# 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.

*By YPB Team · Published September 28, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/what-is-the-best-crpg-of-all-time*

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1. **Ultima IV**
   The Origin Systems classic that introduced a virtue-based moral system to computer RPGs.
2. **Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord**
   The first-person dungeon crawler that helped define the genre's early grammar.
3. **The Bard's Tale**
   The party-based dungeon crawler that made a fireside bard the face of the genre.
4. **Might and Magic: Darkside of Xeen**
   The New World Computing epic known for its sprawling, interconnected overworld.
5. **Baldur's Gate II**
   The BioWare Forgotten Realms epic widely cited as a genre high point for writing and party dynamics.
6. **Fallout 2**
   The post-nuclear RPG that paired dark humor with real branching consequences.
7. **Planescape: Torment**
   The Black Isle game built around a single question: what can change the nature of a man.
8. **Icewind Dale II**
   The Black Isle dungeon crawler built for parties who want combat over conversation.
9. **Neverwinter Nights**
   The BioWare RPG that shipped with its own toolset for players to build campaigns.
10. **Divinity: Original Sin II**
   The Larian sequel praised for letting nearly any character build actually work.
11. **Pillars of Eternity**
   The Obsidian RPG that revived the Infinity Engine style through crowdfunding.
12. **Dungeon Master**
   The real-time first-person dungeon crawler that influenced a generation of RPGs after it.

Tags: games, rpg, retro-gaming