Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous

A crusade against the Abyss

Owlcat’s second Pathfinder CRPG runs on the same D&D-3.5-derived Pathfinder ruleset under the Open Game License, refined and expanded: more classes, deeper character building, and a turn-based combat mode added alongside the series’ real-time-with-pause default. It is widely regarded as one of the best CRPGs of its generation and a worthy heir to the Infinity Engine tradition the Baldur’s Gate games founded.

The campaign follows a holy crusade against the demon-infested Worldwound, and its signature system is the Mythic Path — a set of escalating, sometimes monstrous, sometimes redemptive transformations (Angel, Lich, Demon, Trickster, and more) that reshape both your character and the story. A separate crusade mode lets you command armies on the world map between adventures.

Its mechanics trace back to D&D 3.5 rather than to a Wizards of the Coast license, which is why — like Kingmaker and Solasta — it belongs to the catalog’s unofficial, d20/OGL-derived tier.