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League of Legends Games in Order
Every game set in Runeterra, in order — the live titles (League of Legends, Wild Rift, Legends of Runeterra, 2XKO) and the now-finished set of Riot Forge single-player story games, with where to start if Arcane is what brought you here.
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Why this order?
League of Legends is one game, but Runeterra — the world it's set in — now spans a whole shelf of them, and they fall into two very different groups that need separating before any "what order" question makes sense.
The first group is the live, competitive titles you can't really "finish": the original League of Legends MOBA (2009), its mobile-and-console rebuild Wild Rift, the auto-battler Teamfight Tactics, the digital card game Legends of Runeterra, and the 2v2 tag fighter 2XKO (PC early access in 2025, full launch on PC, PlayStation and Xbox in January 2026). These are ongoing services with no campaign — you play them for the competition, not a story, so their "order" only matters by release date.
The second group is the one most people are actually asking about, especially after Arcane: the single-player story games. From 2021 to 2024, Riot's publishing label Riot Forge teamed with indie studios to turn individual champions into proper narrative games — Ruined King (a full turn-based RPG across Bilgewater and the Shadow Isles), Hextech Mayhem (a Ziggs rhythm game), The Mageseeker (Sylas in Demacia), CONVERGENCE (Ekko in Zaun, the closest thing to playing inside Arcane's setting), Song of Nunu (a heartfelt Freljord adventure), and finally Bandle Tale, a cozy yordle life-sim that became Riot Forge's last release before the label was shut down in January 2024. That makes the story-game catalog a finished, fixed set — there's no reason to wait for more.
You can play the Forge games in any order, because each is a standalone champion story; we list them by release above, and our recommended order front-loads the richest, most beginner-friendly ones (Ruined King and CONVERGENCE) for newcomers who arrived through the show. On canon: Riot has said the core narratives of the Forge games are canon to Runeterra, with a few story-specific liberties — so they genuinely deepen the world Arcane introduced. Riot's lore has been mid-rewrite since its 2023 canon reboot, though, so treat the granular details as "canon as of 2026."
Timeline 2009–2025
Every entry plotted by release year — see the gaps, clusters and revivals at a glance.
Where to play it today
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Frequently asked questions
Do I need to play League of Legends to enjoy these games?
No. The Riot Forge single-player games — Ruined King, CONVERGENCE, Song of Nunu and the rest — are standalone stories made for people who have never touched the MOBA. If Arcane is what pulled you in, you can jump straight into the story games without ever queuing for a match.
Are the Riot Forge games canon to Runeterra?
Mostly yes. Riot has said the core narratives of the Forge games are canon, with some moments and characters specific to each story. They genuinely move champion lore forward — though Riot has been rewriting parts of its canon since a 2023 reboot, so treat granular details as 'canon as of 2026.'
Which game should I start with after watching Arcane?
CONVERGENCE: A League of Legends Story is the most Arcane-adjacent — it stars Ekko and is set in Zaun, the same undercity. For a longer, meatier story, Ruined King is the flagship RPG. Both work with zero MOBA experience.
Will there be more single-player League of Legends games?
Not from Riot Forge — Riot shut the label down in January 2024, making Bandle Tale (2024) its final release, so the six Forge story games are a complete, fixed set. Riot still develops its live games (League, Wild Rift, Teamfight Tactics, 2XKO), and a long-planned MMO may resurface in some form later.
What order should I play the League of Legends games in?
There's no required order — the story games are standalone. Play the live games whenever you like; for the stories, our recommended order front-loads Ruined King and CONVERGENCE (the richest and most beginner-friendly) and saves the lighter titles for later.
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