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The following is a timeline of tabletop role-playing games. For computer role-playing games see here.

The publication year listed here is the year of the first edition in the original country. Additional editions, translations or adaptations for use in other countries are not included in this list. For editions other than the first, consult the corresponding article.

Some games started out as generic role-playing supplements, supplements for other games, or even a different kind of game. Those games are listed in the year when they made the transition to a standalone role-playing game.

Unique games with identical or similar titles are listed separately. Unique means games that use different rules or settings but does not include rule revisions by the same author or publisher.

• Alice is Missing
• Apocalypse Keys
• Burn Bryte by Roll20
• Cyberpunk RED by R. Talsorian Games
• Depués d'Ochobre by Ediciones Radagast
• Heart: The City Beneath by Grant Howitt
• Mausritter
• Monster Care Squad
• Mörk Borg by Free League Publishing
• SLA Industries: 2nd Edition by Nightfall Games
• Slayers
• Thousand Year Old Vampire
• Transformers by Renegade Game Studios
• Ultraviolet Grasslands
• Vaesen by Free League Publishing
• Visigoths vs. Mall Goths by Lucian Kahn

• Apothecaria
• Coyote & Crow
• Fallout: The Roleplaying Game by Modiphius
• Field Guide to Memory by Jeeyon Shim
• Inspirisles
• Jiangshi: Blood in the Banquet Hall by Banana Chan and Sen-Foong Lim
• Shadow of Mogg by Manic Productions
• Thirsty Sword Lesbians by Evil Hat Productions
• Wanderhome

• Avatar Legends by Magpie Games
• Brindlewood Bay
• Die by Kieron Gillen and Stephanie Hans
• G.I. JOE by Renegade Game Studios
• Rosenstrasse
• Swords of the Serpentine
• Tales of Xadia
• Trophy RPG
• Women are Werewolves

• Blade Runner: The Roleplaying Game by Free League Publishing
• Candela Obscura
• Eat the Reich by Grant Howitt
• Fabula Ultima
• If I Were a Lich, Man by Lucian Kahn
• Koriko: A Magical Year
• Liminal Horror
• Ma Nishtana (game)
• Marvel Multiverse Role-Playing Game
• Power Rangers by Renegade Game Studios
• Shadowdark
• Salvage Union by Leyline Press
• Zin Never Dies

• Cain
• Cosmere Roleplaying Game
• Outgunned
• Queerz! TTRPG
• Triangle Agency

• Darkshire, in English
• RPGGeek, in English
• Le Grog, in French
• PSNROL, in Spanish (archived)
• DRoSI, in German
• Martinolli, Pascal. 2019. « TTTTRPG: Timeline Tree of Tabletop Role-Playing Games, celebrating more than 40 years of game design innovations » Dataset and dot language code.

• History of role-playing games
• List of role-playing games, restricted to notable games.
• List of role-playing game designers, including a short list of games to which each designer made a significant contribution.
• List of role-playing game publishers
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