Best games
Best RPG games in 2026
The 250 best RPG games, ranked from 30,938 critic and player ratings.
Also covers action rpg, crpg, jrpg, role-playing, role playing games.
How this ranking is built
- Games are ranked on the aggregated critic score out of 100 imported from IGDB and Metacritic, never on Tier's own grades.
- A game only enters the ranking with at least 80 external ratings, so a single enthusiastic review never outranks a proven classic.
- Each game is ranked in one genre only, the one that defines it best, so the same title never tops two different genre charts.
- Community grades from F to S are shown next to every game, and only stated as a fact above 5 Tier ratings.
- Release window covered: 1970 to 2026.
- 50 games are listed on this page, carrying 30,938 ratings between them.
- Rankings are recomputed hourly; this one was last rebuilt on 28 September 2026.
Ranking, page 3
101
Sea of Stars
90
/100
102
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
90
/100
103
Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright
90
/100
104
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga
90
/100
105
Odin Sphere Leifthrasir
90
/100
106
Mario and Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story
90
/100
107
Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando
90
/100
108
The World Ends With You DS
90
/100
109
The Lord of the Rings Online
90
/100
110
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
90
/100
111
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
89
/100
112
Fallout 2
89
/100
113
Tunic
89
/100
114
Arcanum: of Steamworks and Magick Obscura
89
/100
115
C
Fallout 3
89
/100
116
B
Dark Souls III
89
/100
117
Stardew Valley
89
/100
118
Pillars of Eternity
89
/100
119
Fable II
89
/100
120
Fire Emblem: Three Houses
89
/100
121
Monster Hunter World: Iceborne
89
/100
122
Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII
89
/100
123
Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition
89
/100
124
Xenoblade Chronicles
89
/100
125
The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall
89
/100
126
Hyper Light Drifter
89
/100
127
B
Horizon Zero Dawn
89
/100
128
B
Cult of the Lamb
89
/100
129
Blasphemous II
89
/100
130
Persona 3 Reload
89
/100
131
System Shock 2
89
/100
132
V Rising
89
/100
133
Mass Effect
88
/100
134
XCOM: Enemy Unknown
88
/100
135
S
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
88
/100
136
Path of Exile 2
88
/100
137
Pokémon Alpha Sapphire
88
/100
138
Deus Ex: Human Revolution - The Missing Link
88
/100
139
Demon's Souls
88
/100
140
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings - Enhanced Edition
88
/100
141
S
BioShock 2
88
/100
142
Metro 2033 Redux
88
/100
143
A
Dead Cells
88
/100
144
Diablo II
88
/100
145
Diablo III
88
/100
146
The Witcher
88
/100
147
Nioh
88
/100
148
D
Deathloop
88
/100
149
Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate Edition
88
/100
150
Pokémon X, Y
88
/100
Sea of Stars
90
/100
102
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
90
/100
103
Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright
90
/100
104
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga
90
/100
105
Odin Sphere Leifthrasir
90
/100
106
Mario and Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story
90
/100
107
Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando
90
/100
108
The World Ends With You DS
90
/100
109
The Lord of the Rings Online
90
/100
110
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
90
/100
111
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
89
/100
112
Fallout 2
89
/100
113
Tunic
89
/100
114
Arcanum: of Steamworks and Magick Obscura
89
/100
115
C
Fallout 3
89
/100
116
B
Dark Souls III
89
/100
117
Stardew Valley
89
/100
118
Pillars of Eternity
89
/100
119
Fable II
89
/100
120
Fire Emblem: Three Houses
89
/100
121
Monster Hunter World: Iceborne
89
/100
122
Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII
89
/100
123
Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition
89
/100
124
Xenoblade Chronicles
89
/100
125
The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall
89
/100
126
Hyper Light Drifter
89
/100
127
B
Horizon Zero Dawn
89
/100
128
B
Cult of the Lamb
89
/100
129
Blasphemous II
89
/100
130
Persona 3 Reload
89
/100
131
System Shock 2
89
/100
132
V Rising
89
/100
133
Mass Effect
88
/100
134
XCOM: Enemy Unknown
88
/100
135
S
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
88
/100
136
Path of Exile 2
88
/100
137
Pokémon Alpha Sapphire
88
/100
138
Deus Ex: Human Revolution - The Missing Link
88
/100
139
Demon's Souls
88
/100
140
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings - Enhanced Edition
88
/100
141
S
BioShock 2
88
/100
142
Metro 2033 Redux
88
/100
143
A
Dead Cells
88
/100
144
Diablo II
88
/100
145
Diablo III
88
/100
146
The Witcher
88
/100
147
Nioh
88
/100
148
D
Deathloop
88
/100
149
Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate Edition
88
/100
150
Pokémon X, Y
88
/100