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1->''"Retake the city using the classic ''Diablo'' technique of hitting everything until it's dead, leveling up to unlock new ways to make things dead, and looting the world for items to make things dead faster."''
2-->-- '''[[http://www.pcgamer.com/previews/diablo-3-reaper-of-souls-hands-on-taking-the-fight-to-the-angel-of-death/ PCGamer.com preview]]''' of ''VideoGame/DiabloIII: Reaper of Souls''.
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4An Action RPG (ARPG) is a subgenre of RolePlayingGame that focuses on real-time action-based combat as opposed to turn-based or menu-based combat. In practice, "action RPG" usually means that the RPG in question gives the player direct control over the player's character in real-time battles. If you have to press a button (and/or move the input device) for ''every'' attack, it's probably an action RPG. Even though you will often hear "action RPG" touted as a "subgenre" of role-playing video games, there is no consensus about that, since it only narrows down how combat works in a game. Those who expect [[RPGsEqualCombat more than combat from RPG gameplay]] think of it as more of a "genre modifier" (see VideoGameGenres).
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6The ARPG genre largely originated from the {{Eastern|RPG}} tradition, with the {{Ur Example}}s being the 1983 titles ''[[https://www.giantbomb.com/panorama-toh/3030-45796/ Panorama Toh]]'' and ''[[https://www.giantbomb.com/bokosuka-wars/3030-753/ Bokosuka Wars]]'', and the {{Trope Maker}}s being the 1984 titles ''VideoGame/TheTowerOfDruaga'', ''VideoGame/DragonSlayer'', ''VideoGame/{{Hydlide}}'', and ''[[https://www.giantbomb.com/courageous-perseus/3030-50596/ Courageous Perseus]]''. This eventually culminated in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaI'' (1986), an influential ActionAdventure inspired by ''Druaga'' and ''Hydlide''. The rival TurnBasedCombat mechanics were then [[TropeCodifier rigidly codified]] by series like ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'' and ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' (though the latter eventually moved away from it to its signature more action-y, but still menu-based ActiveTimeBattle), and ever since then, the "turn-based RPG" and "action RPG" camps became firmly separate in the East, before eventually blurring the line between the two in more modern times.
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8Meanwhile in the West, the long-missing link between traditional and action RPG appears to be ''The Caverns of Freitag'', which was developed in 1982 by the future ''VideoGame/{{Ultima}}'' contributor David Shapiro, featured a hybrid turn-based/real-time combat system, and [[https://medium.com/@obskyr/the-secret-origin-of-the-action-rpg-254a180079dd directly inspired]] Yoshio Kiya to create ''Dragon Slayer'', laying the foundations for Eastern [=ARPGs=]. ''Gateway to Apshai'' (1983) was an actionized take on the 1979 RPG ''VideoGame/TempleOfApshai'', but was not an ARPG as it lacked RPG mechanics, making it an action-adventure like ''Zelda''. {{Western RPG}}s largely remained turn-based in the [=1980s=], up until the emergence of Western [=ARPGs=] such as the 1987 title ''VideoGame/TheFaeryTaleAdventure'' (and to an extent ''VideoGame/DungeonMaster'' in a semi-real-time form) and the 1988 title ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Times_of_Lore Times Of Lore]]''. It was not until the [=1990s=] that Western [=ARPGs=] started becoming popular.
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10By the time the move to real-time ([[VideoGame3DLeap and, as it happens, to 3D]]) was completed, the term "action RPG" came to describe several types of gameplay:
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12* Top-down [=ARPGs=], set by Falcom with ''VideoGame/DragonSlayer'' and ''VideoGame/{{Ys}}'' in the 80s and followed by franchises like ''VideoGame/ManaSeries''. There are also games that change from a top-down view to a side view when entering combat sections like the first titles in the ''VideoGame/TalesSeries'' and ''VideoGame/StarOcean''.
13* 3D Third-Person Action RPG, sometimes with an open-world approach some times not, this category would include most of the games from the 6th generation of console onwards like ''Franchise/TheWitcher'' Series, later ''VideoGame/TalesSeries'' games, ''VideoGame/YsVIIILacrimosaOfDana'', ''VideoGame/{{Fable}}'', later ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' titles, the ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' trilogy and ''VideoGame/CodeVein''.
14* Hunting RPG, a subset of Action RPG where a customizable PlayerCharacter (and an optional party of up to three characters) tackles various quests by taking on progressively bigger and nastier monsters within a time limit, only using weapons, armor and items created via ItemCrafting.
15* {{Isometric|Projection}} dungeon crawlers. These games are often referred to as ''VideoGame/{{Diablo}}'' clones.
16* [[ThirdPersonShooter TPS]]/RPG hybrids. This style was largely influenced by TPS like ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'' and ''VideoGame/GearsOfWar''.
17* First-person [=ARPGs=], represented in modern-day gaming by ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'', ''Franchise/{{Fallout}}'' from ''3'' onwards, ''VideoGame/TheOuterWorlds'' and ''VideoGame/Cyberpunk2077''.
18** This style gave birth to other genre that was codified by the {{Immersive Sim}}s ''VideoGame/UltimaUnderworld'', ''VideoGame/SystemShock2'', and ''VideoGame/DeusEx'', while the UrExample of this style is ''[[https://www.giantbomb.com/star-cruiser/3030-36497/ Star Cruiser]]'' (1988).
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20Combat-oriented games that did not fall under any of these categories (such as the ''VideoGame/IcewindDale'' series, which featured a tactical RealTimeWithPause) were not considered action [=RPGs=], while those that did, even when combat was [[CombatDiplomacyStealth just one type of gameplay they offered]] (such as ''VideoGame/VampireTheMasqueradeBloodlines'', which had FPS-like ranged combat ''and'' HackAndSlash-like melee), were. In the early [=2000s=], so-called "RPGElements" started bleeding into ActionGame subgenres, leaving role-playing video games with a severe identity crisis: What is an RPG? When does an RPG become an action RPG? And when does an action RPG stop being an RPG?
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22By the strictest definition, an ARPG is an RPG where combat success depends on player skill and PlayerCharacter {{skill|ScoresAndPerks}} with each game developer choosing if their games will rely more on the technical action or on the stats and loot gathered by the player.
23But the loose and more commonly accepted definition of ARPG (at least, of the contemporary ones) basically boils down to "the fights in this RPG occur in real-time and you can play it with a [[UsefulNotes/GeneralGamingGamepads controller]]".
24It's no surprise, then, that games as ''VideoGame/TheWitcher3'' (a choice-driven narrative open-world game), ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV'' (a choice-driven narrative open-world game), ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedOrigins'' (a choice-driven narrative open-world game), ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'' (a character creation open-world game), ''VideoGame/DiabloIII'' (isometric online character creation game), ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsI'' (character creation game) and ''VideoGame/FableII'' (character creation open-world game) all get labeled "action RPG". Despite some of the flagship franchises having way different gameplay elements and progression systems, many games in this genres borrow gameplay elements from each other.
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29[[folder:Eastern-style Action [=RPGs=]]]
30[[index]]
31* ''VideoGame/AbsentedAgeSquarebound''
32* ''VideoGame/AkibasBeat''
33* ''VideoGame/ANNOMutationem''
34* ''VideoGame/ArTonelicoQogaKnellOfArCiel''
35* ''VideoGame/AvalonCode''
36* ''VideoGame/{{Avarice}}''
37* ''VideoGame/AvencastRiseOfTheMage''
38* ''VideoGame/{{Bastion}}''
39* ''VideoGame/BeforeCrisis: Final Fantasy VII''
40* ''VideoGame/BeyondOasis''
41* ''VideoGame/BlackRockShooter''
42* ''VideoGame/BloodySpell''
43* ''VideoGame/BokosukaWars''
44* ''VideoGame/BrainLord''
45* ''VideoGame/{{Brandish}}''
46* ''VideoGame/BraveFencerMusashi''
47** ''VideoGame/MusashiSamuraiLegend''
48* ''VideoGame/{{Briganty}}''
49* ''VideoGame/BuckSaturdayMorningCartoonApocalypse''
50* ''VideoGame/{{Cadash}}''
51* ''VideoGame/CarBattlerJoe''
52* ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaIISimonsQuest''
53** ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight''
54* ''VideoGame/{{Chantelise}}''
55* ''VideoGame/CIMATheEnemy''
56* ''[[{{VideoGame/ClaDun}} ClaDun: This is an RPG!]]''
57* ''DarthWiki/ContrastSoul''
58* ''VideoGame/CourageousPerseus''
59* ''VideoGame/CrossCode''
60* ''VideoGame/{{Cryamore}}''
61* ''VideoGame/{{Crystalis}}''
62* ''VideoGame/{{Crystar}}''
63* ''VideoGame/DarkCloud''
64** ''VideoGame/DarkChronicle (aka Dark Cloud 2)''
65* ''VideoGame/DarkSavior''
66* ''VideoGame/DarkSeal''
67* ''VideoGame/DeathbulgeBattleOfTheBands''
68* ''[[VideoGame/RaidouKuzunohaVsTheSoullessArmy Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. The Soulless Army]]''
69** ''[[VideoGame/RaidouKuzunohaVsKingAbaddon Devil Summoner 2: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon]]''
70* ''VideoGame/DigimonWorld4''
71* ''Franchise/DragonBall'':
72** ''VideoGame/DragonballZTheLegacyOfGoku''
73*** ''Dragon Ball Z: The Legacy Of Goku II''
74*** ''Dragon Ball Z: Buu's Fury''
75** ''VideoGame/DragonBallZKakarot''
76* ''VideoGame/DragonMarkedForDeath''
77* ''VideoGame/DragonQuestHeroesRocketSlime''
78* ''VideoGame/DragonProject''
79* ''VideoGame/DragonSlayer''
80** ''VideoGame/DragonSlayerIIXanadu''
81** ''VideoGame/{{Faxanadu}}''
82** ''Dragon Slayer Jr: Romancia''
83** ''[[VideoGame/LegacyOfTheWizard Dragon Slayer IV: Drasle Family/Legacy Of The Wizard]]''
84** ''VideoGame/LegacyOfTheWizard''
85** ''Dragon Slayer V: Sorcerian''
86** ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroes Dragon Slayer VI: The Legend of Heroes]]''
87* ''VideoGame/DragonView''
88* ''VideoGame/DragonsCrown''
89* ''VideoGame/DragonsDogma''
90* ''VideoGame/{{Drakengard}}''
91** ''VideoGame/Drakengard2''
92** ''VideoGame/Drakengard3''
93** ''VideoGame/NieR''
94** ''VideoGame/NierAutomata''
95* ''VideoGame/DandyAce''
96* ''VideoGame/DualHearts''
97* ''VideoGAme/DungeonExplorer1989''
98* ''VideoGame/DungeonMakerIITheHiddenWar''
99* ''VideoGame/DungeonMunchies''
100* ''VideoGame/DungeonsAndDragonsChroniclesOfMystara''
101* ''VideoGame/DustAnElysianTail''
102* ''VideoGame/EasternExorcist''
103* ''VideoGame/EiyudenChronicleRising''
104* ''VideoGame/EldenRing''
105* ''VideoGame/EndCycle''
106* ''VideoGame/EternalCity''
107* ''VideoGame/EternalRadiance''
108* ''VideoGame/EternalSenia1''
109* ''VideoGame/EternityTheLastUnicorn''
110* ''VideoGame/{{Evergrace}}''
111* ''VideoGame/EverOasis''
112* ''VideoGame/EvilQuest''
113* ''VideoGame/EVOSearchForEden''
114* ''VideoGame/FadingAfternoon''
115* ''VideoGame/FallenLegionRevenants''
116* ''VideoGame/{{Faria}}''
117* ''VideoGame/FarawayStory''
118* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy''
119** ''Franchise/FinalFantasyCrystalChronicles''
120*** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyCrystalChronicles1''
121*** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyCrystalChroniclesRingOfFates''
122*** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyCrystalChroniclesEchoesOfTime''
123*** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyCrystalChroniclesTheCrystalBearers''
124** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII''
125** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV''
126** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyType0''
127** ''VideoGame/LightningReturnsFinalFantasyXIII''
128** ''[[VideoGame/CrisisCore Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core]]''
129** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake''
130** ''VideoGame/StrangerOfParadiseFinalFantasyOrigin''
131** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXVI''
132** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRebirth''
133* ''VideoGame/{{Folklore}}''
134* ''VideoGame/{{Forspoken}}''
135* ''VideoGame/FortuneSummoners''
136* ''VideoGame/ForgeQuest''
137* ''VideoGame/FragileDreamsFarewellRuinsOfTheMoon''
138* ''VideoGame/FreedomWars''
139* ''VideoGame/FreshlyPickedTinglesRosyRupeeland''
140* ''VideoGame/TheFriendsOfRingoIshikawa''
141* ''VideoGame/FullmetalAlchemistAndTheBrokenAngel''
142** ''VideoGame/FullmetalAlchemist2CurseOfTheCrimsonElixir''
143** ''VideoGame/FullmetalAlchemist3TheGirlWhoSucceedsGod''
144* ''VideoGame/GenshinImpact''
145* ''VideoGame/GestaltSteamAndCinder''
146* ''VideoGame/{{Ghostlore}}''
147* ''VideoGame/GirlCafeGun''
148* ''VideoGame/GodEater''
149** ''VideoGame/GodEater1''
150** ''VideoGame/GodEater2''
151** ''VideoGame/GodEater3''
152* ''VideoGame/GoldenAxe Warrior''
153* ''VideoGame/GolfStory''
154* ''VideoGame/GranblueFantasyRelink''
155* ''VideoGame/GuardianTales''
156* ''VideoGame/GuardianHeroes''
157* ''VideoGame/GuruminAMonstrousAdventure''
158* ''Franchise/DotHack''
159** ''[[VideoGame/DotHackR1Games .hack//IMOQ]]''
160** ''VideoGame/DotHackGU''
161* ''VideoGame/{{Hades}}''
162* ''VideoGame/HakoniwaExplorerPlus''
163* ''VideoGame/{{Harvestella}}''
164* ''VideoGame/HiryuNoKen''
165* ''VideoGame/HolyUmbrella''
166* ''VideoGame/{{Hydlide}}''
167* ''VideoGame/InazumaEleven''
168* ''VideoGame/{{Indivisible}}''
169* ''VideoGame/InfiniteUndiscovery''
170* ''Franchise/KingdomHearts''
171** ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsI''
172** ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII''
173** ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsChainOfMemories''
174** ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts358DaysOver2''
175** ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep''
176** ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsCoded''
177** ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts3DDreamDropDistance''
178** ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII''
179** ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIV''
180* ''VideoGame/KingdomOfParadise''
181* ''VideoGame/KingsField''
182* ''VideoGame/KlonoaHeroesDensetsuNoStarMedal''
183* ''VideoGame/KonjikiNoGashBellMakaiNoBookmark''
184* ''VideoGame/{{Kritika}}''
185* ''VideoGame/{{Lagoon}}''
186* ''VideoGame/TheLastStory''
187* ''VideoGame/{{Legasista}}''
188* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfNayutaBoundlessTrails''
189* ''VideoGame/LichdomBattlemage''
190* ''VideoGame/LikeADragon'' (''Yakuza'')
191** ''VideoGame/Yakuza1''[[/index]]
192*** ''VideoGame/YakuzaKiwami'' (remake of ''Yakuza'')[[index]]
193** ''VideoGame/Yakuza2''
194*** ''VideoGame/YakuzaKiwami2'' (a remake of ''Yakuza 2'')
195** ''VideoGame/RyuGaGotokuKenzan''
196** ''VideoGame/Yakuza3''
197** ''VideoGame/Yakuza4''
198** ''VideoGame/Yakuza5''
199** ''VideoGame/LikeADragonIshin''
200** ''VideoGame/Yakuza0''
201** ''VideoGame/Yakuza6''
202** ''VideoGame/FistOfTheNorthStarLostParadise''
203** ''VideoGame/{{Judgment}}''
204*** ''VideoGame/LostJudgment''
205** ''VideoGame/LikeADragonGaidenTheManWhoErasedHisName''
206* ''VideoGame/LinkleLiverStory''
207* ''VideoGame/LordOfArcana''
208* ''VideoGame/LordOfMagnaMaidenHeaven'' (mixed in with the TurnBasedStrategy genre)
209* ''VideoGame/LuminousPlume''
210* ''VideoGame/{{LunarLux}}''
211* ''VideoGame/MachinaOfThePlanetTreeUnityUnions''
212* ''VideoGame/TheMagicOfScheherazade'' (''Arabian Dream Scheherazade'' in Japan)
213* ''VideoGame/MagnaCarta''
214** ''VideoGame/MagnaCarta2''
215* ''VideoGame/ManaSeries'' (''Seiken Densetsu'')
216** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyAdventure'' (''Seiken Densetsu: Final Fantasy Gaiden'')
217*** ''VideoGame/SwordOfMana'' (''Shinyaku Seiken Densetsu'')
218** ''VideoGame/SecretOfMana'' (''Seiken Densetsu 2'')
219** ''VideoGame/TrialsOfMana'' (''Seiken Densetsu 3'')
220** ''VideoGame/DawnOfMana'' (''Seiken Densetsu 4'')
221** ''VideoGame/LegendOfMana''
222** ''VideoGame/ChildrenOfMana''
223** ''VideoGame/SecretOfEvermore'': Not part of the series but plays the same.
224* ''VideoGame/{{Mantra}}''
225* ''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork''
226** ''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork1''
227** ''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork2''
228** ''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork3WhiteAndBlue''
229** ''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork4RedSunAndBlueMoon''
230** ''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork5TeamColonelAndTeamProtoMan''
231** ''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork6CybeastGregarAndCybeastFalzar''
232** ''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetworkMobileGames''
233* ''VideoGame/MegaManLegends''
234* ''VideoGame/MegaManStarForce''
235* ''VideoGame/MegatonMusashi''
236* ''VideoGame/MetalWalker''
237* ''VideoGame/MonkeyHero''
238* ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter''
239** ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter2004''
240*** ''Monster Hunter G''
241*** ''Monster Hunter Portable/Freedom''
242** ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter2Dos''
243** ''VideoGame/MonsterHunterFreedom2''
244*** ''Monster Hunter Freedom Unite''
245** ''VideoGame/MonsterHunterFrontier''
246** ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter3Tri''
247*** ''Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate''
248** ''VideoGame/MonsterHunterPortable3rd''
249** ''VideoGame/MonsterHunterOnline''
250** ''Monster Hunter Explore''
251** ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter4''
252*** ''Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate''
253** ''VideoGame/MonsterHunterGenerations''
254*** ''Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate''
255** ''VideoGame/MonsterHunterWorld''
256** ''VideoGame/MonsterHunterRise''
257* ''VideoGame/MountAndBlade''
258* ''VideoGame/MountAndBladeIIBannerlord''
259* ''VideoGame/MuramasaTheDemonBlade''
260* ''VideoGame/{{Nekro}}''
261* ''VideoGame/{{Neophyte}}''
262* ''VideoGame/NightsOfAzure''
263* ''VideoGame/NiNoKuni''
264* ''VideoGame/NiNoKuniIIRevenantKingdom''
265* ''VideoGame/OdinSphere''
266* ''VideoGame/{{Omensight}}''
267* ''VideoGame/OtherHerLovingEmbrace''
268* ''VideoGame/OtogiMythOfDemons''
269* ''VideoGame/{{Overworld}}''
270* ''VideoGame/PanoramaToh''
271* ''VideoGame/PandorasTower''
272* ''VideoGame/PanzerDragoon Saga''
273* ''VideoGame/ParasiteEve''
274** ''VideoGame/ParasiteEve2''
275** ''VideoGame/The3rdBirthday''
276* ''VideoGame/Persona5Strikers''
277* ''VideoGame/PhantasyStarOnline''
278** ''VideoGame/PhantasyStarNova''
279** ''VideoGame/PhantasyStarUniverse''
280** ''VideoGame/PhantasyStarZero''
281* [[/index]]''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'':[[index]]
282** ''VideoGame/PokemonRanger'' series
283** ''VideoGame/PokemonLegendsArceus''
284* ''VideoGame/PopfulMail''
285* ''VideoGame/PrincessCrown''
286* The ''VideoGame/PrincessRemedy'' series:
287** ''VideoGame/PrincessRemedyInAWorldOfHurt''
288** ''VideoGame/PrincessRemedyInAHeapOfTrouble''
289* ''VideoGame/PunishingGrayRaven''
290* ''VideoGame/{{Pyre}}''
291* ''VideoGame/Quest64''
292** ''VideoGame/QuestBriansJourney''
293* ''VideoGame/RadiaSenkiReimeihen''
294* ''VideoGame/RadiataStories''
295* ''VideoGame/RagnarokOdyssey''
296* ''VideoGame/RavenswordShadowlands''
297* ''VideoGame/RecettearAnItemShopsTale''
298* ''VideoGame/{{Rengoku}}''
299* ''VideoGame/ResonanceOfFate''
300* ''VideoGame/RiverCityRansom''
301* ''VideoGame/RiverCityGirls''
302* ''VideoGame/RogueGalaxy''
303* ''VideoGame/SakuraWars2019''
304* ''VideoGame/ScarletNexus''
305* ''VideoGame/ShadeWrathOfAngels''
306* ''VideoGame/ShiningWisdom''
307* ''VideoGame/ShodaiNekketsuKohaKuniokun''
308* ''VideoGame/SoaringMachinariae''
309* ''VideoGame/SolatoroboRedTheHunter''
310* ''VideoGame/SomaBringer''
311* ''VideoGame/SoulBlazer''
312** ''VideoGame/IllusionOfGaia''
313** ''VideoGame/{{Terranigma}}''
314* ''VideoGame/SoulSacrifice''
315** ''Soul Sacrifice Delta''
316* ''VideoGame/SpaceSiege''
317* ''VideoGame/{{Spectrobes}}''
318* ''VideoGame/StarcomNexus''
319* ''VideoGame/StarCruiser''
320* ''VideoGame/StarOcean''
321** ''VideoGame/StarOcean1''
322** ''VideoGame/StarOceanTheSecondStory''
323** ''VideoGame/StarOceanTillTheEndOfTime''
324** ''VideoGame/StarOceanTheLastHope''
325** ''VideoGame/StarOceanIntegrityAndFaithlessness''
326** ''VideoGame/StarOceanTheDivineForce''
327* ''VideoGame/SteambotChronicles''
328* ''VideoGame/StellarBlade''
329* ''VideoGame/StickRanger''
330* ''VideoGame/StoriesPathOfDestinies''
331* ''VideoGame/{{Sudeki}}''
332* ''VideoGame/SummonNight Series''
333** ''VideoGame/SummonNightSwordcraftStory''
334** ''VideoGame/SummonNightSwordcraftStory2''
335** ''VideoGame/SummonNightCraftSwordMonogatariHajimariNoIshi''
336** ''VideoGame/SummonNightTwinAge''
337* ''VideoGame/Summoner2''
338* ''VideoGame/{{Sundered}}''
339* ''VideoGame/SuperChinese''
340* ''VideoGame/SuperFighterMAllStar''
341* ''VideoGame/SuperMario3D''
342* ''VideoGame/SuperPaperMario''
343* ''VideoGame/SwordDancer''
344* ''VideoGame/SwordOfRapier''
345* ''VideoGame/SwordOfVermilion''
346* ''VideoGame/TalesSeries''
347** ''VideoGame/TalesOfPhantasia''
348** ''VideoGame/TalesOfDestiny''
349** ''VideoGame/TalesOfEternia''
350** ''VideoGame/TalesOfDestiny2''
351** ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia''
352** ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphoniaDawnOfTheNewWorld''
353** ''VideoGame/TalesOfRebirth''
354** ''VideoGame/TalesOfLegendia''
355** ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss''
356** ''VideoGame/TalesOfInnocence''
357** ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheWorld''
358** ''VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia''
359** ''VideoGame/TalesOfHearts''
360** ''VideoGame/TalesOfGraces''
361** ''VideoGame/TalesOfXillia''
362** ''VideoGame/TalesOfXillia2''
363** ''VideoGame/TalesOfZestiria''
364** ''VideoGame/TalesOfBerseria''
365** ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheRays''
366** ''VideoGame/TalesOfArise''
367* ''VideoGame/TheVagrant''
368* ''VideoGame/ThirstySuitors''
369* ''VideoGame/ThreadsOfFate''
370* ''VideoGame/TokyoXanadu''
371* ''VideoGame/TomClancysEliteSquad''
372* ''VideoGame/{{Toukiden}}''
373* ''VideoGame/TowerOfFantasy''
374* ''VideoGame/{{Transistor}}''
375* ''VideoGame/TrinitySoulsOfZillOll''
376* ''VideoGame/TheTwistedTalesOfSpikeMcFang''
377* ''VideoGame/UltraAge''
378* ''VideoGame/UltramanBeULTRA''
379* ''VideoGame/ValdisStoryAbyssalCity''
380* ''VideoGame/ValkyriaChronicles''
381** ''VideoGame/ValkyriaChroniclesII''
382** ''VideoGame/ValkyriaChroniclesIII''
383** ''VideoGame/ValkyriaChronicles4''
384* ''VideoGame/ValkyrieProfile''
385** ''VideoGame/ValkyrieProfile2Silmeria''
386** ''VideoGame/ValkyrieProfileCovenantOfThePlume'' (mixed with TurnBasedStrategy)
387* ''VideoGame/VattrollerX''
388* ''VideoGame/VirtuaQuest''
389* ''VideoGame/{{Wibarm}}''
390* ''VideoGame/WildBlood'' - a rather blatant ''Dark Souls'' ripoff
391* ''VideoGame/WildFrontier''
392* ''VideoGame/TheWindRoad''
393* ''VideoGame/TheWitchAndTheHundredKnight''
394** ''VideoGame/TheWitchAndTheHundredKnight2''
395* ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou''
396* ''VideoGame/WrestleQuest''
397* ''VideoGame/{{Xak}}'' series
398** ''Xak: The Art of Visual Stage''
399** ''Xak II: Rising of the Redmoon''
400** ''Xak: The Tower of Gazzel''
401** ''Xak III: The Eternal Recurrence''
402** ''Fray in Magical Adventure''
403** ''The Tower of Cabin''
404* ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles''
405** ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1''
406** ''VideoGame/XenobladeChroniclesX''
407** ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2''
408** ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles3''
409* ''VideoGame/{{Ys}}''
410** ''VideoGame/YsIAncientYsVanishedOmen''
411** ''VideoGame/YsIIAncientYsVanishedTheFinalChapter''
412** ''Ys III: Wanderers from Ys''
413*** ''VideoGame/YsTheOathInFelghana''
414** ''VideoGame/YsIVTheDawnOfYs[=/=]VideoGame/YsIVMaskOfTheSun''
415*** ''VideoGame/YsMemoriesOfCelceta''
416** ''VideoGame/YsVLostKefinKingdomOfSand''
417** ''VideoGame/YsVITheArkOfNapishtim''
418** ''VideoGame/YsSEVEN''
419** ''VideoGame/YsOrigin''
420** ''VideoGame/YsVIIILacrimosaOfDana''
421** ''VideoGame/YsIXMonstrumNox''
422** ''VideoGame/YsXNordics''
423* ''VideoGame/YoungSouls''
424* ''VideoGame/ZeldaIITheAdventureOfLink''[[note]]While the ''Zelda'' series is often mistakenly called an Action RPG series, the character growth system exclusive to ''Zelda II'' firmly makes it a true Action RPG[[/note]]
425* ''VideoGame/{{Zeliard}}''
426* ''VideoGame/{{Zenonia}}''
427[[/index]]
428[[/folder]]
429
430[[folder:Western-style Action [=RPGs=]]]
431
432!!!The Progenitors
433Western [=RPGs=] with real-time combat from before the ''Diablo'' era.
434
435[[index]]
436* ''VideoGame/DungeonMaster''
437* ''VideoGame/{{Gauntlet}}''
438* ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls''
439** ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsArena''
440** ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIDaggerfall''
441** ''VideoGame/AnElderScrollsLegendBattlespire''
442* ''VideoGame/TheFaeryTaleAdventure''
443* ''VideoGame/SentinelWorldsIFutureMagic''
444* ''VideoGame/ShadowCaster''
445* ''VideoGame/TimesOfLore''
446* ''VideoGame/UltimaVIII'': Could be considered a "proto-''Diablo''-clone", as it implemented the real-time click-to-strike isometric combat almost two years before ''Diablo''.
447* ''VideoGame/UltimaUnderworld''
448[[/index]]
449
450!!!Top-Down Dungeon Crawlers
451...a.k.a. ''Diablo''-clones. And, of course, the ''Diablo'' series itself.
452
453[[index]]
454* ''VideoGame/AncientEvil''
455* ''VideoGame/AvatarTheLastAirbender''
456* ''VideoGame/BaldursGateDarkAlliance''
457* ''VideoGame/ChampionsOfNorrath''
458* ''VideoGame/ChildrenOfMorta''
459* ''VideoGame/CurseOfTheDeadGods''
460* ''VideoGame/DarksidersGenesis''
461* ''VideoGame/{{Darkspore}}''
462* ''VideoGame/{{Darkstone}}''
463* ''VideoGame/DeathSpank''
464* ''VideoGame/{{Diablo}}''
465** ''VideoGame/{{Diablo|1997}}''
466** ''VideoGame/DiabloII''
467** ''VideoGame/DiabloIII''
468** ''VideoGame/DiabloIV''
469* ''VideoGame/DigimonWorld4''
470* ''VideoGame/DinkSmallwood''
471* ''VideoGame/DivineDivinity''
472** ''VideoGame/BeyondDivinity''
473* ''VideoGame/DungeonHunter''
474* ''VideoGame/{{Dungeon Siege}}''
475* ''VideoGame/FabularOnceUponASpacetime''
476* ''VideoGame/FalloutBrotherhoodOfSteel''
477* ''VideoGame/{{Fate}}''
478* ''VideoGame/GreedBlackBorder''
479* ''VideoGame/GrimDawn''
480* ''VideoGame/{{Hades}}''
481* ''VideoGame/{{Hammerwatch}}''
482* ''VideoGame/HeroismMINMAXIA''
483* ''VideoGame/LastEpoch''
484* ''VideoGame/TheIncredibleAdventuresOfVanHelsing''
485* ''VideoGame/Insignificant2019''
486* ''VideoGame/KultHereticKingdoms'' (also known as ''Heretic Kingdoms: The Inquisition'')
487* ''VideoGame/MinecraftDungeons''
488* ''VideoGame/{{Nox}}''
489* ''VideoGame/OverlordFellowshipOfEvil''
490* ''VideoGame/PathOfExile''
491* ''VideoGame/RemiloreLostGirlInTheLandsOfLore''
492* ''VideoGame/{{Revenant}}''
493* ''VideoGame/{{Sacred}}''
494** ''VideoGame/Sacred2FallenAngel''
495** ''VideoGame/Sacred3''
496* ''VideoGame/SilentHillBookOfMemories''
497* ''VideoGame/{{Silverfall}}''
498* ''VideoGame/SkeletalAvenger''
499* ''VideoGame/SpaceHack''
500* ''VideoGame/StarWarsUprising''
501* ''VideoGame/ThroneOfDarkness''
502* ''VideoGame/TitanQuest''
503* ''VideoGame/{{Torchlight}}''
504** ''VideoGame/TorchlightII''
505* ''VideoGame/UntoldLegends''
506* ''VideoGame/VictorVran''
507* ''VideoGame/WarhammerChaosbane''
508* ''[[VideoGame/{{Wolcen}} Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem]]''
509* ''VideoGame/{{Yaga}}''
510[[/index]]
511
512!!!Role-Playing Shooters
513First- or third-person shooters with RPGElements or [=RPGs=] with emphasis on ranged combat. Often sci-fi.
514
515[[index]]
516* ''VideoGame/AlphaProtocol''
517* ''VideoGame/TheAscent''
518* The ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}'' series:
519** ''VideoGame/Borderlands1''
520** ''VideoGame/BorderlandsThePreSequel''
521** ''VideoGame/Borderlands2''
522** ''VideoGame/Borderlands3''
523* ''VideoGame/{{Consortium}}''
524* ''VideoGame/Cyberpunk2077''
525* ''VideoGame/DeusEx''
526** ''VideoGame/DeusExInvisibleWar''
527** ''VideoGame/DeusExHumanRevolution''
528** ''VideoGame/DeusExMankindDivided''
529* ''Franchise/{{Fallout}}'': These games can be played either as a shooter or a slasher.
530** ''VideoGame/Fallout3''
531** ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas''
532** ''VideoGame/Fallout4''
533** ''VideoGame/Fallout76''
534* ''Franchise/MassEffect''
535** ''VideoGame/MassEffect1''
536** ''VideoGame/MassEffect2''
537** ''VideoGame/MassEffect3''
538** ''VideoGame/MassEffectAndromeda''
539* ''VideoGame/NeonXSZ''
540* ''VideoGame/TheOuterWorlds''
541* ''VideoGame/{{STALKER}}''
542** ''VideoGame/LostAlpha''
543* Starfield
544* ''Franchise/RatchetAndClank''
545* ''VideoGame/SystemShock''
546* ''VideoGame/VampireTheMasqueradeBloodlines'': A case can be made for placing it into the next category, as well.
547** ''VideoGame/VampireTheMasqueradeBloodlines2''
548* ''VideoGame/Warhammer40000InquisitorMartyr''
549* ''VideoGame/ZanZarahTheHiddenPortal'' is a very weird case: it is a HighFantasy game split between ActionAdventure and RPG at an almost perfect 50/50 ratio, but the fairy combat, where most of its RPGElements come to bear, is 100% FirstPersonShooter.
550[[/index]]
551
552!!!Role-Playing Slashers
5533D HackAndSlash games with RPGElements or [=RPGs=] with elaborate melee combat. Often fantasy.
554
555[[index]]
556* ''VideoGame/AnvilOfDawn''
557* ''VideoGame/{{Ashen}}''
558* ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedOrigins''
559** ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedOdyssey''
560** ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedValhalla''
561* ''VideoGame/AstralChain''
562* ''VideoGame/{{Barony}}''
563* ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}''
564* ''VideoGame/BoundByFlame''
565* ''VideoGame/CodeVein''
566* ''VideoGame/TheDarkMeadow''
567* ''VideoGame/DarkMessiahOfMightAndMagic''
568* ''VideoGame/DarkSouls''
569** ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsI''
570** ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsII''
571** ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsIII''
572* ''VideoGame/{{Darksiders}}''
573** ''VideoGame/DarksidersI''
574** ''VideoGame/DarksidersII''
575** ''VideoGame/DarksidersIII''
576* ''VideoGame/{{Dauntless}}''
577* ''VideoGame/DemonsSouls''
578* ''VideoGame/DisneyMirrorverse''
579* ''VideoGame/DivinityIITheDragonKnightSaga''
580* ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition''
581* ''VideoGame/DroxOperative''
582* ''VideoGame/EldenRing''
583* ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls''
584** ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind''
585** ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion''
586** ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim''
587* ''VideoGame/{{ELEX}}''
588* ''VideoGame/{{Godfall}}''
589* ''VideoGame/{{Gothic}}''
590* ''VideoGame/GreedFall''
591* ''VideoGame/HandOfFate''
592* ''VideoGame/InfinityBlade''
593* ''VideoGame/JadeEmpire''
594* ''VideoGame/KingdomComeDeliverance''
595* ''VideoGame/KingdomsOfAmalurReckoning''
596* ''VideoGame/{{Krater}}''
597* ''VideoGame/LordsOfTheFallen''
598* ''VideoGame/MarsWarLogs''
599** ''VideoGame/TheTechnomancer''
600* ''VideoGame/MiddleEarthShadowOfMordor''
601** ''VideoGame/MiddleEarthShadowOfWar''
602* ''VideoGame/{{Nioh}}''
603** ''VideoGame/Nioh2''
604* ''VideoGame/OfOrcsAndMen''
605* ''VideoGame/{{Risen}}''
606* ''VideoGame/{{Scalebound}}''
607* ''VideoGame/{{Soulbringer}}''
608* ''VideoGame/{{Stonekeep}}''
609* ''VideoGame/TheSurge''
610** ''VideoGame/TheSurge2''
611* ''VideoGame/TheTowerOfDruaga''
612* ''VideoGame/{{Thymesia}}''
613* ''VideoGame/TwoWorlds''
614* ''VideoGame/UltimaIX''
615* ''VideoGame/UnderworldAscendant''
616* ''VideoGame/UntoldLegends''
617* ''VideoGame/{{Vampyr}}''
618* ''VideoGame/WarriorsOfMightAndMagic''
619* ''VideoGame/WerewolfTheApocalypseEarthblood''
620* ''VideoGame/TheWitcher''
621** ''VideoGame/TheWitcher2AssassinsOfKings''
622** ''VideoGame/TheWitcher3WildHunt''
623* ''VideoGame/WoLongFallenDynasty''
624[[/index]]
625
626!!!Miscellaneous
627
628[[index]]
629* ''VideoGame/AwayJourneyToTheUnexpected''
630* ''VideoGame/BigSkyTrooper''
631* ''VideoGame/{{Bombshell}}''
632* ''VideoGame/BoundByBlades''
633* ''VideoGame/{{Breach}}''
634* ''VideoGame/DarkSunDome''
635* ''VideoGame/DungeonDefenders'': Combined with elements of TowerDefense.
636* ''VideoGame/FortZombie''
637* ''VideoGame/HyperLightDrifter''
638* ''VideoGame/JusticeLeagueHeroes''
639* ''VideoGame/KidMystic''
640* ''VideoGame/LegacyOfKainDefiance''
641* ''VideoGame/LeifengPagoda''
642* ''VideoGame/{{Lunacid}}''
643* ''VideoGame/MarvelFutureFight''
644* ''VideoGame/MarvelHeroes''
645* ''VideoGame/MarvelUltimateAlliance''
646** ''VideoGame/MarvelUltimateAlliance3TheBlackOrder''
647* ''VideoGame/TheMightyQuestForEpicLoot'' (attack phase)
648* ''VideoGame/MoonstoneAHardDaysKnight''
649* ''VideoGame/ShadowmasterChronicles''
650* ''VideoGame/ShinessTheLightningKingdom''
651* ''VideoGame/TechnoMageReturnOfEternity''
652* ''VideoGame/TooHuman''
653* ''VideoGame/{{Unepic}}''
654* ''VideoGame/ValkyriaRevolution''
655* ''VideoGame/XMenDestiny''
656* ''VideoGame/XMenLegends''
657** ''VideoGame/XMenLegendsII''
658* ''VideoGame/{{Wynncraft}}''
659[[/index]]
660[[/folder]]

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