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

The Elder Scrolls 2: Daggerfall

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The Elder Scrolls: Arena

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The Elder Scrolls: Arena

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,...
Ultima 8: Pagan

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

DOS1994canceled4/5 Origin Systems
Entomorph: Plague Of The Darkfall

Windows XP/98/95Windows 3.xMac1995protected4.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Diablo

Windows XP/98/951996protected4.2/5 Blizzard Entertainment
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...
Amulets & Armor

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.
An Elder Scrolls Legend: Battlespire

Windows XP/98/951997protected4.1/5 Bethesda Softworks
Fairy Tale Adventure 2: Halls of the Dead

DOSWindows XP/98/9519973.8/5 The Dreamers Guild
Dink Smallwood

Windows XP/98/951998freeware4.1/5 Robinson Technologies
Darkstone

Windows XP/98/951999protected4/5 Delphine software
System Shock 2

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.
Ultima 9: Ascension

Windows XP/98/951999protected4/5 Origin Systems
Deus Ex

DOSMac2000protected4.2/5 Ion Storm
Nox

Windows XP/98/95Mac2000protected4.3/5 Westwood Studios
Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption

Windows XP/98/95Mac2000protected4/5 Nihilistic Software
Anachronox

Windows XP/98/952001protected4.1/5 Ion Storm
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind

Windows XP/98/952002protected4.6/5 Bethesda Softworks
Lionheart: Legacy of the Crusader

Windows XP/98/952003protected4/5 Black Isle Studios