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Best 1 Diablo II

Diablo II is an action role-playing game created by Blizzard North in 2000. Developed over three years with a concentrated final phase, the game features dark fantasy and horror elements. David Brevik...

2 Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn

Baldur’s Gate II: Shadows of Amn is a role-playing game set in the Forgotten Realms campaign setting, utilizing Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd edition rules. Developed by BioWare and published by Int...

3 Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic is a role-playing game created by BioWare and published by LucasArts. Initially launched in 2003 for Xbox and Windows, it has since been ported to multiple platf...

4 Mother 3

Mother 3 is a 2006 role-playing game for the Game Boy Advance, serving as the concluding installment in the Mother series. The narrative centers on Lucas and his companions who confront an invading fo...

5 Final Fantasy Tactics

Final Fantasy Tactics is a 1997 tactical role-playing game developed for PlayStation. It introduces Ramza Beoulve, a cadet embroiled in “The Lion War,” a conflict between rival noble factions vying fo...

6 Deus Ex

Deus Ex is an action role-playing game released in 2000 by Ion Storm and published by Eidos Interactive. The title combines first-person shooter, stealth, and RPG elements within interconnected city e...

7 System Shock 2

System Shock 2 is an action role-playing and survival horror game created by Levine, Irrational Games, and Looking Glass Studios. Initially conceived as a standalone project, the narrative evolved int...

8 Ultima VII: The Black Gate

Ultima VII: The Black Gate is the seventh game in the Ultima series, debuting in 1992. Players assume the role of The Avatar, tasked with restoring order to the medieval fantasy world of Britannia by...

9 Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door is a 2004 role-playing game developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo for the GameCube. It continues the Paper Mario series, beginning with Mario a...

10 Suikoden II

Suikoden II is a PlayStation role-playing game released in 1998, 1999, and 2000. The title includes a large roster of playable characters, with more than 100 available for recruitment and over 40 usab...

11 Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss

Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss is an action role-playing game set within the Great Stygian Abyss, a vast cave system representing the ruins of a fallen civilization. Players control the Avatar a...

12 Metaphor: ReFantazio

Metaphor: ReFantazio is a 2024 role-playing game created by Studio Zero and published by Sega. Initially announced in 2016 as Project Re:Fantasy, the title launched across PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5...

13 The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion is an action role-playing game set in Cyrodiil, released in 2006 for Windows and Xbox 360. The player controls a character tasked with preventing the Mythic Dawn cult fr...

14 Dragon Quest V

Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride is a 1992 role-playing game developed by Chunsoft and published by Enix for the Super Famicom. It serves as the fifth main entry within the Dragon Quest seri...

15 EarthBound

EarthBound is a 1994 role-playing game developed by Ape Inc. and HAL Laboratory for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. The game centers on Ness and his companions as they journey across a world...

16 Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver

Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver are 2009 remakes of Pokémon Gold and Silver, incorporating elements from Pokémon Crystal. Developed by Game Freak and published by The Pokémon Company and Nintendo, th...

17 Fallout 2

Fallout 2 is a 1998 role-playing game set in 2241, eighty years after the initial Fallout. The player controls the grandchild of the original protagonist, embarking on a mission to protect a settlemen...

18 Mass Effect

Mass Effect is an action role-playing game set in the Milky Way galaxy of 2183. The player controls Commander Shepard as they confront a threat posed by the Reapers, a technologically superior machine...

19 Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar

Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar, released in 1985, represents a significant shift within the Ultima series. The game expanded upon previous titles with a substantially larger overworld map and intricat...

20 Dragon Quest VIII

Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King is a 2004 role-playing game developed by Level-5 and published by Square Enix. Initially released on PlayStation 2, it marked the series’ eighth installme...

21 Baldur's Gate

Baldur’s Gate is a 1998 role-playing video game created by BioWare and published by Interplay Entertainment. Utilizing the Infinity Engine, it adapts the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (AD&D) 2nd edition...

22 Skies of Arcadia

Skies of Arcadia is a 2000 role-playing game where players guide Vyse and his companions against the Valuan Empire. The narrative centers on preventing the revival of powerful, destructive weaponry. G...

23 Dragon Quest III

Dragon Quest III is a 1988 role-playing game developed by Chunsoft and published by Enix, initially for the Family Computer (Famicom). It was subsequently released on NES and has undergone multiple re...

24 Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines

Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines is an action role-playing game set in White Wolf’s World of Darkness. It follows a newly created vampire, a fledgling, navigating early 21st century Los Angeles. T...

25 Pokémon Platinum

Pokémon Platinum Version is a role-playing game for the Nintendo DS, created by Game Freak and published by The Pokémon Company and Nintendo. It expands upon the gameplay of Pokémon Diamond and Pearl,...

26 Terranigma

Terranigma is a 1995 Super Nintendo RPG where Ark guides the Earth’s rebirth from primordial life to its current state. Developed by Quintet with character design by Kamui Fujiwara, it follows this na...

27 The World Ends with You

The World Ends with You is an action role-playing game developed by Square Enix and Jupiter, set in modern Shibuya, Tokyo. It incorporates urban fantasy elements and draws inspiration from Jupiter’s K...

28 Pokémon Emerald

Pokémon Emerald Version is a 2004 role-playing game for the Game Boy Advance. Developed by Game Freak and published by The Pokémon Company and Nintendo, it represents the fifth installment in the main...

29 Dungeon Master

Dungeon Master is a role-playing game released in 1987 for the Atari ST. It presented a first-person perspective within a pseudo-3D dungeon environment. Ports to Amiga and PC followed shortly after it...

30 Omori

Omori is a role-playing game where players control Sunny and his dream counterpart, Omori. Gameplay alternates between Faraway Town and a surreal dream world, influenced by player choices that explore...

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