Updated September 2026
This is the ranking of the best First-Person Action RPGs, sorted by NextGameLike Score: a 0-100 metric blending Steam reviews, IGDB ratings (community and critic), Metacritic, OpenCritic and the NextGameLike community votes into a single number. Unlike opinion-based editorial lists, this order is computed from real data and applies a Bayesian shrinkage adjustment so games with few reviews can't inflate the top of the chart. Fallout: New Vegas, ULTRAKILL and Kingdom Come: Deliverance II lead the chart — the highest-rated titles in the genre according to our data. The top-25 average NextGameLike Score is 80/100, out of 27 games catalogued. The ranking updates continuously as new reviews and votes come in.
Top 3
Top of “The 20 Best First-Person ARPGs (2026)”: Fallout: New Vegas (89.0/100). Close behind: ULTRAKILL and Kingdom Come: Deliverance II.
Ranked by NextGameLike Score · 27 games catalogued
Players and critics agree on Fallout: New Vegas, which is rarer than it sounds in First-Person Action RPGs. Hence the first place.
ULTRAKILL is carried by its players more than by its reviews. No other entry of the 20 has a higher share of positive reviews: 97%. Enough for the podium: number 2.
Kingdom Come: Deliverance II is one of the few First-Person Action RPGs where players and critics say the same thing. It holds the best critic score on the whole list, 89/100. Enough for the podium: number 3.
Players and critics agree on Fallout 3, which is rarer than it sounds in First-Person Action RPGs. Number 4, inside the top 10.
Players and critics agree on Legend of Grimrock, which is rarer than it sounds in First-Person Action RPGs. That gets it into the top 10, at number 5.
Dying Light is here because of its players — they are who it won over. That gets it into the top 10, at number 6.
Players and critics agree on Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, which is rarer than it sounds in First-Person Action RPGs. Number 7, inside the top 10.
No argument here: Arx Fatalis wins over players and critics alike. It is the oldest game in the ranking (2002) and still here. That gets it into the top 10, at number 8.
No argument here: The Outer Worlds wins over players and critics alike. Number 9, inside the top 10.
With Fallout 4, the press was ahead of the public. That gets it into the top 10, at number 10.
Cyberpunk 2077 is one of the few First-Person Action RPGs where players and critics say the same thing. It is the most reviewed of the 20: 938,085 Steam reviews. It sits at 11 of 20.
Players and critics agree on MORDHAU, which is rarer than it sounds in First-Person Action RPGs. It sits at 12 of 20.
Players and critics agree on Grounded, which is rarer than it sounds in First-Person Action RPGs. It sits at 13 of 20.
Killing Floor 2 is carried by its players more than by its reviews. It sits at 14 of 20.
No argument here: RoboCop: Rogue City wins over players and critics alike. It lands at 15 of 20.
Players and critics agree on Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, which is rarer than it sounds in First-Person Action RPGs. It sits at 16 of 20.
No argument here: Elite Dangerous wins over players and critics alike. It sits at 17 of 20.
No argument here: Arena Breakout: Infinite wins over players and critics alike. It is the newest on the list (2025), and has already earned its place. It sits at 18 of 20.
Dead Island 2 is one of the few First-Person Action RPGs where players and critics say the same thing. It lands at 19 of 20.
No argument here: Atomic Heart wins over players and critics alike. It sits at 20 of 20.