publisher: Sega
Synopsis: The return of the turn-based strategy with third-person shooter mechanics returns. Taking place at the same time as the original Valkyria Chronicles, but focuses on Squad E in the Federation. Under the command of Claude Wallace he, along with his childhood friends, navigate the harsh realities of war - from freezing blizzards to waves of Imperial Soldiers to the godlike Valkyria themselves - and will find out if their bonds can survive. The signature hand-drawn style returns, updated for the current systems, along with composer Hitoshi Sakimoto. New features include numerous offensive/defensive battleship support options, a new Grenadier class and Last Stand action before death.

25. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

Platform: PlayStation 3
US Release Year: 2011
Overall Rating: 4.4 out of 5 stars
Genres: Action (Sandbox), Role Playing (RPG) (Elements)
ESRB Rating: M
Developer: Bethesda Softworks
Publisher: 2K
Synopsis: Just as the headman's axe is about to end your criminal life, a beast from legend, long thought dead, appears: a dragon. As you escape, the key to your destiny is awoken: you are a dragonborn with the ability harness the power of the powerful enemies. Yet you must not only deal with these age-old creatures but also a kingdom in turmoil as the future of the Empire of Tamriel hangs in the balance on the outcome of the choices you make.

26. Chrono Trigger

Platform: Super Nintendo (SNES)
US Release Year: 1995
Overall Rating: 4.3 out of 5 stars
Genres: Role Playing (RPG) (Turn-Based RPG)
ESRB Rating: E
Developer: Squaresoft
Publisher: Squaresoft
Synopsis: When a science experiment and a curious girl hurtle a young boy into an adventure across time, he realizes the planet's only hope lies with him. A series of adventures - all mysteriously linked - spanning millions of years take a normal boy and transform him and his motley crew of friends gathered throughout time into heroes. They will discover by the end that by saving their own time period, they may save them all.

27. Borderlands

Platform: PC (Steam)
US Release Year: 2009
Overall Rating: 3.6 out of 5 stars
Genres: Action (First-Person Shooter), Role Playing (RPG) (Elements)
ESRB Rating: M
Developer: Gearbox Software
Publisher: 2K

28. Diablo III

Platform: PlayStation 3
US Release Year: 2013
Overall Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Genres: Role Playing (RPG) (Hack ‘n Slash)
ESRB Rating: M
Developer: Blizzard Entertainment
Publisher: Blizzard Entertainment
Synopsis: Two decades after the events in Diablo II: Lord of Destruction, in which Diablo, Mephisto, and Baal were defeated, stirrings of evil return and Deckard Cain returns to the ruins of Tristram Cathedral seeking answers. From the sky, a harbinger of fiery doom falls from the heavens, awaking long dormant evil and once again, the heroes will set forth to stop it. The classic hack 'n slash RPG returns after 11 years with new classes, new approaches to healing and improved multiplayer.

29. EarthBound ( Mother 2 )

Platform: Super Nintendo (SNES)
US Release Year: 1995
Overall Rating: 4.4 out of 5 stars
Genres: Role Playing (RPG) (Turn-Based RPG)
ESRB Rating: E
Developer: Ape Studios
Publisher: Nintendo
Synopsis: After a meteorite impacts near his home, Ness begins a grand adventure to save the world from Giygas who controls the universe in the future. Seeking out eight sanctuaries around the world, along with three other like-minded friends, he will gather his psychic power and prevent the world from falling into chaos.

30. Soul Blazer

Platform: Super Nintendo (SNES)
US Release Year: 1992
Overall Rating: 4.4 out of 5 stars
Genres: Role Playing (RPG) (Action RPG)
Developer: Quintet
Publisher: Enix

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