The Best Action Role-Playing Games Of All Time

The best action role-playing games of all time for any console or system, ranked by readers around the world. These highly-rated action RPGs are ordered by popularity, so only the greatest action RPGs are at the top of the list. Spanning the entire history of the genre, these action role-playing games are considered the best in gaming history. This list includes all challenging action role-playing games that have ever hit the shelves, so it doesn't necessarily have all the more obscure or new action RPGs.

From classic action RPGs like The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim to newer ARPGs like Monster Hunter World, this list answers the questions, "What are the best action RPGs?" and "What is the greatest action role-playing game of all time?" Vote up all your favorite games, and vote down all the releases you didn't like.