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Action-RPG

Game genre theme

RPG sub-genre characterized with heavy focus on fast-paced (real-time) combat and is overall very similar to Action-Adventure genre.

506
games
39
platforms

Name variations: ARPG

Landstalker: The Treasures of King Nole (Mega Drive)
Landstalker: The Treasures of King Nole
GEN 1993-03-21
Silverfall (PlayStation Portable)
Silverfall
PSP 2007-08
Back to the Golden Age (Amiga OCS)
Back to the Golden Age
OCS 2014
Summoner (Windows)
Summoner
WIN 2001-03-27
Indivisible (PlayStation 4)
Indivisible
PS4 2019-10-08
Krater (Windows)
Krater
WIN 2012-06
Blade & Sword (Windows)
Blade & Sword
WIN 2003-12-22
Path of Exile (Windows)
Path of Exile
WIN 2013-10-23
Light Crusader (Mega Drive)
Light Crusader
GEN 1995-02-15
Dragon's Dogma (PlayStation 3)
Dragon's Dogma
PS3 2012-05-24
Dungeon Siege II: Broken World (Windows)
Dungeon Siege II: Broken World
WIN 2006-04
ARK: Survival Of The Fittest (Windows)
ARK: Survival Of The Fittest
WIN 2017-08-29
See also: Action-Adventure, Diablo-like

Action-RPGs generally favor the action part with any RPG elements in them covering combat related things. Character development and available skills/abilities are combat oriented or only used in combat.

Popular tags

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Parent groups

Action, Role-playing game

Child groups

Team Brawler, Hack and Slash

Games by year

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The first Action-RPG video game was released on August 1980.

Square Enix, Blizzard and Sega published most of these games.

Platforms

Windows 140
Linux 112
PS4 69
Xbox One 28
Mac OS X 20
X360 16
PS2 16
PS3 14
Switch 13
PSP 8
Wii U 7
PS 6
Saturn 6
Mac OS Classic 5
Mega Drive 4
3DS 4
NES 3
Mobile 3
PS5 3
Xbox Series X 3
Apple II E 3
Pandora 3
Nintendo DS 2
C64 2
MS-DOS 2
Apple IIGS 1
BSD 1
NEC PC9801 1
ColecoVision 1
GP2X 1

Most common companies

Square Enix14
Blizzard13
Sega12
Ubisoft12
Focus Home Interactive12
Soldak Entertainment10
Defiant Development9
Atlus7
EA Partners7
Capcom7
Activision7
Deep Silver6
Electronic Arts6
Blizzard Entertainment6
505 Games6