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AdventureQuest
AdventureQuest (AQ, AdventureQuest Classic) is Artix Entertainment's 2002 single-player, turn-based browser Flash RPG set in Battleon; free Adventurer accounts, $20 Guardian upgrade, weekly updates, playable via Artix Games Launcher after Flash ended.
Albion Online
Albion Online is a free-to-play sandbox MMORPG by Sandbox Interactive, launched July 17, 2017, with classless gear-based progression, full-loot PvP zones, a player-driven economy, and cross-platform play on PC, mobile, and Xbox.
An Elder Scrolls Legend: Battlespire
An Elder Scrolls Legend: Battlespire is a 1997 Bethesda action RPG for DOS, the first Elder Scrolls spin-off and first multiplayer entry, set in Mehrunes Dagon's Oblivion realms; originally planned as a Daggerfall expansion.
Ananta (video game)
Ananta (無限大, formerly Project Mugen) is a free-to-play anime urban open-world RPG by NetEase's Naked Rain studio, launching January 15, 2027 on PC, PS5, and mobile, set in Nova City and Chongxiao, with no character gacha.
Another Crab's Treasure
Another Crab's Treasure is a 2024 soulslike/3D platformer by Aggro Crab starring hermit crab Kril, whose shell is stolen by a loan shark; he wears trash as shells granting abilities, in a polluted ocean setting, released April 25, 2024 on PC, PS5, Xbox, and Switch.
Arco (video game)
Arco is a 2024 tactical RPG published by Panic for PC, Switch, PS5, and Xbox Series X. Set in a Mesoamerican-inspired fantasy frontier, it features simultaneous turn-based, gridless combat and scored 86 on Metacritic.
Assassin's Creed Shadows
Assassin's Creed Shadows (2025), Ubisoft Quebec's open-world stealth action RPG set in late Sengoku-period feudal Japan, starring shinobi Naoe and samurai Yasuke, with dynamic seasons, light-based stealth, and Anvil engine raytraced lighting.
Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist of Memories & the Envisioned Land
Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist of Memories & the Envisioned Land (2025) is a Gust/Koei Tecmo open-world JRPG starring Yumia Liessfeldt, the first Atelier on Xbox, and the series' fastest selling entry.
Atomic Heart 2
Atomic Heart 2 (Atomic Heart II) is Mundfish's upcoming action-adventure RPG sequel to Atomic Heart, announced June 6, 2025 at Summer Game Fest; retrofuturistic alternate-history setting, global-scale story, Unreal Engine 5, PC and consoles, 2026 release reported.
Back to the Dawn
Back to the Dawn (动物迷城) is a 2025 prison escape RPG by Metal Head Games and Spiral Up Games, released 17 July 2025 after Early Access from 2 Nov 2023. Play fox reporter Thomas or panther agent Bob, with 21 in-game days, 100+ quests, and multiple endings.
Baldur's Gate 3
Baldur's Gate 3 is a role-playing game based on the fifth edition of Dungeons & Dragons, developed by Larian Studios, released for PC in 2023, and winner of Game of the Year 2023.
Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn
Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn (SoA) is BioWare's 2000 AD&D 2nd-edition isometric RPG for Interplay/Black Isle, set in Amn, built on the Infinity Engine with real-time-with-pause combat, followed by Throne of Bhaal and the 2013 Enhanced Edition.
Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal
Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal is BioWare's 2001 expansion to Shadows of Amn, set in Tethyr, raising the XP cap to 8 million (level 40), adding Watcher's Keep and Sarevok as a companion.
Baldur's Gate: Tales of the Sword Coast
Baldur's Gate: Tales of the Sword Coast (TotSC) is BioWare and Interplay's 1999 expansion pack for Baldur's Gate, adding Ulgoth's Beard, Durlag's Tower, and the Ship of Balduran, raising the XP cap to 161,000, and later bundled into the Enhanced Edition.
Betrayal at Krondor
Betrayal at Krondor: 1993 Dynamix/Sierra MS-DOS first-person RPG in Raymond E. Feist's Riftwar universe, with turn-based grid combat, an open world, and a Feist novelization.
Black Desert Online (검은사막)
Black Desert Online (검은사막) is Pearl Abyss's buy-to-play open-world action MMORPG, launched in Korea in December 2014 and the West in March 2016, known for action combat, node-worker economy, life skills, and grind-heavy RNG progression.
Black Myth: Zhong Kui (黑神话：钟馗)
Black Myth: Zhong Kui (黑神话：钟馗) is Game Science's second Black Myth title, a single-player action RPG starring the Taoist ghost-catcher Zhong Kui. Announced at Gamescom August 20, 2025; 15-minute gameplay trailer August 20, 2026; no release date; PC and consoles.
Bloodborne PSX
Bloodborne PSX is a free 2022 fan demake of Bloodborne by Lilith Walther (LWMedia), reimagining the PS4 exclusive as a PS1-era Unreal Engine 4 game ending at Father Gascoigne; removed from itch.io by Sony via MarkScan in February 2025.
Blue Protocol: Star Resonance
Blue Protocol: Star Resonance (星痕共鸣) is a free-to-play anime MMORPG by Tencent-backed Shanghai Bokura, published by A Plus Japan, reviving Bandai Namco's cancelled Blue Protocol IP; launched China July 2025, West October 9, 2025, PC/mobile, ~95k Steam peak then steep decline.
Cabernet (video game)
Cabernet is a 2D narrative RPG by Party for Introverts and Akupara Games, released February 20, 2025 on PC and consoles. Liza, a new vampire in 19th-century Eastern Europe, balances hunger and morality; Metacritic 88.
Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector
Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector, sequel to Citizen Sleeper by Jump Over the Age (Gareth Damian Martin), published by Fellow Traveller; narrative dice RPG released January 31, 2025 at $24.99 on PC, Switch, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, set in the Starward Belt with stress and contract systems.
City of Heroes
City of Heroes: superhero MMORPG by Cryptic Studios and NCsoft, launched April 28, 2004 in Paragon City; 180,000 first-year subscribers; closed November 2012; revived by licensed Homecoming server since 2024.
Code Vein II
Code Vein II (CODE VEIN II) is Bandai Namco Studios' action RPG sequel to Code Vein, released January 29-30, 2026 on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and Steam; a Revenant Hunter time-travels with Lou to prevent the Resurgence.
Control Resonant
Control Resonant (formerly Control 2) is Remedy Entertainment's 2026 action-adventure RPG sequel to Control, released September 24, 2026 on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC, starring Dylan Faden with the shapeshifting melee weapon Aberrant in a warped Manhattan.
Costume Quest 2
Costume Quest 2 is Double Fine's 2014 Halloween-themed turn-based RPG, sequel to Costume Quest, released on eight platforms via Midnight City. Twins Reynold and Wren use costumes and time travel to stop dentist Dr. Orel White; Metacritic PC score 68.
Cyberpunk 2077
Cyberpunk 2077 (also Cyberpunk, CP2077) is CD Projekt Red's 2020 first-person open-world action RPG set in Night City, based on the Cyberpunk 2020 tabletop RPG. Notorious buggy launch, Sony delisting, $1.85M settlement; 35M+ copies sold by 2025.
Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty
Phantom Liberty is a spy-thriller expansion for Cyberpunk 2077 by CD Projekt Red, released in 2023, in which V must rescue the US President after her shuttle crashes in Dogtown.
Darksiders Genesis
Darksiders Genesis: top-down hack-and-slash action RPG by Airship Syndicate, published by THQ Nordic; prequel introducing Horseman Strife, co-op with War, Creature Cores, released December 2019.
Deadhaus Sonata
Deadhaus Sonata is a gothic-horror co-op action role-playing game by Denis Dyack's Apocalypse Studios in which players fight as the undead; it entered Steam Early Access in 2026.
Destiny 2
Destiny 2 (D2) is Bungie's 2017 online looter shooter with MMO elements, successor to Destiny. Its live service ended with Monument of Triumph on June 9, 2026; vaulted content restoration was announced in September 2026.