Updated September 2026
This is the ranking of the best RPG Games, 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. Baldur's Gate 3, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and Red Dead Redemption 2 lead the chart — the highest-rated titles in the genre according to our data. The top-25 average NextGameLike Score is 92/100, out of 635 games catalogued. The ranking updates continuously as new reviews and votes come in.
Top 3
Top of “The 20 Best RPG Games of All Time (2026)”: Baldur's Gate 3 (96.2/100). Close behind: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and Red Dead Redemption 2.
Ranked by NextGameLike Score · 635 games catalogued
Players and critics agree on Baldur's Gate 3, which is rarer than it sounds in RPG Games. It holds the best critic score on the whole list, 96/100. Hence the first place.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is one of the few RPG Games where players and critics say the same thing. No other entry of the 20 has a higher share of positive reviews: 97%. Enough for the podium: number 2.
Red Dead Redemption 2 is one of the few RPG Games where players and critics say the same thing. Enough for the podium: number 3.
Players and critics agree on Persona 5 Royal, which is rarer than it sounds in RPG Games. Number 4, inside the top 10.
No argument here: God of War wins over players and critics alike. That gets it into the top 10, at number 5.
Players and critics agree on Divinity: Original Sin 2, which is rarer than it sounds in RPG Games. Number 6, inside the top 10.
Players and critics agree on ELDEN RING, which is rarer than it sounds in RPG Games. It is the most reviewed of the 20: 1,132,885 Steam reviews. That gets it into the top 10, at number 7.
No argument here: Undertale wins over players and critics alike. Number 8, inside the top 10.
No argument here: Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice wins over players and critics alike. That gets it into the top 10, at number 9.
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is one of the few RPG Games where players and critics say the same thing. Number 10, inside the top 10.
No argument here: Devil May Cry 5 wins over players and critics alike. It sits at 11 of 20.
Players and critics agree on Persona 4 Golden, which is rarer than it sounds in RPG Games. It sits at 12 of 20.
Tabletop Simulator is carried by its players more than by its reviews. It lands at 13 of 20.
Fallout: New Vegas is one of the few RPG Games where players and critics say the same thing. It sits at 14 of 20.
Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game is carried by its players more than by its reviews. It lands at 15 of 20.
Hi-Fi RUSH is one of the few RPG Games where players and critics say the same thing. It is the newest on the list (2023), and has already earned its place. It lands at 16 of 20.
Mass Effect is here because of its players — they are who it won over. It lands at 17 of 20.
With Bloodborne, the press was ahead of the public. It lands at 18 of 20.
Critics rated Persona 5 higher than the public did. It lands at 19 of 20.
Chrono Trigger has little in the way of ratings and a great deal of standing. It is the oldest game in the ranking (1995) and still here. It lands at 20 of 20.