List of role-playing games by name

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This list does not include computer role-playing games, MMORPGs, or any other video games with RPG elements.

Most of these games are tabletop role-playing games; other types of games are noted as such where appropriate.

Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

0-9

• 2300 AD by Game Designers' Workshop
• The 23rd Letter by Crucible Design - a modern day game of psychics and conspiracies
• 3D&T by Talismã - a Brazilian generic system, turned to anime-style campaigns
• 3D-RPG System by Paul R. Dillinger - A free universal role playing game system

A

• a/state by Contested Ground Studios
• Aberrant by White Wolf, Inc. - super-hero characters in the near future, part of the Trinity series
• Absolute Zero by Undecided Studios - Freeform customisable system
• "Aces&Eights -- The Shattered Frontier" by Kenzer and Company - A Western role-playing game.
• Aces High (RPG) by Chaosium Inc. - A Weird Wild West supplement for the Basic Role-Playing system.
• Action! System by Gold Rush Games - a generic open gaming system with a cinematic feel, similar to Fuzion
• Advanced Dungeons & Dragons - see also Dungeons & Dragons
• Advance Fighting Fantasy
• Adventure! by White Wolf, Inc. - a pulp adventure, part of the Trinity series
• The Adventures of Indiana Jones Role-Playing Game by TSR, Inc.
• Adventurers of the North - Kalevala Heroes (a.k.a. ANKH)
• After The Bomb by Palladium Books
• Aftermath! by Fantasy Games Unlimited
• Against the Darkness by Tabletop Adventures, LLC - Vatican Conspiracy and Horror
• Agone (French) - edited in French by Multisim Editions and translated in English by Multisim Editions
• AIF by NastiDyne - a free SF RPG
• Aletheia
• Albedo - Based on the furry comic book series, Erma Felna by Steve Gallacci
• Algonquin Wilderness School - a play-by-post RPG about a modern wilderness school for troubled teens
• Aliens by Leading Edge Games
• All Flesh Must Be Eaten by Eden Studios, Inc. - Zombie survival horror game
• Alpha Chronicles by Alpha Chronicles - Universal System w/ One Book & Limitless Possibilities.
• Alpha Omega: The Beginning and The End by Mind Storm Labs, LLC
• Alshard (Japanese) - fantasy with mecha like Final Fantasy
• Alshard Gaia (Japanese) - a contemporary fantasy with Alshard system
• Alternate Worlds RPG by Alternate Worlds Publishing
• Alternity by TSR, Inc.
• Amazing Engine by TSR, Inc.
• Amber Diceless Roleplaying - based on the works of Roger Zelazny
• Anidor - by Azure Cold and Kyky (Bulgarian)
• Anima: Beyond Fantasy - a collaboration of Eastern and Western developers RPG with anime-style artworks
• Angel - a spin-off of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer game
• Anomaly - Sci-Fi galaxy spanning RPG by Beyond the Solar System Games and Ryan D. Bettner
• Apocalypse 2500- a post apocalyptic high tech sword and sorcery future world tabletop RPG using the RPG Percentile System rules created by J L Arnold and first released in 2007 online at www.apocalypse2500.com .
• Arduin by David A. Hargrave - the first cross-genre RPG^{[citation needed]}
• Aria
• Arianrhod RPG (Japanese) - MMORPG-like
• Arkéos by Extraordinary Worlds Studio - Pulp adventure
• Ars Magica by Lion Rampant (editions 1 & 2), White Wolf, Inc. (edition 3), Atlas Games (editions 4 & 5)
• AssassinX by E.N. Publishing - violent adventure
• Atlantis: The Second Age - by Morrigan Press
• Avant Charlemagne by François Nédelec (French) - early Middle-Age
• Axiom16 (Bulgarian)

B

• Babylon 5 by Mongoose Publishing
• Babylon Project - Based on the Babylon 5 TV franchise
• Basic Role-Playing by Chaosium - role-playing game system
• Battleaxe by Sixteen Coal Black Horses - fantasy role-playing
• BattleDragons by Spartacus Publishing - play as dragons in a fantasy world
• Battlelords of the 23rd Century by SSDC, Inc.
• Battlestar Galactica Role Playing Game by Margaret Weis Productions, Ltd - based on the SciFi TV series
• Beyond the Supernatural
• Big Bang Comics RPG
• Big Eyes, Small Mouth by Guardians of Order - anime-based RPG
• Bitume by Croc (French - post-apocalyptic, Mad Max-like)
• Bliss Stage by TAO games - Mecha game taking place 7 years after the adults of the world fell asleep
• Blood Dawn by SSDC, Inc.
• Blood of Heroes
• Bloodlust (French), edited by Asmodée Editions
• Blue Planet by Biohazard Games
• Blue Rose by Green Ronin
• Boot Hill by TSR, Inc. - Wild West adventure
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer - based on the TV show of the same name
• Bunnies and Burrows
• Bureau 13: Stalking the Night Fantastic by Tri Tac Games
• The Burning Wheel - high fantasy
• Bushido by Fantasy Games Unlimited - samurai RPG

C

• Cadwallon by Rackham
• Call of Cthulhu by Chaosium - based on the works of H. P. Lovecraft
• Cartoon Action Hour by Spectrum Games
• Castles & Crusades by Troll Lord Games - OGL System fantasy RPG
• Castle Falkenstein - steampunk fantasy
• Catgirl Avengers - Furry/anime humor RPG
• Champions by Hero Games
• Changeling: The Dreaming (original World of Darkness)
• Changeling: The Lost (new World of Darkness)
• Children of the Sun by Misguided Games
• Chill
• Chivalry and Sorcery
• Chronicles System - Steampunk fantasy, Freely distributed skill-based d100 system
• Les Chroniques d'Erdor, edited by Boite a Polpette - an unusual French RPG of oneiric fantasy using a 54 card deck
• Circe by Bryce Harrington
• City of Heroes by Eden Studios, Inc. - the tabletop companion to the City of Heroes MMORPG.
• Cliffhanger by Fantasy Games Unlimited - 1930s adventure
• La Compagnie de glaces (French) - post-apocalyptic, from the novels of G.-J. Arnaud
• Cold City by Contested Ground Studios
• Conan Role-playing Game by TSR, Inc., a GURPS game by Steve Jackson Games, and an OGL System game by Mongoose Publishing
• Conspiracy X by Eden Studios, Inc. - extraterrestrials, UFOs, and government coverups
• Contenders by Prince of Darkness Games - award winning game revolving around the lives of boxers
• C°ntinuum - time travel adventure
• Core Command by Dream Pod 9
• Corporation the Roleplaying Game by Core Games Publishing
• CORPS by Blacksburg Tactical Research Center
• Corum - an addendum to the Stormbringer RPG (aka Elric!)
• Cosmic Synchronicity by Joseph Teller
• Covenant by Realms Publishing
• CthulhuTech by Wildfire - H.P. Lovecraft's horror with Mecha and Anime influences
• Cursed Empire by Chris Loizou - dark fantasy. Formerly known as Crimson Empire
• Cybergeneration by R. Talsorian Games - alternate setting for Cyberpunk 2020
• Cyberpunk 2013 by R. Talsorian Games - out of print and superseded by Cyberpunk 2020
• Cyberpunk 2020 by R. Talsorian Games
• Cyberpunk V3.0 by R. Talsorian Games
• Cyberspace by Iron Crown Enterprises
• Cyborg Commando by New Infinities, Inc.
• Cyno's Role-Play

D

• D6 System by West End Games - in-house system, based on the Star Wars RPG
• d20 Future by Wizards of the Coast - generic futuristic game using the d20 System
• d20 Modern by Wizards of the Coast - generic modern game using the d20 System
• d20 Past by Wizards of the Coast - generic historical game using the d20 System
• d20 System - based on Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition rules
• Danger International by Hero Games - espionage adventure
• Dangerous Journeys by E. Gary Gygax, published by Game Designers' Workshop
• Daredevils - pulp era mystery
• Darwin's World by RPGObjects - post-apocalyptic RPG
• Dash-in Dungeons by Wednesday Night Games - fast-play fantasy RPG
• Dark Conspiracy by Games Designers' Workshop
• Dark Continent - colonial African horror
• The Dark Eye - Germany's most popular RPG,^{[citation needed]} known in Germany as Das Schwarze Auge
• Dark Heresy, the Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay Game by Black Industries
• DC Heroes by Mayfair Games
• DC Universe Roleplaying Game by West End Games
• Dead Inside - a small-press RPG where the characters attempt to rebuild their lost souls through selfless and noble actions (and get superhuman powers along the way)
• Deadlands: Lost Colony by Pinnacle Entertainment Group
• Deadlands: The Weird West by Pinnacle Entertainment Group, GURPS version by SJGames
• Deeds of Valor by Swordmaster
• Deliria: Faerie Tales for the New Millennium by Phil Brucato, published by Laughing Pan Productions
• Demon: The Fallen (original World of Darkness)
• Diana: Warrior Princess by Marcus Rowland
• Diomin by OtherWorld Creations
• The Doctor Who Role Playing Game by FASA - based on the 1963-89 run of the BBC television series
• Doctor Who (role-playing game) by Cubicle 7 Entertainment Ltd - based on the 2005-Present BBC television series
• Dogs in the Vineyard by Lumpley Games - loosely based on the Mormon State of Deseret in pre-statehood Utah
• Dominion Rules - an open-source fantasy twelve-sided-die-based RPG encouraging the creation of new skill, spells, beasts and rules and featuring an innovative combat system
• Donjon by Clinton R. Nixon, Donjon Anvilwerks
• Don't Rest Your Head by Evil Hat Productions
• Double Cross - Superhero (Japanese)
• Dračí doupě - the most popular Czech fantasy RPG system^{[citation needed]} loosely based on Dungeons & Dragons
• DragonMech - a cross between fantasy and mecha
• DragonNet - a free open-source fantasy RPG system
• DragonQuest - a now out-of-print RPG, suppressed by TSR
• DragonRaid by Dick Wulf - a Christian RPG
• Dragonstar - where science fiction and fantasy blend
• Dragon Warriors - an easy-to-use RPG system published in paperback format
• Drakar och Demoner (Dragons and Demons) - Swedish fantasy RPG
• Dragon Tavern
• Draug - Norwegian RPG set in 1801, based on the FUDGE engine.
• Dread: The First Book of Pandemonium by Rafael Chandler
• Dreaming Cities - an urban fantasy game by Guardians of Order for the Tri-Stat system
• Duelist System by Undecided Studios - Martial Arts role-playing system
• Dungeons & Dragons - created by Dave Arneson and E. Gary Gygax, further editions by TSR, Inc. and Wizards of the Coast
• Dying Earth - based on the stories of Jack Vance
• Dzikie Pola (Wild Fields), a set in 17th century Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

E

• EABA, or End All Be All by Blacksburg Tactical Research Center - a generic RPG system
• Earthdawn
• Eclipse Phase
• Elemental Axes by Crosstime Games
• Elfquest by Chaosium - based on the works of Richard Pini and Wendy Pini
• Elric! by Chaosium, based on Michael Moorcock's Elric of Melniboné stories
• En Garde! by Game Designers' Workshop and SFC Press - duelists from 17th century France
• Endyval - (Bulgarian) Sivosten
• Empire Galactique by François Nédelec (French) - space opera
• Empire of the Petal Throne - set in M. A. R. Barker's world of Tékumel
• Eon by NeoGames - Swedish fantasy game
• Epic Role Playing by Dark Matter Studios
• Epoch Star
• ERA by Clinica TBF
• E-RPG System by Ironwood Omnimedia
• Espionage! by Hero Games - based on Second Edition Champions
• Etherlords by Nival Interactive
• Etherscope by Goodman Games
• EverQuest Role-Playing Game by White Wolf, Inc. - pencil & paper version of the popular MMORPG
• Everway
• EW-System by Extraordinary Worlds Studio - Open game system
• Ex Machina
• Exalted
• Exile (MUD)
• EXO by Ediciones Sombra)(Spanish
• The Extraordinary Adventures of Baron Münchhausen by James Wallis - a storytelling RPG based on the novel of Baron Münchhausen

F

• Fading Suns
• Faery's Tale by Firefly Games - an interactive storytelling game of fairy folklore suitable for younger players
• Fairy Meat by Kenzer & Company
• Fanhunter - Spanish game based on the series of comics of the same name
• Fantasy Hero
• Fantasy Imperium by Shadowstar Games, Inc. - an interactive storytelling game of historical fantasy
• The Fantasy Trip by Steve Jackson, published by Metagaming Concepts
• The Fantasy Sagas - A Player's Guidebook for Ironwood Omnimedia E-RPG System
• Fantasy Wargaming - a project by dissatisfied British Dungeons & Dragons players, it was considered incomplete and insufficient yet featured noteworthy elements and qualities that are still yet unseen in most role-playing games^{[citation needed]}
• Farscape Roleplaying Game by Alderac Entertainment Group
• Fastlane by Twisted Confessions author Alexander Cherry
• F.A.T.A.L. (From Another Time Another Land, aka Fantasy And Tales of Adult Lechery) by Byron Hall. Widely considered the worst roleplaying game ever written.
• FATE - Fantastic Adventures in Tabletop Entertainment based on the FUDGE engine
• Fates Worse Than Death by Vajra Enterprises - a cyberpunk-influenced game set in Manhattan in 2080
• Father RPG - An unofficial RPG
• Feng Shui - based on Hong Kong martial arts movies
• Fight the Evil Power - a role-playing game designed for people who haven't played before
• Fightsystem.com
• Fireborn by Fantasy Flight Games
• Forgotten Futures
• Friendly Wars by Undecided Studios
• Fringeworthy by Tri Tac Games
• FTL:2448 by Tri Tac Games
• FUDGE by Steffan O'Sullivan - "Free, Universal, Do-it-Yourself Gaming Engine"
• Furry Outlaws
• Furry Pirates
• Fuzion by R. Talsorian Games and Hero Games - a simple and customizable generic open gaming system co-produced , based on principles from R. Talsorian's Interlock System and Hero Games' Hero System

G

• A Game of Thrones - based on the eponymous fantasy novel by R.R. Martin
• Gamma World by TSR, Inc.
• Gangbusters by TSR, Inc. - 1930s urban crime adventure
• Ganghedge by Empire Wargames
• Gatecrasher - a tongue-in-cheek science-fiction & fantasy setting
• Gaterunner - based on the novel Gatecrash
• Ghostbusters by West End Games - based on the Ghostbusters film series
• God of War
• Godlike by Hawthorn Hobgoblynn Press
• God Quest Online (role-playing game) by iBuzzz God Quest
• Golden Heroes by Games Workshop
• Grimm
• The Great Commission - a d20 Christian RPG
• Grey Ranks
• Grimm
• GURPS by Steve Jackson Games - "Generic Universal Role Playing System"

H

• HackMaster by Kenzer & Company
• Halcyon by Neuwerld Studios
• HakobuneBy Tim Peare
• HardNova II
• HârnMaster/Hârn
• HARP by Iron Crown Enterprises - "High Adventure Role-Playing"
• HARPE - the "Hugely Adaptable (action/anime) Role-Playing Engine", Free and quite adaptable
• Hawkmoon - an addendum to the Stormbringer RPG (aka Elric!)
• Heavy Gear by Dream Pod 9
• Heretics by Wasteland Games - modern-day horror
• Hero System by Hero Games
• HeroQuest/Hero Wars
• Heroes Unlimited by Palladium Books
• Hong Kong Action Theater
• Human Occupied Landfill
• Hollow Earth Expedition by Exile Games Studio - 1930's style pulp adventure
• Human Age by Noire Divorce
• Hunter: The Reckoning (original World of Darkness)

I

• Icar by Rob Lang, a free science-fiction game.
• Imagine Role Playing
• Impressive Title
• Ironhedge by Empire Wargames
• In Dark Alleys by Vajra Enterprises
• In Nomine - based on In Nomine Satanis / Magna Veritas
• In Nomine Satanis / Magna Veritas (French) by Croc (Siroz) - satiric gang/spy wars involving angels and demons in the contemporary world
• Incursion by Tri Tac Games
• InSaNiTy the role-playing game by Haphazard Projects
• InSpectres by Memento Mori Theatricks
• Iron Kingdoms by Privateer Press
• Iron Gauntlets: Heroic Fantasy Roleplaying
• Ironclaw - edited by Sanguine Productions Ltd
• Iron Heroes - d20 system based on making D&D playable without magic
• It Came From The Late, Late, Late Show by Stellar Games

J

• Jadeclaw - edited by Sanguine Productions Ltd
• Jags
• James Bond 007 by Victory Games - based on the James Bond films
• Jorune (or Skyrealms of Jorune)
• Jovian Chronicles by Dream Pod 9
• Judge Dredd: The Role-playing Game by Games Workshop, another by Mongoose Publishing
• Justice, Inc. by Hero Games - 1930s Pulp fiction oriented adventure

K

• Kalmo - Finnish zombie rpg
• Karma Roleplaying System by Bards and Sages Publishing
• Kindred of the East (spinoff of Vampire: The Masquerade)
• Kindred of the Ebony Kingdom(spinoff of Vampire: The Masquerade)
• Killer by Steve Jackson Games (live action)
• kill puppies for satan (sic) by Lumpley Games
• Kobolds Ate My Baby! by 9th Level Games
• Krysztaly Czasu (Polish, Crystals of Time) by MAG
• Kult - Swedish game based on Gnostic concepts with some Kabbalistic undertones

L

• Lace and Steel, published originally by TAGG and re-released by Pharos Press - an Australian RPG set in a world of civilised Centaurs and Harpies with a musketeers/swashbuckling feel
• Lands of Adventure
• Legend of the Five Rings Role-Playing Game by Alderac Entertainment Group - Asian-themed RPG
• Légendes Celtiques (French)
• Légendes de la Vallée des rois - French RPG set in Ancient Egypt
• Legendy Armandie by Skaven - fantasy RPG created
• Legionnaire by FASA - standalone role-playing game for the Renegade Legion universe
• Lejendary Adventure, created by Gary Gygax and published by Hekaforge Productions
• Lightspeed by Christian Conkle - an overtly generic space opera RPG, using the Instant Fuzion ruleset
• Little Fears - The Role-playing Game of Childhood Terror by Key 20 Publishing
• Live Free or Die, the Game of Suburban Insurgency - a post UN invasion RPG written by an Army officer and Iraq veteran
• Living Steel by Leading Edge Games - futuristic game on the world of Rhand
• Lone Wolf
• The Lord of the Rings Roleplaying Game by Decipher, Inc. - based on the fantasy works of J. R. R. Tolkien
• Lords of Creation by Avalon Hill
• Luminary:Rise of Goonzu by Ndoors corporation, distributed by NHNco

M

• Macho Women with Guns by Blacksburg Tactical Research Center
• Maelstrom by Puffin Books
• Mage: The Ascension by White Wolf, Inc. - set in the original World of Darkness
• Mage: The Awakening by White Wolf, Inc. - set in the new World of Darkness 2.0
• M.A.G.U.S. (Hungarian)
• Maji by Wasteland Games - modern-day alien conspiracy game
• Man, Myth & Magic by Yaquinto - RPG drawing on 4000 B.C. to 1000 A.D. Earth legends
• Marvel Super Heroes Role-Playing Game by TSR, Inc.
• Marvel Universe Roleplaying Game by Marvel Publishing Group
• Masterbook
• Mecha - a game based on Anime Mecha science fiction
• Mechamorphosis by Fantasy Flight Games
• Mechanical Dream
• The Mechanoid Invasion
• MechWarrior
• Mega - les Messagers Galactiques (French) - parallel universe
• Megaverse by Palladium Books
• Meikyu kingdom (Japanese) - members of tiny kingdom's court explore dungeons
• Mekton by R. Talsorian Games - based on Anime Mecha science fiction
• Merc 2000 - Twilight 2000 updated for the post-Cold War '90s
• Mercenaries, Spies and Private Eyes by Flying Buffalo
• The Metabarons Roleplaying Game by West End Games
• Metal Magic and Lore by 5th Epoch Publishing
• Metamorphosis Alpha (1976)
• Middle Earth Role Play - based on the fantasy works of J. R. R. Tolkien
• Midgard - the oldest German fantasy RPG^{[citation needed]}
• Miles Christi (French) - (Crusades and knights Templar)
• Milennium's End - by Chameleon Eclectic Entertainment
• Mind Games RPG - by Deiron e Yangsmoth
• The Modern Sagas - A Player's Guidebook for Ironwood Omnimedia Company's E-RPG System
• Moira - Fantasy role-play with free online resources
• Mojo, by Polymancer Studios, Inc.
• Monastyr (Polish), Monastery by Portal
• The Monster Horror Show by James Herbert Brennan a very tongue in cheek basic fantasy role play system.
• The Morrow Project
• Moros: world of fantasy
• MOU: Misadvetnures of Unhappyland
• Mouse Guard
• Multiverser by E.R. Jones and M. Joseph Young
• Mummy: The Resurrection (original World of Darkness)
• Murphy's World by Peregrine Creative Services
• Mutant by Target Games
• Mutant Undergångens Arvtagare by Järnringen Förlag AB
• Mutant RYMD
• Mutant Chronicles
• Mutants and Masterminds by Green Ronin Publishing
• My Life with Master by Half Meme Press
• Myrskyn aika by Mike Pohjola
• Mystic Realms

N

• The Nearside Project by Greymalkin Designs - adventure between 13 alternate Earths while avoiding insanity (new edition expected in 2010)
• NeoKosmos (in Portuguese) by Krypteia Estúdio Criativo - a setting of Greek Mythology
• Neiyar: Land of Heaven and the Abyss by Bards and Sages
• Nephilim by Chaosium - modern occult
• Neuroshima (Polish) by Portal
• Nicotine Girls by Paul Czege
• Nightbane
• Nightlife by Stellar Games
• Night Wizard! (Japanese) - wizards in contemporary
• Ninja Burger by Steve Jackson Games
• Ninjas and Superspies by Palladium Books - martial arts and espionage adventure
• Nobilis by R. Sean Borgstrom
• Noctum by Mischa L. Thomas
• Noir by Archon Gaming, Inc.
• Normality, a Dada/ergodic role-playing game by Hugh Dingwall and Vishãla Jekic.
• Now Playing, by Carnivore Games.

O

• Obsidian - The Age of Judgement by Apophis Consortium
• Other Suns by Fantasy Games Unlimited
• Over the Edge by Atlas Games
• OSRIC
• OGame
• Oblivion

P

• Paladin
• Palladium Fantasy Role-Playing Game by Palladium Books
• Pandemonium! by MIB Productions - roleplaying in the world of tabloid news
• Pantheon role playing game
• Paper Computer Games - a series of illustrated roleplaying games with simple rules and a complex universe. Any gaming session played by anyone at any time is added to the overall storyline and considered canon.
• Paranoia originally by West End Games, later by Mongoose Publishing - a satire of dystopian futures
• Pax Draconis by Technicraft Design - a detailed rules heavy space opera with a percentile system
• Pendragon (or King Arthur Pendragon) - Arthurian legend
• Phoenix Command by Leading Edge Games
• Polaris (role-playing game)
• Point Blank by Wasteland Games - modern-day Action movie game
• The Pokéthulhu Adventure Game by Cumberland Games and Diversions
• Powers and Perils by Avalon Hill
• PowerGame
• Praedor - based on the eponymous comics by Petri Hiltunen
• Prime Directive by Task Force Games
• Prince Valiant by Chaosium
• Privateers and Gentlemen by Fantasy Games Unlimited - naval adventure in the Napoleonic era
• Proles - Dysangelium, outrageous sci-fi rpg by Briza L
• Promethean: The Created by White Wolf, Inc. (new World of Darkness)
• Psiworld by Fantasy Games Unlimited - SF adventures with a focus on psi abilities
• Puppetland

Q

• Q10
• QAGS
• Qin
• Quest of the Ancients

R

• Rangers of Taradoin by Sean-Robert Shaw
• Rapture: The Second Coming by William Spencer-Hale, Quintessential Mercy
• Recon by Palladium Books - Vietnam War adventure
• Red Dwarf: The Role Playing Game by deep 7 - based on BBC comedy Red Dwarf
• Reich Star by Simon Bell and Ken Richardson (1991) as Creative Encounters - fight Nazis in space.
• Rêve: the Dream Ouroboros by Denis Gerfaud (French, Rêve de Dragon)
• The Riddle of Steel by Driftwood Publishing
• Rifts by Palladium Games - crossover system
• Ringworld by Chaosium
• Risus
• Rise of the Argonauts
• Robotech by Palladium Games; based on the Robotech anime television series
• Rocky and Bullwinkle
• RMSS (Rolemaster Fantasy Role Playing) by Iron Crown Enterprises - fully expandable and customizable rules system
• Rules to Live By from Interactivities Ink - generic customizable live action rules system, with expansions for horror and fantasy
• Rune Striders
• Runebearer by Chris Magoun - "Magic and religion clash in a ruined world"
• RuneQuest by Chaosium, versions also by Avalon Hill and Mongoose Publishing

S

• Saga A Swedish fantasy role-playing game.
• Savage Worlds
• The Sci-Fi Sagas - A Player's Guidebook for Ironwood Omnimedia Company's E-RPG System
• Scion: Hero Modern day children of the gods by White Wolf
• Sengoku (role-playing game) by Gold Rush Games Historical fantasy set in feudal Japan.
• SenZar - a game notorious for its blatant encouragement of munchkinism.
• Serenity by Margaret Weis Productions, Ltd, based on the Firefly television series.
• Seventh Sea by Alderac Entertainment Company
• Shab-al-Hiri Roach by Bully Pulpit Games
• Shadowforce Archer by Alderac Entertainment Group - a setting for Spycraft
• Shadow Nations (Obsidian Europe Horror, Scifi, fantasy)
• Shadowrun (cyberpunk fantasy)
• Shatterzone
• Silver Age Sentinels by Guardians of Order
• Simply Roleplaying! by Microtactix, a simple and customizable generic open gaming system similar to Fuzion and the Action! System
• Skull and Crossbones - Pirate Adventures on the Spanish Main by FGU
• Skyrealms of Jorune
• SLA Industries
• Sorcerer by Ron Edwards
• Space 1889 by GDW - Victorian Era Sci-Fi (steampunk)
• Space Gothic - German crossover between military science fiction, space opera and horror.
• Space Opera by Fantasy Games Unlimited
• Spacemaster - the SF adaptation of Rolemaster
• SpaceNinjaCyberCrisis XDO by Crucible Design - a tongue-in-cheek anime game
• Spaceship Zero by Green Ronin Publishing
• Spirit of the Century by Evil Hat Productions - a pulp game using the FATE system
• Spycraft by Alderac Entertainment Group - espionage adventure
• Star Frontiers by TSR
• StarCraft Adeventure by TSR Inc.
• Star*Drive by TSR, Inc.
• Starfaring by Flying Buffalo
• Stargate SG-1 (RPG) by AEG
• Starhedge by Empire Wargames
• Star Riders by Ianus Games - parody of space opera
• Starship Troopers (RPG) by Mongoose Publishing
• Star Hero - the SF adaptation of Fantasy Hero's Hero System
• Star Trek
• The Star Wars Roleplaying Game - the D6 System ancestor published by West End Games
• Star Wars - the D20 System version published Wizards of the Coast
• Star Wreck Roleplaying Game - a parody game based on the Star Wreck movie franchise, written by Mike Pohjola.
• STOCS by Wasteland Games - modern-day generic system
• Stormbringer, by Chaosium, based on Michael Moorcock's Elric of Melniboné stories
• St. Palmer's a Pirate/West Indies RPG
• Superhero 2044
• Squawk - is about intelligent archosaurs in another star system, by the Game Arts Guild.
• Sundered Epoch: Generations - A multi-genre game system by Randal Snyder
• Super Crusaders by Lee Walser - modern-day super hero system
• Super Squadron - an Australian Super-Hero game.
• Supernatural by Margaret Weis Productions, Ltd, based on the CW Supernatural television series.
• Superworld by Chaosium
• Swordbearer by Heritage Games and Fantasy Games Unlimited
• Swords and Wizardry by Mythmere Games. A free 'clone' of the original version of Dungeons & Dragons.
• Sword World RPG (Japanese)
• Synnibarr (aka The World Of Synnibarr) by Craig McCracken. Notorious for a nonsensical, poorly explained game-world and huge power-levels granted to beginning player characters.
• Systems Failure by Palladium Books

T

• Tagmar - Brazilian fantasy game
• Tales from the Floating Vagabond by Avalon Hill
• Talislanta by Bard Games
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Other Strangeness by Palladium Books - based on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comic books.
• Teenagers from Outer Space - an anime based RPG
• Ten Thousand Worlds - a free "universal" system distributed under a Creative Commons license
• Terra Primate by Eden Studios, Inc.
• Terra the Gunslinger (Japanese) - western and steampunk, use playing cards instead of dice
• Testament (role-playing game) by Late Gaming - game set during the End Times
• Tibet: The Roleplaying Game by Vajra Enterprises - historical fantasy set in Tibet
• Timehunter by Red Axe
• Time Lord — Adventures through Time and Space - a Doctor Who RPG based on the 1963-89 run of the BBC television series
• Timelords by Blacksburg Tactical Research Center
• Timeship by Yaquinto
• Theatrix by Backstage Press (1993)
• The Squared Circle:Lucha Libre by Day Dreamer Interactive
• The Squared Circle:Puroresu by Day Dreamer Interactive
• The Squared Circle:Wrestling RPG by Day Dreamer Interactive
• Tokyo NOVA (Japanese) - cyberpunk
• Toon - cartoon adventure inspired by the classic cartoon series from Warner Brothers and MGM by Steve Jackson Games
• Top Secret by TSR, Inc. - espionage adventure
• TORG by West End Games
• Trail of Cthulhu by Pelgrane Press
• Transhuman Space by Steve Jackson Games
• Trauma (French) by Chroniques d'Outre-Monde - contemporary police and counter-terrorism adventures
• Traveller by GDW, Marc Miller
• Trevas - Brazilian game about other worlds
• Tribe 8 by Dream Pod 9
• Tribes by Steve Jackson Games
• Thrilling Tales : Pulp Amazing Stories
• Trinity by White Wolf, Inc.
• Trystell by Tab Creations
• Tunnels and Trolls by Flying Buffalo
• TWERPS
• Twilight 2000 by GDW (1984)

U

• Underground by Mayfair Games
• Underworld by Synister Creative Systems Urban fantasy set in modern day New York.
• Unhallowed Metropolis by Eos Press
• Unisystem by Eden Studios, Inc.
• Universe - SF adaptation of DragonQuest
• Unknown Armies
• URPG - a free and universal RPG Rules System
• Usagi Yojimbo - based on the furry comic book series, Usagi Yojimbo, by Stan Sakai

V

• Valley of the Pharaohs by Palladium Books
• Vampire: The Masquerade (original World of Darkness)
• Vampire: The Requiem (new World of Darkness)
• Vanishing Point (role-play game) by Sane Studios
• Via Prudensiae by Modtryk
• Villains and Vigilantes by Fantasy Games Unlimited
• Violence by Hogshead Publishing

W

• Warcraft the Roleplaying Game by White Wolf -- a roleplaying game book based on the popular computer game by Blizzard
• Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay by Games Workshop
• Waste World by Manticore Productions Ltd
• Wayfarers (role-playing game) by Ye Olde Gaming Companye
• Weapons of the Gods by Eos Press - a wuxia-style game based on the manhua comic of the same name
• Weird Wars by Pinnacle Entertainment Group
• Werewolf: The Apocalypse (original World of Darkness)
• Werewolf: The Forsaken (World of Darkness 2.0)
• Westhedge by Empire Wargames
• The Wheel of Time Roleplaying Game - based on The Wheel of Time novel series by author Robert Jordan
• The Whispering Vault - an RPG about god-hunting
• Wiedźmin (Polish) by MAG
• Wild Talents by Arc Dream Publishing
• Witchcraft
• Witch Hunter: The Invisible World
• World of Darkness (original) and the World of Darkness "2.0" product line by White Wolf Game Studio
• The World of Indiana Jones by West End Games
• The World of Kystrel Fantasy RPG
• World of Synnibarr by WonderWorld Press.
• Worlds of Wonder by Chaosium
• World Tree (role-playing game), roleplaying in a high-magic, highly civilized world populated by many sentient species, none of them human.
• Wraith: The Oblivion (original World of Darkness)
• Wushu
• Wuthering Heights by Philippe Tromeur, a parody of the novel Wuthering Heights
• Wytheria, The Mystic Island

X

• Xcrawl

Y

• Year of the Zombie: Published by UKGames Publishing and written by Timothy Willard for the d20 Modern rule set.

Z

• Zen and the Art of Mayhem
• Zombi by Crucible Design - Zombi schlock-horror, survival game
• Zone (French) by Siroz (satiric gang wars in the contemporary suburbs)