Best PC RPG Games of All Time
PCs and RPGs go hand-in-hand. Not quite as much as shooters, you know, like DOOM and Wolfenstein, etc. but for every DOOM and Wolfenstein, when it comes to PC RPGs there’s just as many worthy titles.
And whatever your fancy, there’s always something that’s got you covered. Like sci-fi? Here, play some Mass Effect. Like fantasy? Well, what about Elder Scrolls? Or even The Witcher? What about some top-down isometric RPGs? Well, play Diablo then. Post apocalyptic? Fallout. JRPG? Ni No Kuni. An MMO RPG? Ahem, World of Warcraft!
Now you see our point, there’s loads of them. Absolutely loads. So, which are the best PC RPGs of all time? We’re here to let you know!
- All Genres Action Action Adventure Action RPG Adventure Arcade Battle Royale Beat 'em Up Board Games Card Casual City Builder Collection Combat Dance Educational Family Fantasy Fighting First Person First-Person Shooter Fitness Flight Football Horror Indie Management Massively Multiplayer Massively Multiplayer Online Metroidvania Mini Game MOBA Multiplayer Music Open World Party Pinball Platformer Puzzle Quiz Racing Real-time Retro Roguelike Roguelite RPG Science Fiction Shoot 'em Up Shooter Side-scroller Simulation Singing Soccer Space Sport Sports Stealth Strategy Survival Survival Horror Tactical Third Person Turn Based Virtual Pet Virtual Reality Visual Novel Wrestling
- All Platforms 3DO Android Apple II Atari 2600 Atari 5200 Atari 7800 Atari 8-bit Atari Lynx Atari ST Atari XEGS Classic Macintosh Commodore / Amiga Dreamcast Game Boy Game Boy Advance Game Boy Color Game Gear Gameboy Advance GameCube Genesis Google Stadia iOS Jaguar Linux macOS Neo Geo NES Nintendo 3DS Nintendo 64 Nintendo DS Nintendo DSi Nintendo Switch PC PlayStation PlayStation 2 PlayStation 3 PlayStation 4 PlayStation 5 PS Vita PSP SEGA 32X SEGA CD SEGA Master System SEGA Saturn SNES Test Platform Web Wii Wii U Xbox Xbox 360 Xbox One Xbox Series S Xbox Series S/X Xbox Series X
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10
Mass Effect 2
You say potato, I say potato.Reviewed on: 18 January 2011
Platforms: PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Xbox One
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10
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
There's shinobi-ting thisReviewed on: 26 March 2019
Platforms: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
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10
Mass Effect
Is BioWare's RPG more effective on PC?Reviewed on: 27 May 2008
Platforms: PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Xbox One
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10
Dishonored 2
Dishonored 2 has earned my first VideoGamer 10.Reviewed on: 14 November 2016
Platforms: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
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10
Jade Empire
Jade Empire is taut, streamlined and practically impossible to keep your hands off.Reviewed on: 29 April 2005
Platforms: PC, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox One
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9
Fallout 3: The Pitt
Definitely NOT the pits.Reviewed on: 31 March 2009
Platforms: PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
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9
Bastion
Bastion is the perfect game to kick off Microsoft's Summer of Arcade. For 1200 Microsoft Points you'll be rewarded with an experience just as memorable as any retail release this year.Reviewed on: 19 July 2011
Platforms: iOS, Linux, macOS, Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Xbox 360, Xbox One
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9
Card Hunter
A free-to-player, browser based card game that isn't rubbish. Whatever next...Reviewed on: 07 October 2013
Platforms: macOS, PC
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9
Necrobarista
It's bean niceReviewed on: 21 July 2020
Platforms: iOS, macOS, Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4
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9
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
There's been a MordorReviewed on: 26 September 2014
Platforms: Linux, macOS, PC, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One
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9
Yakuza: Like a Dragon
7th HeavenReviewed on: 04 November 2020
Platforms: PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series S/X, Xbox Series X
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9
Star Ocean: The Last Hope
This generation's best JRPG?Reviewed on: 24 February 2010
Platforms: PC, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360
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9
Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch
Mr Drippy, we love you. Level 5 delivers the best JRPG we've played in years.Reviewed on: 17 January 2013
Platforms: Nintendo DS, Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4
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9
The Witcher 3: Blood and Wine
So long, and thanks for all the Triss.Reviewed on: 31 May 2016
Platforms: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
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Borderlands 2
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Platforms: Android, Linux, macOS, PC, PlayStation 3, PS Vita, Xbox 360
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9
World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King
The greatest MMO in the world just got bigger and better.Reviewed on: 28 November 2008
Platforms: macOS, PC
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9
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings
A great port of an already great RPG. Xbox 360 owners should lap this up.Reviewed on: 13 April 2012
Platforms: PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Xbox One
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9
State of Decay
Might just be your favourite game of all time.Reviewed on: 18 June 2013
Platforms: PC, Xbox 360
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9
Chrono Trigger
Is it really as good as they say?Reviewed on: 06 March 2009
Platforms: Android, iOS, Nintendo DS, PC, SNES, Wii
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9
Fallout: New Vegas
Another glowing review.Reviewed on: 19 October 2010
Platforms: PC, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One
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9
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9
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
One of the greatest RPGs in recent times arrives on the PS3.Reviewed on: 27 April 2007
Platforms: PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Xbox One
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9
Fallout 3: Broken Steel
War never ends.Reviewed on: 06 May 2009
Platforms: PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
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9
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Has Eidos Montreal achieved the impossible and made a prequel worthy of the Deus Ex name?Reviewed on: 22 August 2011
Platforms: macOS, PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Xbox One
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9
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9
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
We get lost in Bethesda's brilliant open-world RPG.Reviewed on: 10 November 2011
Platforms: Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
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9
Guild Wars
Is this latest PC MMORPG a contender next to the mighty Warcraft?Reviewed on: 31 May 2005
Platforms: PC
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9
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion – Knights of the Nine
The latest and greatest Oblivion expansion is well worth a look.Reviewed on: 10 December 2006
Platforms: PC, Xbox 360
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9
The Outer Worlds
Halcyon praiseReviewed on: 25 October 2019
Platforms: Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
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9
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion – Game of the Year Edition
This collection of Oblivion content should be in everyone's game collection.Reviewed on: 04 January 2008
Platforms: PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360