From the biggest open worlds to the most thought-provoking stories across PC and consoles.

Figuring out thebest RPGsto play right now is no easy task.

One of the most popular and beloved genres in video games, role-playing games take many forms.

Godrick the Grafted, an Elden Ring boss with lots of arms.

Not to mention the main storyline, which takes all sorts of twists and turns.

So how do you top that?

With 2023’sTears of the Kingdom.

Will in Baldur’s Gate 3 holds a bloodied rapier towards the viewer. He’s ready for battle.

Our five-starBloodborne reviewcalled it “imaginative, powerful, coherent, and genius”.

If you’re a JRPG fan, you simply can’t go wrong here.

But there’s one thing you oughta keep in mind with NieR Automata…

A screenshot from Cyberpunk 2077’s Phantom Liberty expansion showing the player racing through the city streets on a red motorcycle while an armoured vehicle opens fire up ahead.

While there are 26 unique endings, most of them are jokes or non-canonical.

Citizen Sleeper

Citizen Sleeper is an RPG all about living life by the roll of the dice.

Zelda holds a torch as she and Link look at something in Tears of the Kingdom

A character in Dragon’s Dogma 2 climbing on top of a boss.

Villagers-turned-beasts in Bloodborne crowded round a fire.

Artwork of the Dragonborne warrior from The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, readying their shield on a snowy mountaintop

Persona 5 Royal artwork.

Female Commander Shepard preparing to stab a zombie-like enemy with a red energy sword.

Cloud looking ahead while Tifa talks to him.

A female hunter swings through the air on a rope above a blue dragon monster in Monster Hunter World

Sea of Stars characters balance on a rope by a waterfall

Malenia approaches the player with her sword out in Elden Ring

A battle scene in Divinity: Original Sin 2, where The Red Prince fires a lightning bolt across a room that’s engulfed in flames

Geralt looking past the camera.

2B in NieR Automata.

Ichiban Kasuga jumping backwards and being held aloft by men in suits.

Citizen Sleeper review - dialogue with a shy-looking character called Moritz, art on the left, dialogue on the right, discussing where you live, you opt to say “I don’t really have an address."

Princess Peach with umbrella in the Super Mario RPG remake.

People stood around in the snow at night with light shining through a window.

The Courier shooting at two Securitrons on a road.