Community The RPG Codex's Top 101 PC RPGs (With User Reviews!)

[Grauken]

Underrail was crowd-funded? I thought it was one of the examples that wasn't

 

[Sinatar]

Wizards & Warriors at 99?

I thought this community was supposed to have taste.

 

[ZagorTeNej]

Oblivion beat Skyrim, good job everyone.

How many hours did you put in Skyrim?

 

[Lemming42]

How many hours did you put in Skyrim?

I was just bewildered that Oblivion, despite having seemingly no fans on the Codex, made it onto the list while Skyrim (a much better game IMO) didn't.

On a more serious note I'm glad to see Age of Decadence rocket up the ranks to a rightful place on the list.

 

[Modron]

Underrail was crowd-funded? I thought it was one of the examples that wasn't

Technically it was early accessed before Early Access was a thing like Mount and Blade before it. I got it from some bundle site years before it came out.

 

[Lady_Error]

I was just bewildered that Oblivion, despite having seemingly no fans on the Codex, made it onto the list

In case you were wondering who voted for it:
https://rpgcodex.net/forums/index.php?search/81619056/&q=oblivion&t=post&o=date&c[thread]=127307

It may also be that voting for Skyrim leads to an automatic permaban.

 

[Urthor]

Sengoku Rance has joined the top 100, what a day for this website

 

[Esthete]

After 10 years of reading the Codex without an account, felt like this was the best excuse to make my 1st post.

Spoiler

I was wrong

 

[Leechmonger]

Might and Magic X? I thought the Codex hated that game. Is it actually worth checking out?

 

[Lady_Error]

One of the best blobbers of the last 20 years, in my opinion. Not that we had that much to choose from, aside from the weeboo anime JRPG's.

 

[Higher Game]

WHY ARE THERE NO ROGUELIKES ON THIS LIST. WHERE IS ANCIENT DOMAINS OF MYSTERY.

/autism

 

[Iselor]

The most average cRPG of all time: 17
Walking simulator in the woods and on the meadow: 19
The best cRPG ever: 45
Tyranny 95? Good joke. Top 10 is the minimum.
Original Sin better than Original Sin II?
Such lists should be alphabetical. Otherwise, they do not make sense.

 

[Lady_Error]

The best cRPG ever: 45

Good way to turn this into a Pillars discussion thread, I'll give you that.

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

I didn't vote for it(and it isn't anyway near my favorite rogue-like), but I still consider the fact that Nethack didn't make into this list a travesty.

 

[SausageInYourFace]

Looks like blobbers slowly go out of fashion even on the Codex. Dark days ahead.

 

[Grauken]

Codex never had a big focus on blobbers, just some very active fans like aweigh and support from Codex authority in the form of Crooked Bee

 

[markec]

Pretty poor list, just shows how low Codex has fallen with the influx of new users.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

I think I already said this in the review thread, but it is worth repeating: The fact that we have new games getting high ranking in the poll really shows that our hobby is healthy at the moment. Rejoice!

I'd honestly be surprised if the majority of people who voted for Kingmaker even made it to Armag's tomb.
It's a decent game, but I expect it to fall down to the 50s or 60s the next time rankings come up.

 

[Zer0wing]

Original Sin better than Original Sin II?

Those go one after another in chronological order and you are already seething? Get lost.

 

[SausageInYourFace]

Codex never had a big focus on blobbers, just some very active fans like aweigh and support from Codex authority in the form of Crooked Bee

Maybe I am remembering it wrong but I feel like discussion about classic blobbers used to be more active in general. Thats how I got into Wizardry and Might & Magic as some of my first classic RPGs. The feeling is reflected in this poll where most of the blobbers seemed to take a hit and are trending downward.

 

[PrettyDeadman]

Dark Souls

 

[PrettyDeadman]

Also, top 1 is storyfag adventure which is even less of an rpg than dark souls is.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

Codex never had a big focus on blobbers, just some very active fans like aweigh and support from Codex authority in the form of Crooked Bee

Maybe I am remembering it wrong but I feel like discussion about classic blobbers used to be more active in general. Thats how I got into Wizardry and Might & Magic as some of my first classic RPGs. The feeling is reflected in this poll where most of the blobbers seemed to take a hit and are trending downward.

Genre is essentially dead so it's unsurprising the popularity is declining.

 

[PrettyDeadman]

My list.
1. Kingmaker
2. Kotc
3. Dark Sun Shattered Lands.
4. Toee
5. Wizardry 7
6. Wizards n warroirs
7. Mightnmagic worlds of xeen
8. Underrail
9. Wizardry 8
10. Fallout 2
11. Arcanum
12. Fallout
13. Bloodlines
14....
50. Icewind Dale 2
51. Icewind Dale
52....
97. Baldurs gates 2
98. Baldurs Gates
99. Divine Divinity
100. Oblivion

Not on the list: dark souls, planescape torment, poe, original sins, skyrim.

 

[purpleblob]

I think I already said this in the review thread, but it is worth repeating: The fact that we have new games getting high ranking in the poll really shows that our hobby is healthy at the moment. Rejoice!

I'd honestly be surprised if the majority of people who voted for Kingmaker even made it to Armag's tomb.
It's a decent game, but I expect it to fall down to the 50s or 60s the next time rankings come up.

What makes you think that? A lot of people I know completed the game and on their 2nd or 3rd playthrough. I, for one, am on my 4th playthrough with the total of 650+ hours on it.