List of role-playing video games: 2016 to 2017

This is a comprehensive index of commercial role-playing video games, sorted chronologically by year. Information regarding date of release, developer, publisher, operating system, subgenre and notability is provided where available. The table can be sorted by clicking on the small boxes next to the column headings. This list does not include MUDs or MMORPGs. It does include roguelikes, action RPGs and tactical RPGs.

Further information on the history of MMORPGs: History of massively multiplayer online games

Further information on the history of table-top role-playing games: Timeline of tabletop role-playing games

Legend

Video game platforms

3DS Nintendo 3DS CROSS Cross-platform DROI Android iOS iOS LIN Linux MAC Mac NX Nintendo Switch PS4 PlayStation 4 PSV PlayStation Vita WIN Microsoft Windows XOne Xbox One

Types of releases

Rerelease The game was re-released on the same platform with no or only minor changes. Port The game first appeared on a different platform and a port was made. The game is like the original, with few or no differences. Remake The game is an enhanced remake of an original, released on the same or different platform, with changes to graphics, sound and/or gameplay. Compilation A compilation, anthology or collection of several titles, usually (but not always) belonging to the same series. Limited A special release (often called "Limited" or "Collector's Edition") with bonus collector's material. Often provided to people who pre-order a game.

Genre notes

Action RPG Action role-playing game Tactical RPG Tactical role-playing game Roguelike Roguelike Eroge Japanese game featuring erotic content MMORPG Massively multiplayer online role-playing game MUD MUD Turn-based Turn-based game Real-time Real-time game     FPS/RPG First-person shooter / RPG hybrid (role-playing shooter) RTS/RPG Real-time strategy / RPG hybrid (real-time strategy RPG) CRPG/WRPG Computer-style role-playing game JRPG Japanese-style role-playing game Dungeon crawl Dungeon crawl Monster raising Pet-raising simulation Card battle Collectible card game Blobber First-person party-based RPG Sandbox Open world RPG

List

Year	Title	Developer	Publisher	Setting	Platform	Release	Subgenre	Series/Notes	COO
2016 (WW)	Adventures of Mana	Square Enix	Square Enix	Fantasy	CROSS (DROI, iOS, PSV)	Remake	Action RPG	Remake of Final Fantasy Adventure, originally released on 1991 for the Game Boy. Part of the Mana series.	JP
2016 (WW)	7 Mages	Napoleon Games	Napoleon Games	Fantasy	CROSS (DROI, LIN, WIN, MAC, iOS)	Original	Turn-based, Dungeon crawl	-	CZ
2016 (WW)	Aurion: Legacy of the Kori-Odan	Kiro'o Games	Kiro'o Games	Fantasy	WIN	Original	Action RPG	-	CM
2016 (JP) 2017 (WW)	Akiba's Beat	Acquire	Acquire (JP), PQube (EU), Xseed Games (NA)	Urban fantasy	PS4	Original	Action RPG	Third entry in the Akiba's Trip series.	JP
2016	Anima: Gate of Memories	Anima Project	Badland Indie	Fantasy	WIN, LIN, PS4, XONE	Original	Action RPG		ES
2016	Baldur's Gate: Siege of Dragonspear	Beamdog	Beamdog	Fantasy	DROI, WIN	Original	CRPG
2016	Banner Saga 2, The	Stoic	Versus Evil			Original	Tactical RPG
2016	Caligula Effect, The	Aquria	Furyu Corporation, Atlus USA		PSV	Original			JP
2016	Champions of Anteria	Blue Byte	Ubisoft	Fantasy	WIN	Original	Action RPG		DE
2016	Dark Souls III	FromSoftware	Bandai Namco Entertainment, FromSoftware	Fantasy	WIN, PS4, XOne	Original	Action RPG	Souls
2016	Darkest Dungeon	Red Hook Studios	Red Hook Studios	Fantasy	LIN, WIN, MAC, PSV, PS4	Original			CA
2016	DarkMaus	Daniel Wright				Original	Action RPG
2016	Destiny: Rise of Iron	Bungie	Activision Publishing, Inc.	Sci-Fi	PS4, XOne		Action RPG, FPS		US
2016	Deus Ex: Mankind Divided	Eidos Montreal	Square Enix	Sci-Fi, Cyberpunk	WIN, GNU/LIN, PS4, XOne		Action RPG	Deus Ex	CA
2016	Digimon World: Next Order	B.B. Studio	Bandai Namco Entertainment	Modern, Cyberpunk	PSV, PS4				JP
2017	Divinity: Original Sin II	Larian Studios	Larian Studios	Fantasy	WIN			Divinity	BE
2016	Dragon Ball Fusions	Ganbarion	Namco	Anime, Fantasy, Martial Arts	3DS
2016	Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2	Dimps	Bandai Namco Entertainment	Fantasy	WIN, PS4, XONE, NX, Stadia	Original	Action RPG	Dragon Ball	JP
2016	Dragon Quest Builders	Square Enix	Square Enix	Fantasy	PS3, PSV, PS4		Action RPG, Open world	Dragon Quest	JP
2016	Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 3	Tose Co.	Square Enix	Fantasy	3DS			Dragon Quest Monsters	JP
2016	Dying Light: The Following	Techland	Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment	Horror, Modern, Zombie Apocalypse	LIN, WIN, PS4, XOne		Action RPG, Survival horror		PL
2016	Earthlock: Festival of Magic				PS4, XOne
2016	Enderal	SureAI	SureAI	Fantasy	WIN	Original	Action RPG		DE
2016	Etrian Odyssey V	Atlus	Atlus		3DS
2016	Final Fantasy Type-0 Online			Fantasy	DROI, WIN, iOS
2016	FINAL FANTASY X/X-2 HD Remaster	Square Enix	Square Enix	Fantasy	WIN, PS3, PSV, PS4
2016	Final Fantasy XV	Square Enix	Square Enix	Fantasy	PS4, XOne		Open world	Final Fantasy
2016	Fire Emblem Fates	Intelligent Systems	Nintendo	Fantasy	3DS		Tactical RPG
2016	Flame in the Flood, The				WIN		Survival game, Roguelike		US
2016	FNaF World	Scott Cawthon	Scott Cawthon	Horror	WIN			Five Nights at Freddy's
2016	Genkai Tokki: Seven Pirates	Felistella	Compile Heart		PSV				JP
2016	Grim Dawn	Crate Entertainment	Crate Entertainment	Dark fantasy	WIN, XONE	Original	Action RPG		US
2016	Grind Zones	Odnako Games			WIN		Indie game, Casual, Action, Adventure
2016	Honkai Impact 3rd	miHoYo	miHoYo	Fantasy	WIN, IOS, DROI	Original	Action RPG		CN
2016	I Am Setsuna	Tokyo RPG Factory	Square Enix		WIN, PSV, PS4, NX				JP
2016	The Legend of Heroes: Trails at Sunrise	UserJoy Technology			WEB, PSV, PS4			Trails
2016	Mistborn: Birthright				PS3, PS4, XOne		Action RPG	Cancelled
2016	Monster Hunter Stories	Marvelous		Fantasy	3DS	Original
2016	Mount and Blade II: Bannerlord	TaleWorlds	TaleWorlds	Fantasy			Action RPG	Mount & Blade
2016	Necropolis	Harebrained Schemes	Bandai Namco Entertainment, Harebrained Schemes				Action RPG		US
2016	Okhlos		Devolver Digital		LIN, WIN, MAC		Roguelike, Action		AR
2016	Pocket Mortys		Adult Swim		DROI, iOS				GB
2016	Pokémon Moon	Game Freak	The Pokémon Company	Fantasy	3DS			Pokémon main series	JP
2016	Pokémon Sun	Game Freak	The Pokémon Company	Fantasy	3DS			Pokémon main series	JP
2016	Pokémon Uranium			Fantasy	WIN			Pokémon
2016	Portal Knights	Keen Games	505 Games	Fantasy	WIN, PS4, XONE		Action RPG
2016	Salt and Sanctuary	Ska Studios			WIN		Action RPG
2016	Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse	Atlus	Deep Silver, Atlus	Sci-fi, Apocalyptic	3DS			Megami Tensei	JP
2016	Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues	Portalarium			LIN, WIN, MAC		Fantasy
2016	Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness	Tri-Ace	Square Enix	Fantasy, Sci-Fi	PS3, PS4		Action RPG	Star Ocean	JP
2016	Stories: The Path of Destinies			Steampunk	WIN, PS4		Action RPG		CA
2016	Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization		Bandai Namco Entertainment	Sci-Fi, Cyberpunk	WIN, PSV, PS4			Sword Art Online
2016	Tahira: Echoes of the Astral Empire				WIN	Original	Tactical RPG
2016	Tales of Berseria	Bandai Namco Entertainment	Bandai Namco Entertainment	Fantasy	WIN, PS3, PS4	Original		Tales	JP
2016	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Legends								CA
2016	Technomancer, The	Spiders	Focus Home Interactive	Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Cyberpunk	WIN		Action RPG
2016	Tom Clancy's The Division	Ubisoft Massive	Ubisoft	Modern	WIN, PS4, XOne		Action RPG, Open world, MMOG, TPS
2016	Tyranny	Obsidian Entertainment	Paradox Interactive	Fantasy	LIN, WIN, MAC	Original			US
2016	Valkyrie Anatomia: The Origin	Square Enix	Square Enix	Fantasy	DROI, iOS	Original		Valkyrie Profile	JP
2016	Witcher 3, The: Wild Hunt – Blood and Wine	CD Projekt	CD Projekt	Fantasy	WIN, PS4, XOne		Action RPG	The Witcher	PL
2016	World of Final Fantasy	Square Enix	Square Enix	Fantasy	PSV, PS4			Final Fantasy
2016	Yoru no Nai Kuni	Gust Co. Ltd.	Koei Tecmo Holdings				Action RPG
2017 (WW)	Akiba's Beat	Acquire	Acquire (JP), PQube (EU), Xseed Games (NA)	Urban fantasy	PSV	Port	Action RPG	Port of the 2016 game.
2017	.hack//G.U. Last Recode	CyberConnect2	Bandai Namco Entertainment	Sci-Fi, Cyberpunk	WIN, PS4		Action RPG
2017	Absolver	Sloclap	Devolver Digital		WIN, PS4, XOne		Action RPG
2017	Accel World vs. Sword Art Online: Millennium Twilight	Artdink	Bandai Namco Entertainment	Fantasy	PS4, PSV, WIN	Original	Action RPG	Part of Sword Art Online game series	JP
2017	Another Eden				DROI, iOS
2017	Aporia: Beyond the Valley	Investigate North	Green Man Gaming		WIN		Action RPG
2017	Assassin's Creed Origins	Ubisoft Montreal	Ubisoft	Historical, Science Fiction	WIN, PS4, XONE, Stadia	Original	Action RPG	Part of Assassin's Creed series	CA
2017	Blue Reflection	Gust Co. Ltd.	Koei Tecmo Holdings		WIN, PSV, PS4	Original			JP
2017	Destiny 2	Bungie	Activision Publishing, Inc.	Sci-Fi	WIN, PS4, XOne	Original	Action RPG, FPS
2017	Cyberdimension Neptunia: 4 Goddesses Online	Compile Heart, Tamsoft, Idea Factory	Idea Factory.	Sci-Fi, Cyberpunk	WIN, PS4	Original	Action RPG	Hyperdimension Neptunia
2017	Detention	RedCandleGames		Horror, Modern	LIN, WIN, MAC		Survival horror		TW
2017	Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth – Hacker's Memory	Media.Vision	Bandai Namco Entertainment	Fantasy	WIN, PS4, PSV, NX	Original	Turn-based	Digimon	JP
2017	Dragon Quest XI	Square Enix	Square Enix	Fantasy	3DS, PS4, NX	Original		Dragon Quest	JP
2017	ELEX	Piranha Bytes	THQ Nordic	Post-apocalyptic, Science Fiction	WIN, PS4, XONE	Original	Action RPG		DE
2017	Ever Oasis	Grezzo	Nintendo	Fantasy	3DS	Original	Action RPG		JP
2017	Expeditions: Viking	Logic Artists	Logic Artists		WIN	Original	Tactical RPG	Expeditions	DK
2017	Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age	Square Enix	Square Enix	Fantasy	PS4, XONE, NX, WIN	Remake	Programmable timed turn-based	Remake of Final Fantasy XII	JP
2017	Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia	Intelligent Systems	Nintendo	Fantasy	3DS	Remake	Tactical RPG	Fire Emblem	JP
2017	Fire Emblem Heroes	Intelligent Systems, Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development	Nintendo	Fantasy	DROI, iOS	Original	Tactical RPG	Fire Emblem	JP
2017	Flinthook	Tribute Games	Tribute Games		WIN, PS4, XOne		Roguelike, Platform game
2017	God Wars: Future Past	Kadokawa Corporation	Nippon Ichi Software, Kadokawa Corporation		PSV, PS4	Original			JP
2017	Grimoire: Heralds of the Winged Exemplar	Golden Era Games	Golden Era Games		WIN		TBS, Dungeon crawl, Strategy
2017	Hakoniwa Company Works	Nippon Ichi Software	Nippon Ichi Software		PS4		Tactical RPG, Open world
2017	Horizon Zero Dawn	Guerrilla Games	Sony Interactive Entertainment	Sci-Fi, Post-apocalyptic	PS4	Original	Action RPG, Open world
2017	Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue	Square Enix	Square Enix	Fictional crossover	PS4	Comp	Action RPG	Kingdom Hearts
2017	Lost Sphear		Square Enix	Steampunk, Fantasy	PS4, WIN, NX	Original			JP
2017	Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle	Ubisoft Paris, Ubisoft Milan	Ubisoft	Fictional crossover	NX	Original	Tactical RPG	Raving Rabbids, Mario franchise
2017	Mass Effect: Andromeda	BioWare	Electronic Arts	Sci-Fi	WIN, PS4, XOne	Original	Action RPG, TPS	Mass Effect	CA
2017	Megadimension Neptunia VIIR	Compile Heart, Silicon Studio	Idea Factory	Sci-Fi, Cyberpunk	WIN, PS4	Port		Enhanced VR remake of Megadimension Neptunia VII
2017	Monster Hunter XX	Capcom	Capcom	Fantasy	3DS	Port	Action RPG	Monster Hunter	JP
2017	NieR:Automata	Platinum Games	Square Enix	Sci-Fi, Cyberpunk, Post-apocalyptic	WIN, PS4		Action RPG
2017	Nioh	Team Ninja	Sony Interactive Entertainment		WIN, PS4		Action RPG
2017	Pit People	The Behemoth			WIN, XOne		TBS, Action RPG		US
2017	Pyre	Supergiant Games	Supergiant Games		WIN, PS4		Action RPG		US
2017	Red Ash: The Indelible Legend	Comcept			WIN		Action RPG, Open world
2017	Shiness: The Lightning Kingdom		Focus Home Interactive		WIN, PS4, XOne		Action RPG		FR
2017	South Park: The Fractured But Whole	Q16681625	Ubisoft	Modern, Superhero, Parody	WIN, PS4, XOne
2017	Stellar Overload	Cubical Drift			LIN, WIN, MAC		Adventure, Open world
2017	Surge, The	Deck13 Interactive	Focus Home Interactive	Sci-fi	WIN, PS4, XOne		Action RPG
2017	Torment: Tides of Numenera	inXile entertainment	Techland		LIN, WIN
2017	Valkyria Revolution	Media.Vision	Sega Games, Deep Silver	Fantasy	PSV, PS4, XOne		Action RPG	Valkyria	JP
2017	Vampyr	Dontnod Entertainment	Focus Home Interactive	Urban Fantasy, Historical	WIN, PS4, XOne		Action RPG
2017	Vikings: Wolves of Midgard	Games Farm			WIN		Action RPG