Action role-playing game

A video game genre combining role-playing systems such as character development and equipment with real-time combat controlled through direct player action.

Role-playing video game: A video game genre centered on controlling characters whose abilities or stories develop through play. Action role-playing games retain character development as a core role-playing system.
Hitbox: An invisible geometric region used by a game to detect collisions or attacks. Attack ranges and evasions depend on how combat hitboxes are implemented.
Diablo: A dark fantasy action role-playing game series launched by Blizzard Entertainment in 1996. Its randomized loot and fast combat became a defining model for the genre.
Turn-based combat: A combat system in which participants act in discrete turns rather than continuously. Its alternating actions contrast with the genre’s continuous, player-controlled battles.
Action game: A video game genre emphasizing physical challenges such as timing, coordination, and quick reactions. Its real-time combat draws on the action genre’s demand for direct input.
Dodge mechanic: A game action that lets a character evade attacks through movement or temporary invulnerability. Dodging turns enemy attacks into timing and positioning challenges.
Dark Souls: A 2011 action role-playing game by FromSoftware, set in a challenging dark fantasy world. Its deliberate combat ties stamina, positioning, and character growth together.
Tactical role-playing game: A role-playing game genre focused on strategic battles across grid-based or otherwise bounded spaces. Its deliberate, spatially planned encounters differ from direct real-time combat.
Real-time combat: A combat system in which actions resolve continuously rather than through alternating turns. It distinguishes this genre’s encounters from turn-based role-playing combat.
Experience point: A numerical reward used by many games to measure progress toward character advancement. Experience commonly converts combat and exploration into character growth.

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