Best games
Best RPG games in 2026
The 250 best RPG games, ranked from 22,552 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 22,552 ratings between them.
- Rankings are recomputed hourly; this one was last rebuilt on 28 September 2026.
Ranking, page 5
201
The Lord of the Rings Online
86
/100
202
KINGDOM HEARTS HD 1.5 +2.5 ReMIX
86
/100
203
13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim
86
/100
204
Mass Effect 3: Citadel
86
/100
205
Tribes: Ascend
86
/100
206
Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights
86
/100
207
Core Keeper
86
/100
208
Nioh 2 – The Complete Edition
86
/100
209
Assassin's Creed Origins
86
/100
210
The Outer Worlds
86
/100
211
Darksiders II
86
/100
212
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD
86
/100
213
NieR: Automata
86
/100
214
Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game
86
/100
215
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings
86
/100
216
Torchlight II
86
/100
217
Dredge
86
/100
218
A Plague Tale: Requiem
86
/100
219
The Witcher: Enhanced Edition
86
/100
220
Marvel's Midnight Suns
86
/100
221
Lies Of P
85
/100
222
Octopath Traveler
85
/100
223
A
Final Fantasy XIV Online
85
/100
224
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance
85
/100
225
Tom Clancy's The Division 2
85
/100
226
XCOM 2
85
/100
227
Avowed
85
/100
228
Yakuza Kiwami 2
85
/100
229
Xenoblade Chronicles 2
85
/100
230
Total War: Warhammer
85
/100
231
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
85
/100
232
A
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
85
/100
233
A
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
85
/100
234
S
Final Fantasy VII
85
/100
235
Dark Souls: Prepare To Die Edition
85
/100
236
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II – The Sith Lords
85
/100
237
Pokémon Crystal Version
85
/100
238
Pokémon Silver Version
85
/100
239
Valkyria Chronicles
85
/100
240
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II
85
/100
241
Pokémon Diamond, Pearl
85
/100
242
Pokémon Moon
85
/100
243
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II Chaos Rising
85
/100
244
Star Wars: The Old Republic
85
/100
245
System Shock (1994)
85
/100
246
Risk of Rain
85
/100
247
Nioh 2
85
/100
248
The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky
85
/100
249
Final Fantasy X-2
85
/100
250
Assassin's Creed Shadows
85
/100
The Lord of the Rings Online
86
/100
202
KINGDOM HEARTS HD 1.5 +2.5 ReMIX
86
/100
203
13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim
86
/100
204
Mass Effect 3: Citadel
86
/100
205
Tribes: Ascend
86
/100
206
Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights
86
/100
207
Core Keeper
86
/100
208
Nioh 2 – The Complete Edition
86
/100
209
Assassin's Creed Origins
86
/100
210
The Outer Worlds
86
/100
211
Darksiders II
86
/100
212
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD
86
/100
213
NieR: Automata
86
/100
214
Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game
86
/100
215
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings
86
/100
216
Torchlight II
86
/100
217
Dredge
86
/100
218
A Plague Tale: Requiem
86
/100
219
The Witcher: Enhanced Edition
86
/100
220
Marvel's Midnight Suns
86
/100
221
Lies Of P
85
/100
222
Octopath Traveler
85
/100
223
A
Final Fantasy XIV Online
85
/100
224
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance
85
/100
225
Tom Clancy's The Division 2
85
/100
226
XCOM 2
85
/100
227
Avowed
85
/100
228
Yakuza Kiwami 2
85
/100
229
Xenoblade Chronicles 2
85
/100
230
Total War: Warhammer
85
/100
231
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
85
/100
232
A
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
85
/100
233
A
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
85
/100
234
S
Final Fantasy VII
85
/100
235
Dark Souls: Prepare To Die Edition
85
/100
236
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II – The Sith Lords
85
/100
237
Pokémon Crystal Version
85
/100
238
Pokémon Silver Version
85
/100
239
Valkyria Chronicles
85
/100
240
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II
85
/100
241
Pokémon Diamond, Pearl
85
/100
242
Pokémon Moon
85
/100
243
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II Chaos Rising
85
/100
244
Star Wars: The Old Republic
85
/100
245
System Shock (1994)
85
/100
246
Risk of Rain
85
/100
247
Nioh 2
85
/100
248
The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky
85
/100
249
Final Fantasy X-2
85
/100
250
Assassin's Creed Shadows
85
/100