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#1
Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn
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#2
Icewind Dale II
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#3
Very positive · 91 % positive
Dragon Age: Origins
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#4
Overwhelmingly positive · 96 % positive
Baldur's Gate 3
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#5
Very positive · 89 % positive
Wizardry 8
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Fantasy setting
Choices with consequences
Turn-based combat
Strong soundtrack
Lore and world history
Choices with consequences
Pixel art
Turn-based combat
Sci-fi setting
Fantasy setting
Companions and relationships
A landmark of classic CRPGs: lead a hand-picked party through Amn, fight tactical real-time-with-pause battles under AD&D rules, and chase the sinister mage Irenicus. Memorable companions, romances and a huge web of side quests make it an epic adventure.
1 Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn
A landmark of classic CRPGs: lead a hand-picked party through Amn, fight tactical real-time-with-pause battles under AD&D rules, and chase the sinister mage Irenicus. Memorable companions, romances and a huge web of side quests make it an epic adventure.
Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn
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Fantasy setting
A classic party-based RPG using D&D 3rd Edition rules, where you build your own group and fight tough real-time-with-pause battles. The emphasis is on tactical combat and deep character building rather than exploration.
A classic party-based RPG using D&D 3rd Edition rules, where you build your own group and fight tough real-time-with-pause battles. The emphasis is on tactical combat and deep character building rather than exploration.
Icewind Dale II
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Companions and relationships
A grim fantasy RPG where you lead a band of memorable companions as a Grey Warden against the Blight. Tactical pausable combat, distinct origin stories and weighty moral choices shape the fate of Ferelden.
A grim fantasy RPG where you lead a band of memorable companions as a Grey Warden against the Blight. Tactical pausable combat, distinct origin stories and weighty moral choices shape the fate of Ferelden.
Dragon Age: Origins
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Choices with consequences
A sprawling D&D-based CRPG where inventive turn-based combat rewards creativity and nearly every decision reshapes the story and your bonds with its superbly written companions.
A sprawling D&D-based CRPG where inventive turn-based combat rewards creativity and nearly every decision reshapes the story and your bonds with its superbly written companions.
Baldur's Gate 3
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Challenging difficulty
A classic party-based RPG blending fantasy with science fiction: you assemble a group from many races and classes and explore a large world with demanding tactical combat (phase-based or real-time with pause) and very deep character development.
A classic party-based RPG blending fantasy with science fiction: you assemble a group from many races and classes and explore a large world with demanding tactical combat (phase-based or real-time with pause) and very deep character development.
Wizardry 8
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Fantasy setting
A classic isometric party RPG built on the Pathfinder ruleset where you don't just adventure but found and rule your own kingdom. Huge build depth, tough fights and decisions with lasting consequences define the experience.
A classic isometric party RPG built on the Pathfinder ruleset where you don't just adventure but found and rule your own kingdom. Huge build depth, tough fights and decisions with lasting consequences define the experience.
Pathfinder: Kingmaker
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Choices with consequences
A tactical CRPG whose turn-based battles let you creatively combine elements, surfaces and terrain. It pairs that with huge freedom of approach, origin characters with their own storylines and four-player co-op.
A tactical CRPG whose turn-based battles let you creatively combine elements, surfaces and terrain. It pairs that with huge freedom of approach, origin characters with their own storylines and four-player co-op.
Divinity: Original Sin 2
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Turn-based combat
A tactical RPG with school life, in which your choice of house fundamentally changes the story.
A tactical RPG with school life, in which your choice of house fundamentally changes the story.
Fire Emblem: Three Houses
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Strong soundtrack
A politically charged Final Fantasy set in the sprawling world of Ivalice, where the Gambit system turns programming your party's AI into the tactical core of real-time-flowing battles. Huge zones, optional hunts, and the License Board offer deep long-term progression.
A politically charged Final Fantasy set in the sprawling world of Ivalice, where the Gambit system turns programming your party's AI into the tactical core of real-time-flowing battles. Huge zones, optional hunts, and the License Board offer deep long-term progression.
Final Fantasy XII
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Lore and world history
A love letter to Infinity Engine classics, offering tactical real-time-with-pause party combat, a richly written world built around souls and reincarnation, and a mature, melancholic story. Companions, a stronghold to manage, and meaningful choices make it a deep treat for CRPG fans.
A love letter to Infinity Engine classics, offering tactical real-time-with-pause party combat, a richly written world built around souls and reincarnation, and a mature, melancholic story. Companions, a stronghold to manage, and meaningful choices make it a deep treat for CRPG fans.
Pillars of Eternity
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Choices with consequences
A sprawling Pathfinder CRPG about fighting a demon invasion while shaping your hero through powerful Mythic paths like Angel, Lich or Azata. Deep rules, elaborate party builds and weighty moral choices define the experience.
11 Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous
A sprawling Pathfinder CRPG about fighting a demon invasion while shaping your hero through powerful Mythic paths like Angel, Lich or Azata. Deep rules, elaborate party builds and weighty moral choices define the experience.
Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous
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Pixel art
An extremely deep turn-based monster-collecting RPG where you assemble a team from over 1000 creatures and raid randomly generated dungeons for loot and new monsters. The appeal lies in theorycrafting builds and synergies.
An extremely deep turn-based monster-collecting RPG where you assemble a team from over 1000 creatures and raid randomly generated dungeons for loot and new monsters. The appeal lies in theorycrafting builds and synergies.
Siralim Ultimate
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Turn-based combat
A turn-based tactical RPG in the vein of Final Fantasy Tactics: you lead the Arbiter Kyrie and her squad across terrain with elevation, and craft builds through a deep job class system. It features a serious fantasy story with a touch of steampunk.
A turn-based tactical RPG in the vein of Final Fantasy Tactics: you lead the Arbiter Kyrie and her squad across terrain with elevation, and craft builds through a deep job class system. It features a serious fantasy story with a touch of steampunk.
Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark
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Sci-fi setting
A turn-based sci-fi gacha RPG where you travel from world to world aboard the Astral Express, building a team of many characters around elemental weaknesses and ultimates. Polished presentation, dialogue-heavy storytelling and a large roster of collectible characters define it.
A turn-based sci-fi gacha RPG where you travel from world to world aboard the Astral Express, building a team of many characters around elemental weaknesses and ultimates. Polished presentation, dialogue-heavy storytelling and a large roster of collectible characters define it.
Honkai: Star Rail
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Fantasy setting
A classic Dungeons & Dragons RPG in the Forgotten Realms built around creating and managing a six-member party. The focus is on dungeon crawling, tough real-time-with-pause battles and deep rules rather than dialogue.
15 Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition
A classic Dungeons & Dragons RPG in the Forgotten Realms built around creating and managing a six-member party. The focus is on dungeon crawling, tough real-time-with-pause battles and deep rules rather than dialogue.
Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition
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Tactical depth
The remaster of the strategy classic tells a grim tale of intrigue, betrayal and honor amid the wars of Ivalice. You fight grid-based battles and shape your squad through a deep job system, now with full voice acting, improved visuals and new difficulty options.
16 Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles
The remaster of the strategy classic tells a grim tale of intrigue, betrayal and honor amid the wars of Ivalice. You fight grid-based battles and shape your squad through a deep job system, now with full voice acting, improved visuals and new difficulty options.
Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles
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Turn-based combat
A turn-based tactical RPG that faithfully adapts Dungeons & Dragons 5e rules. You build your own party and use terrain, lighting and elevation to win fights in dungeons and ruins.
17 Solasta: Crown of the Magister
A turn-based tactical RPG that faithfully adapts Dungeons & Dragons 5e rules. You build your own party and use terrain, lighting and elevation to win fights in dungeons and ruins.
Solasta: Crown of the Magister
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Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)
Turn-based RPG with real-time parrying and dodging, set in a melancholic Belle Époque–inspired fantasy world.
18 Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Turn-based RPG with real-time parrying and dodging, set in a melancholic Belle Époque–inspired fantasy world.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
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Pixel art
An extremely deep monster-collecting RPG where you assemble a team from over 700 creatures and loot randomly generated dungeons to fuel ever stronger builds.
19 Siralim 3
An extremely deep monster-collecting RPG where you assemble a team from over 700 creatures and loot randomly generated dungeons to fuel ever stronger builds.
Siralim 3
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Lore and world history
A deep isometric CRPG with real-time-with-pause combat where you sail an island archipelago, command your own ship and crew, and build elaborate characters. Rich writing and meaningful choices drive the story.
20 Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire
A deep isometric CRPG with real-time-with-pause combat where you sail an island archipelago, command your own ship and crew, and build elaborate characters. Rich writing and meaningful choices drive the story.
Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire
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Lots of grind
A mobile gacha RPG where you collect from over a thousand monsters, level them up and build teams for turn-based battles and PvP arenas. The appeal lies in collecting, rune optimisation and team composition.
A mobile gacha RPG where you collect from over a thousand monsters, level them up and build teams for turn-based battles and PvP arenas. The appeal lies in collecting, rune optimisation and team composition.
Summoners War: Sky Arena
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Runs that play out differently every time
You breed cats with random mutations, train them, and send them into tactical turn-based fights on chaotic adventures. Its twisted humor and the blend of breeding sim with roguelike structure set it apart.
22 Mewgenics
You breed cats with random mutations, train them, and send them into tactical turn-based fights on chaotic adventures. Its twisted humor and the blend of breeding sim with roguelike structure set it apart.
Mewgenics
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Distinctive, stylised art style
High-school life in Tokyo meets dungeon crawling: stylish turn-based battles, time management and a long, gripping story.
High-school life in Tokyo meets dungeon crawling: stylish turn-based battles, time management and a long, gripping story.
Persona 5 Royal
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Open world
A vibrant anime-styled open world where you swap between a team of heroes and chain elemental reactions in fast real-time combat. Every region is packed with puzzles, secrets and climbable vistas, and regular updates keep expanding the world.
A vibrant anime-styled open world where you swap between a team of heroes and chain elemental reactions in fast real-time combat. Every region is packed with puzzles, secrets and climbable vistas, and regular updates keep expanding the world.
Genshin Impact
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Turn-based combat
You lead a mercenary company through a gritty, procedurally generated medieval world, juggling contracts, gear and recruits. The turn-based battles are brutal, and losing your men is part of the experience.
You lead a mercenary company through a gritty, procedurally generated medieval world, juggling contracts, gear and recruits. The turn-based battles are brutal, and losing your men is part of the experience.
Battle Brothers
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Fantasy setting
A classic Dungeons & Dragons party RPG where you lead a band of memorable companions through a long, dense tale of revenge, destiny and your dark heritage. Combat runs in real time with pause and rewards tactical planning, while your choices and companion relationships shape the story.
26 Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition
A classic Dungeons & Dragons party RPG where you lead a band of memorable companions through a long, dense tale of revenge, destiny and your dark heritage. Combat runs in real time with pause and rewards tactical planning, while your choices and companion relationships shape the story.
Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition
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Co-op or multiplayer
The first online entry in the Final Fantasy series is built around group play: you form parties with defined job roles and explore the world of Vana'diel together. Long-term character growth and teamwork are at the heart of the experience.
The first online entry in the Final Fantasy series is built around group play: you form parties with defined job roles and explore the world of Vana'diel together. Long-term character growth and teamwork are at the heart of the experience.
Final Fantasy XI Online
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Distinctive, stylised art style
A tactical fantasy strategy RPG from Vanillaware where you build squads, lead them across a world map and reclaim a kingdom. Battles play out semi-automatically based on your formations and command setups, all in gorgeous hand-drawn art.
A tactical fantasy strategy RPG from Vanillaware where you build squads, lead them across a world map and reclaim a kingdom. Battles play out semi-automatically based on your formations and command setups, all in gorgeous hand-drawn art.
Unicorn Overlord
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Fantasy setting
A classic party-based RPG set in Aventuria that brings the deep rules of the pen-and-paper system The Dark Eye to the PC with pausable real-time combat. It focuses on character building, party management and a sprawling fantasy story.
A classic party-based RPG set in Aventuria that brings the deep rules of the pen-and-paper system The Dark Eye to the PC with pausable real-time combat. It focuses on character building, party management and a sprawling fantasy story.
Drakensang: The Dark Eye
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Turn-based combat
A classic first-person dungeon-crawling RPG with party building, turn-based combat and a strange alien world full of secrets, letting you import characters from the previous game. It blends fantasy with science fiction and demands patience with its steep difficulty and tricky puzzles.
30 Wizardry: Crusaders of the Dark Savant
A classic first-person dungeon-crawling RPG with party building, turn-based combat and a strange alien world full of secrets, letting you import characters from the previous game. It blends fantasy with science fiction and demands patience with its steep difficulty and tricky puzzles.
Wizardry: Crusaders of the Dark Savant
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Turn-based combat
A classic party-based RPG with deep, tactical turn-based combat built on the D&D 3.5 ruleset, where you create a team of six adventurers. It also ships with a module editor for making your own adventures.
A classic party-based RPG with deep, tactical turn-based combat built on the D&D 3.5 ruleset, where you create a team of six adventurers. It also ships with a module editor for making your own adventures.
Knights of the Chalice 2
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Sci-fi setting
A gacha action RPG set in the Arknights universe that pairs real-time four-character squad combat with building automated factories and outpost networks across the alien world of Talos-II.
A gacha action RPG set in the Arknights universe that pairs real-time four-character squad combat with building automated factories and outpost networks across the alien world of Talos-II.
Arknights: Endfield
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Turn-based combat
A classic turn-based JRPG where a party of four uses the Brave and Default system to borrow or save up actions. The deep job system allows many combinations and rewards clever build crafting.
A classic turn-based JRPG where a party of four uses the Brave and Default system to borrow or save up actions. The deep job system allows many combinations and rewards clever build crafting.
Bravely Default II
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Turn-based combat
A new Fire Emblem tactics RPG built around a tournament where warriors fight to have their greatest wish granted. Familiar systems like combat arts and gambits are joined by new Blaze Arts, which let units trade health for powerful special moves.
34 Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave
A new Fire Emblem tactics RPG built around a tournament where warriors fight to have their greatest wish granted. Familiar systems like combat arts and gambits are joined by new Blaze Arts, which let units trade health for powerful special moves.
Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave
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Turn-based combat
A faithful Dungeons & Dragons 3.5-rules CRPG with deep, demanding turn-based combat. You lead a custom-built party from the village of Hommlet to the notorious Temple of Elemental Evil.
35 The Temple of Elemental Evil
A faithful Dungeons & Dragons 3.5-rules CRPG with deep, demanding turn-based combat. You lead a custom-built party from the village of Hommlet to the notorious Temple of Elemental Evil.
The Temple of Elemental Evil
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Sci-fi setting
BioWare's classic Star Wars RPG lets you walk the light or dark side millennia before the films, backed by a crew of memorable companions and one of gaming's most famous plot twists.
36 Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
BioWare's classic Star Wars RPG lets you walk the light or dark side millennia before the films, backed by a crew of memorable companions and one of gaming's most famous plot twists.
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
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Lots to discover
A sprawling JRPG set on the backs of giant Titans, where you collect Blades and use them in a real-time combat system built on auto-attacks and combos. Exploring the cloud-sea world of Alrest and a deep progression system drive the experience.
A sprawling JRPG set on the backs of giant Titans, where you collect Blades and use them in a real-time combat system built on auto-attacks and combos. Exploring the cloud-sea world of Alrest and a deep progression system drive the experience.
Xenoblade Chronicles 2
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Lots of humour
A turn-based RPG set in modern-day Yokohama that blends gritty yakuza drama with absurd humor and plenty of charming side activities. Ichiban and his ragtag party turn everyday jobs into battle classes.
A turn-based RPG set in modern-day Yokohama that blends gritty yakuza drama with absurd humor and plenty of charming side activities. Ichiban and his ragtag party turn everyday jobs into battle classes.
Yakuza: Like a Dragon
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Turn-based combat
Solasta II is a tactical turn-based RPG built on D&D 5e rules, where you lead a party of adventurers through the mana-infused land of Neokos. Dice rolls, terrain use and character builds decide how fights play out.
39 Solasta II
Solasta II is a tactical turn-based RPG built on D&D 5e rules, where you lead a party of adventurers through the mana-infused land of Neokos. Dice rolls, terrain use and character builds decide how fights play out.
Solasta II
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Distinctive, stylised art style
A fantasy RPG from the Persona team with stylish presentation and tactical turn-based combat.
A fantasy RPG from the Persona team with stylish presentation and tactical turn-based combat.
Metaphor: ReFantazio
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Turn-based combat
A turn-based JRPG where you collect hundreds of Digimon, evolve them and build your own teams while unraveling a time-travel mystery spanning the human and Digital Worlds.
41 Digimon Story: Time Stranger
A turn-based JRPG where you collect hundreds of Digimon, evolve them and build your own teams while unraveling a time-travel mystery spanning the human and Digital Worlds.
Digimon Story: Time Stranger
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Lots to discover
A classic party-based RPG in an open world where you can switch between real-time and turn-based combat. Many classes, good or evil promotion paths and lots of exploration define the experience.
42 Might and Magic VII: For Blood and Honor
A classic party-based RPG in an open world where you can switch between real-time and turn-based combat. Many classes, good or evil promotion paths and lots of exploration define the experience.
Might and Magic VII: For Blood and Honor
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Turn-based combat
This 1988 classic sends a party you create yourself into Phlan in the Forgotten Realms to reclaim the city district by district from monsters. Turn-based combat under AD&D rules and party building are at its core.
43 Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Pool of Radiance
This 1988 classic sends a party you create yourself into Phlan in the Forgotten Realms to reclaim the city district by district from monsters. Turn-based combat under AD&D rules and party building are at its core.
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Pool of Radiance
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Distinctive, stylised art style
Eight travelers, each with their own story and path action, roam a fantasy world rendered in the striking HD-2D blend of pixel sprites and 3D dioramas. The Boost-and-Break system makes its turn-based battles surprisingly tactical.
Eight travelers, each with their own story and path action, roam a fantasy world rendered in the striking HD-2D blend of pixel sprites and 3D dioramas. The Boost-and-Break system makes its turn-based battles surprisingly tactical.
Octopath Traveler
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Lots to discover
A classic party-based RPG where you lead a band of heroes through a large open world to close the elemental planes and stop the Destroyer. Its standout features are unusual playable races like trolls, minotaurs and dark elves, plus deep character development.
45 Might and Magic VIII: Day of the Destroyer
A classic party-based RPG where you lead a band of heroes through a large open world to close the elemental planes and stop the Destroyer. Its standout features are unusual playable races like trolls, minotaurs and dark elves, plus deep character development.
Might and Magic VIII: Day of the Destroyer
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Lavish presentation
The second chapter of the Final Fantasy VII remake sends Cloud and his companions across a vast world in pursuit of Sephiroth. It blends real-time combat with tactical command menus, offers sprawling regions and plenty of minigames, and delivers a cinematic, emotional story.
The second chapter of the Final Fantasy VII remake sends Cloud and his companions across a vast world in pursuit of Sephiroth. It blends real-time combat with tactical command menus, offers sprawling regions and plenty of minigames, and delivers a cinematic, emotional story.
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
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Fantasy setting
As the Inquisitor, you lead a growing organization through a rift-torn Thedas, making political decisions and forging bonds with a memorable cast of companions. Sprawling zones, real-time party combat with a tactical camera, and managing your power base define the experience.
As the Inquisitor, you lead a growing organization through a rift-torn Thedas, making political decisions and forging bonds with a memorable cast of companions. Sprawling zones, real-time party combat with a tactical camera, and managing your power base define the experience.
Dragon Age: Inquisition
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Fantasy setting
A classic Dungeons & Dragons RPG in the Forgotten Realms where you grow from a humble peasant into a hero, leading a party through real-time-with-pause combat. Deep rules-based character building and alignment choices shape the campaign.
A classic Dungeons & Dragons RPG in the Forgotten Realms where you grow from a humble peasant into a hero, leading a party through real-time-with-pause combat. Deep rules-based character building and alignment choices shape the campaign.
Neverwinter Nights 2
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Turn-based combat
A warm-hearted classic fantasy RPG with turn-based combat and plenty of charm.
A warm-hearted classic fantasy RPG with turn-based combat and plenty of charm.
Dragon Quest XI S
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Turn-based combat
A fairy-tale classic with iconic characters and turn-based combat.
A fairy-tale classic with iconic characters and turn-based combat.
Final Fantasy IX
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Turn-based combat
A warm, classic JRPG with turn-based battles, a lovable band of heroes and a storybook world full of monsters and towns. It leans on comfort and nostalgia, and lets you switch between 3D and retro 2D visuals.
51 Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age
A warm, classic JRPG with turn-based battles, a lovable band of heroes and a storybook world full of monsters and towns. It leans on comfort and nostalgia, and lets you switch between 3D and retro 2D visuals.
Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age
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Post-apocalyptic setting
As a Desert Ranger you lead a squad through frozen, post-apocalyptic Colorado, fighting in turn-based tactical combat. Your choices between warring factions visibly reshape the world, and a streak of dark humor gives it its own voice. The whole campaign can also be played in co-op.
52 Wasteland 3
As a Desert Ranger you lead a squad through frozen, post-apocalyptic Colorado, fighting in turn-based tactical combat. Your choices between warring factions visibly reshape the world, and a streak of dark humor gives it its own voice. The whole campaign can also be played in co-op.
Wasteland 3
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Turn-based combat
A classic JRPG adventure in gorgeous HD-2D: you build a party with the vocation system and roam a wide world to defeat the archfiend Baramos. Turn-based battles, an orchestral score and modern quality-of-life options make this genre cornerstone easy to enjoy.
53 Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake
A classic JRPG adventure in gorgeous HD-2D: you build a party with the vocation system and roam a wide world to defeat the archfiend Baramos. Turn-based battles, an orchestral score and modern quality-of-life options make this genre cornerstone easy to enjoy.
Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake
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Distinctive, stylised art style
An anime-style football RPG where you collect and train a huge roster of players and build teams around over-the-top special moves. A new cast, an original story and online tournaments round out the package.
54 Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road
An anime-style football RPG where you collect and train a huge roster of players and build teams around over-the-top special moves. A new cast, an original story and online tournaments round out the package.
Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road
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Lots of grind
A colorful gacha hero-collecting RPG where you assemble a squad that fights in automated battles while you explore a storybook-like 3D world. The appeal lies in squad composition and constant incremental progression.
55 AFK Journey
A colorful gacha hero-collecting RPG where you assemble a squad that fights in automated battles while you explore a storybook-like 3D world. The appeal lies in squad composition and constant incremental progression.
AFK Journey
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Sci-fi setting
A melancholic, philosophical Star Wars RPG that questions the very nature of the Force, the Jedi and the Sith. Mentor Kreia anchors it, companions can be swayed toward light or dark, and combat is tactical with pause-and-queue actions.
56 Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords
A melancholic, philosophical Star Wars RPG that questions the very nature of the Force, the Jedi and the Sith. Mentor Kreia anchors it, companions can be swayed toward light or dark, and combat is tactical with pause-and-queue actions.
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords
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Turn-based combat
A classic first-person dungeon-crawling RPG in the Wizardry series: you build a party, explore labyrinths, and fight in turn-based battles. It is demanding, with deep character development, puzzles, and a quest centered on the Cosmic Forge.
57 Wizardry: Bane of the Cosmic Forge
A classic first-person dungeon-crawling RPG in the Wizardry series: you build a party, explore labyrinths, and fight in turn-based battles. It is demanding, with deep character development, puzzles, and a quest centered on the Cosmic Forge.
Wizardry: Bane of the Cosmic Forge
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Turn-based combat
A tactical RPG with XCOM-style turn-based battles where you lead a band of knights as Mordred through a dark, corrupted Avalon. You rebuild Camelot, develop knights with classes and gear, and make decisions that shape the campaign.
A tactical RPG with XCOM-style turn-based battles where you lead a band of knights as Mordred through a dark, corrupted Avalon. You rebuild Camelot, develop knights with classes and gear, and make decisions that shape the campaign.
King Arthur: Knight's Tale
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Turn-based combat
A turn-based classic: Tidus and Yuna journey across Spira, with tactical turn order and a party you can swap at any time.
59 Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster
A turn-based classic: Tidus and Yuna journey across Spira, with tactical turn order and a party you can swap at any time.
Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster
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Fantasy setting
A classic isometric CRPG set in the Forgotten Realms: you lead a party across the Sword Coast, fighting in real time with pause under old-school D&D rules, through a sprawling tale of betrayal and divine heritage. The Enhanced Edition adds new companions and an extra adventure.
60 Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition
A classic isometric CRPG set in the Forgotten Realms: you lead a party across the Sword Coast, fighting in real time with pause under old-school D&D rules, through a sprawling tale of betrayal and divine heritage. The Enhanced Edition adds new companions and an extra adventure.
Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition
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Party-based RPGs are about more than one hero. You recruit companions, shape their builds, learn how they fit together in a fight and watch how they react to your choices. The appeal comes from that mix of tactics and relationships: a well-tuned team feels like your own creation, and good companion writing makes the journey personal.
The biggest choice is combat style. Real-time with pause, as in Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn and Dragon Age: Origins, keeps fights flowing while letting you stop and issue orders. Turn-based games give you time to plan every move. Also consider tone and length: Western CRPGs lean on branching choices and dense rules, while JRPGs tend toward a more directed story with a strong visual identity. Difficulty varies a lot, so check whether a game's ruleset and build depth sound fun or overwhelming to you.
Baldur's Gate III is the easiest recommendation: inventive turn-based combat and superbly written companions whose bonds shift with your decisions. Divinity: Original Sin II suits players who like creative fights, combining elements and terrain, and it supports four-player co-op. Pathfinder: Kingmaker adds kingdom management and huge build depth but expects patience with tough fights. If you prefer JRPGs, Persona 5 blends school life and dungeon heists with snappy combat, and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 adds real-time parrying and dodging to turn-based battles.
Baldur's Gate III is a strong starting point thanks to its readable turn-based combat and excellent companions. Persona 5 and Final Fantasy X are also approachable if you prefer a more guided JRPG story.
Divinity: Original Sin II offers four-player co-op, and Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition lets two custom heroes be played together in co-op.
Yes, Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn and Dragon Age: Origins both use tactical pausable combat. Pathfinder: Kingmaker supports real-time with pause and also offers a turn-based mode.
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