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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.

416
games
30
platforms

Name variations: ARPG

Silverfall (Windows)
Silverfall
WIN 2007-03-27
Back to the Golden Age (Amiga OCS)
Back to the Golden Age
OCS 2014
Vikings - Wolves of Midgard (Windows)
Vikings - Wolves of Midgard
WIN 2017-03-24
Grom (Windows)
Grom
WIN 2003-03-12
The Adventures of Alundra (PlayStation)
The Adventures of Alundra
PS1 1997-04-11
Shining Force EXA (Mobile phone)
Shining Force EXA
MOB 2007
The Chosen (Windows)
The Chosen
WIN 2006
Sacred Gold (Linux)
Sacred Gold
LIN 2009-04-09
Beyond Oasis (Mega Drive)
Beyond Oasis
GEN 1994
Dungeon Siege: Legends of Aranna (Windows)
Dungeon Siege: Legends of Aranna
WIN 2003-11-11
SpellForce 2: Shadow Wars (Windows)
SpellForce 2: Shadow Wars
WIN 2006-04
Mystik Belle (Windows)
Mystik Belle
WIN 2015-05-15

The first video game about Action-RPG was released on September 3, 1987.

Square Enix, Sega and Focus Home Interactive has published most of these games

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.

Parent groups

Action, Role-playing game

Child groups

Multiplayer Online Battle Arena, Hack and Slash

Platforms

Windows 125
Linux 98
PS4 50
Xbox One 23
Mac OS X 20
PS2 16
X360 14
PS3 14
PSP 8
PS 6
Saturn 6
Wii U 6
Mega Drive 4
Mac OS Classic 4
Pandora 3
Switch 2
NES 2
3DS 2
Mobile 2
GP2X 1
Nintendo DS 1
Wii 1
WinCE 1
Amiga 1
MS-DOS 1
PS Vita 1
GBA 1
Unix 1
BSD 1
NEC PC9801 1

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