What is the best CRPG of all time?

From dungeon-crawling first-person mazes to fully voiced modern epics, the games that made 'CRPG' its own genre.

1. 1
   Ultima IV

   The Origin Systems classic that introduced a virtue-based moral system to computer RPGs.
2. 2
   Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord

   The first-person dungeon crawler that helped define the genre's early grammar.
3. 3
   The Bard's Tale

   The party-based dungeon crawler that made a fireside bard the face of the genre.
4. 4
   Might and Magic: Darkside of Xeen

   The New World Computing epic known for its sprawling, interconnected overworld.
5. 5
   Baldur's Gate II

   The BioWare Forgotten Realms epic widely cited as a genre high point for writing and party dynamics.
6. 6
   Fallout 2

   The post-nuclear RPG that paired dark humor with real branching consequences.
7. 7
   Planescape: Torment

   The Black Isle game built around a single question: what can change the nature of a man.
8. 8
   Icewind Dale II

   The Black Isle dungeon crawler built for parties who want combat over conversation.
9. 9
   Neverwinter Nights

   The BioWare RPG that shipped with its own toolset for players to build campaigns.
10. 10
    Divinity: Original Sin II

    The Larian sequel praised for letting nearly any character build actually work.
11. 11
    Pillars of Eternity

    The Obsidian RPG that revived the Infinity Engine style through crowdfunding.
12. 12
    Dungeon Master

    The real-time first-person dungeon crawler that influenced a generation of RPGs after it.

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