4 Upcoming Fantasy RPGs Better Than Waiting for the Next Dragon Age

The campfire is fading, the journey ahead looks bleak, and the companion who has spent weeks teasing you finally seems ready to open up. You choose your words carefully, sense that you’re getting somewhere, and then someone cracks a joke about cheese. Just like that, the moment passes.

Moments like these are part of what makes Dragon Age memorable. From Origins to The Veilguard, the series surrounds you with companions who feel like people, not just party members. It also offers tactical battles, political intrigue, and choices that can resurface hours—or even games—later, often when you least expect them.

A new Dragon Age game may not arrive anytime soon. Former series writer David Gaider recently said that “the golden days are over.” Still, other adventures are waiting. If you miss saving Thedas by day and trading stories with an eccentric party by night, these four RPGs deserve a place on your radar.

4. Solasta 2

Release date: In early access now; full release date to be announced

Where to play: Windows PC

Keeping everyone in your Dragon Age party happy is rarely possible. Solasta 2 introduces its own balancing act by putting family at the heart of the adventure. You lead the Colwall siblings, orphans from a household connected to a religious order sworn to oppose an evil known as Shadwyn. Their journey takes them to a new continent and the city of Caer Mar, where rival factions and rebels are already stirring up trouble.

Fans who enjoyed stopping to plan each Dragon Age encounter will find plenty to consider in this turn-based tactical RPG. Positioning, line of sight, and elevation can determine the outcome of a fight, while familiar Dungeons & Dragons spells such as Magic Missile and Shatter add options to your arsenal. Away from combat, your decisions affect your standing with factions across Neokos—and falling out with the wrong people could leave you without access to their best merchandise.

The early access version, available on Steam since March 2026, includes part of Act 1 and currently caps characters at level 4. Developer Tactical Adventures plans to remain in early access for approximately a year; the full release is expected to complete the main story and raise the level cap to 10. In the meantime, Solasta: Crown of the Magister offers a more mechanically demanding D&D adventure for anyone eager to sharpen their spellcasting skills.

3. Outward 2

Release date: Early access on February 8, 2027

Where to play: Windows PC

Imagine a Dragon Age: Origins opening in which your hero is an ordinary wanderer with no grand destiny and no clear plan. That is closer to the experience offered by Outward 2, set in the perilous world of Aurai, where many people never venture beyond their hometown walls.

You begin as one of three characters: a miner in the northern mountains of Tramontane, a homeowner in the underground city of Haboob, or a vagrant in Simeon’s Bastion. Your background and personality traits—including Hoarder, Gourmet, and Lone Wolf—influence your dialogue, equipment, and abilities.

Staying alive requires more than a sharp blade. Hunger, thirst, fatigue, and harsh weather are constant concerns, and there are no mounts or fast travel to provide an easy escape. Heavy armor affects your speed, and dropping your backpack can make you more mobile in a fight. You can combine weapons in either hand, from a sword and shield to paired axes or a mace and pistol, while trainers offer new skills for a price.

Survival is only part of the story. Your decisions can draw you toward a faction, whether that is an emerging mercenary company, a society of historians, or a humanitarian mission. Online and split-screen co-op also let you explore alongside a friend. If that sounds appealing, the original Outward is worth trying while you wait. Bring company—and something warm to wear.

2. Fable

Release date: February 23, 2027, or February 18 with the Premium Edition

Where to play: PS5, Windows PC, Xbox Series X

Albion is ready to form an opinion of you. In Fable, you play the hero of Briar Hill, described as an ordinary person made extraordinary by fate. What kind of hero you become is up to you.

Standing against you is Isabel, played by Hayley Atwell. She is a formidable hero determined to correct a tragic injustice, and her pursuit puts her at odds with both you and her former guardian, Humphry. That personal conflict promises plenty of drama even before the wider world gets involved.

Like Dragon Age, Fable places weight on how others respond to your actions. Your reputation influences your encounters with Albion’s more than 1,000 handcrafted NPCs, reshaping the world around you and helping your power grow. You can also romance villagers, have children, and build a quieter life amid the turmoil.

There is room for silliness alongside the darker themes, too. The Befowl spell turns enemies into chickens, with undead foes becoming appropriately undead poultry. If Isabel proves difficult to handle, it may be worth keeping that one ready.

1. Clockwork Revolution

Release date: 2027

Where to play: Windows PC, Xbox Series X

If you have ever wished you could revisit a pivotal Dragon Age decision, Clockwork Revolution takes that impulse and builds an RPG around it. In inXile’s first-person adventure, you can alter the past and discover whether changing one decision improves matters—or creates an entirely different problem.

You play Morgan Vanette, a customizable member of the Rotten Row Hooligans in Avalon, a steampunk city divided between impoverished neighborhoods and lavish estates. Its ruler, Lady Ironwood, has been using time travel to maintain her grip on power. Vanette and a group of allies set out to undo the damage.

The key to their plan is the Chronometer, a device that lets you revisit and alter important moments. Those changes can ripple through Avalon and affect the people closest to you, so the companions waiting when you return may not be quite the same ones you left behind. Allies Ulysses, Nazim, Erasmus, Hazel, and Anne each have lives and stories of their own, while a flying automaton named Prentice helps guide you through branching realities.

Along the way, you will develop your character’s attributes, skills, and equipment, hack hostile automatons, and use an ability called Displace to hurl objects such as explosive barrels at enemies. With Lady Ironwood manipulating Avalon’s fate, every trip into the past carries political as well as personal consequences. Choose your changes carefully.

 

Source: Polygon