Best Xbox RPG Games

PlayStation used to dominate the RPG market, but one look at the best Xbox RPG games available makes it clear that you don’t need a PS5 to play some of the best games on the market. From iconic titles like Final Fantasy VII Remake to indie gems like Divinity: Original Sin II, there’s an Xbox RPG title for every kind of gamer, and we’re here to help you choose your next title.

Once you’ve decided on your next Xbox RPG, don’t go reaching for your wallet. Open up your Fetch app and turn your points into an Xbox gift card to cover your next adventure. 

Earn Xbox gift cards with Fetch Play

Making money by playing games might seem like a fantasy fit for an RPG, but we’ve got the next best thing. Turn your mobile game playing into points using Fetch Play, which you can redeem for gift cards, including Xbox gift cards for your next RPG. 

Earning points with Fetch Play is easy

1. Download the Fetch app.
2. Open the app and tap the “Play” button in the top right corner of your screen.
3. Tap “Play now” to be taken to your personalized catalog of games.
4. Find a game you want to play and tap the “Play Now” button beneath it.
5. Download the game from your app store.
6. Complete the tasks listed to earn points.

How to redeem points for Xbox gift cards

1. Open the Fetch app.
2. Tap your point total in the top right corner of the screen.
3. Either search “Xbox” or find it under “Entertainment.”
4. Redeem your points for an Xbox gift card.
5. Head to your Xbox and build up that RPG game library.

10 essential Xbox RPG games in 2025

10. Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree

If you haven’t already conquered the main Elden Ring game, you should start there first. Once you’ve made it through the FromSoftware/George R.R. Martin epic, venture into the Land of Shadow with Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree. Continue your quest as the Tarnished to the land where the main game’s god, Marika, originated. 

Some might call it DLC, but Eldent Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree is closer to a sequel than just add-on content, which is why we’re highlighting it as one of the best RPG games for Xbox Series X. If you’re looking for something a bit different with the Elden Ring flavor, keep an eye out for Elden Ring Nightreign, which is focused more on action and strategy than RPG.

9. Dragon Age: The Veilguard

The sequel to Dragon Age: Inquisition and the fourth installment in the series, gamers have been waiting for Dragon Age: The Veilguard for nearly a decade now. It was worth the wait. The extensive character creation engine returns as you personalize a character called Rook to your liking. Rook’s job? To prevent an elven trickster god from ending the world.

Although The Veilguard brings back quite a few familiar things from previous installments, including third-person perspective and the importance of decisions made in previous Dragon Age games, it changes up quite a bit as well. Open world navigation is swapped out for discrete locations and fast travel, while tactical combat was deprioritized over combo-based combat. In short: the characters and story continue to drive the game, which is what has made the Dragon Age series some of the most popular Xbox RPG games.

8. Starfield

Elder Scrolls. Fallout. They’re iconic, genre-defining games (we’ve even got one of them on this list). It’s no coincidence they’re made by Bethesda, as is Starfield. While many RPGs lean heavier into fantasy spaces, Starfield is pretty thoroughly science fiction: you control a silent protagonist who has joined a group of space explorers. You’ve heard of open-world games, but Starfield amps it up with an open galaxy (the Milky Way, to be specific).

With both fictional and real planetary systems, Starfield might be closer to speculative fiction than science fiction, taking place in the year 2330 after about 300 years of space exploration. Your goal: acquire some mysterious artifacts scattered across the galaxy. One of the things that makes Starfield such an exciting Xbox RPG title is its New Game + mode. We don’t want to spoil it, but you might find yourself in a significantly different universe and storyline your second or third time through.

7. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

Most turn-based RPGs take their cues from Japanese RPGs, but Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is a bit different. Though the game brings turn-based third-person role playing to the Xbox, it sets itself apart by prioritizing visuals as much as gameplay as a high-fidelity turn-based RPG. Developer Sandfall Interactive highlighted that they think this is a space neglected by AAA developers, and with how popular this Xbox RPG game has become, it seems they were right.

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 also features a rather unique setting: dark fantasy Belle Époque (the French Third Republic, 1871-1914). Every year, the people of an isolated island suffer a purge as an entity known as “the Paintress” paints a number, disappearing everyone with an age over the number. You control Gustave (voiced by Charlie Cox), a 32-year-old engineer whose number was just called. With a year to live, you join Expedition 33, a team tasked with slaying the Paintress and living to their next year.

6. Avowed

Return to the world of Eora (from Pillars of Eternity) in Avowed, an action RPG similar to The Outer Worlds. Control an envoy from the Aedyr Empire tasked with investigating a plague known as the “Dream Scourge,” discovering different civilizations across the world and eventually tracing the Dream Scourge to its source.

Although it’s one of the more traditional Xbox RPG games on our list, the story for Avowed and its return to a familiar world set it apart. While many of these games strive to do something that sets them apart, Avowed simply delivers an impressive action RPG in an imperiled fantasy world.

5. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered

It seems like we get more remasters of Elder Scrolls games than new ones these days, but if it’s not broken, don’t fix it. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered is a remake of the original Oblivion (2006), including the Knights of the Nine and Shivering Isles expansion packs and updating it to Unreal Engine 5.

The open-world structure and core mechanics remain unchanged (again, if it’s not broken), upgrading the graphics with modern rendering, ray tracing and updated textures. NPC behavior has also been improved using AI. If you’ve never played it, saying too much about the plot might spoil you. Just know that you take control of the “Hero of Kvatch” who gets drawn into a conflict in another realm after an emperor is assassinated, and follow the Elder Scrolls into Oblivion as your next Xbox RPG.

4. Baldur’s Gate 3

If you haven’t rolled up a character in Baldur’s Gate 3 yet, what have you been doing? Everyone from lifelong Dungeons & Dragons players to gamers who’ve never touched a set of dice love the third installment of the Faerûn fantasy epic. With single-player and co-op game modes, BG3 is one of the easiest entries into fantasy RPGs, giving you near free reign to build or destroy relationships with almost every character. As much about characters and personality as combat, you can make BG3 what you want it to be: hack-and-slash dungeon crawler, high-fantasy dating sim or a Lord of the Rings-level fantasy epic. 

If that “3” in the title gives you pause, it shouldn’t. Baldur’s Gate 2 actually predates the first Xbox, and you don’t need a twenty-five year old game to get started on one of the best Xbox RPGs.

3. The Outer Worlds 2

It hasn’t hit the Xbox RPG game library quite yet, but The Outer Worlds 2 is poised to become a fast favorite. A sequel to 2019’s The Outer Worlds, you’ll control a member of the Earth Directorate who has been tasked with undercovering threats to the colony in the middle of a factional war. 

A first-person game that alternates between combat, dialogue and stealth systems, The Outer Worlds 2 aims to immerse you in the sci-fi deep enough that you’ll forget the “fiction.” If you played the original, you’ll find familiar branching dialogue trees that will deliver different storylines to you and bring you back to The Outer Worlds 2 again and again.

2. Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077 had a rough start, plagued with technical issues so serious that Sony pulled it from the PlayStation store shortly after release. If you said “I’ll wait until later” for Cyberpunk 2077, you aren’t alone. This is your reminder to make it your next Xbox RPG game.

Cyberpunk 2077 drops you into Night City, California as “V,” a mercenary whose consciousness is slowly being overwritten by legendary rockstar (and terrorist) Johnny Silverhand. With Silverhand voiced by Keanu Reeves, you might just want to let him take over, but the two of you need to strike a balance and separate from each other to save V’s life.

1. Final Fantasy VII Remake

Indisputably one of the best RPG games of all time, you no longer need to be a PlayStation owner to play Final Fantasy VII. Whether you’ve been a fan since it debuted on the original PlayStation or are getting to it now that it’s an Xbox RPG, you can’t go wrong with Final Fantasy VII Remake. 

A genre-defining game, FFVII is a cyberpunk dystopia where you play as Cloud Strife, a young man who’s lost some memories who joins eco-terrorist group AVALANCHE to stop the evil Shinra corporation from literally consuming the life force of the planet for energy. Saying much more would spoil things for anyone who hasn’t played the game; just know that FFVII has truly earned its place as one of the best RPGs.

If you’re wondering why we’re listing Final Fantasy VII Remake and not Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, it’s so nobody tried to jump in at chapter two. Everyone who has played FFVII Remake should pick up Rebirth as their next Xbox RPG game.

5 underrated (and good) RPG games for Xbox

5. Lost Odyssey

When we say “underrated,” we mean it. Despite being a 2007 release for the Xbox 360, Lost Odyssey is an Xbox RPG game that should be on your radar as an Xbox Series X gamer in 2025. Control Kaim, an “immortal” who has lost his memories as the world undergoes a magical industrial revolution. Its turn-based combat and world map will feel very familiar, giving you time to focus on the storyline and the unique gameplay elements like the “Aim Ring System” and mix of levelable “mortals” who link skills to your immortal.

While it’s available digitally on your console, your Xbox Series X will let you add Lost Odyssey to your digital library by reading a physical copy, so trade those Fetch Points in for a GameStop gift card and save some cash on this modern classic.

4. Cat Quest III

Not every RPG needs to be a dire pre- or post-apocalyptic nightmare. With a title like Cat Quest: Pirates of the Purribean, you can trust Cat Quest III to give you a more lighthearted experience than most Xbox RPG games. Control a cat on a journey to find the “North Star,” a wish-granting treasure, before other pirates.

Combat ranges from epic ship-to-ship fights to individual combat mano a mano (or maybe that should be gato a gato). With traditional hand-to-hand weapons, firearms and magic as well as a cooperative multiplayer mode, Cat Quest III is determined to give you the RPG experience you want, whatever it might be.

3. Grim Dawn

If you liked the sound of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, you should add Grim Dawn to your wishlist. A latter-day Xbox One title, Grim Dawn takes place in a dark fantasy Victorian-inspired era. Choose from one of nine character classes as you attempt to survive in Cairn, a world where humanity has been brought nearly to extinction by an interdimensional war. 

An indie gem beloved for its looting and crafting system, Grim Dawn offers a level of character customization that you’re unlikely to find in most Xbox RPG games.

2. Outriders

Multiplayer is often an afterthought in Xbox RPG games, if it’s even available at all. Outriders is different. A third-person shooter, Outriders sets you up as one of four classes: Trickster, Pyromancer, Devastator or Technomancer, each with unique skills and cooldown times, along with a skill tree to upgrade your character to fit your unique gameplay style. 

Critics praised the visuals, customizability and gameplay, but noted that Outriders is a bit light on story and character. If you’re looking for a middle-ground between Call of Duty and Dragon Age, Outriders is one of the only games that fits the bill.

1. Divinity: Original Sin II

The fifth main title in the Divinity series, Original Sin II is a turn-based tactical RPG game on the Xbox. One of the earliest truly independent games, Original Sin II was financed by the players on Kickstarter and is frequently cited as one of the best RPG games of all time. Set in the medieval fantasy world of Rivellon like the previous titles, Original Sin II jumps hundreds of years into the future. 

In a world plagued by monstrous “Voidwoken,” you play a “Sourceror.” As a magic user who manipulates a form of energy known as “Source,” you’re one of the most powerful beings in the world… and you draw Voidwoken to you when you use your powers. With a fully customizable character and your choice of six pre-made protagonists, Original Sin II lets you customize to your heart’s content, making it a long-time favorite.

Fund your next fantasy adventure with Fetch Play

If you thought there were good RPG games for Xbox before, we hope it’s clear that there are plenty of great Xbox RPGs now. And now that you know how easy it is to turn your Fetch Points into gift cards for your next Xbox RPG game, you know what to do. 

Download the Fetch app, find yourself a new mobile game on Fetch Play and play your way toward your next RPG.