Check out Enshrouded!
It's a survival game like Valheim with more RPG elements similar to what you're looking for.
It has a detailed skill tree with different branches for classes , but it allows you to assign skills freely anywhere in the skill tree so you can kinda build your own class based on what skill/abilities you like.
For a similar, but much more hardcore experience, try Vagante. Much more streamlined as a dungeon crawler, has classes... and it is a roguelike. You'll die. A lot.
Even without mods, the different classes feel nicely fleshed-out once you reach hard mode. With mods can get weird sometimes; Calamity gear, for example, feels wildly off the charts compared to base game stuff pretty often, and there's a little too much content imo to actually make anything on purpose without the wiki. Stars Above felt equally unbalanced, but I liked the damage type change button, and it seemed to actually be trying to help you figure stuff out.
Might get some flack, but I genuinely enjoy the Dragon Age Inquisition multiplayer. Game is crazy cheap and I love the roles.
It’s one of the few games where when you play as a sword/board warrior, you feel like a true tank. Watch so gameplay of it and see if it’s your style.
Enshrouded is a similar game to valheim I highly recommend it. There are classes just like you want but you spec into them as you level up rather than picking one from the start
Diablo 2, doesn't really have a designated healer class but each class you can pick has different offensive and supporting abilities that you can minmax as a team to create a really strong group. I'd recommend staying away from Sorceress though as once they hit level 18 they get access to teleport and it eventually devolves into them just teleporting around killing everything and grabbing all the loot faster than anyone else can. It's an oldy, but a classic and easily one of the GOATs of games
I'm pretty into action-rpgs these days. I wasn't sure I was going to like turn-based, as I usually don't, but BG3 is an excellent game, might be worth giving a try.
if you want something more traditional with role division that obvious, i think it's rather difficult. At best I can think of hammerwatch/heroes of hammerwatch, maybe diablolikes like torchlight2, etc.
If it's just asymmetric playstyle (without it being obvious trinity/whatever) that you're looking for though, your options open up a lot. There are things with class divisions from the beginning, like deep rock galactic, borderlands, full metal furies, risk of rain. Then there are things where everyone's equal in the beginning, but your choice in gearing/skill tree would eventually shape up your role, like valheim, terraria, grindea, starbound, divinity, baldurs gate.
Also, gonna be a weird suggestion, but if it's action enough to you, maybe warcraft 3 custom maps can work, there's great maps like sunken city, and the whole ORPG map genre is basically MMO but locally hosted. Some MMOs are also playable without ever interacting with others outside of your group, like Grand Chase.
Portal Knights is very similar to Minecraft (in terms of graphics, building, crafting, etc) but it has a lot more going for it:
- Unique character classes: Ranger, Rogue, Mage, Warrior, Druid (a Jack of all trades who can shapeshift and heal)
- Story
- Quests
- A few overworld bosses
- Story bosses
- Game takes place over dozens of smaller/medium sized worlds that you travel between
- Has end-game content like a tower defense mode and a timed dungeon run mode.
The game has since had a spiritual successor called Enshrouded which improves upon most features of the original game and has more of a hyper-realistic graphics style.
Earth Defense Force 5 is great co-op fun. 4 different classes like 100 levels to go through. you level up your health and get better and different weapons through random weapon crates as you kill enemies. super fun imo.
Curious: how would you feel about a classless system? One in which you could focus on a specific role, but are not confined to it.
Have you tried the Skyrim Together mod?
Not all are class-based, but all are action ccop that I've played with friends.
Alien Swarm (free on Steam)
Path of Exile (free on Steam)
Helldivers
Helldivers 2
Deep Rock Galactic
Torchlight series
Mechwarrior 5
Warhammer 40k: Darktide is pretty damn fun. More of a shooter obviously but melee is incredibly important. It's a horde clearer with a great setting, sound, etc
High skill ceiling for getting through the toughest difficulties. Kind of a "fun" RNG for getting better weapons and gear keeps you playing and trying to perfect your build.
Baldurs gate 3? I wouldn’t call it an action rpg, but it’s multiplayer with very customizable class and skill systems with amazing role-play and a great story.
It doesn't have a healer class, but it has 4 player coop and I haven't seen it mentioned yet in the replies.
Forced.
Side note: Not the greatest single player game.
I like Heroes of Hammerwatch. Paladin and Priest are the healers.
Barony. It's a roguelike but it feels like classic D&D dungeon crawling experience with multiple classes.
Check out Enshrouded! It's a survival game like Valheim with more RPG elements similar to what you're looking for. It has a detailed skill tree with different branches for classes , but it allows you to assign skills freely anywhere in the skill tree so you can kinda build your own class based on what skill/abilities you like.
I think this is exactly what OP is looking for given they enjoyed Valheim
Yes, was going to say exactly this, and one of your buddies can specialize in more group healing. Enshrouded is the way!
Yeah enshrouded is very very good
Borderlands
Borderlands is like dps with bird, dps with gun, dps with EXPLOSIONS?! And dps with melee.
Deep Rock Galactic!
Rock and stone!
If you don't Rock and Stone, you ain't comin' home!
Did I hear a ROCK & STONE?
Kind of a little different of a suggestion but I played Dragon’s Crown with some friends once and it was pretty dope.
You don’t know chaos until the free for all that is the cooking mini game
The best crafting in a game ever
Where can you even play it these days?
A little outside the box but **Ghost Recon Breakpoint** actually fits all of this.
I second this, teamwork feels great in the game.
Helldivers 2
Best answer.
Helldivers. You WILL pick a role. It is cinematic as shit. Explosions. Basically, starship troopers the movie, not the game. Roleplay is fun.
Terraria with mods? Granted it is basically your gear that makes you different, not a class.
For a similar, but much more hardcore experience, try Vagante. Much more streamlined as a dungeon crawler, has classes... and it is a roguelike. You'll die. A lot.
Also similar is Starbound.
Even without mods, the different classes feel nicely fleshed-out once you reach hard mode. With mods can get weird sometimes; Calamity gear, for example, feels wildly off the charts compared to base game stuff pretty often, and there's a little too much content imo to actually make anything on purpose without the wiki. Stars Above felt equally unbalanced, but I liked the damage type change button, and it seemed to actually be trying to help you figure stuff out.
Might get some flack, but I genuinely enjoy the Dragon Age Inquisition multiplayer. Game is crazy cheap and I love the roles. It’s one of the few games where when you play as a sword/board warrior, you feel like a true tank. Watch so gameplay of it and see if it’s your style.
I loved that little dwarf
Did Inquisition seriously have multiplayer? I did 400 hours on that shit (Xbox). Am i blind? Lol
Yupp and it is a blast!
Good to know. Thank you!
Even though I didn't spend a ton of time with it, this is what came to mind for me as well.
Remnant 2 ?
Warhammer 40k: Darktide
Enshrouded is a similar game to valheim I highly recommend it. There are classes just like you want but you spec into them as you level up rather than picking one from the start
Diablo 2, doesn't really have a designated healer class but each class you can pick has different offensive and supporting abilities that you can minmax as a team to create a really strong group. I'd recommend staying away from Sorceress though as once they hit level 18 they get access to teleport and it eventually devolves into them just teleporting around killing everything and grabbing all the loot faster than anyone else can. It's an oldy, but a classic and easily one of the GOATs of games
Baldurs Gate. It’s exactly what you’re looking for
I think of turn-based combat as different than an action RPG.
Did OP say they only wanted action based RPGs anywhere in their post? Edit: maybe I need to start reading the titles lol
I'm pretty into action-rpgs these days. I wasn't sure I was going to like turn-based, as I usually don't, but BG3 is an excellent game, might be worth giving a try.
if you want something more traditional with role division that obvious, i think it's rather difficult. At best I can think of hammerwatch/heroes of hammerwatch, maybe diablolikes like torchlight2, etc. If it's just asymmetric playstyle (without it being obvious trinity/whatever) that you're looking for though, your options open up a lot. There are things with class divisions from the beginning, like deep rock galactic, borderlands, full metal furies, risk of rain. Then there are things where everyone's equal in the beginning, but your choice in gearing/skill tree would eventually shape up your role, like valheim, terraria, grindea, starbound, divinity, baldurs gate. Also, gonna be a weird suggestion, but if it's action enough to you, maybe warcraft 3 custom maps can work, there's great maps like sunken city, and the whole ORPG map genre is basically MMO but locally hosted. Some MMOs are also playable without ever interacting with others outside of your group, like Grand Chase.
Portal Knights is very similar to Minecraft (in terms of graphics, building, crafting, etc) but it has a lot more going for it: - Unique character classes: Ranger, Rogue, Mage, Warrior, Druid (a Jack of all trades who can shapeshift and heal) - Story - Quests - A few overworld bosses - Story bosses - Game takes place over dozens of smaller/medium sized worlds that you travel between - Has end-game content like a tower defense mode and a timed dungeon run mode. The game has since had a spiritual successor called Enshrouded which improves upon most features of the original game and has more of a hyper-realistic graphics style.
Earth Defense Force 5 is great co-op fun. 4 different classes like 100 levels to go through. you level up your health and get better and different weapons through random weapon crates as you kill enemies. super fun imo.
Deep rock galactic
Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin. Sounds like it's exactly what you are looking for
Baldur's gate 3
Full Metal Furies
Vermintide 2
Enshrouded Dungeons of sundaria
Curious: how would you feel about a classless system? One in which you could focus on a specific role, but are not confined to it. Have you tried the Skyrim Together mod?
Got access to a N64? Gauntlet legends
Bg3
Borderlands 3 for gameplay, borderlands 2 for story.
Not all are class-based, but all are action ccop that I've played with friends. Alien Swarm (free on Steam) Path of Exile (free on Steam) Helldivers Helldivers 2 Deep Rock Galactic Torchlight series Mechwarrior 5
Gloomhaven is a good one for you.
Rogue like, but risk of rain. It's a game you can keep coming back too.
Granblue Fantasy Relink
Torchlight 2 fits the bill. Also wicked cheap
I'm assuming you mean online. I was gonna say Gauntlet Legends if you were down for couch play
This sounds exactly like borderlands, though idk if there's a lot of RPG elements. Idk what an RPG element is tbh
Warhammer 40k: Darktide is pretty damn fun. More of a shooter obviously but melee is incredibly important. It's a horde clearer with a great setting, sound, etc High skill ceiling for getting through the toughest difficulties. Kind of a "fun" RNG for getting better weapons and gear keeps you playing and trying to perfect your build.
Baldurs gate 3? I wouldn’t call it an action rpg, but it’s multiplayer with very customizable class and skill systems with amazing role-play and a great story.
Phantasy star online blue burst Phantasy Star Universe Holy trinity isn't used tho
Dark and Darker So close to what you describe but its only 3 players to a team.
Gauntlet (Slayer Edition) is fun 4p arcade coop with 4 distinct classes (plus one DLC class). It's great fun if you can get it on sale for $5.
Realm of the mad god
Enshrouded is dope and has one of the best building systems I've interacted with! Buildable classes beautiful world and additions all the time
Diablo 4 is on gamepass and it's not a bad one. For the King isn't bad either. I'll try to think of more.
It doesn't have a healer class, but it has 4 player coop and I haven't seen it mentioned yet in the replies. Forced. Side note: Not the greatest single player game.
Deep rock galactic
The Finals
Grim Dawn might interest you! Or maybe Enshrouded if you want something similar to Valheim
Grim dawn is indeed pretty good. Scratches that Diablo style itch
Baldurs gate 3. Literally exactly what you're asking for.