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Top 200 RPGs
EverQuest
- Developer: Verant Interactive
- Publisher: Sony Online Entertainment
- Release Date: March 16, 1999
- Platform(s): PC
- Genre: MMORPG
- Metacritic Score: 85
- Player Base: Peak of 500,000+ subscriptions
- Key Features: Open world, faction system, raid-focused endgame
Diablo II: Resurrected
- Developer: Vicarious Visions, Blizzard Entertainment
- Publisher: Blizzard Entertainment
- Release Date: September 23, 2021
- Platform(s): PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch
- Genre: Action RPG
- Metacritic Score: 80
- Sales: 5+ million copies
- Key Features: Updated graphics, cross-progression, quality of life improvements
Xenoblade Chronicles 2
- Developer: Monolith Soft
- Publisher: Nintendo
- Release Date: December 1, 2017
- Platform(s): Nintendo Switch
- Genre: JRPG
- Metacritic Score: 83
- Sales: 2.44+ million copies
- Key Features: Blade system, cloud sea world, auto-attack combat
Breath of Fire III
- Developer: Capcom
- Publisher: Capcom
- Release Date: September 11, 1997
- Platform(s): PS1, PSP
- Genre: JRPG
- Metacritic Score: 80
- Key Features: Dragon gene system, fairy village, fishing mini-game
Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
- Developer: Square
- Publisher: Square
- Release Date: February 14, 2003
- Platform(s): Game Boy Advance
- Genre: Tactical RPG
- Metacritic Score: 87
- Sales: 1.42+ million copies
- Key Features: Judge system, races, mission-based progression
Disgaea: Hour of Darkness
- Developer: Nippon Ichi Software
- Publisher: Nippon Ichi Software, Atlus
- Release Date: January 30, 2003
- Platform(s): PS2, PS4, Nintendo Switch, PC
- Genre: Tactical RPG
- Metacritic Score: 84
- Key Features: Geo panel system, item world, high level caps
Phantasy Star Online
- Developer: Sonic Team
- Publisher: Sega
- Release Date: December 21, 2000
- Platform(s): Dreamcast, GameCube, Xbox, PC
- Genre: Action RPG
- Metacritic Score: 89
- Key Features: Online multiplayer, weapon customization, class system
Child of Light
- Developer: Ubisoft Montreal
- Publisher: Ubisoft
- Release Date: April 30, 2014
- Platform(s): PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Wii U, PC, Nintendo Switch
- Genre: RPG
- Metacritic Score: 80
- Key Features: Watercolor art style, rhyming dialogue, active time battle system
Final Fantasy VIII
- Developer: Square
- Publisher: Square
- Release Date: February 11, 1999
- Platform(s): PS1, PC, PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
- Genre: JRPG
- Metacritic Score: 90
- Sales: 9.6+ million copies
- Key Features: Junction system, Triple Triad card game, gunblade weapon
Infinite Undiscovery
- Developer: tri-Ace
- Publisher: Square Enix
- Release Date: September 2, 2008
- Platform(s): Xbox 360
- Genre: Action JRPG
- Metacritic Score: 68
- Key Features: Real-time combat, chain skill system, environmental puzzles
Fallout 76
- Developer: Bethesda Game Studios
- Publisher: Bethesda Softworks
- Release Date: November 14, 2018
- Platform(s): PC, PS4, Xbox One
- Genre: Multiplayer RPG
- Metacritic Score: 53 (launch), 76+ (current)
- Key Features: Online multiplayer, camp building, Appalachia setting
Riviera: The Promised Land
- Developer: Sting
- Publisher: Atlus
- Release Date: November 25, 2002
- Platform(s): WonderSwan Color, Game Boy Advance, PSP
- Genre: RPG
- Metacritic Score: 76
- Key Features: Limited inventory system, relationship building, Trigger Points
