Several excellent games take place in Europe.

These ones are the best.

When you look at the areas where your favourite RPGs are made, you might be surprised.

Character from Arx Fatalis standing in a bright doorway, Geralt as he appeared in The Witcher 3, a Astarion from Baldur’s Gate 3, left to right

The setting isn’t the most unique for fantasy, but its gameplay is.

Choices are made solely through actions that can alter the game quite dramatically.

It requires skill nad patience, but it’s a unique form of immersion.

Games Set In Europe Featured Split Image A Plague Tale and Assassin’s Creed 2

To this end, Kingdom Come is heavy.

It’s not about the destination, it’s about the long, easily-sidetracked journey.

7Vampyr

Vampire games are endless.

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you might find them in countless different genres, across all platforms and in basically every generation of gaming.

There’s never been a shortage of them.

And when it comes to RPGs, vampires have seen some of their greatest games.

A screenshot showing a battle scene in Kingdom Come: Deliverance

A buggy game by all means, the connections it makes you form with characters is unmatched.

A dear friend’s blood may be the only thing keeping you alive.

Among those wasGothic, one of the most well-known of the classic European RPGs.

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RPGs are classically loaded with opportunities for players to make difficult choices.

These games made it harder than ever to do the right thing.

Ignoring those promises, Fable is one of the most joyful RPGs out there.

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Morality is the calling card of Fable.

That’s because no one wants to admit their favourite game began as Eurojank.

The Witcher 3 features some pretty terrifying monsters.

A screenshot showing Jonathan Reid attacking a victim in Vampyr

These are the most powerful ones in the game.

And that is squarely what the original Witcher is.

3Disco Elysium

Disco Elysiumis a game beyond simple definition.

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Away with base morality systems, you are instead a compilation of paradoxical political beliefs.

Very befitting your profession.

That’s basically exactly what French studio Spiders did withGreedfall!

Most Difficult Decisions In RPGs featured split image containing screenshots from Nier Automata, Banishers Ghosts of New Eden, and Mass Effect 2.

And that is exactly what Larian has delivered.

Just be better to be bombarded with complex D&D systems.

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A man running through Bowerstone, a fantasy setting filled with trees and taverns.

Geralt split image. The Witcher 1 and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.

Witcher 3 Powerful Monster Featured Split Image Toad Prince and Fiend

Kim Cooly Tolerates Harry Du Bois in Harry’s trashed hotel room In Disco Elysium

A wide shot of the protagonist from Greedfall stood on the edge of a cliff overlooking a vast desolate landscape with a ominous mountain in the background.

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