RPG picks from our Steam discovery seed

This page lists role-playing games that appear in our combined discovery catalog. We sort by Metacritic when available, then alphabetically. Prices and live discounts are not guaranteed here - use our price tools for checkout context.

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How we built this list

Metadata comes from our checked-in steamGamesCatalog snapshot: merged Steam app ids from multiplayer discovery, the save-path catalog, franchise hubs, plus discovery seed genres when richer than the store row. Sorting reflects the last site build.

Games in this shortlist

  • Pillars of Eternity

    Prepare to be enchanted by a world where the choices you make and the paths you choose shape your destiny. Obsidian Entertainment, the developer of Fallout: New Vegas™ and South Park: The Stick of Truth™, together with P...

    RPG

  • Stardew Valley

    You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields i...

    Indie, RPG, Simulation, Farming

  • Path of Exile

    You are an Exile, struggling to survive on the dark continent of Wraeclast, as you fight to earn power that will allow you to exact your revenge against those who wronged you. Path of Exile is an online Action RPG set in...

    Action, Adventure, Indie, Massively Multiplayer

  • Darkest Dungeon®

    Darkest Dungeon is a challenging gothic roguelike turn-based RPG about the psychological stresses of adventuring. Recruit, train, and lead a team of flawed heroes against unimaginable horrors, stress, disease, and the ev...

    Indie, RPG, Strategy

  • FINAL FANTASY XIV Online

    Join over 30 million adventurers worldwide and take part in an epic and ever-changing FINAL FANTASY. Experience an unforgettable story, exhilarating battles, and a myriad of captivating environments to explore.

    Massively Multiplayer, RPG

  • Dangerous High School Girls in Trouble!™

    "Well behaved women seldom make history." - Laurel Thatcher Ulrich This is the game where good girls get better by being bad! In the 1920s, young women had a chance to change society--by misbehaving. Gather a gang of gir...

    RPG, Indie, Casual, Multiplayer

  • Emily is Away Too

    Emily is Away Too is a brand new story featuring new characters and multiple different endings. Message your friends, surf the web and choose your path through this branching narrative.

    Adventure, Casual, Indie, RPG

  • The Elder Scrolls® Online

    Every legend starts somewhere and in The Elder Scrolls Online, it starts with you. Join millions of players in an online, fantasy RPG set in a vast living Elder Scrolls world.

    Action, Adventure, Massively Multiplayer, RPG

  • For The King

    For The King is a strategic RPG that blends tabletop and roguelike elements in a challenging adventure that spans the realms. Set off on a single player experience or play cooperatively both online and locally.

    Adventure, Indie, RPG, Strategy

  • Dungeons of Dredmor

    Test your luck and cunning in this exciting RPG as you craft, cast, and pillage your way through Lord Dredmor's Dungeons.

    Casual, Indie, RPG, Multiplayer

  • World to the West

    World to the West is a standalone followup of Teslagrad, the indie hit that sold more than 1.6 million copies worldwide. A vast world of blue skies and dark caves awaits you in this 3D action adventure, as you try to unv...

    Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG

  • Beyond Divinity

    Beyond Divinity is the follow-up to the award-winning Divine Divinity.

    RPG, Multiplayer

  • ARK: Survival Evolved

    Stranded on the shores of a mysterious island, you must learn to survive. Use your cunning to kill or tame the primeval creatures roaming the land, and encounter other players to survive, dominate... and escape!

    Action, Adventure, Indie, Massively Multiplayer

  • Warframe

    Awaken as an unstoppable warrior and battle alongside your friends in this story-driven free-to-play online action game

    Action, RPG, Free To Play

  • Rust

    The only aim in Rust is to survive. Everything wants you to die - the island's wildlife, other inhabitants, the environment, and other survivors. Do whatever it takes to last another night.

    Action, Adventure, Indie, Massively Multiplayer

  • Defragmented

    Defragmented is a lightning-fast cyberpunk action RPG with a pulsing synth soundtrack. Welcome to Entropolis – New World, Bad Blood.

    Action, Indie, RPG, Multiplayer

  • AereA

    AereA is an Action RPG in which music is both your best friend and your worst enemy. As a disciple of the Great Maestro Guido you have to unravel the mysteries of Aezir. Find out what happened to the world and return the...

    Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG

  • Project Zomboid

    Project Zomboid is the ultimate in zombie survival. Alone or in MP: you loot, build, craft, fight, farm and fish in a struggle to survive. A hardcore RPG skillset, a vast map, massively customisable sandbox and a cute tu...

    Indie, RPG, Simulation, Early Access

  • Elden Ring

    RPG, Action, Soulslike

  • Lost Ark

    Survival, Open World, Massively Multiplayer, RPG

  • Starfield

    RPG, Open World

  • 7 Days to Die

    7 Days to Die is an open-world game that is a unique combination of first-person shooter, survival horror, tower defense, and role-playing games. Play the definitive zombie survival sandbox RPG that came first. Navezgane...

    Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG

  • Castaway Paradise - live among the animals

    It's the ultimate Sandbox sim! Farm, catch bugs, talk to villagers, build your own tropical dream island! If you like Animal Crossing, Among Us, or Harvest Moon, you will love this game!

    Adventure, Casual, Indie, RPG

  • Caverns of the Snow Witch (Standalone)

    YOU are the hero in Caverns of the Snow Witch! Triumph agains the villainous Snow Witch in Ian Livingstone's Fighting Fantasy classic RPG gamebook!

    Adventure, Indie, RPG, Multiplayer

  • Dragon Fantasy: The Volumes of Westeria

    Experience an all-new old adventure! Fight your way through hordes of strange, silly, and scary monsters! Explore the caves, castles, and dungeons of an ancient evil! Meet warriors, princes, pirates, zombies, and crazy o...

    RPG, Multiplayer

  • Dragon Fantasy: The Black Tome of Ice

    Join Ogden and the heroes of Westeria in this classic JRPG epic, Dragon Fantasy: The Black Tome of Ice. Travel through the frozen wastelands of Tundaria and defeat oncoming hordes of demons and huge bosses that threaten ...

    RPG, Multiplayer

  • An Assassin in Orlandes

    Search for a ruthless assassin in this Gamebook Adventure where YOU control the story!

    Adventure, Indie, RPG, Multiplayer

  • Catacombs of the Undercity

    Head deep beneath Orlandes City and uncover a dark brotherhood in this Gamebook Adventure where YOU control the story!

    Adventure, Indie, RPG, Multiplayer

  • Desert Law

    Desert Law is a new spin on the traditional real-time strategy that immerses players into a post-apocalyptic world where gasoline is the new world currency.

    RPG, Strategy, Multiplayer

  • Abiotic Factor

    Abiotic Factor is a survival crafting experience for 1-6 players set in the depths of an underground research facility. Caught between paranormal containment failure, a military crusade, and chaos from a dozen realms, th...

    Action, Adventure, RPG, Simulation

  • DUAL GEAR

    DUAL GEAR is a Tactical Action Turn-Based Strategy Game inspired by Japanese Mecha. To go beyond the traditional, DUAL GEAR engages the player to pilots their mechs with Real-Time Action Shooting while experiencing the h...

    Action, Indie, RPG, Simulation

  • Dark Quest 2

    Dark Quest 2 is a turn based RPG where you control a party of heroes on your epic quest to defeat the evil sorcerer and his minions.

    Indie, RPG, Strategy, Multiplayer

  • Adventure World

    Fantasy ARPG

    Action, RPG, Multiplayer

  • Card Quest

    Card Quest is a dungeon crawling adventure game with unique card combat. Play with a variety of unique character classes, and customize decks to fit your playstyle. Explore the strategic depth of tactical roguelike gamep...

    Indie, RPG, Strategy, Multiplayer

  • Princess Remedy 2: In A Heap of Trouble

    An enormous Boss Tower has sprung from the ground, lifting entire towns up with it. Now, the people living on the tower are starting to contract all sorts of mysterious illnesses. Princess Remedy, still in Saturnian heal...

    Action, Indie, RPG

  • LandTraveller

    See a world from a new perspective in this animal-ear themed constructive action RPG!

    Indie, RPG, Early Access

  • Ghostlords

    Ghostlords is a strategic turn-based RPG that tells the story of a post-apocalyptic haunted Great Britain. Experience the new world, capture wild spirits, and put together a team of ghosts to help you battle the forces o...

    Adventure, Indie, RPG, Strategy

  • Arakion: Book One

    Arakion is a new take on the first-person crawler genre. Similar to Grimrock, with a healthy dose of Might and Magic, and a pinch of Fable, players progress through this fairytale-like world solving puzzles, slaying mons...

    Adventure, RPG, Early Access

  • Age of Wonders

    Welcome to Age of Wonders, the authentic turn based fantasy strategy classic that started the hit series. Age of Wonders' intimate atmosphere with painterly graphics still shines today. The game's fully patched up, start...

    RPG, Strategy, Multiplayer