2000s Role-playing games

52 Role-playing classics first released 2000 to 2009, in release order, and 21 games looking back to them.

Games looking back to them

• Core Decay: Retro immersive sim shooter in the System Shock and Deus Ex tradition.
• Deus Ex: Revision (Deus Ex mod): Community overhaul with redesigned maps and new renderer.
• Fallen Aces: Comic-noir immersive sim brawler with 2.5D sprites, released in episodes.
• GMDX: Give Me Deus Ex (Deus Ex mod): Overhaul of Deus Ex with new AI, augmentations and interface.
• Iji: Free side-scrolling action RPG offered only from the author's homepage.
• The Nameless Mod (Deus Ex mod): Deus Ex total conversion with its own story; version 2.0 in 2023.
• GemRB: Open reimplementation of the Infinity Engine.
• Arcanum Community Edition: Re-implementation of Arcanum from the same author as the Fallout CE ports.
• The Age of Decadence: Turn-based text-heavy RPG first sold through the studio's own site during early access.
• Camelot Unchained: 2013 Kickstarter realm-vs-realm MMO by DAoC's creator, still unreleased.
• OpenGothic: Modern open-source Gothic engine, Gothic II fully playable.
• Risen: Gothic creators' new series after losing the Gothic rights.
• Brighter Shores: Browser-style MMO by RuneScape creator Andrew Gower.
• Open RSC: Revived RuneScape Classic servers.
• Arx Libertatis: Cross-platform port of Arx Fatalis based on Arkane's released source.
• xoreos: Reimplementation of BioWare's Aurora engine and its descendants.
• Shadows Over Loathing: 1920s horror-comedy follow-up to West of Loathing.
• West of Loathing: Single-player stick-figure Western RPG spun off from Kingdom of Loathing.
• KotOR.js: JavaScript reimplementation of the KOTOR engine.
• reone (KotOR engine recreation): Open-source reimplementation of the KOTOR engine.
• Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic: Announced December 2025 as a KOTOR spiritual successor led by its director.

The classics

• Dark Cloud (2000)
• Deus Ex (2000)
• Icewind Dale (2000)
• Paper Mario (2000)
• Skies of Arcadia (2000)
• Summoner (2000)
• Vampire: The Masquerade (2000)
• Anachronox (2001)
• Anarchy Online (2001)
• Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura (2001)
• Dark Age of Camelot (2001)
• Golden Sun (2001)
• Gothic (2001)
• RuneScape (2001)
• Shadow Hearts (2001)
• .hack (2002)
• AdventureQuest (2002)
• Arx Fatalis (2002)
• Divinity (2002)
• Dungeon Siege (2002)
• Kingdom Hearts (2002)
• Neverwinter Nights (2002)
• Ragnarok Online (2002)
• Xenosaga (2002)
• Baten Kaitos (2003)
• Disgaea (2003)
• Kingdom of Loathing (2003)
• MapleStory (2003)
• Mario & Luigi (2003)
• Star Wars Galaxies (2003)
• Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (2003)
• Stick RPG (2003)
• Toontown Online (2003)
• City of Heroes (2004)
• Dofus (2004)
• Fable (2004)
• Sacred (2004)
• World of Warcraft (2004)
• Guild Wars (2005)
• Jade Empire (2005)
• Rune Factory (2006)
• Titan Quest (2006)
• Mass Effect (2007)
• The Lord of the Rings Online (2007)
• The Witcher (2007)
• The World Ends with You (2007)
• Mount & Blade (2008)
• Wizard101 (2008)
• Demon's Souls (Souls series) (2009)
• Dragon Age (2009)
• Risen (2009)
• Torchlight (2009)