Best RPGs Like Fable II

The best rpg games like Fable II are Fable, Fable III and Kingdom Come: Deliverance II. Below are 9, each with the reason it is here — and, at the end, what filtering to rpg costs you.

Why RPG Is a Good Answer for Fable II

Filtering to RPG means you want progression — a character to build or a party to grow — layered on top of whatever else you liked.

What you get: A reason to keep going after the novelty wears off. RPGs are the genre that reliably converts hours into feeling more capable.

What made Fable II worth playing in the first place is covered on the full list. This page is the rpg part of that answer, and only the rpg part.

9 RPGs Like Fable II

  1. 1. Fable

    The first one, smaller and stranger, and the one people quote.

  2. 2. Fable III

    The follow-up, if you want the ruling-a-kingdom half.

  3. 3. Kingdom Come: Deliverance II

    A world that reacts to your reputation, played completely straight.

  4. 4. The Outer Worlds

    Reputation with factions as a real mechanic, and much funnier.

  5. 5. Dragon Age: Origins

    The other great British-feeling fantasy RPG.

  6. 6. Stardew Valley

    If what you wanted was the marrying, the house and the life.

  7. 7. Greedfall

    Mid-budget RPG where faction reputation genuinely changes quests.

  8. 8. Weird West

    Immersive-sim RPG where consequences follow you across stories.

  9. 9. Pentiment

    A place that remembers what you did, over twenty-five years.

What This Filter Leaves Out

Immediacy. Almost every RPG asks for a slow first few hours, and the systems that make hour forty good are the same ones that make hour one a menu.

The full list is on games like Fable II — 9 picks, no genre filter.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the best rpg game like Fable II?

Fable. The first one, smaller and stranger, and the one people quote.

Are all of these on the Xbox 360?

No. Fable II released on the Xbox 360, but a recommendation is only useful if you can play it, so the picks above span platforms and eras. What they share is the genre and the reason.

What is the difference between an RPG and an action game with stats?

Whether the stats are the point. In an RPG the build decides what you can do; in an action game with stats the build only decides how fast you do it.

Do I need to like turn-based combat?

No. The picks below span turn-based, real-time and action RPGs, and each one says which it is.

How are these chosen?

By hand. Each pick was written for the full Fable II list first, on what the game actually does, and this page is the part of that list that is rpg — never a genre tag lookup, which is how "best racing games like Super Mario 64" used to be a page on this site.

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