List of unreleased role-playing video games

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This is a comprehensive index of commercial role-playing video games, sorted chronologically by year. Information regarding date of release, developer, publisher, operating system, subgenre and notability is provided where available. The table can be sorted by clicking on the small boxes next to the column headings. This list does not include MUDs or MMORPGs. It does include roguelikes, action RPGs and tactical RPGs.

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Types of releases
RereleaseThe game was re-released on the same platform with no or only minor changes.
PortThe game first appeared on a different platform and a port was made. The game is like the original, with few or no differences.
RemakeThe game is an enhanced remake of an original, released on the same or different platform, with changes to graphics, sound and/or gameplay.
CompilationA compilation, anthology or collection of several titles, usually (but not always) belonging to the same series.
LimitedA special release (often called "Limited" or "Collector's Edition") with bonus collector's material. Often provided to people who pre-order a game.
Genre notes
Action RPG Action role-playing game
Tactical RPG Tactical role-playing game
Roguelike Roguelike
Eroge Japanese game featuring erotic content
MMORPG Massively multiplayer online role-playing game
MUD MUD
Turn-based Turn-based game
Real-time Real-time game
  
FPS/RPG First-person shooter / RPG hybrid (role-playing shooter)
RTS/RPG Real-time strategy / RPG hybrid (real-time strategy RPG)
CRPG/WRPG Computer-style role-playing game
JRPG Japanese-style role-playing game
Dungeon crawl Dungeon crawl
Monster raising Pet-raising simulation
Card battle Collectible card game
Blobber First-person party-based RPG
Sandbox Open world RPG

List

YearTitleDeveloperPublisherSettingPlatformSubgenreSeries/Notes COO
Cancelled Baldur's Gate III: The Black Hound (EN)Black Isle StudiosInterplay EntertainmentWINBaldur's GateUS
Cancelled Black Isle's Torn (EN)Black Isle StudiosInterplay EntertainmentWINUS
Cancelled Bob's Game (EN)Robert PelloniDROI, LIN, WIN, MAC, DSAction RPGUS
Unknown Alliance: The Silent War Windward Mark Interactive Windward Mark Interactive modern warfareWINFirst person shooterUS
CancelledBroken Hourglass, The (EN)MTVFantasyWIN
Cancelled Chronos Materia (EN)
クロノス・マテリア (JA)
Gust Co. Ltd.Koei Tecmo HoldingsPSVJP
Cancelled Cry On (EN)
クライオン (JA)
Kurai On (JA)
MistwalkerMicrosoft StudiosX360JP
Cancelled Dungeon Lords: The Orb and the Oracle (EN)Heuristic ParkWINUS
Cancelled Elveon (EN)10tacle StudiosWIN, PS3, X360ActionSK
Cancelled Fortress (EN)GRINSquare EnixWIN, PS3, X360Action RPGFinal FantasySE
Cancelled Meantime (EN)Interplay EntertainmentDOS, APPII seriesUS
Cancelled Orient: A Hero's Heritage (EN)WINIR
Cancelled Pirates of the Caribbean: Armada of the Damned (EN)Propaganda GamesDisney Interactive StudiosWIN, PS3, X360Open world, ActionPirates of the CaribbeanCA
Cancelled Ripper, The (EN)Visceral GamesElectronic ArtsHorror fictionPS3, X360US
Cancelled Shadow Realms (EN)BioWareElectronic ArtsWINAction RPGUS
Cancelled Sister Sonic (EN)Sonic Team, Nihon FalcomSega GamesSCDSonic the HedgehogJP
Cancelled Sword of Legendia Namco Bandai FantasyWiiSpin-off of Tales of Legendia for PS2.
Cancelled Ushiro (EN)
うしろ (JA)
Ushiro: Ukigen na Shinigami (JA)
Level-5KadokawaNovelPSPJP
Cancelled Van Buren (EN)Black Isle StudiosInterplay EntertainmentScience fictionWINFalloutUS
Cancelled Warrior's Lair Idol Minds
SCE San Diego Studio
Sony Computer Entertainment FantasyPS3, VITA
TBD Black Army, The Fade Blue Fade Blue FantasyWIN, OSXAction RPG
TBD Broken Crown: Escaping Titan Broken Crown Games Broken Crown Games Sci-fi / Post-apocalypticWIN, OSX, OUYAAction RPGNA
TBD Bubble Revolt WiseMatrix FantasyMOBITactical RPG [1]
TBD Exiles of Embermark (EN)DROI, iOSUS
TBD Lord of the Rings, The: The White Council (EN)Visceral GamesElectronic ArtsFantasyPS3US
TBD Makai Wars (EN)
魔界ウォーズ (JA)
Nippon Ichi SoftwareNippon Ichi SoftwarePS3Tactical RPGJP
TBD Man of Prey Apeiron BukaScience fictionWINTactical RPG [2]
TBD Phase: Exodus Horns & Hoofs DystopiaWINTactical RPG [3]
TBD Pokémon Sage (EN)WIN
TBD Project V13 (EN)Black Isle StudiosInterplay EntertainmentWINTactical RPGUS
TBD SD Gundam G Generation Advance Bandai Science fictionGBATactical RPG [4]
TBD Shining Legend (EN)BluesideAtariDSAction RPGKR
TBD Soul Saga: Episode 1 (EN)WiiU, PS4
TBD Vandal Hearts DS FantasyDS
TBD Knights of Frontier Valley Adamant StudiosFantasyWIN, MACTactical RPGUS
Unknown Dream Life (EN)US
Unknown Happy Acres (EN)FunPlusFunPlusFLASimulation
Unknown Kyrandia (EN)WIN
Unknown Mobile Suit Gundam: Cross Dimension 0079 (EN)
機動戦士ガンダム CROSS DIMENSION 0079 (JA)
Bandai Co., Ltd.Bandai Co., Ltd.SNESTactical RPG
Unknown Moraff's World (EN)
Unknown SD Gundam Gaiden 2: Entaku no Kishi (EN)
SDガンダム外伝2 円卓の騎士 (JA)
Bandai Co., Ltd.SNESJP
Unknown SD Gundam: Emotional Jam (EN)Bandai Co., Ltd.Bandai Co., Ltd.WSJP
Unknown SD Gundam: G Generation Wars (EN)Bandai Co., Ltd.Bandai Namco EntertainmentPS2, WiiTactical RPGJP
Unknown Shin SD Gundam Gaiden: Knight Gundam Monogatari (EN)Bandai Co., Ltd.Bandai Co., Ltd.NESJP
Unknown Slime Forest Adventure (EN)LIN, WIN, MACEducational game
Unknown The Tales of Walenir (EN)WIN
Vaporware Dungeon Hero (EN)Firefly StudiosGamecock Media GroupWIN, X360UK

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