Elden RingĮlden Ring, while imperfect, is the best implementation of an open-world action RPG that I've ever played. In this article, Gurugamer is going to showcase the 5 best Action RPGs to play on PC in 2022. An action role-playing game (often abbreviated action RPG or ARPG) is a subgenre of video games that combines core elements from both the action game and role-playing genre. These games emphasize real-time combat where the player has direct control over the characters as opposed to turn or menu-based combat while still having a focus on the character's Stats in order to determine relative strength and abilities.