List of role-playing video games: 2012 to 2013

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This is a comprehensive index of commercial role-playing video games, sorted chronologically by year. Information regarding date of release, developer, publisher, operating system, subgenre and notability is provided where available. The table can be sorted by clicking on the small boxes next to the column headings. This list does not include MUDs or MMORPGs. It does include roguelikes, action RPGs and tactical RPGs.

For more details on the history of MMORPGs, see History of massively multiplayer online games.

For more details on the history of table-top role-playing games, see Timeline of pen and paper role-playing games.

Legend

Video game platforms

3DS	Nintendo 3DS
APPII	Apple II
Arcade	Arcade game
CROSS	Cross-platform
DC	Dreamcast
DOS	DOS / MS-DOS
DG32	Dragon 32
DROI	Android
DS	Nintendo DS
FLA	Adobe Flash
FDS	Famicom Disk System
FM7	FM-7
FMT	FM Towns
GB	Game Boy
GBA	Game Boy Advance
GBC	Game Boy Color
GCN	Nintendo GameCube
GEN	Sega Genesis / Sega Mega Drive
INT	Intellivision
iOS	iOS

LIN	Linux
MAIN	Mainframe computer
MOBI	Mobile phone
MSX	MSX
MSX2	MSX2
N64	Nintendo 64
NES	Nintendo Entertainment System / Famicom
PC60	NEC PC-6001
PC88	NEC PC-8801
PC98	NEC PC-9801
PCD	TurboGrafx-CD / PC Engine CD
PCE	TurboGrafx-16 / PC Engine
PET	Commodore PET
PLATO	PLATO
PS1	PlayStation / PSone
PS2	PlayStation 2
PS3	PlayStation 3
PS4	PlayStation 4
PSN	PlayStation Network
PSP	PlayStation Portable

OSX	OS X
SAT	Sega Saturn
SCD	Sega Mega-CD
SG1K	Sega SG-1000
SMS	Sega Master System
SNES	Super NES / Super Famicom
VC	Virtual Console (Wii)
VITA	PlayStation Vita
X1	Sharp X1
X68K	Sharp X68000
Wii	Wii
WiiU	Wii U
WIN	Windows 2000 / XP / Vista / 7 / 8 / 10
WIN9X	Windows 9x
WINNT	Windows NT
X360	Xbox 360
XBOX	Xbox
XOne	Xbox One

Types of releases

Rerel	The game was re-released on the same platform with no or only minor changes.
Port	The game first appeared on a different platform and a port was made. The game is like the original, with few or no differences.
Remake	The game is an enhanced remake of an original, released on the same or different platform, with changes to graphics, sound and/or gameplay.
Comp	A compilation, anthology or collection of several titles, usually (but not always) belonging to the same series.
Limit	A special release (often called "Limited" or "Collector's Edition") with bonus collector's material. Often provided to people who pre-order a game.

Genre notes

Action RPG	Action role-playing game
Tactical RPG	Tactical role-playing game
Roguelike	Roguelike
Eroge	Japanese game featuring erotic content
MMORPG	Massively multiplayer online role-playing game
MUD	MUD
Turn-based	Turn-based game
Real-time	Real-time game

FPS/RPG	First-person shooter / RPG hybrid (Role-playing shooter)
RTS/RPG	Real-time strategy / RPG hybrid (real-time strategy RPG)
CRPG	Computer-style role-playing game
JRPG	Japanese-style role-playing game
Dungeon crawl	Dungeon crawl
Monster raising	Pet-raising simulation
Card battle	Collectible card game
Blobber	First-person party-based RPG

List

Year	Title	Developer	Publisher	Setting	Platform	Subgenre	Series/Notes	COO
2012 (JP/NA/EU)	Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition	Overhaul Games	Atari	Fantasy	WIN (Remake) iOS (Remake) OSX (Remake)	WRPG	Enhanced remake of Baldur's Gate.	CA
2012 (NA)	Diablo III	Blizzard	Blizzard	Fantasy	WIN	Action RPG	Diablo	NA
2012 (NA)	Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice	NIS	NIS	Fantasy	VITA (Port)	Tactical RPG	Port\remake of Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice for PS3.	JP
2012 (NA)	Legend of Grimrock	Almost Human Ltd.	Almost Human Ltd.	Fantasy	PC	Action RPG		FI
2012 (JP)	Dragon Quest X: Mezameshi Itsutsu no Shuzoku Online	Square Enix Armor Project	Square Enix	Fantasy	Wii	MMORPG	Sequel to Dragon Quest IX Hoshizora no Mamoribito.	JP
2012 (JP/NA/EU)	Dragon's Dogma	Capcom	Capcom	Fantasy	PS3 X360	Action RPG		JP
2012 (NA)	Final Fantasy XIII-2	Square Enix 1st Production Department tri-Ace	Square Enix	Fantasy	PS3 X360		Final Fantasy	JP
2012 (NA)	Game of Thrones	Cyanide	Atlus Focus Home Interactive	Fantasy	WIN PS3 X360	Action RPG	A Song of Ice and Fire	FR
2012	Of Orcs and Men	Cyanide	Focus Home Interactive	Fantasy	WIN PS3 X360	Action RPG		FR
2012 (NA)	Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning	38 Studios Big Huge Games	38 Studios Electronic Arts	Fantasy	WIN PS3 X360	Action RPG		NA
2012 (NA)	Mass Effect 3	BioWare	Electronic Arts	Sci-fi	WIN PS3 X360 WiiU	Action RPG		NA
2012 (NA)	Risen 2: Dark Waters	Piranha Bytes Wizarbox	Deep Silver Square Enix	Fantasy	WIN PS3 X360	Action RPG	Risen	NA
2012 (??)	Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4 Golden	Atlus	Atlus Square Enix Ubisoft	Fantasy	VITA (Port)		Enhanced port of Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4 for PS2.	JP
2012 (NA/EU/AU)	Witcher 2, The: Assassins of Kings	CD Projekt RED	CD Projekt RED (POL) Atari (NA) Namco Bandai Games (EU)	Fantasy	X360 (Port) MAC (Port)	Action RPG	Port of The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings for Windows. Sequel to The Witcher. Based on the novels of the same name.	PL
2013 (JP/NA/EU)	Guided Fate Paradox, The	Nippon Ichi Software	NIS America	Fantasy	PS3	Dungeon crawl		JP
2013	Aarklash: Legacy	Cyanide Studio	Cyanide Studio	Fantasy	WIN	Dungeon crawl
2013	Avadon 2: The Corruption	Spiderweb Software		Fantasy	WIN OSX iOS	Dungeon crawl	Sequel to Avadon: The Black Fortress
2013 (KR) 2015 (NA/EU)	Monster Hunter 4	Capcom	Capcom	Fantasy	3DS	Action RPG		KR
2013	Shadowrun Returns	Harebrained Schemes	-	Cyberpunk	WIN OSX iOS DROI LIN	Tactical RPG (turn-based)		NA
2013	Driftmoon	Instant Kingdom		Fantasy	WIN LIN OSX	WRPG		FI

References

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External links

The Year Of The RPG? at GameInformer
The Best Role-Playing Games of 2012 at IGN

Chronology of role-playing video games

Role-playing video games	1975–1985 1986–1987 1988–1989 1990–1991 1992–1993 1994–1995 1996–1997 1998–1999 2000–2001 2002–2003 2004–2005 2006–2007 2008–2009 2010–2011 2012–2013 2014–2015 Unreleased

Tactical role-playing games	1980s–1994 1995–1999 2000–2004 2005–2009 2010–2019 Unreleased

Other subgenres	Roguelikes MUDs

See also	List of Dungeons & Dragons video games List of massively multiplayer online role-playing games List of Japanese role-playing games on PC List of Super Famicom and Super Nintendo role-playing games Timeline of pen and paper role-playing games

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