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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Divinity (upcoming video game)
Divinity is Larian Studios' upcoming turn-based RPG, announced 12 December 2025 at The Game Awards 2025. Set in Rivellon, it is a new game, not Original Sin 3, with a new ruleset, co-op, and no release date yet.
Doodle Champion Island Games
Doodle Champion Island Games: Google's largest interactive Doodle, a 16-bit sports RPG with Studio 4°C, released July 23, 2021 for Tokyo 2020; calico cat Lucky, seven sports, seven folklore champions, four-team leaderboard.
Esoteric Ebb
Esoteric Ebb is a 2026 isometric CRPG by solo Swedish developer Christoffer Bodegård, published by Raw Fury. A Disco Elysium-inspired, D&D dice-driven political mystery about a cleric investigating a tea shop bombing before a city's first election.
Felvidek (video game)
Felvidek: 2024 RPG Maker JRPG by Jozef Pavelka and Vlado Ganaj, set in alternate 15th-century Slovakia; alcoholic knight Pavol fights Hussites, Ottomans, and folk horror; Steam Overwhelmingly Positive.
FNaF World
FNaF World (Five Nights at Freddy's World) is Scott Cawthon's 2016 turn-based RPG spin-off of Five Nights at Freddy's, pulled from Steam days after its $10 launch, refunded, and re-released free on Game Jolt with Updates 1 and 2 before cancellation in 2017.
Freedom Force (2002 video game)
Freedom Force (2002) is Irrational Games' tactical superhero RPG for PC and Mac, released March 2002, published by 2K. Original comic-book heroes defend Patriot City against Energy X villains; Metacritic 90, sequel vs. the Third Reich (2005).
Fuga: Melodies of Steel
Fuga: Melodies of Steel (戦場のフーガ) is a 2021 tactical turn-based RPG by CyberConnect2, its first self-published title and fourth Little Tail Bronx game, where 12 children crew the tank Taranis and its child-sacrificing Soul Cannon.
Hopetown (video game)
Hopetown is an upcoming narrative-first journalistic cRPG by Longdue Games, a Disco Elysium spiritual successor with ex-ZA/UM staff including Martin Luiga and narrator Lenval Brown. Kickstarted at 450% of goal; unreleased, PC first.
In Stars and Time
In Stars and Time (ISAT) is a 2023 turn-based time-loop RPG by insertdisc5 (Adrienne Bazir), published by Armor Games Studios for PC, Switch, PS4, PS5; Siffrin's party relives two days fighting King in Vaugarde.
Lisa: The Painful
LISA: The Painful (Lisa: The Painful RPG) is a 2014 RPG Maker post-apocalyptic RPG by Dingaling Productions set in Olathe, where Brad Armstrong makes permanent sacrifice choices, losing party members or limbs; Definitive Edition released July 18, 2023.
Rue Valley
Rue Valley is a 2025 time loop narrative adventure by Emotion Spark Studio, published by Owlcat Games, in which Mr. Harrow relives 47 minutes in a desert town; mixed reviews, Disco Elysium comparisons.
Septerra Core
Septerra Core: Legacy of the Creator is a 1999 Windows Japanese-style RPG by Chicago's Valkyrie Studios, set on seven World Shells around a bioorganic computer Core, with Fate Card combo combat; Metascore 70, later re-released on Steam and GOG.
Shadowrun: Dragonfall
Shadowrun: Dragonfall is Harebrained Schemes' 2014 turn-based cyberpunk RPG expansion for Shadowrun Returns, set in Berlin's Flux State in 2054, later released standalone as the Director's Cut with 17 missions.
The Legend of Heroes: Trails Beyond the Horizon
The Legend of Heroes: Trails Beyond the Horizon (英雄伝説 界の軌跡 -Farewell, O Zemuria-) is Falcom's 13th mainline Trails JRPG, third Calvard arc entry; three protagonists, hybrid action/turn-based combat; Japan 2024, English January 2026, Metascore 84.
The Legend of Heroes: Trails Through Daybreak II (英雄伝説 黎の軌跡II -CRIMSON SiN-)
The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak II (英雄伝説 黎の軌跡II -CRIMSON SiN-) is Nihon Falcom's 2022 Calvard-arc JRPG, released in English February 14, 2025 by NIS America; Van Arkride investigates crimson-beast murders using time leaps, with one-S-Craft-per-Boost combat and Metacritic 76.
The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante is a 2021 narrative-driven text-based RPG by Sever Studio and 101XP set in the Blessed Arknian Empire, following a commoner through five life stages, three Lots, stat checks, and a resurrection system.
The Thaumaturge
The Thaumaturge is a 2024 story-driven isometric RPG by Fool's Theory and 11 bit studios, set in 1905 Russian-ruled Warsaw, where Wiktor Szulski captures flaw-born demons called salutors for dialogue and turn-based combat.
Undertale
Undertale (Toby Fox, 2015) is an indie turn-based RPG where killing is optional; FIGHT/ACT/ITEM/MERCY combat, bullet-hell dodging, Neutral/True Pacifist/Genocide endings, $51,124 Kickstarter, ~6.3M Steam sales, Deltarune successor.
Undertale Yellow
Undertale Yellow (UTY) is a free fan-made prequel to Undertale by Team Undertale Yellow, released December 2023 on Game Jolt after seven years, starring Clover, the yellow Justice soul, with pacifist, neutral, and genocide routes.