List of tabletop role-playing games
The following is a timeline of tabletop role-playing games. For computer role-playing games see here.
The publication year listed here is the year of the first edition in the original country. Additional editions, translations or adaptations for use in other countries are not included in this list. For editions other than the first, consult the corresponding article.
Some games started out as generic role-playing supplements, supplements for other games, or even a different kind of game. Those games are listed in the year when they made the transition to a standalone role-playing game.
Unique games with identical or similar titles are listed separately. Unique means games that use different rules or settings but does not include rule revisions by the same author or publisher.
1970s
1974
- Dungeons & Dragons
1975
- Boot Hill
- Empire of the Petal Throne
- En Garde!
- Tunnels & Trolls
1976
- Bunnies & Burrows
- Knights of the Round Table
- Metamorphosis Alpha
- Monsters! Monsters!
- Starfaring
1977
- Chivalry & Sorcery
- Flash Gordon & the Warriors of Mongo
- Space Patrol, later renamed Star Patrol
- Space Quest
- The Realm of Yolmi
- Traveller
1978
- Advanced Dungeons & Dragons
- Bifrost
- Gamma World
- High Fantasy
- John Carter, Warlord of Mars
- Legacy
- RuneQuest
- Starships & Spacemen
- What Price Glory?!
1979
- Adventures in Fantasy
- Buccaneer
- Bushido
- Commando
- Gangster!
- Heroes
- Ironhedge
- Villains and Vigilantes
- Ysgarth
1980s
1980
- Archaeron
- Basic Role-Playing
- Beasts, Men & Gods by The Game Masters
- Castle Perilous
- Dallas
- DragonQuest
- Land of the Rising Sun
- Melanda
- Odysseus
- Skull and Crossbones
- Space Opera
- Supergame
- The Fantasy Trip
- The Morrow Project
- Thieves' Guild
- Top Secret
1981
- Aftermath!
- Arduin
- Call of Cthulhu
- Champions
- Crimefighters
- Fantasy Wargaming
- Heroes of Olympus
- Merc
- Midgard
- Star Rovers
- Stormbringer
- The Mechanoid Invasion
- The Spawn of Fashan
- Universe
- Wild West
- Wizards' Realm
1982
- Alma Mater
- Behind Enemy Lines by FASA
- Daredevils
- Drakar och Demoner
- Fringeworthy
- '
- Gangbusters
- Inner City
- Knights and Berserkers and Legerdemain
- Man, Myth and Magic
- Pirates and Plunder
- Recon
- Rolemaster
- Space Infantry
- Starfleet Voyages
- Star Frontiers
- '
- Swordbearer
- Sword's Path Glory
- Worlds of Wonder
1983
- Droids
- Element Masters
- '
- Espionage!, later renamed Danger International
- James Bond 007
- Lands of Adventure
- :fr:Légendes |Légendes
- Lords of Creation
- :fr:L'Ultime Épreuve|L'Ultime Épreuve
- '
- Mercenaries, Spies and Private Eyes
- Other Suns by FGU
- Palladium Fantasy Role-Playing Game
- Powers and Perils
- Privateers and Gentlemen
- Roleplayer by Roleplayer Enterprises
- Stalking the Night Fantastic
- Star Quest
- Super Squadron
- Superworld
- The Valley of the Pharaohs
- Timeship
- To Challenge Tomorrow
- Victorian Adventure
- Warhammer The Mass Combat Fantasy Role-Playing Game
- Witch Hunt by StatCom Simulations
1984
- Chill
- Das Schwarze Auge
- DragonRaid
- Elfquest
- Fighting Fantasy - The Introductory Role-Playing Game
- Flashing Blades
- Golden Heroes
- Heroes Unlimited
- Justice, Inc.
- :it:Kata Kumbas|Kata Kumbas
- Maelstrom
- Marvel Super Heroes
- :fr:Mega |Mega
- Middle-earth Role Playing
- Mutant
- Paranoia
- Phantasy Conclave
- Psi World
- Ringworld
- Skyrealms of Jorune
- Star Ace
- The Adventures of Indiana Jones
- The Arcanum
- Time & Time Again
- Timemaster
- Toon
- Twilight 2000
1985
- Challengers
- Conan Role-Playing Game
- DC Heroes
- Dinky Dungeons
- The Doctor Who Role Playing Game
- Dragon Warriors
- Dragonroar
- Excursion into the... Bizarre! by Blind Dog Games
- Fantasy Hero
- Hawkmoon
- Hidden Kingdom
- '
- Maléfices
- Mekton
- Midnight at the Well of Souls Role-Playing System
- Pendragon
- '
- Space Master
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness
1986
- 2300 AD
- 9th Generation
- By the Gods
- '
- Eternal Soldier
- Ghostbusters
- Freedom Fighters
- GURPS
- HârnMaster
- '
- MechWarrior
- Mythworld
- Phoenix Command
- Robotech
- Robot Warriors
- The Chronicles of Darkus Thel
- Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay
- Year of the Phoenix
1987
- Ars Magica
- Beyond the Supernatural
- Cyborg Commando
- Enforcers
- Expendables
- Future Worlds
- Living Steel
- MEGA Role-Playing System
- Miekka ja magia
- Night of the Ninja
- Ninjas & Superspies
- by West End Games
- Talislanta
- Teenagers from Outer Space
- Robotech II: The Sentinels
- Timelords
- TWERPS
1988
- :fr:Animonde|Animonde
- Albedo
- Bullwinkle and Rocky Role-Playing Party Game
- Crimefighter by Task Force Games
- Cyberpunk 2013
- Deepsleep by Godiva Productions
- High Colonies
- Justifiers RPG
- Macho Women with Guns
- Manhunter
- Phantasia
- Second Dawn
- SpaceTime
- Vindicators
- Woof Meow
1989
- Advanced Fighting Fantasy
- Adventurers of the North - Kalevala Heroes
- Batman Role-Playing Game
- Blackwatch
- The Confederate Rangers
- Cyberspace
- In Nomine Satanis/Magna Veritas
- It Came From the Late, Late, Late Show
- Lace & Steel
- Mutazoids
- Omnigon
- Private Eye
- Shadowrun
- Star Hero
- Sword World RPG
1990s
1990
- Age of Ruin by Cutting Edge Games
- :es:Aquelarre |Aquelarre
- Attack of the Humans
- Barony by Better Games
- Battlelords of the 23rd Century
- Buck Rogers XXVC
- Cadillacs and Dinosaurs
- Comandos de Guerra
- CORPS
- Era Ten by Better Games
- Fifth Cycle
- Hero System
- Legendary Lives by Marquee Press
- Morpheus
- Nightlife
- Reich Star
- Rifts
- :de:Ruf des Warlock|Ruf des Warlock
- Rüs by Rus Games
- Time Drifters by Dimensional Strategies
- Torg
- Worlds Beyond
1991
- Amber Diceless Roleplaying Game
- Aliens Adventure Game
- Bloodlust
- Dark Conspiracy
- Fuerza Delta
- Hahlmabrea by Sutton Hoo Games
- Kult
- LegendQuest by Board Enterprises
- Lord of the Rings Adventure Game
- Lost Souls
- Millennium's End
- Mutantes en la sombra
- Of Gods and Men by Non Sequitur Productions
- Plüsch, Power & Plunder
- Realms of the Unknown by The Walnut Group
- Tagmar
- Tales from the Floating Vagabond
- The World of Synnibarr
- Time Lord: Adventures through Time and Space
- Warp World
1992
- Analaya, tormenta de arena
- Dangerous Journeys
- '
- Duel by Nightshift Games
- Fanhunter, el juego de rol épicodecadente
- Fudge
- Fuzzy Heroes by Inner City Games Designs
- Nephilim
- Oráculo
- Over the Edge
- Pixie by New World
- Proteus by Bruce Gomes Industries
- Ragnarok
- '
- Ralph Bakshi's Wizards by Whit Publications
- Shades of Fantasy by IDD
- Sun and Storm by Storm Press
- The Adventures of Luther Arkwright: The Roleplaying Game by 23rd Parallel Games
1993
- Amazing Engine
- Earthdawn
- Far West
- Fate of the Norns
- Forgotten Futures
- Heroes & Heroines
- High Adventure Cliffhangers Buck Rogers Adventure Game
- Jovian Chronicles
- Kryształy Czasu
- '
- '
- Manhunter
- Metascape Guild Space
- Mili KK, el juego de rol
- Mutant Chronicles
- Pandemonium!
- Prime Directive
- Risus
- Shatterzone
- SLA Industries
- :de:Space Gothic|Space Gothic
- The Beast Within
- The Whispering Vault
- Theatrix
- Underground
- World Wrestling Federation Adventure Game by Whit Publications''
1994
- 3D&T
- '
- Avengers of Justice
- Castle Falkenstein
- Don't Look Back
- Gardásiyal: Adventures on Tékumel
- GateWar by Escape Ventures
- HoL
- '
- Inferno by Death's Edge Games
- Legion - The power in your hands
- Masterbook
- Midgard 1880
- ¡Piratas!
- Shattered Dreams by Apex Publications
- '
- The Pirates of Dark Water
- The World of Bloodshadows
- The World of Indiana Jones
- '
1995
- Almogàvers
- Atlantis 2183
- Cosmic Enforcers
- Cybergeneration
- El caso del crimen del contable
- Espada y brujería
- Everway
- Heavy Gear
- ¡Niños!
- Nightbane
- Project A-ko
- Psychosis: Ship of Fools by Chameleon Eclectic
- Superhéroes Inc.
- The End by Scapegoat Games
- The World of Necroscope
- The World of Tank Girl
1996
- The 23rd Letter by Crucible Design
- Asylum by Clockworks
- Blood Dawn
- Bubblegum Crisis
- Conspiracy X
- The D6 System: The Customizable Roleplaying Game
- Deadlands
- '
- Fading Suns
- Feeria
- Feng Shui
- Gatecrasher
- Hong Kong Action Theatre!
- Infinite Domains by Infinite Concepts
- '
- NeverWorld by ForEverWorld Books
- Noir by Archon Gaming
- The World of Tales from the Crypt
- Tirant lo Blanc
- CJ Carella's WitchCraft
1997
- '
- Armored Trooper Votoms
- Big Eyes, Small Mouth
- Blue Planet
- '
- Dzikie Pola
- Extreme Vengeance by Archangel Entertainment
- Fuzion
- In Nomine
- Legend of the Five Rings
- '
- Multiverser
- Neverwhere by Postmortem Studios
- Providence
- Puppetland
- StuperPowers!
- The Babylon Project by Chameleon Eclectic
- The Pocket Warrior by Plaid Rabbit Productions
- The Power by Nexus Transmedia
- Æon/Trinity
- '
- Zero by Archangel Entertainment
1998
- Alternity
- Blood of Heroes
- '
- Gemini
- Hercules & Xena
- Laberinto
- '
- Marvel Super Heroes Adventure Game
- QAGS
- '
- Runeslayers
- Run out the guns!
- '
- Tenra Bansho Zero
- The Extraordinary Adventures of Baron Munchausen
- The Sailor Moon Role-Playing Game
- Tribe 8
- Tribes by Steve Jackson Games
- Unknown Armies
- Usagi Yojimbo by Gold Rush Games
1999
- 7th Sea
- Aberrant
- Agone
- All Flesh Must Be Eaten
- Brave New World
- Continuum
- DC Universe Roleplaying Game
- Dominion Rules
- '
- '
- Furry Pirates
- Heroes Forever
- '
- Lejendary Adventure
- Nobilis
- Powerkill
- '
- Star Trek: The Original Series Role-playing Game
- Violence
- Weird War Two: Crusade for Europe
2000s
2000
- Anno Domini Adventus Averni ad Terram
- Barrio xino
- '
- '
- Enothril
- EXO
- Frankenstein faktoria
- Hero Wars
- Name Keeper
- '
- Orkworld
- Pavillon Noir, la révolte
- Sketch!
- Star Wars Roleplaying Game by Wizards of the Coast
- Superheroes INC.
- UnderWorld
- '
- World Tree
2001
- Adventure!
- After the Bomb
- AState
- De Profundis
- Exalted
- Double Cross
- Fanpiro
- Fulminata
- Gear Krieg
- Godlike
- HackMaster
- Little Fears
- '
- '
- Sorcerer
- The Dying Earth Roleplaying Game
- The Metabarons Roleplaying Game
- The Wheel of Time Roleplaying Game
- The Witcher
- Weird War II: Blood on the Rhine
2002
- Action!
- Active Exploits
- Alkaendra, los sueños perdidos
- :De:Arcane Codex|Arcane Codex
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer Roleplaying Game
- Call of Cthulhu
- Cartoon Action Hour
- d20 Modern
- '
- Engel
- Discworld Roleplaying Game
- Donjon
- '
- EverQuest Role-Playing Game
- Farscape Roleplaying Game
- InSpectres
- Juego de rol del capitán Alatriste
- The Lord of the Rings Roleplaying Game
- Mechanical Dream
- Mutants & Masterminds
- '
- Outfan
- Silver Age Sentinels
- '
- Spaceship Zero
- Spycraft
- Star Trek Roleplaying Game
- Terra Primate
- Steve Perrin's Quest Rules
- The Burning Wheel
- Transhuman Space
- '
- '
2003
- Angel Roleplaying Game
- Babylon 5 Roleplaying Game
- D6 Adventure
- Dead Inside
- Deliria
- EABA
- FATE
- Fates Worse than Death
- Grimm
- High Adventure Role Playing
- Marvel Universe Roleplaying Game
- My Life With Master
- Neuroshima
- Orpheus
- Pirates!
- Savage Worlds
- Silhouette CORE
- Sine Requie
- Stargate SG-1 Roleplaying Game
- Tri-Stat dX
- Unisystem
- Victoriana
2004
- Arkeos
- Bulldogs!
- Castles & Crusades
- Chronicles of Darkness
- '
- Dogs in the Vineyard
- D6 Fantasy
- D6 Space
- the farm
- Fireborn
- Guardian Universe Core Fuzion
- Lacuna Part 1. The Creation of the Mystery and the Girl from Blue City
- '
- Monastyr
- Primetime Adventures
- Quidam
- Redención
- The Shadow of Yesterday
- '
- '
- Wyrd is Bond
- Xtraídos
2005
- Army of Darkness
- '
- Atlantis: The Second Age
- BASH!
- Blue Rose
- Capes by Muse of Fire Games
- City of Heroes by Eden Games
- Dawning Star
- Dread
- Etherscope
- '
- A Game of Thrones
- Godsend Agenda
- Hollyworld
- '
- '
- The Mountain Witch
- Omni System
- Serenity
- sLAng, a quemarropa
- '
- '
- The Secret of Zir'An
- True20
- Truth & Justice
- Usagi Yojimbo by Sanguine Productions
- '
- '
2006
- Basic Fantasy
- Big Bang Comics
- Blood & Honor
- Cadwallon
- Chronicles of Ramlar
- Corporation
- Cold City
- Crystalicum
- Dark Nova RPG
- Dice & Glory by Ranger Games
- Don't Rest Your Head
- Heroic Visions
- Hollow Earth Expedition
- Lances
- Mazes & Minotaurs
- Nemesis - Roleplaying in Worlds of Horror by Arc Dream Publishing
- The Original Flatland Role Playing Game
- OSRIC
- Rápido y fácil
- Shab-al-Hiri Roach
- Spirit of the Century
- Unidad Beta
- Wild Talents
- The Zantabulous Zorcerer of Zo''
2007
- 99 espadas
- '
- As Crónicas de Gáidil*
- Battlestar Galactica Role Playing Game
- C-System
- '
- Colonial Gothic
- The Dark Fantasy of Sundrah
- The Esoterrorists
- Fábulas, historias de la sociedad de cuentacuentos
- Fear Itself
- Grey Ranks
- Inocentes
- Labyrinth Lord
- Monte Cook's World of Darkness
- Necrorama
- Reign
- Scion
- Septimus
- Sláine
- Tenra War
-
2008
- AEther by Silver Gryphon Games
- Bakemono
- Barbarians of Lemuria
- Cortex System Role Playing Game
- CthulhuTech
- Dark Heresy
- Dead Reign
- Demon Hunters Role Playing Game
- Ghosts of Albion by Eden_Studios,_Inc.
- Heroes of the Rura-Tonga - Pulp Adventures in the South Pacific by Griffon Publishing Studio
- Houses of the Blooded
- Innocents
- Hot War
- Last War
- Legend of the Burning Sands
- Monsters and Other Childish Things
- Mouse Guard
- Mutant Future
- Roleage
- RyF
- Starblazer Adventures
- Swords & Wizardry
- Trail of Cthulhu''
2009
- A Song of Ice and Fire Roleplaying
- Adventures in Oz - Fantasy Roleplaying Beyond The Yellow Brick Road
- Arcana Mvndi
- Diaspora
- '
- Dungeonslayers
- Eclipse Phase
- Eyes Only
- Eoris Essence
- Fantasy Craft
- Fiasco
- '
- Los Ichar
- Mutant City Blues
- NSd20, juego de rol genérico multiambiental
- Pathfinder Roleplaying Game
- Rogue Trader
- Roll&Play!
- Slasher Flick
- Western City by Redbrick Germany
- Witch Girls Adventures
- Yggdrasill
2010s
2010
- 1808
- Adventure Party
- All for One - Régime Diabolique
- Anoë
- Apocalypse World
- Aventuras en la Marca del Este
- Capes, Cowls & Villains Foul
- Carnage Amongst the Tribes
- Dark Dungeons
- Dark Harvest - The Legacy of Frankenstein
- DC Adventures
- Deathwatch
- Dragon Age
- :it:Eden: l'Inganno|Eden: l'Inganno
- ICONS
- Ingenium by Silver Gryphon Games
- Labyrinth
- Legends of Anglerre
- '
- Maschine Zeit
- Lamentations of the Flame Princess
- '
- Smallville Roleplaying Game
- Stars Without Number
- The Dresden Files
- The Laundry
- Les Ombres d'Esteren
- Z-Corps
2011
- Abney Park's Airship Pirates
- Aborea
- Agents of S.W.I.N.G.
- Arcanis
- Ashen Stars
- Black Crusade
- Cacería de bichos
- Clockwork & Chivalry
- Dogfight
- Fabled Lands
- ¡Gañanes!
- Finsterland
- Heroes & Other Worlds
- Legend
- Mazes & Perils
- The Kerberos Club
- The One Ring Roleplaying Game
2012
- Amazing Adventures by Troll Lord Games
- Astonishing Swordsmen and Sorcerers of Hyperborea
- BareBones Fantasy
- Broken Rooms by Greymalkin Designs
- Dungeon Crawl Classics
- Dungeon World
- Eldritch Skies
- Iron Kingdoms
- Kuro by Cubicle 7
- La Puerta de Ishtar
- Leagues of Adventure
- Magic World by Chaosium
- Marvel Heroic Roleplaying
- Mythender
- Night's Black Agents
- Omertà, el poder de la mafia
- Only War
- Radiance by Radiance House
- Satarichi
- Squadron UK
- Trasgos y Mazmorras
- :Pl:Wolsung|Wolsung
2013
- 13th Age
- Adventures Dark and Deep
- Age of Arthur
- Blueholme
- Cogs, Cakes & Swordsticks
- Star Wars: Edge of the Empire
- Ehdrigohr
- Heroes of the Storm
- La mirada del centinela
- Monsters & Magic
- Mummy: The Curse
- Numenera
- Psi-punk by Accessible Games
- Rotted Capes
- Through the Breach
- The Void by WildFire
2014
- Star Wars: Age of Rebellion
- Atomic Robo
- Béthorm: The Plane of Tékumel
- Chuubo's Marvelous Wish-Granting Engine
- Demon: The Descent
- Demonworld
- Firefly Role-Playing Game
- Jadepunk
- Mindjammer - The Roleplaying Game
- Mutant Year Zero
- :de:Splittermond|Splittermond
- Simple System
- The Strange
- Symbaroum''
2015
- Beyonder
- Catalyst
- Homebrew Heroes by CM Games
- Cypher System
- Fall of Magic by Heart of the Deernicorn
- Star Wars: Force and Destiny
- Lone Wolf Adventure Game
- Nefertiti Overdrive
- Night Witches
- Shadow of the Demon Lord
- Uncharted Worlds
- Urban Shadows
- Unwritten - Adventures in the Age of Myst and Beyond by Inkworks Productions
- by Evil Hat Productions
2016
- 1879 by FASA Games
- Adventures in Middle-earth
- Beast: The Primordial
- Bubblegumshoe
- Coriolis by Fria Ligan
- Degenesis
- Delta Green
- M-Space by FrostByte Books
- Mythras
- N.E.W. by EN Publishing
- No Thank You, Evil!
- Pugmire by Onyx Path
- Ryuutama by Jive Ltd.
- Ten Candles by Cavalry Games
- Sharp Swords and Sinister Spells by Old Skull Publishing''
2017
- Blades in the Dark
- City of Mist by Modiphius
- Genesys by Fantasy Flight Games
- O.L.D. by EN Publishing
- Raiders of R'lyeh by Quentin Bauer
- Star Trek: Adventures
- Starfinder Roleplaying Game
- Tales from the Loop
- Vurt
- Zweihänder ''
2018
- Cavaliers of Mars by Onyx Path
- The Fall of Delta Green by Pelgrane Press
- Forbidden Lands by Modiphius
- H.P. Lovecraft Preparatory Academy by Third Eye Games
- Lancer by Massif Press
- Invisible Sun by Monte Cook Games
- John Carter of Mars by Modiphius
- Kids on Bikes by Renegade Game Studios
- KULT: Divinity Lost by Helmgast AB
- Mothership by Tuesday Knight Games
- Monarchies of Mau by Onyx Path
- The North Sea Epilogues by Diceup Games/Garphill Games
- N.O.W. by EN Publishing
- Spire by Rowan, Rook and Decard
- The Witcher by R. Talsorian Games
- The Yellow King by Pelgrane Press
- Wrath & Glory by Ulisses
- Solar Blades & Cosmic Spells by Old Skull Publishing
2019
- Alien by Free League Publishing
- Carbon 2185 A Cyberpunk RPG by Robert Marriner-Dodds
- Never Going Home by Wet Ink Games
- Quest by The Adventure Guild
- Things from the Flood by Free League Publishing
- Teens in Space by Renegade Game Studios
- by Wet Ink Games
- The Expanse by Green Ronin Publishing
- Guns of Santa Torina by Frontier Gaming
- Dark Streets & Darker Secrets by Old Skull Publishing
2020s
2020
- Ashes of Arcanum by TriarchMediaGroup
- Vaesen by Free League Publishing
- Heart: The City Beneath by Rowan, Rook and Decard
- Electric Bastionland by BASTIONLAND PRESS
- Glitter Hearts by Apocalypse
- Lost in the Fantasy World by Old Skull Publishing