Genre · 2016

Best RPG Games of 2016

395 games

RPG games released on Steam in 2016, most popular first.

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Best RPG Games of 2016, page 4

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Unforgiving Trials: The Darkest Crusade

Amaterasu SoftwareWin · 2016For:JRPG fans who want party-based turn-based combatSkip if:Players seeking a real-time combat system rather than active turn-based battles
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Phantom Brave PC

NIS America, Inc.Win · 2016For:RPG players who want a story focused on an orphan and her phantom companionSkip if:Players looking for a non-narrative experience rather than a character-led RPG story
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Princess Remedy 2: In A Heap of Trouble

LudosityWin · Mac · Linux · 2016For:Action RPG fans who want healing at the center of the adventureSkip if:Players seeking an RPG centered on conventional combat rather than healing people and defeating bosses
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Tomoyo After ~It's a Wonderful Life~ English Edition

VisualArtsWin · 2016For:CLANNAD readers who want the continuation of Tomoyo's endingSkip if:Players looking for frequent gameplay challenges rather than a story-led visual novel
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Stranger of Sword City

NIS America, Inc.Win · 2016For:RPG players who enjoy navigating dangerous labyrinthsSkip if:Players seeking an RPG centered on open-world travel rather than labyrinth exploration
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Zenith

Infinigon GamesWin · 2016For:Single-player RPG fans who want a clearly presented storySkip if:Players seeking a multiplayer RPG rather than a solo campaign
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Grand Pigeon's Duty

WolfgangIsWin · Linux · 2016For:Players who want a short, story-focused game with unusual bird charactersSkip if:Players looking for a deep or long-form campaign may find the stated story scope limited
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Storm Of Spears RPG

Senpai Industrial StudiosWin · 2016For:RPG players who want a rebellion story led by a mercenarySkip if:Players seeking a game built around systems other than quests and side quests
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The Deed: Dynasty

GrabTheGamesWin · 2016For:Players who enjoy murder mysteries built around planning a crime and framing another characterSkip if:Players seeking combat-focused gameplay rather than choices about murder, evidence, and suspicion
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Dungelot: Shattered Lands

tinyBuildWin · 2016For:Roguelike fans who want randomly generated dungeon runsSkip if:Players seeking a fixed, story-led campaign rather than repeated randomized dungeon runs
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Cally's Caves 3

VDO GamesWin · 2016For:Platformer fans who want a long campaign with hundreds of levelsSkip if:Players seeking a short, tightly paced platformer rather than 310 levels and multiple modes
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Frozen State

Flox StudiosWin · Mac · Linux · 2016For:Survival game players who want changing environments and loot across repeated runsSkip if:Players seeking a tightly scripted journey may find the randomized world and loot structure unpredictable
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Masquerada: Songs and Shadows

Ysbryd GamesWin · Mac · 2016For:Single-player RPG fans who want tactical pauses during real-time fightsSkip if:Players who want uninterrupted real-time combat may bounce off the pause-and-plan battle system.
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Solitairica

Righteous Hammer GamesWin · 2016For:Solitaire fans who want turn-based combat and character progressionSkip if:Players seeking real-time combat or movement-based battles may find the card-focused turns restrictive
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Planar Conquest

Conglomerate 5Win · Mac · Linux · 2016For:Fans of fantasy 4X games who want turn-based empire managementSkip if:Players looking for a tightly scripted campaign rather than procedurally generated planes and open-ended empire building
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Skautfold: Shrouded in Sanity

PugwareWin · 2016For:Survival-horror players who want combat alongside estate explorationSkip if:Players seeking a relaxed adventure without hostile encounters or horror themes
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Wayward Terran Frontier: Zero Falls

Reason Generator Inc.Win · 2016For:Players who enjoy managing crew and ship systems during space combatSkip if:Players who want combat based on a conventional health bar rather than crew and ship-system damage
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Polandball: Can into Space!

Alien Pixel StudiosWin · Mac · Linux · 2016For:Casual players who want repeated rocket-launch attemptsSkip if:Players seeking broad space exploration beyond rocket upgrades, resource collection, and enemy avoidance
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The Quest

Redshift GamesWin · Mac · 2016For:Players who prefer turn-based fantasy RPG combat over other combat systemsSkip if:Players seeking combat that is not turn-based
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The Adventures of Tree

Dune ClockidyWin · Mac · Linux · 2016For:Adventure players who prefer roaming and finding secrets over a strictly linear routeSkip if:Players seeking a tightly linear story, since the game emphasizes free exploration and open-ended play
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Starward Rogue

Arcen GamesWin · Mac · Linux · 2016For:Bullet-hell fans who want roguelite runs with randomized buildsSkip if:Players seeking a story-led adventure rather than repeated combat-focused dungeon runs
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RPG Tycoon

Macrocosmic SoftwareWin · Mac · 2016For:Tycoon players who want fantasy kingdom management with quest-driven progressionSkip if:Players seeking a focused character-driven RPG rather than kingdom construction and economic management
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Trillion: God of Destruction

Idea Factory InternationalWin · 2016For:Strategy RPG players who want training choices tied to boss battlesSkip if:Players seeking a short, self-contained campaign may not want repeated runs with persistent statistics and multiple endings
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Siralim 2

Thylacine Studios LLCWin · Mac · Linux · 2016For:Monster-catching RPG fans who want more than 600 creatures to capture and breedSkip if:Players seeking a finite campaign with a defined conclusion may bounce off the lack of a true endpoint