- #1 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition
97% matchVery Positive92% of 378,387 reviews2016
Dev: Bethesda Game StudiosPub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 21.6 hrsMean: 107.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Winner of more than 200 Game of the Year Awards, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition brings the epic fantasy to life in stunning detail. The Special Edition includes the critically acclaimed game and add-ons with all-new features.
Why similar: Open World 27%, Moddable 15.6%, RPG 13.7%, Classic 8.7% ★, Great Soundtrack 8%
Why You'll Like It: Skyrim offers the most polished modern version of the Elder Scrolls loop of wandering, dungeon delving, faction quests, build freedom, and extensive mod support.
- #2 The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall
96% matchVery Positive86% of 3,654 reviews2022
Dev: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 30.3 hrs≥1hr: 32%
THE GREAT MACHINE AWAKENS
Why similar: Classic 27% ★, Open World 18.2%, RPG 17.2%, Fantasy 9.2%, Great Soundtrack 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: Its immense procedural continent, class creation, political factions, and uncompromising freedom make it the closest Elder Scrolls game to Morrowind's sandbox spirit.
- #3 The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered
96% matchMostly Positive75% of 70,414 reviews2025
Dev: Bethesda Game StudiosPub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 17.0 hrsMean: 34.6 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Explore Cyrodiil like never before with stunning new visuals and refined gameplay in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion™ Remastered.
Why similar: Open World 27.5%, RPG 19.8%, Fantasy 10%, Great Soundtrack 9.8%, Character Customization 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: This modernized Oblivion preserves the same open-world Bethesda role-playing structure while making its world and combat more accessible.
- #4 Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition
95% matchVery Positive82% of 56,264 reviews2009
Dev: Bethesda Game StudiosPub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 27.2 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Prepare for the Future™ With Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition, experience the most acclaimed game of 2008 like never before. Create a character of your choosing and descend into an awe-inspiring, post-apocalyptic world where every minute is a fight for survival.
Why similar: Open World 32.5%, Moddable 23.8%, RPG 17.8%, Great Soundtrack 5.5%, First-Person 4.4%
Why You'll Like It: Fallout 3 translates Morrowind's free-roaming first-person Bethesda formula into a dense post-apocalyptic wasteland full of side quests and environmental discovery.
- #5 Fallout: New Vegas
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 261,989 reviews2010
Dev: Obsidian EntertainmentPub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 19.8 hrsMean: 74.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Why similar: Open World 32.2%, Moddable 24.2%, RPG 18.2%, First-Person 4%, Action RPG 3.1%
Why You'll Like It: Its Bethesda-style exploration is paired with exceptional faction politics, build-based dialogue, and choices that visibly reshape quests and alliances.
- #6 Starfield
94% matchMixed57% of 175,516 reviews2023
Dev: Bethesda Game StudiosPub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 36.7 hrsMean: 76.4 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Starfield is the first new universe in 25 years from Bethesda Game Studios, the award-winning creators of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and Fallout 4.
Why similar: Open World 28.4%, Moddable 16.1%, RPG 15.9%, Great Soundtrack 7.8%, Character Customization 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: Despite its sci-fi setting, Starfield carries over the Elder Scrolls approach to first-person exploration, faction questlines, character skills, and moddable sandbox play.
- #7 Fallout 4
93% matchVery Positive81% of 429,478 reviews2015
Dev: Bethesda Game StudiosPub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 37.3 hrsMean: 119.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
From Bethesda Game Studios, the award-winning creators of Starfield and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, comes Fallout 4. A landmark in open-world RPG design and winner of over 200 ‘Best Of’ honors, including the DICE and BAFTA Game of the Year.
Why similar: Open World 38.9%, RPG 14.6%, Great Soundtrack 11.9%, Exploration 5.2%, First-Person 4.9%
Why You'll Like It: It combines Bethesda's familiar open-world exploration and mod ecosystem with flexible combat builds, scavenging, and extensive settlement construction.
- #8 Gothic II: Gold Edition
92% matchVery Positive94% of 17,961 reviews2005
Dev: Piranha BytesPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 45.6 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Gothic II: Gold Edition brings together the excitement of Gothic II and the add-on Night of the Raven to your fingertips!
Why similar: Classic 34.9% ★, Open World 18.8%, RPG 17.7%, Great Soundtrack 7.2%, Fantasy 4.9%
Why You'll Like It: Gothic II offers a reactive handcrafted world where faction membership, dangerous wilderness, and gradual character growth make every achievement feel earned.
- #9 Gothic 1
91% matchVery Positive93% of 18,358 reviews2001
Dev: Piranha BytesPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 19.6 hrs≥1hr: 55%
War has been waged across the kingdom of Myrtana. Orcish hordes invaded human territory and the king of the land needed a lot of ore to forge enough weapons, should his army stand against this threat. Whoever breaks the law in these darkest of times is sentenced to serve in the giant penal colony of Khorinis, mining the so much needed...
Why similar: Classic 31.7% ★, Open World 21.4%, RPG 18.3%, Great Soundtrack 6.2%, Fantasy 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: Its harsh, immersive colony setting and faction-based role-playing helped establish the dense, reactive open-world RPG style Morrowind fans often enjoy.
- #10 Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon
89% matchVery Positive88% of 35,767 reviews2025
Dev: QuestlinePub: Awaken Realms
Windows
Median: 15.4 hrsMean: 27.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Step into a dark reimagination of Arthurian legends in this first person, open world RPG. Explore a world stuck in everlasting autumn, witness falling legends and make meaningful choices woven into a complex, branching storyline.
Why similar: Open World 34.6%, RPG 20.8%, Character Customization 8.3%, First-Person 8.3%, Action RPG 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: This first-person dark-fantasy RPG emphasizes an explorable world, build variety, morally gray quests, and a deliberately older-school Bethesda-like atmosphere.
- #11 Risen
91% matchVery Positive89% of 10,860 reviews2009
Dev: Piranha BytesPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Delve into a gritty, raw and atmospheric fantasy world in which every action has a consequence. In the epic world of Risen, filled with mysterious earthquakes, fearsome monsters and unimaginable treasures, forge your path with the sword, learn the art of staff fighting or become a powerful mage.
Why similar: Open World 31.5%, RPG 24.8%, Fantasy 7.9%, Classic 6.8% ★, Great Soundtrack 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: Made by the creators of Gothic, Risen features a compact but reactive island, meaningful factions, dangerous exploration, and satisfying character progression.
- #12 Dread Delusion
89% matchVery Positive90% of 5,292 reviews2024
Dev: Lovely HellplacePub: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Dread Delusion is an open world RPG brimming with strange places and dark perils. Carve your own path through the flying continents of a shattered land. Discover curious towns, unearth occult secrets, master powerful magic - and change the world through your choices.
Why similar: Open World 29.8%, RPG 19.7%, Magic 9.1%, First-Person 7.6%, Fantasy 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: Its surreal alien fantasy setting, cryptic lore, open exploration, and low-poly aesthetic make it one of the most overtly Morrowind-inspired modern RPGs.
- #13 Gothic® 3
90% matchVery Positive82% of 12,427 reviews2009
Dev: Piranha BytesPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 32.7 hrs≥1hr: 54%
A nameless hero becomes a legend! Myrtana, a world in upheaval: overrun by orcs from the dark lands in the north, King Rhobar is defending Vengard, the former stronghold of the humans, with his last troop of followers.
Why similar: Open World 29.2%, RPG 21.7%, Classic 11% ★, Great Soundtrack 9.2%, Fantasy 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: Gothic 3 expands the series into a vast fantasy continent where competing factions and player actions can alter control of settlements.
- #14 ELEX
88% matchMostly Positive74% of 19,627 reviews2017
Dev: Piranha BytesPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 23.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
ELEX is a handcrafted action role-playing experience from the award-winning creators of the Gothic series, set in a brand new post-apocalyptic Science Fantasy universe that puts players into a huge seamless game world full of original characters, mutated creatures, deep moral choices and powerful action.
Why similar: Open World 46.9%, RPG 28.9%, Fantasy 9.3%, Story Rich 3.2%, Atmospheric 3%
Why You'll Like It: ELEX blends science fantasy with Piranha Bytes' signature faction systems, unforgiving exploration, and a world that does not scale itself around the player.
- #15 Gedonia
86% matchVery Positive87% of 3,971 reviews2022
Dev: Kazakov Oleg
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Gedonia is a classic open world rpg, featuring a complete freedom of building your character, exploring a huge world and completing quests.
Why similar: Open World 25.3%, Classic 19.9% ★, RPG 14.9%, Magic 7.9%, Fantasy 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: Gedonia is an indie open-world fantasy RPG built around free exploration, skill combinations, quest choices, and a strong sense of becoming more capable over time.
- #16 Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen
87% matchVery Positive88% of 49,171 reviews2016
Dev: Capcom
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 31.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Set in a huge open world, Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen presents a rewarding action combat experience.
Why similar: Open World 30.7%, RPG 21.2%, Fantasy 9%, Great Soundtrack 8.5%, Character Customization 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: It offers adventurous open-world travel, deep class experimentation, dangerous monsters, and a fantasy journey that rewards preparation and discovery.
- #17 The Bloodline
84% matchVery Positive83% of 3,985 reviews2023
Dev: Shieldbearer StudiosPub: 505 Pulse
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 79%
The Bloodline is a sandbox adventure RPG that lets you play your way. Reforge bonds between kingdoms, explore the wilds, craft and plan adventures and wield mighty weapons or magic as you prepare for what is to come…
Why similar: Open World 24.3%, RPG 16.3%, Fantasy 10.2%, Sandbox 8.8%, Action RPG 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: This open-world fantasy RPG supports flexible classes, magic, exploration, and player-defined adventuring in a way that recalls Elder Scrolls sandbox design.
- #18 Arx Fatalis
86% matchVery Positive88% of 2,650 reviews2007
Dev: Arkane StudiosPub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 41%
This critically acclaimed first-person RPG from Arkane Studios takes the player on an amazing journey into the fantasy world of Arx. Arx is wrought with turmoil, brought to the brink of destruction by a violent war.
Why similar: Classic 35.9% ★, RPG 26.1%, Fantasy 8.4%, First-Person 7.8%, Open World 5%
Why You'll Like It: This immersive first-person RPG has a tactile magic system, environmental interaction, atmospheric dungeon exploration, and the same willingness to let players experiment.
- #19 Two Worlds Epic Edition
85% matchMostly Positive78% of 5,922 reviews2009
Dev: Reality Pump StudiosPub: Topware Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
... 300 years after Aziraal has been banished, a brother and sister are drawn into the conflict which has flared up between the Orcs and the free world. Kyra, the hero's younger sister, suddenly disappears in mysterious circumstances.«...If my family really belongs to the chosen ones, why then have we always been as poor as church mice?
Why similar: RPG 50.3%, Open World 21.7%, Fantasy 6.9%, Action RPG 3.2%, Medieval 2.6%
Why You'll Like It: Its rough-edged but highly flexible open world, unusual skill-stacking system, and early-2000s fantasy sandbox feel will appeal to players who value freedom over polish.
- #20 Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura
84% matchVery Positive89% of 1,997 reviews2016
Dev: Troika GamesPub: Activision
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Imagine a place of wonder, where magick and technology coexist in an uneasy balance, and an adventurer might just as easily wield a flintlock pistol as a flaming sword. Welcome to the land of Arcanum.
Why similar: Classic 32.3% ★, RPG 20.6%, Open World 14.4%, Great Soundtrack 8.8%, Fantasy 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: Arcanum is a deep classic RPG with unusually broad character builds, factional choices, open-ended quest approaches, and rich worldbuilding.
- #21 Outward Definitive Edition
82% matchMostly Positive73% of 31,430 reviews2022
Dev: Nine Dots StudioPub: Prime Matter
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 18.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
No remarkable journey is achieved without great effort. In Outward, the cold of the night or an infected wound can be as dangerous as a predator lurking in the dark. Explore the vast world of Aurai solo or in Co-op. The Definitive Edition features both DLCs and quality of life improvements.
Why similar: Open World 43.6%, RPG 29.3%, Moddable 8.6%, Fantasy 8.2%, Exploration 3.2%
Why You'll Like It: Outward captures the vulnerable explorer feeling through survival systems, limited fast travel, build experimentation, and a world that expects players to find their own way.
- #22 Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines
83% matchVery Positive94% of 15,398 reviews2007
Dev: Troika GamesPub: Activision
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 17.3 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Vampire®: The Masquerade-Bloodlines™ delivers a new type of RPG experience-one that blends all the core elements of a traditional RPG with the graphical richness, immediacy and brutal combat of a first-person action game. The game plunges players into the dark and gritty vampire underworld of modern-day L.A. as a creature of the night.
Why similar: RPG 32.9%, Classic 30.3% ★, Great Soundtrack 14.1%, Action RPG 5.5%, Atmospheric 4.1%
Why You'll Like It: Its first-person role-playing, distinct build paths, memorable factions, and highly reactive quest solutions evoke Morrowind's immersive freedom on a smaller scale.
- #23 Kingdom Come: Deliverance
82% matchVery Positive84% of 186,182 reviews2018
Dev: Warhorse Studios
Windows
Median: 13.8 hrsMean: 48.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Story-driven open-world RPG that immerses you in an epic adventure in the Holy Roman Empire. Avenge your parents' death as you battle invading forces, go on game-changing quests, and make influential choices. Explore castles, forests, villages and other realistic settings in medieval Bohemia!
Why similar: Open World 37.8%, RPG 22.9%, Medieval 10.6%, Great Soundtrack 6.7%, First-Person 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: Though historical rather than fantastical, it offers immersive first-person exploration, grounded role-playing, difficult progression, and a convincingly lived-in open world.
- #24 Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 206,376 reviews2017
Dev: Larian Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 31.2 hrsMean: 75.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
The critically acclaimed RPG that raised the bar, from the creators of Baldur's Gate 3. Gather your party. Master deep, tactical combat. Venture as a party of up to four - but know that only one of you will have the chance to become a God.
Why similar: RPG 26.7%, Moddable 26.3%, Fantasy 17.5%, Character Customization 13%, Story Rich 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: Its turn-based perspective differs greatly, but its systemic quest solutions, build freedom, reactive world, and player agency make it an outstanding open-ended RPG alternative.
- #25 Kenshi
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 117,010 reviews2018
Dev: Lo-Fi Games
Windows
Median: 9.4 hrsMean: 71.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A free-roaming squad based RPG. Focusing on open-ended sandbox gameplay features rather than a linear story. Be a trader, a thief, a rebel, a warlord, an adventurer, a farmer, a slave, or just food for the cannibals. Train your men up from puny victims to master warriors.
Why similar: Open World 39.6%, RPG 23.1%, Sandbox 13.2%, Action RPG 12.2%, Character Customization 11.9%
Why You'll Like It: Kenshi trades authored fantasy quests for an extraordinarily freeform sandbox where exploration, survival, faction relations, and emergent personal stories drive play.
- #26 The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion® Game of the Year Edition (2009)
80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 53,090 reviews2009
Dev: Bethesda Game StudiosPub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 37.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
PUBLISHER UPDATE - This is the product page for The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition, released in 2009. ---The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion® Game of the Year Edition presents one of the best RPGs of all time like never before. Step inside the most richly detailed and vibrant game-world ever created.
Why similar: Open World 22.4%, Moddable 17.1%, RPG 14%, Classic 9.2% ★, Great Soundtrack 8.9%
- #27 The Elder Scrolls: Arena
79% matchVery Positive80% of 2,600 reviews2022
Dev: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 32%
THE LEGEND BEGINS
Why similar: Classic 28.3% ★, RPG 21.4%, Fantasy 12.6%, Open World 11.8%, Action RPG 8.7%
- #28 The Elder Scrolls® Online
78% matchVery Positive81% of 161,755 reviews2017
Dev: ZeniMax Online StudiosPub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows · Mac
Median: 17.7 hrsMean: 177.9 hrs≥1hr: 96%
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.
Why similar: Open World 31.2%, RPG 21.4%, Fantasy 12.4%, Exploration 5.7%, Magic 5.6%
- #29 Fable - The Lost Chapters
78% matchVery Positive92% of 8,288 reviews2011
Dev: Lionhead StudiosPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Each person you aid, each flower you crush, and each creature you slay will change this world forever. Fable: Who will you be?
Why similar: RPG 23.2%, Classic 22.6% ★, Open World 12.2%, Great Soundtrack 9.1%, Fantasy 8.7%
- #30 The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion® Game of the Year Edition Deluxe (2009)
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 52,995 reviews2009
Dev: Bethesda Game Studios®Pub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
PUBLISHER UPDATE - This is the product page for The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Deluxe Edition, released in 2009.---The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion® Game of the Year Edition presents one of the best RPGs of all time like never before. Step inside the most richly detailed and vibrant game-world ever created.
Why similar: Open World 22.4%, Moddable 17.1%, RPG 14%, Classic 9.2% ★, Great Soundtrack 8.9%
- #31 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR
77% matchMostly Positive75% of 12,359 reviews2018
Dev: Bethesda Game StudiosPub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 68%
A true, full-length open-world game for VR has arrived from Bethesda Game Studios. Skyrim VR reimagines the complete epic fantasy masterpiece with an unparalleled sense of scale, depth, and immersion. Skyrim VR also includes all official add-ons.
Why similar: Open World 30.8%, RPG 16.7%, Moddable 13.9%, Great Soundtrack 8%, Fantasy 7.7%
- #32 Fable Anniversary
76% matchVery Positive86% of 16,643 reviews2014
Dev: Lionhead StudiosPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
FOR EVERY CHOICE, A CONSEQUENCE.Fully re-mastered with HD visuals and audio, Fable Anniversary is a stunning rendition of the original game that will delight faithful fans and new players alike! The all new Heroic difficulty setting will test the mettle of even the most hardcore Fable fan.
Why similar: Classic 26.2% ★, Open World 19.7%, RPG 18.2%, Fantasy 7.9%, Great Soundtrack 7.2%
- #33 Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game
75% matchVery Positive94% of 25,270 reviews2015
Dev: Interplay Inc.Pub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 35.4 hrs≥1hr: 48%
You've just unearthed the classic post-apocalyptic role-playing game that revitalized the entire CRPG genre. The Fallout® SPECIAL system allows drastically different types of characters, meaningful decisions and development that puts you in complete control. Explore the devastated ruins of a golden age civilization.
Why similar: Classic 44.3% ★, RPG 25.3%, Open World 22.2%, Atmospheric 2.4%, Exploration 1.8%
- #34 Divine Divinity
76% matchVery Positive88% of 4,060 reviews2012
Dev: Larian Studios
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 42%
Divine Divinity is an epic role-playing game with hack-and-slash action, offering a huge world to explore and thousands of items to investigate, trade and use.
Why similar: Classic 32.4% ★, RPG 28.1%, Open World 13%, Fantasy 10.1%, Action RPG 5.1%
- #35 Fallout 3
75% matchVery Positive81% of 22,195 reviews2008
Dev: Bethesda Game StudiosPub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 30.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Vault-Tec engineers have worked around the clock on an interactive reproduction of Wasteland life for you to enjoy from the comfort of your own vault. Included is an expansive world, unique combat, shockingly realistic visuals, tons of player choice, and an incredible cast of dynamic characters.
Why similar: Open World 35.6%, Moddable 19.9%, RPG 17.2%, First-Person 4.7%, Exploration 3.6%
- #36 The Witcher: Enhanced Edition Director's Cut
74% matchVery Positive89% of 87,718 reviews2008
Dev: CD PROJEKT RED
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 25.8 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Become The Witcher, Geralt of Rivia, a legendary monster slayer caught in a web of intrigue woven by forces vying for control of the world. Make difficult decisions and live with the consequences in a game that will immerse you in an extraordinary tale like no other.
Why similar: RPG 28.7%, Open World 12.7%, Fantasy 12.4%, Great Soundtrack 11.2%, Classic 10.6% ★
- #37 Fallout 2: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game
74% matchVery Positive94% of 17,518 reviews2009
Dev: Black Isle StudiosPub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 48.2 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Fallout® 2 is the sequel to the critically acclaimed game that took RPG'ing out of the dungeons and into a dynamic, apocalyptic retro-future. It's been 80 long years since your ancestors trod across the wastelands.
Why similar: Classic 39.6% ★, RPG 22.3%, Open World 19.7%, Great Soundtrack 8.3%, Story Rich 2.4%
- #38 Gothic 1 Remake
68% matchVery Positive89% of 41,445 reviews2026
Dev: Alkimia Interactive
Windows
Median: 33.8 hrsMean: 40.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
The Legend is Back - Return to the Valley of the Mines in this faithful remake of the genre-defining classic RPG. Explore a hand-crafted, organic open world that reacts dynamically to your actions in a gritty, unrestricted experience like no other.
Why similar: RPG 23.4%, Fantasy 13.6%, Magic 12%, Action RPG 10.9%, Medieval 7.5%
- #39 Hogwarts Legacy
70% matchVery Positive90% of 374,289 reviews2023
Dev: Avalanche SoftwarePub: Warner Bros. Games
Windows
Median: 26.5 hrsMean: 44.7 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Hogwarts Legacy is an immersive, open-world action RPG. Now you can take control of the action and be at the center of your own adventure in the wizarding world.
Why similar: Open World 28.3%, RPG 13.5%, Magic 13.2%, Fantasy 11.4%, Great Soundtrack 7%
- #40 Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate Edition
73% matchVery Positive86% of 31,505 reviews2010
Dev: BioWarePub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 26.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Explore a stunning world, make complex moral choices, and engage in bone-crushing combat against massive and terrifying creatures. The Ultimate Edition includes Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening and all nine content packs.
Why similar: RPG 31%, Classic 16.9% ★, Fantasy 16.1%, Open World 9.5%, Moddable 8.7%
- #41 Dragon Age™ Inquisition
72% matchMostly Positive76% of 21,495 reviews2020
Dev: BioWarePub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 30.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Winner of over 130 Game of the Year awards, discover the definitive Dragon Age: Inquisition experience. The Game of the Year Edition includes the critically acclaimed game, all three official add-ons - Jaws of Hakkon, The Descent, and Trespasser - and more.
Why similar: Open World 29.7%, RPG 20.9%, Great Soundtrack 11.4%, Fantasy 10.7%, Character Customization 9.4%
- #42 The Elder Scrolls Adventures: Redguard
73% matchMixed63% of 253 reviews2022
Dev: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 39.9 hrs≥1hr: 36%
ONE MAN AGAINST AN EMPIRE
Why similar: RPG 35.3%, Fantasy 19.2%, Classic 17.2% ★, Action RPG 12.1%, Story Rich 7.8%
- #43 Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning™
73% matchVery Positive88% of 13,016 reviews
Dev: Big Huge GamesPub: 38 Studios
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 25.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The minds of New York Times bestselling author R.A. Salvatore, Spawn creator Todd McFarlane, and Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion lead designer Ken Rolston have combined to create Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, a new role-playing game set in a world worth saving.
Why similar: Open World 29.8%, RPG 26.7%, Fantasy 13%, Action RPG 7.3%, Magic 4.4%
- #44 Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition
71% matchVery Positive90% of 9,597 reviews2018
Dev: Beamdog
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 42.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Return to the Forgotten Realms in this bestselling Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game. Combines all the content of Neverwinter Nights Diamond Edition with all-new enhanced features. Includes 100+ hours of award-winning adventures and the tools to create your own!
Why similar: Moddable 29%, RPG 21.4%, Fantasy 11.9%, Magic 9%, Character Customization 8.5%
- #45 Dark Messiah of Might & Magic
72% matchVery Positive91% of 11,846 reviews2006
Dev: Arkane StudiosPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Discover a new breed of Action-RPG game powered by an enhanced version of the Source™ Engine by Valve. Set in the Might & Magic® universe, players will experience ferocious combat in a dark and immersive fantasy environment. Swords, Stealth, Sorcery. Choose your way to kill.
Why similar: Classic 26.7% ★, RPG 26.1%, Fantasy 13.1%, First-Person 11%, Magic 7.8%
- #46 RuneScape ®
70% matchVery Positive82% of 27,303 reviews2020
Dev: Jagex Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 102.5 hrs≥1hr: 53%
RuneScape is a high fantasy open world MMORPG. Explore an ever changing and evolving living world where new challenges, skills, and quests await. Featuring unprecedented player freedom, you choose how to play, adventure, and grow.
Why similar: Open World 33.1%, Classic 19% ★, RPG 16.2%, Fantasy 8.7%, Great Soundtrack 8.2%
- #47 STAR WARS™ Knights of the Old Republic™
71% matchVery Positive91% of 34,040 reviews2009
Dev: BioWarePub: LucasArts
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 20.8 hrs≥1hr: 61%
It is four thousand years before the Galactic Empire and hundreds of Jedi Knights have fallen in battle against the ruthless Sith. You are the last hope of the Jedi Order. Can you master the awesome power of the Force on your quest to save the Republic? Or will you fall to the lure of the dark side?
Why similar: Classic 36.4% ★, RPG 26.3%, Moddable 8.4%, Great Soundtrack 7.1%, Story Rich 5%
- #48 Avowed
67% matchMostly Positive77% of 13,289 reviews2025
Dev: Obsidian EntertainmentPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 18.4 hrsMean: 28.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Avowed is a first-person fantasy RPG set in the world of Eora, where your choices carve a path through war, intrigue, and ancient mysteries. Navigate a land in turmoil, forge powerful alliances or deadly rivalries, and wield magic and steel to shape the fate of the Living Lands—and your own destiny.
Why similar: Open World 20.8%, RPG 17.8%, Fantasy 12.2%, Magic 11.4%, Character Customization 8.6%
- #49 The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Complete Edition
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 891,330 reviews2015
Dev: CD PROJEKT RED
Windows
Median: 22.3 hrsMean: 99.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
You are Geralt of Rivia, mercenary monster slayer. Before you stands a war-torn, monster-infested continent you can explore at will. Your current contract? Tracking down Ciri — the Child of Prophecy, a living weapon that can alter the shape of the world.
Why similar: Open World 35%, RPG 17.4%, Great Soundtrack 13.1%, Fantasy 7.5%, Story Rich 5.5%
- #50 Dungeon Siege
71% matchVery Positive82% of 4,275 reviews2011
Dev: Gas Powered GamesPub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Dungeon Siege® combines the immersive elements of a role-playing game with over-the-top intensity and non-stop action. Dungeon Siege plunges you into a continuous 3D fantasy world where you face off against an army of evil that has been unleashed.
Why similar: Classic 34% ★, RPG 27.3%, Fantasy 11.7%, Action RPG 8%, Open World 7.5%
- #51 Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning
69% matchMostly Positive77% of 8,202 reviews2020
Dev: KAIKOPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 33.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
The hit RPG returns! Remastered with stunning visuals and refined gameplay Re-Reckoning delivers intense, customizable RPG combat inside a sprawling game world.
Why similar: Open World 29.4%, RPG 27%, Fantasy 12.1%, Action RPG 9.8%, Character Customization 7%
- #52 Guild Wars® Reforged
65% matchVery Positive87% of 3,479 reviews2025
Dev: ArenaNet®
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 43.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Step into Guild Wars Reforged, the award-winning online roleplaying game enjoyed by millions, now re-energized with system enhancements and Steam Deck verified. Experience the complete saga— from the fall of Ascalon to the desperate stand against Nightfall. Your adventure is just getting started!
Why similar: RPG 20.9%, Fantasy 16%, Magic 11.5%, Action RPG 9.4%, Character Customization 8.7%
- #53 Old School RuneScape
67% matchVery Positive83% of 20,860 reviews2021
Dev: Jagex Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 98.3 hrs≥1hr: 59%
The best retro fantasy MMORPG on the planet. Old School is RuneScape but… older! This is the open world you know and love, but as it was in 2007. Saying that, it’s even better than that – Old School is shaped by you, its players, with regular new content, fixes and expansions voted for by the fans!
Why similar: Classic 22.5% ★, Open World 18%, Great Soundtrack 13.9%, RPG 13.7%, Fantasy 10.6%
- #54 Jade Empire™: Special Edition
70% matchMostly Positive76% of 2,084 reviews2007
Dev: BioWare
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Step into the role of an aspiring martial-arts master and follow the path of the open palm or the closed fist.
Why similar: RPG 30.6%, Classic 16.3% ★, Great Soundtrack 13.7%, Fantasy 13%, Action RPG 6.6%
- #55 Mount & Blade
69% matchVery Positive92% of 6,733 reviews2008
Dev: TaleWorlds Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Calradia is a land at war, offering great riches and even greater dangers to adventurers and mercenaries that flock to shed their blood on its soil. With courage and a strong sword, an unknown stranger can make a name as a warrior. Free-form sand-box gameplay.
Why similar: Open World 29.7%, RPG 23.3%, Moddable 14.8%, Medieval 9.2%, Sandbox 7.1%
- #56 Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition
68% matchVery Positive95% of 15,691 reviews2007
Dev: Ion StormPub: Eidos Interactive Corp.
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 47%
The year is 2052. The world's economies are close to collapse and the gap between the insanely wealthy and the desperately poor grows ever wider. Worst of all, an ages old conspiracy bent on world domination has decided that the time is right to emerge from the shadows and take control.
Why similar: Classic 42.9% ★, RPG 18.9%, Great Soundtrack 13.4%, Moddable 11.8%, First-Person 3.2%
- #57 Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition
67% matchVery Positive92% of 10,966 reviews2013
Dev: Beamdog
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 29.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Return to a timeless RPG masterpiece. Baldur’s Gate II: Enhanced Edition brings the classic 2000 adventure back to life with thoughtful modern refinements, letting you gather your party and dive once more into a rich, choice‑driven fantasy epic.
Why similar: Open World 27.7%, RPG 24.7%, Fantasy 12.3%, Magic 10.4%, Character Customization 8.6%
- #58 Afallon
63% matchMostly Positive79% of 273 reviews2025
Dev: Stargazing interactive
Windows
Afallon is a single-player RPG with the feel of an MMO. Choose your class and race to forge a unique character, explore a large open world with diverse zones and biomes, and experience a living world that changes based on your actions.
Why similar: Open World 21%, RPG 18.3%, Fantasy 9.9%, Action RPG 9.2%, Magic 7.3%
- #59 ArcaniA
69% matchMixed55% of 3,277 reviews2010
Dev: SpellboundPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 55%
War covers the southern islands until it finally reaches the idyllic isle of Feshyr. You take on the role as the new nameless hero after your village has been pillaged and destroyed by paladins of the king. Seeking revenge, you soon realize that this cowardly attack did not just happen on a reckless mercenary`s whim.
Why similar: RPG 35.3%, Open World 31.5%, Fantasy 10.1%, Action RPG 4.9%, Great Soundtrack 4.1%
