Best CRPGs Like Baldur's Gate 3 (2026)

Quick answer: play Divinity: Original Sin 2 if you loved Baldur's Gate 3's turn-based fights and co-op, Disco Elysium if it was the dialogue and skill checks, and Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous or Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader if you want even more build depth. All four are on PS5 or Xbox as well as PC.

Baldur's Gate 3 (Larian Studios, PC in August 2023, PS5 in September 2023, Xbox Series X|S in December 2023) brought the computer RPG — the CRPG — back to the mainstream. It is a party-based, dialogue-heavy RPG built on Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition rules, where combat is turn-based and almost every problem has more than one solution. Below are ten CRPGs that share at least three of the things that make BG3 work, with who made each, when it came out, where you can play it and exactly what it shares.

• Meaningful choice — decisions in dialogue change the story and who is still with you at the end
• Tactical combat — turn-based (or pausable), where positioning and the environment matter
• Companions with their own stories — party members who approve, object and sometimes leave
• Replayability — different classes and choices produce a different game

Every pick below hits at least three of the four. Each one says which, and where it parts company with BG3.

ZA/UM · PC 2019 · The Final Cut (2021): PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Switch, Mac

The best-written RPG of its generation, and the one to play if BG3's dialogue and skill checks were your favourite part. There is no combat at all: every conflict is settled by skill checks, your own arguing inner voices and the choices that decide who your detective becomes. Shares with BG3: choice, replayability, dice-roll skill checks. Different: no party fights and no fantasy setting. The Final Cut added full voice acting.

Larian Studios · PC 2017 · PS4 and Xbox One 2018 · Switch 2019

Larian's game before Baldur's Gate 3, and the closest thing to it: the same studio, the same turn-based combat built on elemental surfaces (set the floor on fire, then electrify the water), and co-op for up to four players. Shares with BG3: all four. Different: its own fantasy world (Rivellon) and rules instead of D&D, and a harder early game.

Obsidian Entertainment · PC 2018 · PS4 and Xbox One 2020

Obsidian's pirate CRPG, set in an archipelago you sail between islands. It launched with real-time-with-pause combat, and a January 2019 update added a turn-based mode for players coming from games like BG3. Shares with BG3: choice, companions, replayability. Different: single-player only, and much more reading.

Owlcat Games · PC 2021 · PS4 and Xbox One 2022 · PS5 2024

If you want more systems than BG3 has, this is the game. It uses the Pathfinder tabletop rules (a close cousin of D&D), lets you switch between real-time-with-pause and turn-based combat, and adds Mythic Paths that turn your character into an angel, a lich, a demon or a trickster, among others. The campaign is very long. Shares with BG3: all four. Different: far more complex character building, and single-player only.

Obsidian Entertainment, published by Paradox Interactive · PC (Windows, Mac, Linux) 2016

What if you played for the side that had already won? You are an enforcer for an overlord who has conquered the world, and your choices decide which factions you keep happy. Shares with BG3: choice, companions, replayability. Different: shorter, real-time-with-pause combat, and PC only.

Obsidian Entertainment, directed by Josh Sawyer · Xbox and PC 2022 · PS4, PS5 and Switch 2024

A murder mystery in a 16th-century Bavarian village, drawn like an illuminated manuscript. No combat — just conversation, investigation and choices that change who is blamed. Shares with BG3: choice and consequence, replayability. Different: no party and no fights; it is for players who loved BG3's story more than its battles.

inXile Entertainment · PC, PS4 and Xbox One 2020

Post-apocalyptic Colorado, a squad of Desert Rangers, turn-based tactical combat with cover, and moral choices that change how the region's factions treat you. The campaign can be played co-op with a second player. Shares with BG3: all four. Different: guns and cover instead of spells and dice, and a darker, comic tone.

Tactical Adventures · PC 2021 · Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S 2022 · PS5 2024

The game to play for BG3's D&D combat: it uses the 5th edition Dungeons & Dragons rules through the System Reference Document, with turn-based fights where height, light and line of sight matter. Co-op multiplayer was added in a free update. Shares with BG3: tactical combat, replayability, the same core rules. Different: a smaller budget, little companion drama, and a party you create yourself.

inXile Entertainment · PC, PS4 and Xbox One 2017

The spiritual successor to 1999's Planescape: Torment, set in Monte Cook's Numenera world, a billion years in the future. Dialogue-first, philosophical and strange, and most encounters can be talked through. Shares with BG3: choice, companions, replayability. Different: few fights, and a lot of reading.

Owlcat Games · PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, December 2023 · Switch 2 2025

Owlcat's Warhammer 40K CRPG, released four months after BG3 and on the same consoles from day one. You command a dynasty of interstellar traders, with turn-based combat, companions and a cooperative multiplayer mode. Shares with BG3: all four. Different: grim, bureaucratic sci-fi instead of high fantasy, and a slower start.

Baldur's Gate 3 itself is on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, and most of this list followed it to consoles:

• Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader — PS5 and Xbox Series X|S from launch in 2023.
• Disco Elysium - The Final Cut — PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and Switch.
• Pentiment — Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One from 2022, PS4, PS5 and Switch from 2024.
• Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous — PS4 and Xbox One (2022), and PS5 (2024).
• Solasta: Crown of the Magister — Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S (2022), and PS5 (2024).
• Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition, Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire, Wasteland 3 and Torment: Tides of Numenera — PS4 and Xbox One versions.
• Tyranny — PC only.

If you want the closest match on a PS5, start with Divinity: Original Sin 2: same studio, same turn-based combat, and the same habit of letting you solve a fight by setting the floor on fire.

Divinity: Original Sin 2 if it was the combat and co-op; Disco Elysium if it was the dialogue and skill checks; Solasta if it was the D&D rules themselves; Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous or Rogue Trader if you wanted more classes and more build depth than BG3 gives you.

For older RPGs built on the same values, see our lists of games like Morrowind and games like Jade Empire, and our turn-based RPGs list.

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Divinity: Original Sin 2. It is Larian Studios' previous game, with the same kind of turn-based combat built on elemental surfaces, a party of companions with their own stories, and co-op for up to four players. It is on PC, PS4, Xbox One and Switch.

Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader, Disco Elysium - The Final Cut, Pentiment, Solasta: Crown of the Magister and Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous all have PS5 versions. Divinity: Original Sin 2, Pillars of Eternity II and Wasteland 3 have PS4 versions that play on a PS5.

In its writing and skill checks, yes; in its combat, no — Disco Elysium has none. Both are built on dialogue choices decided by dice rolls against your character's skills, so it suits players who enjoyed BG3's conversations more than its fights.

Divinity: Original Sin 2 (up to four players), Wasteland 3 (two players), Solasta: Crown of the Magister (co-op added in a free update) and Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader. Pillars of Eternity II, Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous, Tyranny, Pentiment and Disco Elysium are single-player.

Not from Larian. In March 2024 the studio said it would not make Baldur's Gate 3 expansions or a Baldur's Gate 4, and in December 2025 it confirmed its next game is a new Divinity. Until then, Divinity: Original Sin 2 is Larian's closest game to BG3.