# The best RPGs of all time

The Western and Japanese role-playing games that appear most often in Spanish press rankings and in Vandal's community scores. From 16-bit classics to Baldur's Gate 3.

- 8 votes · 26 items
- Mar 27, 2026 · Alejandra
- https://even.best/en/l/51/the-best-rpgs-of-all-time

## Top 25

1. **The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — CD Projekt Red, 2015. Geralt of Rivia searches for Ciri in an open world full of memorable quests.
2. **Diablo II** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Blizzard North, 2000. The king of action RPGs and random loot on PC.
3. **Final Fantasy VI** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Square, 1994. Terra, Kefka and an ensemble cast in the last 16-bit Final Fantasy.
4. **Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Square Enix, 2017. The classic JRPG in its purest form; top of Vandal's PC JRPG ranking.
5. **EarthBound** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Ape and HAL Laboratory, 1994. A Super Nintendo RPG set in a modern, absurd America.
6. **Clair Obscur: Expedition 33** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Sandfall Interactive, 2025. Turn-based combat with real-time reactions in a fantasy Belle Époque.
7. **Final Fantasy VII** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Square, 1997. Cloud, Aerith and Sephiroth brought the JRPG to the masses on the first PlayStation.
8. **Chrono Trigger** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Square, 1995. The 'dream team' of Sakaguchi, Horii and Toriyama: time travel and 13 different endings.
9. **Baldur's Gate 3** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Larian Studios, 2023. Turn-based role-playing with Dungeons & Dragons rules; Game of the Year at The Game Awards 2023.
10. **Elden Ring** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — FromSoftware, 2022. The open world of the Lands Between, with lore by George R. R. Martin.
11. **Mass Effect 2** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — BioWare, 2010. Commander Shepard recruits a team for a suicide mission; choices carry over from the first game.
12. **The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Bethesda, 2011. Dragons, shouts and total freedom in Tamriel's Nordic province.
13. **Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — BioWare, 2000. The peak of Western role-playing on the Infinity Engine.
14. **Persona 5 Royal** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Atlus, 2019 (2020 in the West). Tokyo students by day, Phantom Thieves by night.
15. **Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Level-5 and Square Enix, 2004. The first 3D Dragon Quest, with designs by Akira Toriyama.
16. **Fallout: New Vegas** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Obsidian, 2010. The Mojave desert and its factions, with writing that is still a benchmark.
17. **Planescape: Torment** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Black Isle, 1999. The Nameless One searches for his past; an RPG solved mostly through dialogue.
18. **Disco Elysium** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — ZA/UM, 2019. An amnesiac detective in the city of Revachol, without a single fight.
19. **Dark Souls** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — FromSoftware, 2011. The interconnected world of Lordran that created the 'soulslike' genre.
20. **Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — BioWare, 2003. Role-playing in the Star Wars universe 4,000 years before the films, with one of gaming's most famous twists.
21. **Final Fantasy X** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Square, 2001. Tidus and Yuna in Spira, the first voiced Final Fantasy.
22. **Xenoblade Chronicles** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Monolith Soft, 2010. A huge world built on the bodies of two giant titans.
23. **Divinity: Original Sin II** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Larian Studios, 2017. Tactical role-playing with huge freedom to solve every situation.
24. **Pokémon Red and Blue** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Game Freak, 1996. The phenomenon that started with 151 creatures and a link cable.
25. **Vagrant Story** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Square, 2000. Ashley Riot in the city of Lea Monde; one of PlayStation's most praised RPGs.
26. **Neverwinter Nights** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — BioWare, 2002. Dungeons & Dragons role-playing with a module editor and online play.

How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.