I'd recommend pretty much any RPG based on D&D/AD&D, but I'm going to skip mentioning the ones that have already been mentioned so far in this thread. The old Gold Box Series games may not be as pretty as anything else that's been mentioned, but they really are good old games and classics for a reason.

Eye of the Beholder - https://www.gog.com/en/game/forgotten_realms_the_archives_collection_one

Savage Frontier / Pool of Radiance / Hillsfar - https://www.gog.com/en/game/forgotten_realms_the_archives_collection_two

Dungeon Hack / Menzoberranzan - https://www.gog.com/en/game/forgotten_realms_the_archives_collection_three

Ravenloft - https://www.gog.com/en/game/dungeons_dragons_ravenloft_series

Dragonlance (Krynn) - https://www.gog.com/en/game/dungeons_dragons_krynn_series

Dark Sun - https://www.gog.com/en/game/dungeons_dragons_dark_sun_series

Best RPG games on GOG:

Shadows: Awakening
The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing: Final Cut
Legend of Heroes Series (currently 7 of them are on GOG, with more coming in the future)
Divinity: Original Sin 1 (part 2 is absolutely horrible though IMO)
Zwei: The Ilvard Insurrection
Tokyo Xanadu eX+
Mary Skelter: Nightmares
Fairy Fencer F: Advent Dark Force
Death End Re;Quest 1 (part 2 is much is much worse though)
Dragon Star: Varnir (the gameplay has some problems and so does the port, but it has very interesting characters and story)

Yeah i finished redemption as a kid and i remember i had the bad ending.Great game but bloodlines is my all time favorite i teared up when they announced bloodlines 2


Thanks a few i don’t know will check them out
Played that as well it’s an okay game didnt enjoyed it on the same level like the original
Man i completely forgot gothic 1 and 2 what gems

What's wrong with part 2?

Cyberpunk is bad, wouldn't recommend it to anyone for any genre. As for what GOG labels things, they are patently wrong all the time, hence why I was adding some extra info. There is a big gap between PoE and The Witcher.
Yes, I didn't see Divinity series when I first read it. TBH I think of Original Sin and Divinity as completely seperate series as they are different games. Originals were aRPGs like Diablo, OS was more of Baldurs Gate type ones, even though I really didnt get on with either Original Sin games.

It seems though, even though the thread title is RPG, and most of the games listed are RPGs (cRPGs if you prefer), most of the returned suggestions are Action Adventures, some with limited RPG elements. So I give up!

People like to complain about it but Cyberpunk 2077 is actually a phenomenal game now that the major bugs are gone. It baffles me that people complain about it supposedly not being an RPG but it is, by definition, a roleplaying game and that is an objective fact. People can like or dislike it if they want -- to each their own -- but the argument that Cyberpunk 2077 isn't an RPG is just really silly. I love the Witcher series but 2077 is definitely a lot closer to being an RPG overall. If you like choice and freedom, I definitely recommend checking it out.

That said, if you haven't played the Witcher series yet, definitely do (especially the main trilogy). Some of the best games out there, IMO. They're not quite as free as 2077 is but they have a boatload of choice, branching narratives and you can tie in your savegames for a more consistent storyline. While the main trilogy is the best, I highly recommend checking out Thronebreaker as well, as it combines isometric RPG gameplay with combat based on the standalone version of the Gwent card game, making for an incredibly unique gameplay experience. It is likewise heavy on choices. I also do recommend checking out Gwent and the Witcher Adventure Game if you end up enjoying the main trilogy, as the latter is a solid digital board game and the former is a very fun live service game with a fair business model.

The Knights of the Old Republic games are phenomenal RPGs with loads of opportunity to roleplay and make decisions.

Oh, also: definitely check out Dragon Age: Origins. While I personally prefer Inquisition overall, Origins is phenomenal and has both plenty of choice and roleplaying freedom.

Could you explain why that game is an RPG? Note that this justification must relate to the core mechanics of the game, not on the structure of the game, or how much choice the game offers.

(Games like SimCity offer a lot of freedom, but I haven't seen anyone call those sort of games RPGs.)

Also, a game doesn't have to be an RPG to be good (see Celeste), and a game doesn't have to be good to be an RPG (see Hoshi wo Miru Hito or the NES version of Ultima 5).

(By the way, Ultima 5 is worth playing, as long as it's not the NES version. In particular, the version found on GOG is worth playing, as are the versions of Ultima 4 and 6 in the same collection.)

I won't respond to this part of the discussion beyond this post as I don't want to hijack the thread, but here we go.

You create and customize a character, including their starting attributes and one of three backgrounds. You are thrown into an open, explorable world that has many opportunities for the player to 'live' in the game world and interact with it. Throughout your time exploring the game world, you gain experience by doing quests and exercising your skills which allows you to level up and advance your character's build. Meanwhile, you decide what gear you use and you have the ability to modify said gear, upgrade it and even craft new gear. You play through a story that, depending on which background you chose, gives you the ability to talk to people differently. As you play, you discover that you have the ability to approach quests in just about any way you want, from ghost stealth gameplay to full guns-blazing and anywhere in between. You decide what quests you want to do, you can enjoy the game ONLY playing the MQ or you can just screw around in the game world and, again, "live" in it (which is the core of roleplaying). When you reach the end of the game, depending on how you played, you can get several different endings.

Again, I don't care if people like or dislike Cyberpunk, that's their right and I'd never tell them otherwise. However, the argument that it's not an RPG is just ridiculous. It is factually an RPG and trying to say "it's not an RPG" because CDPR has used "action-adventure" in marketing jargon, or because it wasn't what you (collectively speaking, I'm not targeting anyone) expected, that's just silly and childish. It's an RPG. It may not be everyone's type of RPG but it's basically meant to be a semi-sandbox narrative-driven RPG. Something in between modern Fallout and Mass Effect, as it were.

And yes, I agree that a game doesn't have to be an RPG to be good, I'm merely saying that people use the "it's not an RPG" argument because they don't like the game. It is factually an RPG and denying that just makes people look childish and bitter.

PS: Yes, Ultima is a great series in general. In fact, those games actually tend to have fewer of what most consider to be modern RPG elements than 2077 did, yet nobody would argue that Ultima isn't an RPG series.

Call CP whatever you like I don’t care, what I care about is recommending a dreadful product from an awful company as the “best” anything, that is what I thought was a joke. Best example why not to give CDPr any money sure, best example of a product dropped being from one of the largest stores, again sure, a pillar example in the lure of greed sure. Best RPG not a chance. Perhaps the OP will be happy playing the role of someone wasting 60gb+ every month or two downloading and InDev game, because they can’t even provide patches for their own product.

I recommend the Gold Box D&D games and the Temple of Elemental Evil as well.

Fallout series
Encased
Witcher 3
Black Geyser
Pathfinder
BG
Neverwinter Nights
Arcanum
Gothic
Trails in the Sky series

Betrayal at Krondor doesn't seem to have been mentioned yet. Will take quite some getting used to in this day and age, don't know whether I'd still play it myself, but there are a lot of great things in that game. Also Might and Magic 6. Less story and hardly at all characters, more gameplay and exploration, still plenty of old-time quirks to get used to, but great if you enjoy that style.
Otherwise, fully agree with Bloodlines (and yes, there are things to say about Redemption too), PS:T (for the writing, not so much gameplay), Morrowind (haven't played the following ones), Divine Divinity (if you want an ARPG done right - but stopping there, not listing BD myself, and not so much D2 either), Two Worlds 1 (but not 2), first Deus Ex (if you count it), Gothic 1 and 2 (at least), the KotORs, there are things to say in favor of the first Witcher too, also for Arcanum.

Games can have multiple gameplay types and Souls-like games are inspired by the difficulty and fighting mechanics of the original Souls games. And not sure about flaunting in social medias about Souls-like games; at least I kept my comments to a very small group of people when I played it, iirc.

Cyberpunk is an action adventure even cdpr calls it that if you look on the game description on steam. Nothing wrong with action adventures but the game stays a disappointment

Ultima is a great series