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Action RPGs (ARPG) sorted by release date

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

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Action RPG games

  • elderscrollsarena-8
    DOS1994freeware4.2/5 Bethesda Softworks

    The Elder Scrolls: Arena is the first installment in the highly acclaimed Elder Scrolls series of fantasy ARPG (action role-playing games), developed and published by Bethesda Softworks. It was initially released in 1994. Arena is set in the continent of Tamriel, which later becomes the central location for all the Elder Scrolls games (Skyrim,...

  • ultima8-pagan-05
    DOS1994protected4.2/5 Origin Systems
  • ultima8-lost-vale-01
    DOS1994canceled4/5 Origin Systems
  • entomorph-05
    Windows XP/98/95Windows 3.xMac1995protected4.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
  • diablo1-06
    Windows XP/98/951996protected4.2/5 Blizzard Entertainment
  • daggerfall-01
    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...

  • amulets-armor-04
    DOS1997freeware4.1/5 United Software Artists

    Amulets & Armor is a first-person ARPG (action RPG) with a fantasy setting. It was developed and published as shareware for DOS by United Software Artists in 1997. Amulets & Armor became freeware in 2013. Gameplay is mission-based; the player can take up quests in any order and even complete the same quests over and over.

  • battlespire-04
    Windows XP/98/951997protected4.1/5 Bethesda Softworks
  • fairy-tale-adventure-2-01
    DOSWindows XP/98/9519973.8/5 The Dreamers Guild
  • dink-smallwood-02
    Windows XP/98/951998freeware4.1/5 Robinson Technologies
  • darkstone-03
    Windows XP/98/951999protected4/5 Delphine software
  • system-shock-2-07
    Windows XP/98/95LinuxMac1999protected4.2/5 Irrational Games

    System Shock 2 is a Windows science fiction cyberpunk game developed by Irrational Games, designed by Ken Levine and published by Electronic Arts in 1999. System Shock 2 is a blend of more than one genre: RPG, action-adventure, shooter, stealth game.

  • ultima9-01
    Windows XP/98/951999protected4/5 Origin Systems
  • deus-ex-02
    DOSMac2000protected4.2/5 Ion Storm
  • nox-04
    Windows XP/98/95Mac2000protected4.3/5 Westwood Studios
  • vampire-redemption-02
    Windows XP/98/95Mac2000protected4/5 Nihilistic Software
  • anachronox-06
    Windows XP/98/952001protected4.1/5 Ion Storm
  • morrowind-01
    Windows XP/98/952002protected4.6/5 Bethesda Softworks
  • lionheart-05
    Windows XP/98/952003protected4/5 Black Isle Studios