Who doesn’t love a good character creator and tons of customization options in their RPGs? It’s practically a requirement for the genre to have as many cool hairstyles, flashy tattoos, and perks and traits that define what kind of character you’ll be once you walk into the world. One of the finest examples in recent years is Cyberpunk 2077, which goes pretty deep into its creator, including some NSFW stuff and even the length and color of your manicure. That said, it’s not the deepest or biggest character creator out there, believe it or not.
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I’ve picked the following games for featuring more options, sliders, and detail in their character customization than Cyberpunk 2077. Some of them just have a bit more variety, while others also have cool features like traits and sliders that add a little bit more flavor to gameplay. Obviously, it’s not to say Cyberpunk 2077’s character creation is bad, just that there are more expansive systems out there that let you pretty much create yourself into a virtual world, or something close to it.
Starfield
Bethesda’s Character Creation System, Perfected
Regardless of what your opinion is on the general gameplay of Starfield, I think we can all agree that character creation in this game was not one of the weak points. Previously, Fallout 4 had featured, in my opinion, one of the best and most comprehensive creation tools. Graphically, it was ahead of Skyrim, which already had some pretty nice options.
Starfield combines everything from Bethesda’s previous creators into one, and the result is a very in-depth system with tons of sliders that let you be as precise as possible when designing your character’s face. Not just that, but picking the traits was also a fun feature when you didn’t have access to race bonuses like in Skyrim. Some of them give you some additional gameplay options, others are just flavoring, but overall, I felt that they had far more impact on direct gameplay than Cyberpunk 2077’s life paths.
Dragon Age: Inquisition
BioWare’s Character Creation At Its Finest
Although Dragon Age: Inquisition is a bit more limited than some of the other entries on this list, I’d argue it still tops Cyberpunk for the simple fact that you actually have a bit more leeway with how you shape your character’s face, thanks to the abundance of sliders. There are way more moving parts, and with being able to pick details like inner and outer iris colors, you can get pretty deep and nitpicky.
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Granted, you don’t have as many wild options as you would in a game like Cyberpunk, but it’s undoubtedly one of the deepest fantasy RPG character creators, save perhaps for Dragon’s Dogma 2 and Elden Ring (but we’ll get to those), topping, in my opinion, even Baldur’s Gate 3, which locks you into face presets. One thing to note is that you do have some restrictions regarding your race of choice, so pick carefully.
Elden Ring
From Stats To Appearances, Everything Is Detailed
Elden Ring is another character customization system that absolutely blew me away with how deep you could go. Everyone remembers seeing those awful Shrek-looking creations people were making when the game first came out. It has an amazing variety of sliders and cosmetic options like hair styles, scars, blemishes, and such. Honestly, it’s a shame your face will probably be hidden throughout most of your run by a helmet or hood.
You have the whole color palette at your fingertips, too, and can pretty much make some of the wildest known imaginable creatures that are still humanoid. The starting classes, or rather starting stat options, are also pretty broad, and you have a lot of flexibility in how you end up building and customizing your character once the game starts and you gain access to better gear, Ashes of War, summons, and all that jazz.
Nioh 2
Preset Galore Is Likely To Follow Into Nioh 3
Nioh 2 doesn’t skimp on its character creator either. It’s an action-RPG and Soulslike that lets you go surprisingly deep into your character’s appearances with a ton of detailed sliders for your face alone. There’s also posture, voice pitch, height, and color wheels to really spice up the eyes and the hair of your character, and speaking of hairstyles, plenty of really beautiful options.
With Nioh 3 on the horizon for 2026, I’m hoping the quality and depth of the character creation will remain the same, and you can make your character just as horrible or beautiful as you’d like before you send them out to die again and again against the game’s challenging bosses.
Black Desert Online
One Of The Deepest Character Creation Systems In All Of Gaming
Jumping into the MMORPG side of RPGs, there’s Black Desert Online, which is pretty much famous for its incredibly deep and visually stunning character customization options. It has that distinct aesthetic you might also find in games like Lost Ark and Where Winds Meet, where characters are very airbrushed and doll-like, but they can be customized to death with the massive slider options, makeup, hair styles, color options, and everything in between.
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Without citing any specific sources, Black Desert Online might have the most sliders available in any game for face alone, except maybe for The Sims 4 or inZOI, which is impressive for an MMORPG. The only restriction you’ll run into is your class choice, as classes are gender-locked, and some classes have specific customization options locked behind them, but overall, it’s as good as creative freedom gets, and it just looks gorgeous.
Code Vein
Immense Anime-style Customization With An Emphasis On Fashion
So, just like Nioh 2, Code Vein is also getting a new game early in 2026 in the form of Code Vein 2, and one has to hope they include the first game’s insanely awesome character creator into it. This game goes for full-on maximalism with its art style, which is directly translated into character creation, too. You don’t just pick your hairstyle and eye color, oh no, you go as far as dressing up your character in some of the coolest streetwear possible. You accessorize, you style them, you add some face paint and makeup, and it’s almost a minigame of its own. Definitely a major hurdle you’ll probably have to go through if you ever actually want to, you know, play the game.
Now, you are a bit more limited in terms of your face shape, but that’s not really a problem, given how you can style the different parts of your character’s hair and edit their accessories and makeup. That makes a massive difference, even when you’re forced to pick a preset. The outfits consist of different parts, so mixing and matching is a big thing here and will help you make exactly the type of main character you’ve dreamed of. For anyone who adores the polished anime look, this game’s character creation is worth gold.
Dragon’s Dogma 2
A Game Of Absolute Freedom In Shaping Faces And Bodies
Well, if there is one game that tops Inquisition’s cosmetic customization depth in the fantasy RPG realm, it would be Dragon’s Dogma 2. The creator reminds me a bit of the quality and detail we also see in Nioh 2 and Elden Ring, but, and this might just be a me-thing, it feels like the characters in Dragon’s Dogma 2 look a bit less uncanny than they do in Elden Ring, for instance. That, of course, has its own drawbacks for some creators.
It’s staggering just how much you can customize the appearance of your character in this game, and all the options just look incredibly good and polished. One of the things I really appreciate in this system is the fact that it separates the lower body and upper body, meaning you can create more diverse, imbalanced bodies that are a bit more realistic and unique. Each aspect of your character is modified with a slider, which is always good news, because it gives you far more freedom than just selecting from a list of presets. There’s plenty of great hairstyles to pick from, beards, tattoos, scars, and such to give your character just the right kind of vibe. Honestly, if you just enjoy making characters, this game might be worth it for its creator alone, though the general gameplay leaves a lot to be desired compared to titles like Elden Ring.
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