# The 24 Best First-Person Western RPGs of All Time

> Sprawling open worlds sit next to cramped dungeon crawlers, and cult immersive sims argue with blockbusters. Some defined the genre, others are loved by a small, loud crowd.

*By YPB Team · Published October 17, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/the-24-best-first-person-western-rpgs-of-all-time*

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## Current results (no votes yet)

1. **Skyrim** — score 1000/1000
   Bethesda's 2011 open-world fantasy epic about a dragon-slaying Dragonborn in the snowy north of Tamriel.
2. **Dungeon Master** — score 733/1000
   FTL's 1987 real-time dungeon crawler that defined the genre with its party interface and puzzle design.
3. **Morrowind** — score 732/1000
   The 2002 Elder Scrolls entry set on the alien island of Vvardenfell, famous for its strange world and deep freedom.
4. **Fallout 3** — score 639/1000
   Bethesda's 2008 take on the post-nuclear series, exploring the ruins of Washington D.C. in the Capital Wasteland.
5. **Cyberpunk 2077** — score 639/1000
   CD Projekt Red's neon-lit 2020 open-world RPG about a mercenary chasing immortality in Night City.
6. **Ultima Underworld** — score 639/1000
   The 1992 Looking Glass dungeon crawler that brought free-look 3D exploration to RPGs.
7. **Daggerfall** — score 523/1000
   The 1996 Elder Scrolls sequel with a procedurally generated world of thousands of towns and dungeons.
8. **Deus Ex: Human Revolution** — score 523/1000
   A 2011 prequel following augmented security chief Adam Jensen through a golden-hued cyberpunk conspiracy.
9. **Fallout: New Vegas** — score 523/1000
   Obsidian's 2010 wasteland RPG built around faction politics, branching quests and sharp writing.
10. **Vampire: Bloodlines** — score 523/1000
   A 2004 Troika RPG set in Los Angeles' vampire underworld, loved for its writing and clan choices despite launch bugs.
11. **Legend of Grimrock** — score 523/1000
   A 2012 indie revival of grid-based dungeon crawling, with tricky puzzles and real-time combat.
12. **Ultima Underworld II** — score 523/1000
   The 1993 sequel that stretched the first-person dungeon into a castle and a chain of parallel worlds.
13. **Fallout 4** — score 0/1000
   A 2015 Boston-set Fallout with gunplay-focused combat, crafting and settlement building.
14. **Dark Messiah** — score 0/1000
   A 2006 Arkane action RPG in the Might and Magic universe, known for kicking enemies off ledges and onto spikes.
15. **Eye of the Beholder** — score 0/1000
   A 1991 Advanced Dungeons & Dragons crawler from Westwood that put a party in a first-person sewer maze.
16. **Arena** — score 0/1000
   The 1994 first Elder Scrolls game, a gladiator-turned-adventurer quest across a huge procedural Tamriel.
17. **Oblivion** — score 0/1000
   A 2006 Elder Scrolls game where the gates of Oblivion open across a lush, voiced Cyrodiil.
18. **Deus Ex** — score 0/1000
   Ion Storm's 2000 cyberpunk classic mixing stealth, shooting and choices that reshape a conspiracy plot.
19. **Arx Fatalis** — score 0/1000
   A 2002 Arkane dungeon RPG set underground, with gesture-drawn spellcasting and heavy atmosphere.
20. **Wizardry** — score 0/1000
   The 1981 dungeon crawler that helped set the template for party-based computer RPGs.
21. **Starfield** — score 0/1000
   Bethesda's 2023 space-faring RPG with hundreds of explorable planets and a crew of companions.
22. **System Shock 2** — score 0/1000
   A 1999 sci-fi horror RPG aboard a derelict starship, with a rogue AI and scarce resources.
23. **The Outer Worlds** — score 0/1000
   Obsidian's 2019 sci-fi RPG about a colony run by corporations, full of dark humor and faction choices.
24. **Might and Magic VI** — score 0/1000
   A 1998 entry in the long-running series that moved the party into a fully 3D first-person world.

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