List RulesVote up all the action RPGs that hold a special place in your heart.
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.
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1,816891Dark Souls
2011Developer: From Software
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2,796665Developer: CD Projekt RED
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1,159554Mass Effect 2
2010Developer: BioWare
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Developer: Obsidian Entertainment
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7512896
1,565911Developer: Obsidian Entertainment
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1,029578Developer: Bethesda Softworks
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978489Diablo
1997Developer: Blizzard North, Climax Group
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851463Fable
2004Developer: Big Blue Box Studios
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1,469940Mass Effect
2007Developer: Edge of Reality, BioWare, Demiurge Studios
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685304Developer: Nintendo, Capcom, Flagship, Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development
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1,327614Developer: Grezzo, Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development
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949476Borderlands 2
2012Developer: Gearbox Software, Iron Galaxy Studios
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1,249796Developer: 4J Studios, Bethesda Game Studios, Superscape
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1,462477Diablo II
2000Developer: Blizzard North
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839490Developer: CD Projekt RED
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652393Dragon's Dogma
2012Developer: Capcom
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793476Developer: Square Enix
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1,328900Fallout 3
2008Developer: Bethesda Game Studios
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332175Demon's Souls
Feb 05 2009Developer: From Software, SCE Japan Studio
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Developer: Nintendo EPD
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703409Kingdom Hearts
2002Developer: Square
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1,226914Developer: Edge of Reality, BioWare
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2,4901,972Developer: Bethesda Game Studios
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260109Developer: Konami