The Best RPG PC Games
67One Random Person's Opinion
This is a list of the 10 best RPG PC games of all time. Many of these
were also available for console, but for the most part they made their
name on the PC. Here is a list of ten of the best RPG PC games ever.
10 - Might & Magic 6: The Mandate of Heaven - This game is
considered to be one of the best of the long-running Might & Magic
series. The game came out in 1998 and was praised for its interactive
and detailed game world, user-friendly premise, non-linear game play,
and bug-free initial release.
9 - Planescape: Torment - The game was released in December 1999. It
was considered by many video game journalists to be the best
role-playing game of 1999. Planescape: Torment won multiple awards for
RPG of the Year and Game of the Year.
8 - Baldur's Gate - Received both 1998 Game of the Year and 1998 RPG of
the Year from over a dozen major computer gaming publications. This
game was the smash hit of CRPGs that year. The game is also credited
with helping the CRPG revival.
7 - Neverwinter Nights - The game was based off of the first graphical
MMORPG that ran on AOL from 1991 to 1997. Although it wasn't
technically an MMORPG, it was based off of the same concept only it
allowed the end user to host the server. NWN won awards at E3 three
years in a row.
6 - Diablo - Released in 1996, Diablo has sold more than 2.5 million
copies. It is considered to be the inventor of the point-and-click
action RPG genre. The game was awarded Game of the Year by GameSpot
during its release.
5 - Fable - Released in 1996 and published by Microsoft, the game
received critical acclaim from the very beginning. It was the top
selling game upon its release and ended up selling over two million
copies in just over two years.
4 - Final Fantasy VII - The best-selling Final Fantasy game of all
time. FFVII has sold over 9.8 million copies as of December 2005. The
game has been voted by some as the best game ever, both in North
America and Japan.
3 - Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind - The third installment of the Elder
Scroll series was released in 2002. It sold more than four million
copies and won more than sixty awards, including several Game of the
Year awards. The game had high review scores and spawned multiple
expansions and follow-up games.
2 - Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic - Developed by BioWare and
published by LucasArts, Knights of the Old Republic was considered by
many to be the 2003 Game of the Year. It is also considered to be one
of the most influential works of the Star Wars Expanded Universe.
1 - Fallout 3 - Awarded the Best Role-Playing Game of E3 in 2007,
Fallout 3 has won numerous other awards as well. Game reviews for the
game have been extremely positive with high praise for its open-ended
game lay and flexible character-leveling system.
Like any list created about the best RPG PC games, or any other type of list for that matter, it will largely depend on the person creating the list. This is just one suggestion for a possibility of the best RPG games for PC.
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Great list! and LOL. i wrote a similar list recently , and I think we nailed almost the same games. Must mean that these are in fact the best games =)
WoW
Modern Warfare 2
Call of Duty 4
Half Life 2 (Synergy Mod)
thanks for sharing
nice games
I really like the Witcher 2.










SimeyC Level 5 Commenter 2 years ago
Pretty good list - surprised that Oblivion didn't make it in there somewhere! The one game I grew up on was Bard's Tale - it didn't have great graphics but really was one of my favorite games (over 20 years ago!)