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RPG games and guides
Find RPG recommendations for different tastes and priorities. These guides compare the strongest starting points and explain the trade-offs before you choose.

RPG
Best RPG Games: Choose Your Kind of Role-Playing
Party tactics, action combat and conversation lead to very different RPGs.
3 min read

Nintendo 3DS
Best 3DS RPGs: Pick Your Next Party by Its Battle System
Five role-playing games with different demands, from flexible jobs to deliberate tactical battles.
3 min read

Nintendo DS
Best DS RPGs: Choose Between Time Travel, Team Building and Touch Combat
Five different routes into a library built for long adventures on a small screen.
3 min read

Nintendo Switch
Best Switch RPGs: Five Different Reasons to Commit to a Long Adventure
Choose by combat, structure and atmosphere before comparing the size of the campaign.
3 min read

PSP
Best PSP RPG Games: Choose Battles You Will Enjoy for Hours
Tactics, social schedules and real-time action make the PSP RPG library more varied than a single ranking suggests.
3 min read

JRPG
Best JRPGs for party combat, memorable journeys and long stories
Choose a JRPG by its battle system, narrative structure and time commitment, from Persona 5 Royal to Dragon Quest XI S.
3 min read