Action role-playing games emphasize real-time combat where the player has direct control over the characters as opposed to turn or menu-based combat while still having a focus on character's stats in order to determine … See more

First-person dungeon crawl
In late 1987, FTL Games released Dungeon Master, a dungeon crawler that had a real-time game … See more

1970s and early 1980s
Allgame listed the following games released prior to 1984 as action RPGs: Temple of Apshai (1979) and its sequel Gateway to Apshai (1983), … See more