18 Best Action RPGs on Steam

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II is an Action Role-playing and Single-player video game, enabling the player controls the actions of the character. It takes place in the fictional universe of Star Wars 4,000 years before the events of the movie developed by Obsidian Entertainment and published by LucasArts. The game starts five years after the event of its predecessor and revolves around The Exile’s story, a Jedi Knight who was exiled from the Jedi Order. In the beginning, the protagonist wakes up on an asteroid mining facility. After the escape, he or she finds a person who destroyed who exiled him ten years ago, who embark the protagonist on an epic mission to find the remaining Jedi to battle against the Sith. The game mainly focuses on combat and lets the player explore the environment from a third-person perspective while interacting with environment and NPCs. With addictive gameplay, superb mechanics, and wonderful graphics, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II is the best game to play and enjoy.

Borderlands 2: Tiny Tina’s Assault on Dragon Keep is a Downloadable Content Pack of the original game Borderlands 2 developed by Gearbox and published by 2K Games. The game combines the elements of Action Role-playing, First-person Shooter and Fantasy-based. The DLC pack introduces new character classes such as Sorcerers, Crumpets, Wizards and Vault Hunter with new quests. The player can take on the role of the protagonist, who is a Bunker Master and his ultimate task is to traverse through a dark world of a castle filled with monsters, orcs, skeletons, and more. The player equips with a set of weapons that he can use to hunt down enemies and their bosses to earn experience points. He can navigate the environment from the first-person view to explore each mission to rescue the queen and restore the peace to your homeland once more. With enhanced mechanics, addictive gameplay, and superb visuals, Borderlands 2: Tiny Tina’s Assault on Dragon Keep is an excellent game to play and enjoy.

Jagged Alliance: Back in Action is a Tactical Role-playing, Turn-based Strategy and Single-player Simulation developed by Coreplay GmbH and published by THQ Nordic. It is the remake of the original game Jagged Alliance and focuses on mercenary-themed strategy elements. The game takes place in the fictional world and lets the player manipulate the world from an isometric perspective. It puts the player in the fictitious country known as Arulco, where the ruthless leader has threatened the environment and a small group of rebels stand against her. The player can assume the role of the protagonist with a goal to command a small group of rebel through the game to take down the dictator’s iron grip. The player needs to explore the world while using economic and diplomatic and tactical tools to maintain your troops supplied and ready for the next battle. Jagged Alliance: Back in Action offers prominent features such as Smooth Controls, RTS Gameplay, Mix of (RPG, Strategy, Business and Tactics elements), Realistic War Settings, and more. It is the best game to play and enjoy.

NeuroVoider is an Action Role-playing, 2D Cyberpunk-themed, Twin Stick Shooter, Single-player and Multiplayer video game developed by Playing Oak Games and published by Playdius. The game takes place in the stunning environment full of enemies, monsters and their bosses. According to the story, the evil robots spread chaos around the globe and struggle to take over it. You as the hero must explore the land from a top-down perspective and battle against foes using wielded weapons and score the points. Lots of levels available and you have to accomplish each one to become the master. Play alone in Single-player mode or team up with four players in immerse yourself in team-based experience. It has up to 8736 unique enemies available in action-packed gameplay. As the game progresses, it becomes tough to play. NeuroVoider includes core features such as Top-down Shooting, Randomly Generated World, Loot, Massive Boss Battles, and more. Try it out, and you’ll love it.

Mystik Belle is a 2D Action Role-playing, Side-scroll, and Metroidvania video game created and published by the Last Dimension. The game takes place in the stunning environment and introduces the pixel graphics. You take on the role of the protagonist, who is a student of mystical arts. The story revolves around the protagonist, who has few friends, the teachers and the staff of his school are such means. Puff in Dragonland, SlightlyMagic and the Dizzy series inspire the game. The game mainly focuses on adventure and point-and-click elements. The player can take on the role of the female protagonist and can manipulate the world from a side-scroll perspective. There are various levels available with increasing difficulty, and the player needs to face up to 10 challenging boss fight to progress in the story. During the game, the player can interact with non-player characters, solve inventory puzzles and score points by defeating enemies like other adventure games. With superb mechanics, addictive gameplay, and brilliant controls, Mystik Belle is the best game to enjoy and play.

Anima Gate of Memories is an Action Role-playing, Hack and Slash, Adventure, Third-person and Single-player video game created by Anima Project and published by Badland Games. The game takes place in the fictional world and the story revolves around two being, a monster and a girl who lost their past memory and are bound by an unwilling pact. Both are forced to live together and their lives will change when they find anything that is darker than they could imagine. You can take on the role of the protagonist, who is a female and your ultimate task is to manipulate the world from a third-person perspective. You have to fight against monsters and different creatures using a mighty sword and complete a variety of levels. Interact with objectives and NPCs to fulfill your tasks and earn experience points to upgrade your weapons and equipment. Anima Gate of Memories offers prominent features such as a Multifaceted Story, Epic Battles, a deep Combat System, Unique Locations, a massive World and more. Try it out, and you’ll enjoy it.

Sunrider Liberation Day: Captain’s Edition is an Action, Visual Novel, Role-playing, and Single-player Strategy video game developed by Love in Space. The game takes place in the stunning world and puts you in the role of the protagonist named as Captain Kayto Shield. Your ultimate goal is to lead your allies to victory and fend off enemies in turn-based combat. It combines the elements of Anime-based and Strategy and offers ruthless gameplay where every victory like a triumph and every mistake like a punishment. Explore the environment to interact with NPCs, fulfill your objectives, fight against enemies and take down them to progress through the game. The game offers two different NPCs to assist you during the gameplay and features multiple endings, depending on the decisions taken by you. With superb gameplay, exciting story, and wonderful mechanics, Sunrider: Liberation Day – Captain’s Edition is the best game to play and enjoy.

The Escapists 2 is an Action-Adventure, Role-playing, Online, Single-player and Multiplayer video game developed by Mouldy Toof and published by Team17 Digital Ltd. The game takes place in the toughest prisons in the world and lets you assume the role of the protagonist, who must find a way to escape by crafting items, stealing objects and more. There is chance to navigate the massive prisons, with several floors, vents, tunnels and roofs. During the event, you have to follow the prison rules, doing prison jobs, follow strict jobs and attending the roll calls, while mysteriously finding a way to escape. In the beginning, you can select the huge variety of customization and can enhance your character’s abilities. You can team up with three friends and create escape crew and engineer. As a prison, you can use a limited tools at your disposal. To craft ultimate tool or equipment, you have to unleash your creativity, use your wits and create an amazing tool which assist you in your escape. The Escapists 2 includes core features such as Craft your Escape, Prepare for a Fight, discover new Ways to Escape, and more. Try it out, and you’ll love it.

Ittle Dew 2 is a mix of Action-Adventure, Puzzle and Role-playing elements developed by Ludosity and published by Nicalis, Inc. for multiple platforms. The game takes you on a thrilling adventure on an Island full of mysterious inhabitants, puzzles and loot. It takes place in the 3D environment and offers a series of characters from which you have to select your favorite one. The game mainly focuses on combat and exploration. You as the protagonist must steal up to eight pieces of the raft from different locations like prairies, beaches, art exhibit, basement of dude, etc. using a magical map. It takes place in the three-dimensional land consists of dungeons. During the gameplay, you can use four main weapons to kill monsters and other creatures to survive to accomplish your tasks. There are different levels with increasing difficulties and the game follows the Role-playing-like Character progression system. You must find out more weapons, double your power, and solve complex puzzles to score the points. With addictive gameplay, superb mechanics, and 3D graphics, Ittle Dew 2 is the best game to play.

Hand of Fate 2 mixes the Role-playing, Rogue-like, and Action elements published and developed by Defiant Development. The game supports Single-player mode only and mainly focuses on Card-based gameplay. It takes place in the dark fantasy world of the dungeon and introduces a variety of stages each with a unique adventure. In the beginning, the player needs to create his or her deck by selecting the powerful cards and use them to fulfill the objectives to loot treasure and eliminate the opponents. There are more than twenty-two challenges available that will push the deck-building skills of the player to the limit. The player can discover new companions during the gameplay, team up and can battle against overload to take them down to save the day. As the game progresses, it becomes tough to play and unlocks a series of challenging tasks to accomplish. Hand of Fate 2 offers core features such as New Companion Characters, New Card Suits, Team up in Battles, Imperial Soldiers, and more. Try it out, and you’ll like it.

Crusader Kings II: Conclave is an Expansion Pack for Crusader King II and revolves around Action Role-playing and Strategy Simulation elements developed by Paradox Development Studio. The DLC pack focuses on grand strategy element and takes place in the middle age from 1066 to 1453. It consists of several historical figures such as Charlemagne, Robert Guiscard, El Cid, and more. Your ultimate task is to select your territory and dive into the game where you have to make your strategy to fight against other using your political, military and economic power. Earn experience points by defeating other figures, and conquer the world to become the master. Keep your people happy, and gather resources to survive longer. Councils, Diplomatic System, Marital Alliances, Military Combat, etc. are prominent features in the game. With enhanced visuals, addictive mechanics, and wonderful sounds, Crusader Kings II: Conclave is the best expansion pack in the series of Crusader Kings II.

Mount and Blade Warband: Napoleonic Wars is a Downloadable Content Pack for original game. The game introduces the final years of the Empire of French and revolves around their struggle to conquer the Western Europe to become the super power in the early nineteenth century. The game combines the elements of Action Role-playing, Historical, Strategy, Tactical and Shooter. It supports multiplayer mode and allows you select your nation and take part in invasion of Russia and battle the French from the front line. Lead your army, use weapons to conquer your enemies and participates in sword fights. It includes nineteenth century uniforms, weapons and environments. There are lots of other players like you around the world with the same task to dominate the battlefield. Mount and Blade Warband: Napoleonic Wars offers core features such as Massively Multiplayer Battles, Five different Nations, Three Hundred Thirty unique Units, and a variety of Weapons, Resources, and more. Try it out, and you’ll love it.

Trine 2: Complete Story is an Action Role-playing, Puzzle-Platform, Single and Multiplayer video game developed and published by Frozenbyte. The game combines the elements of Side-scroll, Puzzle, Action and Platform and offers an exciting gameplay where you can take on the role of one of three heroes. It takes place in the fantastic fairytale world invaded by deadly creatures. Get into the world by selecting your character and immerse yourself in fun-filled activities. Navigate the game world, interact with objects, solve physics-based puzzles using water, magic, gravity and fire and progress through the game. The primary goal is to accomplish a set of levels to fend off antagonist and destroy his unholy plans to destroy your world. Trine 2: Complete Story includes features such as three different Heroes, Physics-based Puzzles, Twenty Exciting Levels, Plenty of Skills and more. Try it out, and you’ll love it.

Hyper Light Drifter is an Action Role-playing, 2D, Single and Multiplayer video game developed and published by Heart Machine. The game offers an exciting gameplay and takes place in the beautiful ruined world invaded by unknown dangers. The story revolves around the protagonist, who is a Drifter and get access to a lost technology that has been vanished and is suffering from illness. The character is equipped with a powerful sword and can get access to other weapons as he completes a variety of quests. The protagonist needs to expand the world to find rate batteries around the globe and unlocks the ability of weapons and arsenal. It includes a Role-playing game with area attack and long-range weapons. The game lets you get into the role of the protagonist and your ultimate aim is to explore the world from a top-down perspective, fight against enemies and defeat them using a variety of weapons and progress through the game to survive longer. It offers a beautiful and vast world to manipulate. Upgrades, different Weapons, New Skills, Traverse a Dark World, detailed Environment, Background Elements, Hand-Animated Characters, etc. are the prominent features of the game. Try it out.

Breach and Clear is an Action Role-playing, Turn-based Strategy, and Single-player video game created by Mighty Rabbit Studios and published by Gun Media. The game takes place in the beautiful world and lets the player assume the role of the protagonist who is a leader of four Special Forces units. The primary objective of the player to get into the corrupt area and kill all foes within time. It takes place in the real location around the world and allows the player create his unique team contains up to four players, plan out his missions and dominate the battlefield. There are multiple squads available such as US Army Rangers, Canada’s JTF2, US Navy Seals and more. Multiple enemy varieties with various skill sets and abilities. Through customization features, the player can build his arsenal with hundreds of gun combinations, and equip each soldier with a different mixture of perks, armor and more. Breach and Clear offers core features such as different Modes, exciting and Strategic Gameplay, high-quality Graphics, and more. Breach and Clear is the best game as compared to other Turn-based Strategy games.

Overlord is an Action Role-playing, Single-player and Multiplayer video game developed by Triumph Studios and published by Codemasters. It offers the fantasy setting where the game takes place and puts the player in the role of the protagonist, who is a warrior. According to the plot, the player has controlled the hordes of gremlin-like creatures called Minions. In the challenging quests, the player has to take down the seven brutal ruling heroes to reconquer the land and restore his lordship over the people. The game brings a corruption feature similar to Fable games but enabling the player to become an evil to fulfill his objectives. It combines the RTS and RPG elements to offers a brilliant gameplay experience. The player navigates the world from a third-person view, battle heroes using melee combat, his primary weapons and hack and slash element. It has multiple quests, and the player needs to accomplish each one to progress through the game. With well-written storyline, impressive graphics, engaging gameplay, and smooth controls, Overlord is the fantastic game to play and enjoy.

Borderlands 2: Mr. Torgue’s Campaign of Carnage is a Downloadable Content Pack (DLC) for Borderlands 2 and offers new features and improvements. It is an Action Role-playing and First-person Shooter video game supports both Single-player and Multiplayer modes. The game centers on the collection of procedurally generated loot like shields, weapons, skins, and others, and the completion of certain missions. There are four different playable characters available, and the player can select one of them to get into the world where he has to fight against dangerous paddies in the fictional land known as Pandora. During the gameplay, the player can take special quests from NPCs such as Moxxi, Tiny Tina, etc. for extra rewards. As the player progresses, the higher levels will become desperate to play. Using customization feature, the player can change the appearance of his character in his style. With the improved environment, mechanics, and detailed graphics, Borderlands 2: Mr. Torgue’s Campaign of Carnage is the excellent game to play and enjoy.

Dying Light: Harran Ranger Bundle is a Downloadable Content Pack for Dying Light: The Following: Enhanced Edition developed and published by Techland. The game mixes the Action Role-playing, First-person Shooter and Single-player video game available to play on multiple platforms. The DLC pack introduces a new buggy paint job, outfits for your character, armors, four new blueprints, and more. You assume the role of the protagonist with a task to explore the thrilling environment from a first-person perspective to solve multiple objectives. The game takes place in the open world detailed environment, consisting of mountains, jungle, and rivers. You explore the broad landscape either on foot or by vehicle. Fight enemies and take down them to earn experience points that you can use to unlock additional content. The game becomes tough, as you advanced. Immerse yourself in Role-playing gameplay experience and raise up your rank throughout the game. Craft multiple weapons and change the appearance of your character using customization features. Dying Light: Harran Ranger Bundle includes core features such as New Outfits, Weapons, Upgrades, and more. Try it out.