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The Most Popular RPG Video Games Right Now

Updated November 16, 2020 6.6k votes 734 voters 21.6k views74 items

List RulesPopular RPGs, action RPGs, and JRPGs all included.

Gamers everywhere, we're ranking the most popular RPG games in 2020. Featuring both old and new games, this list of the most played role-playing games right now includes some of the best-selling games on PS4 as well as the Xbox One and the Switch. What are the top 10 RPG video games today?

Sequels to great RPG franchises, like Final Fantasy, The Witcher, Dark Souls, and Fallout, keep getting new players, thanks to Twitch streamers and YouTube gaming channels. Other good RPG games trending now include Pyre, Persona 5, The Outer Worlds, and Bloodborne.

Vote up the best RPG games everyone should be playing right now. Games from all consoles (PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch) are included, as well as mobile and PC games.

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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
2015
Platform: Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
2011
Platform: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 3, Microsoft Windows
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The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
2006
Platform: Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows Vista, PlayStation 3, Microsoft Windows
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47
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Fallout: New Vegas
2010
Platform: Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3
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Persona 5
2016
Platform: PlayStation 4
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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
2017
Platform: Nintendo Switch, Wii U
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Final Fantasy VII Remake
2020
Platform: PlayStation 4
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NieR: Automata
2017
Platform: PlayStation 4, PC, Xbox One
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12
Diablo III
2012
Platform: Microsoft Windows, OS X, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4
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The Outer Worlds
2019
Platform: Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
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Horizon Zero Dawn
2017
Platform: PlayStation 4, Microsoft Windows
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Fallout 4
2015
Platform: Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
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Divinity: Original Sin 2
2016
Platform: Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, macOS, Nintendo Switch
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Star Wars: The Old Republic
2011
Platform: Microsoft Windows
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Stardew Valley
2016
Platform: Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
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Dark Souls III
2016
Platform: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows
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30
20
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
2018
Platform: Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Google Stadia
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Bloodborne
2015
Platform: PlayStation 4
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Assassin's Creed Valhalla
2020
Platform: Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Stadia Xbox, One Xbox Series X
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18
11
Dragon Quest XI
2017
Platform: Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation 4, Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch
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Mass Effect 2
2010
Platform: Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows
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Dark Souls
2011
Platform: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
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Final Fantasy XII
2006
Platform: PlayStation 2, PlayStation 4, Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One
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Undertale
2017
Platform: Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita
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Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
2014
Platform: Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
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