Action RPGs (ARPG)

ARPG games (the acronym stands for Action Role-Playing Game) borrow gameplay elements from the action genre and mix them with real-time gameplay still retaining core RPG concepts that makes a CRPG (Computer Role-Playing Game) what it is. Combat is often dependent on the players' own reflexes while combat tactics usually play a minor role.

Most popular action RPG games

The Elder Scrolls 2: Daggerfall

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The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind

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The Elder Scrolls: Arena

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The Elder Scrolls 2: Daggerfall

DOS1996freeware4.3/5 Bethesda Softworks

The Elder Scrolls 2: Daggerfall is an old school first-person 3D RPG developed by Bethesda Softworks and released in 1996 for DOS. Daggerfall is the second chapter in The Elder Scrolls Series. The open world gameplay, the procedural generation of dungeons and the freedom of exploring and taking on the quests at your own pace are some of the feature...
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind

Windows XP/98/952002protected4.3/5 Bethesda Softworks
The Elder Scrolls: Arena

DOS1994freeware4.2/5 Bethesda Softworks

The Elder Scrolls: Arena is the first chapter in the popular fantasy ARPG (action RPG) series "The Elder Scrolls" developed by Bethesda Softworks. Like the other games in the series, Arena takes place in the continent of Tamriel and allow the player to roam freely in an open world scenario.
The Faery Tale Adventure: Book I

DOS19874/5 MicroIllusions
Times of Lore

DOS19894/5 Origin Systems

Times of Lore is an abandoned action RPG designed by Chris Roberts, developed and released by Origin Systems in 1989 for DOS and many more 8 bit and 16 bit platforms. Compared to Ultima (the much more popular franchise also by Origin) Times of Lore is a washed down RPG, more similar to a NES game. In fact, Roberts was inspired by The Legend of Zelda.
Ultima 8: Pagan

DOS1994protected4.2/5 Origin Systems
Ultima 8: The Lost Vale

DOS1994canceled4/5 Origin Systems
Ultima 9: Ascension

Windows XP/98/951999protected4/5 Origin Systems
Ultima Underworld 2: Labyrinth of Worlds

DOS1993protected4.1/5 Looking Glass Studios
Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss

DOS1992protected4.1/5 Blue Sky Productions

Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss is one of the first free-roaming first-person 3D ARPG (action RPG) ever created. The Stygian Abyss is the dungeon of the same name, part of the land of Britannia, and it's set in the Ultima universe created by Richard Garriott. Ultima Underworld was designed by Paul Neurath, developed by Blue Sky Productions and...
Ultimuh MCMLXVII: Part 2 of the 39th Trilogy

DOS19934.1/5
Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption

Windows XP/98/95Mac2000protected3.9/5 Nihilistic Software
Vengeance of Excalibur

DOS19914.1/5 Synergistic Software
Warriors of Legend

DOS19934/5 Synergistic Software
Windwalker (Moebius 2)

DOS19892.7/5 Origin Systems
X-Men 2: The Fall of the Mutants

DOS19914.2/5 Paragon Software
Zeliard

DOS19904.1/5 Game Arts

Zeliard is a fantasy platformer - JRPG hybrid with metroidvania gameplay elements developed by Game Arts and released for DOS in 1990. Zeliard is a single-player game.