Best Action RPG Games on Steam
Role-playing games where real-time combat matters as much as stats and builds.
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1Black Myth: Wukong - Black Myth: Wukong is an action RPG rooted in Chinese mythology. You shall set out as the Destined One to venture into the challenges and marvels ahead, to uncover the obscured truth beneath the veil of a glorious legend from the past.
Aug 19, 2024
In this game, you can…
- turn into bosses you've defeated and use their forms in fights.
- play as Sun Wukong in the prologue.
- beat a chapter's main boss, then watch a stylized animated epilogue that turns your actions into a narrated painting.
- build energy by dodging and basic hits, then spend it on heavier attacks instead of blocking.
- chain perfect dodges to power up your next big hit.
- respec for free and switch your whole build at any rest point.
- stumble into secret zones, hidden bosses, and optional questlines by exploring and backtracking.
- fill a journal where every enemy kill can unlock a folklore story entry.
2ELDEN RING - THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED FANTASY ACTION RPG. Rise, Tarnished, and be guided by grace to brandish the power of the Elden Ring and become an Elden Lord in the Lands Between.
Feb 24, 2022
In this game, you can…
- discover a whole underground world layer with its own landscapes, secret bosses, and places you'd never guess existed.
- find bosses that only appear at night, turning a quiet road into a sudden unique fight with special loot.
- follow a side quest that escalates into meeting an entire eccentric family and ends with you marrying into it.
- walk away from a boss, roam somewhere else for gear and levels, then come back later and finally win.
- step out into a massive open world and immediately ride in any direction you can see.
- ride a spectral horse that can double-jump, then use mounted combat to fight huge enemies in the open field.
3The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - You are Geralt of Rivia, mercenary monster slayer. Before you stands a war-torn, monster-infested continent you can explore at will. Your current contract? Tracking down Ciri — the Child of Prophecy, a living weapon that can alter the shape of the world.
May 18, 2015
In this game, you can…
- miss a unique card from an NPC, then later find that same card lying under a tree of hanged civilians if you never won it.
- pay out of your own pocket to take care of an orphan, finishing the quest with less money than you started.
- ignore the main quest and travel the continent just to find one specific card and beat one specific merchant at Gwent.
- turn a simple contract into a whole mini-drama, like mediating a divorce and then stumbling into a curse and a missing-person hunt.
- build fights around prep: read a monster entry, choose the right oil, brew a potion, pack bombs, then walk in ready.
- switch from swordplay to a full spell-and-alchemy style: parry, dodge, shield up, cast, then escalate to oils and bombs for bosses.
- walk into a huge city without a loading screen, then watch people change routines from day to night and react to rain.
- make small choices that ripple forward and change outcomes much later, leaving you stuck with the consequences.
4Dying Light - First-person action survival game set in a post-apocalyptic open world overrun by flesh-hungry zombies. Roam a city devastated by a mysterious virus epidemic. Scavenge for supplies, craft weapons, and face hordes of the infected.
Jan 26, 2015
In this game, you can…
- swing across the skyline with a grappling hook that opens up entirely new routes.
- outrun night hunters, flash an ultraviolet light to buy seconds, then hide in a pipe until the chase ends.
- dropkick enemies off rooftops so they ragdoll down six-story drops.
- chain parkour into kills by vaulting a zombie and instantly drop-attacking for a finisher.
- turn the city into a weapon by luring zombies into spikes, fires, and exploding barrels.
- risk going out at night for bigger rewards, then sprint safehouse-to-safehouse when the world flips into hunt mode.
- craft melee weapons with elemental effects that set zombies on fire or shock them on hit.
- join a friend in co-op and race rooftops together, turning escapes into shared, chaotic near-misses.
5DARK SOULS™ III - Dark Souls continues to push the boundaries with the latest, ambitious chapter in the critically-acclaimed and genre-defining series. Prepare yourself and Embrace The Darkness!
Apr 11, 2016
In this game, you can…
- unlock a door or elevator and realize the level loops back over itself to where you started.
- hit a chest that turns out to be a monster and fights back.
- get invaded by a hostile player in your world and fight them off mid-journey.
- find secret rooms by striking walls that look solid.
- use special weapon skills that change your moves and spend a magic-like meter.
- summon strangers to co-op, then beat the same bosses in both of your worlds together.
- do a full boss fight that's a puzzle, like breaking a giant's bracelets instead of dueling normally.
- gesture at the Fire Keeper and get a unique gesture response back.
6Hogwarts Legacy - Hogwarts Legacy is an immersive, open-world action RPG. Now you can take control of the action and be at the center of your own adventure in the wizarding world.
Feb 10, 2023
In this game, you can…
- turn an enemy into an explosive barrel, then throw them into their friends.
- stuff rescued magical beasts into an enchanted suitcase, then take them back to your secret room.
- build up a personal Room of Requirement base to brew potions, grow plants, decorate, and care for beasts.
- sneak around Hogwarts at night and pick locks to loot houses and cabinets.
- learn the Unforgivable Curses and cast Crucio or Avada Kedavra in fights.
- fly a broom or Hippogriff across the countryside and skim low over the ground from Hogwarts to the Highlands.
- chain spells to float enemies, burn them, and slam them into the ground in rapid duels.
- learn new spells in class, then immediately use them to unlock paths and solve castle secrets.
7The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - EPIC FANTASY REBORN The next chapter in the highly anticipated Elder Scrolls saga arrives from the makers of the 2006 and 2008 Games of the Year, Bethesda Game Studios. Skyrim reimagines and revolutionizes the open-world fantasy epic, bringing to life a complete virtual world open for you to explore any way you choose.
Nov 10, 2011
In this game, you can…
- start a full-town brawl by punching a chicken.
- enter a drinking contest, black out, wake up in a temple, track down a missing goat from a giant, and end up meeting a Daedric Prince for a reward staff.
- stand on a mountain, learn magical shouts, then spend dragon souls to unlock more words and yell enemies around as a core combat tool.
- pick a direction with almost no guidance and stumble into caves, dungeons, and random sights just by wandering.
- build your entire character around a once-per-day racial power, like berserker rage or rapid magicka regeneration.
- buy or build a house and turn it into an organized museum with weapon racks, sorted chests, and crafting supplies placed by each station.
- become a werewolf and ignore the main quest to live off the land, hunting deer and tearing through bandits.
- watch a dragon swoop down mid-conversation, grab a guard in its mouth, fling him into the air, and kill him instantly.
8Borderlands 2 - The Ultimate Vault Hunter’s Upgrade lets you get the most out of the Borderlands 2 experience.
Sep 17, 2012
In this game, you can…
- dual-wield any two guns, including two rocket launchers at once.
- loot a gun with hidden red-text behavior that shoots explosive swords instead of bullets.
- run a secret quest where you toss a ring into lava, then three birds fly in and drop loot chests.
- get downed, then save yourself by killing an enemy to stand back up.
- build characters into totally different roles, like a turret-dropping soldier, a crowd-lifting siren, or an invisible melee assassin.
- spend 50 golden keys in a row, grab a new weapon, then immediately jump back into a hard fight to see if it flips the outcome.
- replay the whole campaign in escalating modes where enemies get nastier and your build and weapons have to keep evolving.
- smash through enemies in an off-road vehicle while crossing huge hostile zones on Pandora.
- farm bosses and chests for randomized drops until you finally hit a perfect weapon-part roll
9Hades - Defy the god of the dead as you hack and slash out of the Underworld in this rogue-like dungeon crawler from the creators of Bastion, Transistor, and Pyre.
Sep 17, 2020
In this game, you can…
- choose a power-up and trigger a new bit of gossip between gods mid-run.
- die, walk out of a blood pool at home, then talk to everyone for new dialogue and upgrades before trying again.
- give gifts to characters and get powerful keepsakes back, so your friendships directly change your combat build.
- swap between six weapons that play wildly differently, including aspects that can completely change how the weapon works.
- stack your own difficulty modifiers for better rewards, choosing exactly which new handicaps you want to deal with.
- finish a room, pick between two next paths, and watch your build evolve choice by choice until it collides with a boss fight.
- have the story react to exactly how your last run ended, with characters teasing or comforting you about specific deaths and wins.
10Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 - Lead the members of Expedition 33 on their quest to destroy the Paintress so that she can never paint death again. Explore a world of wonders inspired by Belle Époque France and battle unique enemies in this turn-based RPG with real-time mechanics.
Apr 24, 2025
In this game, you can…
- dodge or counter basically anything enemies throw at you, including spells, projectiles, cosmic rays, and even buildings.
- spend action points to free-aim in third person and shoot an enemy's weak spot to end a fight early.
- watch the story's yearly death countdown tick toward "33," then head out on a final mission to stop it.
- dodge, parry, and counter enemy attacks in real time during turn-based fights.
- jump over low attacks mid-fight, then land right back into the dodge-and-parry rhythm.
- swap builds to answer a specific encounter, then stack party synergies into a setup that can delete bosses in one turn.
- wander a huge world map packed with secret areas, hidden encounters, and travel methods that unlock with companions.
- walk into higher-level areas and still win if your timing is good enough on dodges, parries, and jumps.
