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Deus Ex (video game)
Deus Ex (2000) is Ion Storm Austin's cyberpunk immersive sim directed by Warren Spector, published by Eidos Interactive on June 23, 2000; it blends RPG, FPS, and adventure design, won multiple year-end awards, and spawned a franchise.
Diablo II
Diablo II is an action role-playing game developed by Blizzard North and released in 2000, a sequel to Diablo whose skill trees and loot system shaped later action RPGs.
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.
Duet Night Abyss
Duet Night Abyss (デュエットナイトアビス) is a free-to-play 3D action RPG by Pan Studio/Hero Games, launched October 28, 2025 on PC, iOS, Android. Unusually for the genre, it removed character/weapon gacha and stamina before launch, monetizing through cosmetics only.
Elden Ring Nightreign
Elden Ring Nightreign: FromSoftware's standalone 3-player co-op roguelike action RPG in the Elden Ring universe, released May 30, 2025, directed by Junya Ishizaki; timed Limveld expeditions against 8 Nightlords, over 5 million shipped.
Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree
Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree is FromSoftware's June 21, 2024 DLC expansion for Elden Ring, set in the Land of Shadow with Miquella's story, 50 Scadutree Fragments, 10 million sales, Metacritic 94.
Enotria: The Last Song
Enotria: The Last Song is a 2024 soulslike action RPG by Milan-based Jyamma Games, set in an Italy-inspired world of eternal theater. Its parry-centric combat, mask loadouts, and folklore setting distinguish it from other soulslikes.
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.
Eve Online
Eve Online (EVE Online) is a single-shard sci-fi sandbox MMORPG in New Eden by Iceland's CCP Games, launched 6 May 2003, known for its player-driven economy, permanent ship losses, and the elected Council of Stellar Management.
Exodus (2027 video game)
Exodus is a single-player sci-fi action RPG by Archetype Entertainment (Wizards of the Coast/Hasbro), launching April 7, 2027 on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC, starring Matthew McConaughey as C.C. Orlev and built on a no-FTL time-dilation premise.
Fantasy Westward Journey
Fantasy Westward Journey (梦幻西游) is a 2D turn-based MMORPG by Chinese company NetEase, launched in January 2004 and set in the mythology of Journey to the West.
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.
Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail
Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail is the fifth expansion of Square Enix's MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV, launched July 2, 2024. Set on Tural, it adds Viper and Pictomancer jobs, a level 100 cap, female Hrothgar, and the game's first graphics overhaul.
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.
Guild Wars 3
Guild Wars 3 (길드워3) is ArenaNet's upcoming MMORPG, announced June 5, 2026 at Summer Game Fest. Set in Orr over a thousand years before the original game, buy-to-play, on PC and PS5, beta fall 2027.
Habbo
Habbo (formerly Habbo Hotel) is a Finnish social virtual world by Sulake, launched as Hotelli Kultakala in August 2000, where users chat, decorate rooms, and buy virtual furniture; distinct from Hotel Hideaway and Habbo Hotel: Origins.
Honkai Impact 3rd (崩坏3)
Honkai Impact 3rd (崩坏3, Houkai 3rd) is miHoYo's free-to-play 3D cel-shaded anime action RPG, released in China October 2016 and globally March 2018, where a Captain leads Valkyries against the Honkai; Part 2 launched on Mars in 2024.
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.
Hyper Light Drifter
Hyper Light Drifter: 2016 top-down 2D action RPG by Heart Machine, created by Alx Preston, Kickstarter-funded ($645,158), wordless storytelling, dash-based combat, Metacritic 84, IGF visual art winner.
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.
Kantai Collection
Kantai Collection (艦これ, KanColle) is a Japanese free-to-play browser fleet-training simulation launched April 23, 2013 on DMM GAMES, where admirals collect WWII Imperial Japanese Navy warships personified as ship girls (kanmusu), notable for its gacha-light resource economy and media-mix franchise.
Kingdom of Loathing
Kingdom of Loathing (KoL) is a free, comedic browser-based stick-figure RPG by Asymmetric Publications, launched publicly February 11, 2003 by Zack "Jick" Johnson, with six pun-named classes, daily adventure limits, Meat currency, clans, and the spinoff West of Loathing.
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.
Lunacid
Lunacid is a 2023 dark fantasy first-person dungeon crawler RPG by Kira (Akuma Kira), inspired by King's Field and Shadow Tower. Set in the Great Well; 9 classes, 75+ weapons, 37 spells, Lunacy lunar mechanic.
MapleStory (메이플스토리)
MapleStory (메이플스토리) is Nexon and Wizet's free-to-play 2D side-scrolling MMORPG, launched in Korea April 29, 2003 and localized worldwide, with over 60 million subscribers by 2008 and spin-offs including MapleStory M, 2, Worlds, and N.
Monster Hunter Wilds
Monster Hunter Wilds (モンスターハンターワイルズ) is Capcom's hunting action game released February 28, 2025 on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC; it sold 8 million copies in 3 days, a Capcom record, but PC performance issues drove sales collapse and negative Steam reviews.
Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault
Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault is a 2026 action RPG roguelike by Digital Sun and 11 bit studios, sequel to Moonlighter, following Will dungeon-crawling and shopkeeping in Tresna; 1.0 launched 2 September 2026 on PC, PS5, Xbox Series, and Switch 2.