Elden Ring
9.5/10FromSoftware took the Souls formula into an open world and produced the studio's most approachable and most expansive game at the same time.
PlayStation 5PlayStation 4Xbox Series X and Series S+2 more
Best Action RPG Games: 78 Catalogued (2026)
Real-time combat layered over character progression, loot and stat building.
78 games catalogued, 3 reviewed in full
God of War Ragnarok
9.2/10Santa Monica Studio's sequel closes out the Norse saga with a bigger world, a sharper combat system and a story that finally lets Atreus lead.
PlayStation 5PlayStation 4PC
Genshin Impact
8.3/10A free-to-play open world action RPG that runs on phones, tablets, PC and PlayStation, funded entirely by randomised character pulls.
iOSAndroidiPad+4 more
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- Diablosource
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- Mount & Bladesource
- Zelda II: The Adventure of Linksource
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- The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kingssource
- Minecraft Dungeonssource
- Deus Exsource
- Kingdom Heartssource
- Bloodbornesource
- Final Fantasy XVsource
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- NieR: Automatasource
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