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 III: Morrowind

rpgWindows XP/98/95

The Elder Scrolls 2: Daggerfall

rpgDOS

System Shock

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Action RPG games

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Al-Qadim: The Genie's Curse

DOS1994protected3.8/5 Cyberlore studios
Alien Fires 2199 AD

DOS19883.5/5
Amulets & Armor

DOS1997freeware4.2/5 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
Anachronox

Windows XP/98/952001protected4.1/5 Ion Storm
Autoduel

DOS19853.9/5 Origin Systems

Autoduel is an abandoned top-down open world post apocalyptic RPG/driving game hybrid designed by Chuck Bueche and Richard Garriott of Ultima fame. Autoduel was developed by Origin Systems and was released in 1985 for DOS, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, C64, Apple II, Macintosh, Amiga. Autoduel is based on a board game designed by Steve Jackson himself.
Burntime

DOS19934/5 Max Design
Conan: the Cimmerian

DOS19914.2/5 Synergistic Software
DarkSpyre

DOS19903.8/5 Event Horizon
Darkstone

Windows XP/98/951999protected4.3/5 Delphine software
Deus Ex

DOSMac2000protected4.1/5 Ion Storm
Diablo

Windows XP/98/951996protected4.2/5 Blizzard Entertainment
Dink Smallwood

Windows XP/98/951998freeware4/5 Robinson Technologies
Dragons of Flame

DOS1989protected3.9/5 U.S. Gold
Entomorph: Plague Of The Darkfall

Windows XP/98/95Windows 3.xMac1995protected4.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Fairy Tale Adventure 2: Halls of the Dead

DOSWindows XP/98/9519973.8/5 The Dreamers Guild
God of Thunder

DOSWindows XP/98/951993freeware4/5 Adept Software

God of Thunder is a free computer role-playing game designed by Ron Davis, developed by Adept Software and released by Software Creations in 1993 for DOS and Windows platforms. God of Thunder is an action oriented RPG (sort of...) with strong puzzle elements with a norse mythology theme.
Hillsfar

DOS1989protected3.8/5 Westwood Studios
ICON: Quest for the Ring

DOS19843.6/5 Macrocom
Legends of Valour

DOS19924.2/5 Syntetic Dimensions
Moebius

DOS19873.4/5 Origin Systems
Moonstone: A Hard Days Knight

DOS19924.1/5 Mindscape
Nox

Windows XP/98/95Mac2000protected4.2/5 Westwood Studios
Prophecy: the Fall of Trinadon

DOS19893.4/5 Activision
ShadowCaster

DOS19933.9/5 Raven Software
Sorcerian

DOS19903.9/5 Nihon Falcom
Spirit of Excalibur

DOS19903.8/5 Synergistic Software
System Shock

DOS1994protected3.9/5 Looking Glass Studios
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.
The Adventures of Robin Hood

DOS19923.6/5 Millennium Interactive