Best RPGs of the Last Decade
Role-playing games have had an extraordinary decade. This list tries to capture the range — from turn-based JRPGs to real-time open-world adventures to dialogue-heavy narrative RPGs. There's something here for everyone who cares about character, choice, and world-building.
Games in This List

Raised the standard for every RPG that comes after it. A genuine landmark.

An RPG that abandons combat entirely and wins every argument for doing so.

A decade on and it remains the benchmark for open-world storytelling.

What happens when the best action-game developer in the world makes an open world.

The most politically thoughtful JRPG in years.

Phantom Liberty and the 2.0 update delivered on the original promise.



