Just stop calling them RPGs. The term has been rendered meaningless by the inclusion of character customization and inconsequential choices in pretty much every type of game.

The Witcher 3 is a story-driven action-aventure game.

Cyberpunk 2077 is an immersive sim with significant focus on the story and many RPG mechanics.

Neither is really about playing a role of your own making, making significant choices, or having the world react to your actions. Sure they have a lot of aspects borrowed from RPGs... But that's not the core of either of them. Arguably, the Witcher games actually incarnate a lot more of the storytelling language of RPGs, but you are still playing a set role that has been written and performed ahead of time.