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
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Al-Qadim: The Genie's Curse
DOS1994protected Cyberlore studios
Alien Fires 2199 AD
DOS1988 Paragon Software
Alien Fires: 2199 AD is a 1987/88 science fiction RPG (role-playing game) developed and published by Paragon Software for the Amiga, Atari ST and MS-DOS. Players can customize their character’s stats and skills at the beginning of the game. The graphics were considered quite advanced, especially on the Amiga platform.
Amulets & Armor
DOS1997freeware 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/98/951997protected Bethesda Softworks
Anachronox
Windows XP/98/952001protected Ion Storm
Autoduel
DOS1985 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
DOS1993 Max Design
Conan: the Cimmerian
DOS1991 Synergistic Software
DarkSpyre
DOS1990 Event Horizon
Darkstone
Windows XP/98/951999protected Delphine software
Deus Ex
DOSMac OS2000protecteddemo Ion Storm
Deus Ex is a critically acclaimed action role-playing video game developed by Ion Storm and published by Eidos Interactive. It was released in 2000 and was designed by Warren Spector, combining elements of first-person shooters, stealth games, and role-playing games. The game is set in a dystopian future where society is fraught with conspiracy the...
Diablo
Windows XP/98/951996protecteddemo Blizzard Entertainment
Dink Smallwood
Windows XP/98/951998freeware Robinson Technologies
Dink Smallwood is an action role-playing video game developed by Robinson Technologies. It was first released in 1997 for Windows and later became freeware. The game was created by Seth Robinson, and it gained a cult following for its humor.The game's plot revolves around the titular character, Dink Smallwood, a pig farmer who embarks on an epic ad...
Divine Divinity
Windows 10/11Mac OS2002protected Larian Studios
Divine Divinity is a role-playing game (RPG) developed by Larian Studios and released in 2002. It's the first game in the Divinity series, which has since expanded with several sequels and spin-offs. The game is set in a fantasy world called Rivellon, which is threatened by the rise of an evil force known as the Black Ring. Players take on the role...
Doom: The Roguelike
DOS2005freeware
Dragons of Flame
DOS1989protected U.S. Gold
Entomorph: Plague Of The Darkfall
Windows XP/98/95Windows 3.xMac OS1995protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Fairy Tale Adventure 2: Halls of the Dead
DOSWindows XP/98/951997 The Dreamers Guild
God of Thunder
DOSWindows XP/98/951993freeware Adept Software
God of Thunder is a classic computer game developed by Adept Software and released in 1993. It's a puzzle platformer with a fantasy theme. In the game, you control Thor, the Norse god of thunder, on a quest to save Midgard (Earth) from the evil god Loki and his minions.The gameplay involves navigating through various levels filled with obstacles, e...
Hillsfar
DOS1989protected Westwood Studios
ICON: Quest for the Ring
DOS1984 Macrocom
Legends of Valour
DOS1992 Syntetic Dimensions
Lionheart: Legacy of the Crusader
Windows XP/98/952003protected Black Isle Studios
Moebius
DOS1987 Origin Systems
Moonstone: A Hard Days Knight
DOS1992 Mindscape
Moonstone: A Hard Days Knight is an action-RPG and strategy game developed by Rob Anderson and published by Mindscape in 1991 for the Amiga and later for MS-DOS. The game is famous for its combination of strategic, RPG elements with fast-paced, brutal action combat, as well as its dark medieval fantasy setting. Up to four players can take turn...
Nox
Windows XP/98/95Mac OS2000protected Westwood Studios
Prophecy: the Fall of Trinadon
DOS1989 Activision
ShadowCaster
DOS1993 Raven Software
Shadowcaster is a first-person action role-playing game developed by Raven Software and published by Origin Systems. It was released in 1993 for MS-DOS computers.In Shadowcaster, players assume the role of Kirt, a young man who discovers that he is the last of the Shadowcasters, a powerful group of shapeshifters with the ability to transform into d...
Sorcerian
DOS1990 Nihon Falcom
Spirit of Excalibur
DOS1990 Synergistic Software
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