What is the best role-playing game app for iPhone?

RAID: Shadow Legends, S tier, ranked #1 of 40, rated 4.7 by 530,609 people.

Which role-playing game apps are free?

40 of 40 are free to download: RAID: Shadow Legends (S), Eternium (S), AFK Journey (S), Questland: Turn Based RPG (S) and more. 31 of them sell in-app purchases.

Which role-playing game app has the best App Store rating?

Shadowborn at 4.9 from 6,110 ratings.

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Best Role-Playing Game Apps for iPhone (2026)

40 apps ranked S through F · Updated 2026-10-19 · Ranked by AppTierList, computed, never sold · JSON

RAID: Shadow Legends is the top-ranked of 40 role-playing game apps on iPhone, at S tier with 4.7/5 from 530,609 ratings.

1
RAID: Shadow LegendsS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 530,609 ratings · score 97
2
EterniumS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 63,660 ratings · score 96
3
AFK JourneyS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 74,716 ratings · score 95
4
Questland: Turn Based RPGS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 28,194 ratings · score 95
5
Guardian TalesS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 39,177 ratings · score 94

What belongs in this list

Play a game where I control a character who grows stronger through a story, quests and battles.

Not here: A general action game alone; A board game alone; A simulation game alone; A fantasy or anime theme alone; A chatbot roleplay alone

More lists: Best Action RPG Game Apps · Best Idle RPG Game Apps · Best Strategy RPG Game Apps · Best Text RPG Game Apps · Best Turn-Based RPG Game Apps

How we pick

For this list we ask the App Store the same searches a person would, in several countries, and keep every app it returns. A model reads each app's listing and rejects the ones that only mention the use case. Every app that stays is scored out of 100 from four parts, each 0 to 100 and averaged with no weights: its App Store rating, how many people rated it, where the App Store itself ranks it for this list's searches, and how recently its current version shipped. An app showing Apple's Editors' Choice badge gets a fifth part of 100, which can only lift its score. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier. Read the full method →

Compare every app

1
RAID: Shadow LegendsS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 530,609 ratings · score 97 · best in class
2
EterniumS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 63,660 ratings · score 96 · best in class
3
AFK JourneyS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 74,716 ratings · score 95 · best in class
4
Questland: Turn Based RPGS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 28,194 ratings · score 95 · best in class
5
Guardian TalesS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 39,177 ratings · score 94 · best in class
6
Bit Heroes QuestS
Free download · ★ 4.7 · 22,432 ratings · score 94 · best in class
7
KnighthoodS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 38,418 ratings · score 94 · best in class
8
ShadowbornS
Free download · ★ 4.9 · 6,110 ratings · score 94 · best in class
9
Old School RuneScapeS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 93,090 ratings · score 93 · best in class
10
Diablo ImmortalS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 309,661 ratings · score 93 · best in class
11
The Wolf: Animal Game MMORPGS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 94,432 ratings · score 93 · best in class
12
Sword Master StoryS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 18,776 ratings · score 93 · best in class
13
Knights & Dragons - RPGA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 7,998 ratings · score 92 · excellent
14
Obsidian Knight: Roguelike RPGA
Free download · ★ 4.7 · 14,039 ratings · score 92 · excellent
15
Evil Lands: Epic MMORPG gameA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 19,484 ratings · score 92 · excellent
16
Dragon TravelerA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 18,632 ratings · score 92 · excellent
17
Orna: Fantasy RPG AdventureA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 5,071 ratings · score 91 · excellent
18
Age of Magic: Turn Based RPGA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 25,084 ratings · score 91 · excellent
19
Hero of Aethric: 8 Bit FantasyA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 1,943 ratings · score 91 · excellent
20
GODDESS OF VICTORY: NIKKEA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 70,767 ratings · score 91 · excellent
21
Miners Settlement: Idle RPGA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 34,460 ratings · score 91 · excellent
22
MARVEL Strike Force: Squad RPGB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 309,730 ratings · score 91 · good
23
KnightBound - Pixel FantasyB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 2,697 ratings · score 91 · good
24
OneBit Adventure Roguelike RPGB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 7,527 ratings · score 90 · good
25
Realms of PixelB
Free download · ★ 4.8 · 12,401 ratings · score 90 · good
26
Epic SevenB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 49,207 ratings · score 90 · good
27
Grim Quest - Old School RPGB
Free download · ★ 4.8 · 4,492 ratings · score 90 · good
28
Legend of Slime: Idle RPGB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 41,821 ratings · score 90 · good
29
Pixel Heroes: Tales of EmondB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 10,169 ratings · score 90 · good
30
Divine Throne: Idle RPGB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 859 ratings · score 90 · good
31
Hero Wars: Alliance AdventureB
Free download · ★ 4.5 · 218,011 ratings · score 89 · good
32
Vampire's Fall: Origins RPGC
Free download · ★ 4.7 · 9,768 ratings · score 89 · situational
33
Postknight 2C
Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 11,112 ratings · score 89 · situational
34
OUTERPLANE - Strategy AnimeC
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 3,684 ratings · score 89 · situational
35
Dragonstride: Legacy RebornC
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 39,238 ratings · score 89 · situational
36
Seal of FateC
Free download · ★ 4.8 · 3,073 ratings · score 89 · situational
37
Empires & Puzzles: Match-3 RPGC
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 102,281 ratings · score 89 · situational
38
LAST CLOUDIA: Pixel Art RPGC
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 15,498 ratings · score 89 · situational
39
F Class Adventurer: AFK RPGC
Free download · ★ 4.8 · 6,597 ratings · score 88 · situational
40
Overmortal-Idle RPGC
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 16,399 ratings · score 88 · situational

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Questions people ask

What is the best role-playing game app for iPhone?: RAID: Shadow Legends, S tier, ranked #1 of 40, rated 4.7 by 530,609 people.
Which role-playing game apps are free?: 40 of 40 are free to download: RAID: Shadow Legends (S), Eternium (S), AFK Journey (S), Questland: Turn Based RPG (S) and more. 31 of them sell in-app purchases.
Which role-playing game app has the best App Store rating?: Shadowborn at 4.9 from 6,110 ratings.
How many role-playing game apps reach S or A tier?: 21 of 40. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier.