Updated 31 October
Ranked by players
The best RPGs of 2026
Final Fantasy Resonance leads the RPGs of 2026 so far, with 96% of 3,874 player reviews recommending it. Every RPG released this year that we cover, with at least 500 reviews, ranked by the share that recommend it.
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96%of 3,874 reviews recommend it, as of 1
2
91%of 14,151 reviews recommend it, as of 2
3
87%of 21,178 reviews recommend it, as of 3
4
83%of 118,018 reviews recommend it, as of 4
5
80%of 20,694 reviews recommend it, as of 5
6
79%of 2,572 reviews recommend it, as of 6
7
75%of 10,114 reviews recommend it, as of 7
8
63%of 10,181 reviews recommend it, as of 8
9
57%of 4,337 reviews recommend it, as of 9
10
55%of 42,613 reviews recommend it, as of 10
Not ranked
Also out in 2026.
- Dragon’s Dogma 2: Dark Arisen. Expansion, listed apart from new games.
- Enshrouded. Left early access this year, and its reviews go back to January 2024.
- Expeditions: Samurai. Fewer than 500 reviews so far.
- Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault. Left early access this year, and its reviews go back to November 2025.
- RuneScape: Dragonwilds. Left early access this year, and its reviews go back to April 2025.
- Tales of Eternia Remastered. Remaster, listed apart from new games.
How we rank
Players decide the order.
Each game’s figure is the share of its player reviews that recommend it, in every language, from players who bought it in the store where they reviewed it. We never use critic scores.
A game needs 500 reviews to be ranked, so a handful of early reviews can’t put it on top. Expansions, remasters and games leaving early access are listed apart, because they aren’t new or their counts go back years. The figures update every day, and a game released late in the year has had less time to settle.
The list covers the games with a page of their own. Each month’s new games are ranked in Best of.
Sources
- 1Steam: Final Fantasy Resonance, store page and user reviews (opens in a new tab) Accessed 31 Oct 2026
- 2Steam: Control Resonant, user reviews and review history (opens in a new tab) Accessed 31 Oct 2026
- 3Steam: The Blood of Dawnwalker, user reviews and review history (opens in a new tab) Accessed 31 Oct 2026
- 4Steam: Crimson Desert, store page and user reviews (opens in a new tab) Accessed 31 Oct 2026
- 5Steam: Mortal Shell II, store page and user reviews (opens in a new tab) Accessed 31 Oct 2026
- 6Steam: Valor Mortis, store page and user reviews (opens in a new tab) Accessed 31 Oct 2026
- 7Steam: Graveyard Keeper 2, user reviews and review history (opens in a new tab) Accessed 31 Oct 2026
- 8Steam: Minecraft Dungeons II, store page and user reviews (opens in a new tab) Accessed 31 Oct 2026
- 9Steam: Beast of Reincarnation, store page and user reviews (opens in a new tab) Accessed 31 Oct 2026
- 10Steam: AION 2, store page and user reviews (opens in a new tab) Accessed 31 Oct 2026