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The most popular action RPG games

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

  • 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...

  • 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,...

  • nox-04
    Windows XP/98/95Mac2000protected4.3/5 Westwood Studios
  • deus-ex-02
    DOSMac2000protected4.2/5 Ion Storm
  • godofthunder-2
    DOSWindows XP/98/951993freeware4.1/5 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.

  • moebius-1
    DOS19873.4/5 Origin Systems
  • morrowind-01
    Windows XP/98/952002protected4.6/5 Bethesda Softworks
  • ultima8-lost-vale-01
    DOS1994canceled4/5 Origin Systems
  • ultima9-01
    Windows XP/98/951999protected4/5 Origin Systems
  • alien-fires-2199-07
    DOS19883.7/5
  • vampire-redemption-02
    Windows XP/98/95Mac2000protected4/5 Nihilistic Software
  • hillsfar-6
    DOS1989protected3.8/5 Westwood Studios
  • warriors-of-legend-07
    DOS19934/5 Synergistic Software
  • 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.

  • auto-duel-05
    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.

  • icon-ring-04
    DOS19843.6/5 Macrocom
  • zeliard-3
    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.

  • sorcerian-2
    DOS19904/5 Nihon Falcom
  • lionheart-05
    Windows XP/98/952003protected4/5 Black Isle Studios
  • darkstone-03
    Windows XP/98/951999protected4/5 Delphine software
  • entomorph-05
    Windows XP/98/95Windows 3.xMac1995protected4.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
  • diablo1-06
    Windows XP/98/951996protected4.2/5 Blizzard Entertainment
  • fairy-tale-adventure-2-01
    DOSWindows XP/98/9519973.8/5 The Dreamers Guild
  • 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.

  • burntime-01
    DOS19934/5 Max Design
  • alqadim-5
    DOS1994protected3.8/5 Cyberlore studios
  • darkspyre-02
    DOS19903.8/5 Event Horizon
  • dragonsofflame-2
    DOS1989protected3.9/5 U.S. Gold
  • ancient-land-of-ys-03
    DOS19894.1/5 Nihon Falcom

    Ys: The Vanished Omens (also known as The Ancient Land of Ys) is an abandoned top-down open-world action RPG designed by Masaya Hashimoto, developed by Nihon Falcom and released by Kyodai Software Marketing for DOS in 1989. Ys: The Vanished Omens was published (earlier) for quite a few other home computers and console.

  • legends-of-valour-02
    DOS19924.2/5 Syntetic Dimensions