Top 5 RPGs you want to play (player or GM) in 2026?

[The Soloist]

What are the Top 5 RPGs you want to play (as a player and/or as a GM) in 2025?

In 2026 I want to solo play modern or sci-fi games. 2025 was very fantasy oriented. I have several unplayed games on the shelves. My list:

• Coriolis the Great Dark
• Dream Machines
• Starforged
• Numenera 2e
• Outgunned Pulp Adventure.

 

[Parmandur]

I presume that you mean starting something new, as opposed to playing D&D again (which I do want to do pretty much anytime), so I'll say:

• Stormlight Archives RPG: when scheduling allows, God willing and thw creek don't rise, thisnia the next thing for us.
• Mistborn RPG: Maybe a better Settong for RPG Shennanigans than Stormlight.
• Plotweaver: the forthcoming generic version of the Cosmere RPG, bbecauseI want Elven Clerics and android Jedi Knights in the mix
• Monster of the Week: really keen to give this one a try with my friends and family.
• Vaesen: I have the Swedish and Britih books, and theybare brilliant, seems like it would be fun at the table.

 

[sevenbastard]

-My homebrew modern rules for dungeon crawling in the "Zone" that once was Oregon. I've been solo testing the combat, but need to play with players.

-Shadowdark. I want to run a Keep on the Borderlands campaign but the Caves are more spread out over a mountain but still connections.

-Andor style Starwars game. Realistic rebellion. Lots of shades of Grey.

-Old West one shot. No fantastical elements just violence

-A fantasy version of the 30 year wars that mashes up rpg and war game elements.

 

[schneeland]

@The Soloist I assume the title should read 2026, not 2025?

 

[jdrakeh]

In no particular order (okay, alphabetical order because of my OCD):

• Beam Saber (potentially in the world of Robot Jox).
• Black Pudding Play Book (a weird B/X OSR clone in the implied setting).
• Cyberspace (ICE's old Cyberpunk RPG in the default setting).
• HarnMaster: Roleplaying in Kethira (probably on the island of Harn).
• (A) Minimalist Fantasy Affair (My FKR game in Greyhawk as it appears in From the Ashes).

 

[The Soloist]

@The Soloist I assume the title should read 2026, not 2025?

Good catch!

 

[The Soloist]

-Andor style Starwars game. Realistic rebellion. Lots of shades of Grey.

Have you selected a rule set?

 

[The Soloist]

Vaesen: I have the Swedish and Britih books, and theybare brilliant, seems like it would be fun at the table.

Vaesen is a very fun game. We played it for several months. Upgrading the HQ is fun. My character was a young thug with a dog. Between adventures he was always with the fishermen on boats, learning the trade, which proved to be useful for some adventures later on.

 

[Bill Zebub]

Another vote for Vaesen
Dragonbane
Scum and Villainy
Shadowdark
Jury is still out on #5

 

[Faxfire683]

I've been grabbing up too many new RPGs recently, but I'd like to try out:

1. Twilight 2000
2. Mothership
3. Mork Borg
4. 13th Age 2e
5. Numenera 2e

I've introduced every current player I have to the hobby through 5e, and had lots of other life things on my plate. So hoping to be able to branch out and play even more this next year. I have exposed all my players to Shadowdark, and I'd like to see if we can play some more of that too.