The Best RPGs Of 2025 According To Metacritic

A good role-playing game gives you hours of fun, various gameplay systems to master, and a constant supply of dopamine every time you level up. In 2025, fans of the genre dove into classic fantasy adventures, traveled the cosmos, and even found some time for a bit of agricultural fun. Last year’s best RPGs included GameSpot’s GOTY, Metaphor: Refantazio and other heavy-hitters like Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree, Unicorn Overlord, and Black Myth: Wukong, but this year, there was a very noticeable trend with the games that rose to the top.Remasters and remakes dominated the list on our sister-site Metacritic, with only a handful of original games and sequels spread between them. This isn’t surprising news, given that nearly all gamers have played a remake or a remaster in the last year and that these types of games continue to be both popular and lucrative. Between the old favorites that got a new lease on life, some of this year’s standout titles include Clair Obscur: Expedition