Role Playing Games: 10 Best Options Today

In Monster Hunter: World you hunt monsters. But although the main prize is the Diablos armor set or just the thrill of the hunt itself, how you take down those beasts is what you’ll be obsessing over as soon as you face your first Great Jagras. 

Monster Hunter: World

Horizon Forbidden West is the sequel to the beloved Horizon Zero Dawn, and it does exactly what a good sequel should: It iterates on what made the game great and pushes itself beyond that.

Horizon Forbidden West

Final Fantasy 7 is universally loved, so it's no surprise the Final Fantasy 7 Remake would end up on here. The beautifully detailed world you were already familiar with has changed – it seems bigger, more epic, and impresses at every turn.

Final Fantasy 7 Remake

Assassin's Creed Valhalla brilliantly returns elements of the stealthier aspects of the franchise without compromising the elements fans love about the newer Assassin's Creed games.

Assassin's Creed Valhalla

Diablo 3 made its debut a decade ago and in that time it has steadily risen to become one of the best cooperative RPGs out there. Diablo 3 was given the space it needed to surpass its original limitations – the game that exists today is truly phenomenal. 

Diablo 3

In Disco Elysium, you're a detective who has a drinking problem and drug-induced amnesia, and you can die in the opening minutes while trying to get your tie from the ceiling fan.

Disco Elysium

Elden Ring introduces you to a breathtakingly beautiful world filled with bizarre, twisted lore that's the result of a collab between George R. R. Martin and Hidetaka Miyazaki - and you'll never want to leave it.

Elden Ring

Skyrim is rammed full of delirious licence to properly live in its world: You can devote yourself to Alchemy and go hunting for a Daedra heart, adventure your way to the top of the Companions, or just wander around Skyrim making a living harvesting wheat and potatoes as a farmhand.

Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim

A wonderful, quiet blank canvas that you can turn into stealthy Sheikah, a fully-armored knight, or someone who runs around in their underwear throwing chickens at Moblins. Link’s personality is so malleable that you can do whatever you want and it just feels right.

Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

There's nothing quite like The Witcher 3. One moment you can help put the soul of a noonwraith to rest and the next you can head to the Passiflora and engage in some heavy petting. 

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt