Japanese role-playing game
Years
Platforms
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Statuses
Best Games in the Japanese role-playing game genre
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Side view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game, Demons, Metroidvania
October 13, 2022
Players:
10/10
Metacritic:
79/100
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game, Adventure, Open world, Exploration
March 23, 2018
Players:
9.3/10
Metacritic:
83/100
The plot tells the story of the young king Evan, in whose state a coup was carried out, and because of which he was forced to flee. Now, in the...
Action, Adventure, Anime / Manga, Japanese role-playing game, Science fiction, Futurism (Future), Online, Cooperative (co-op)
October 6, 2023
Players:
8.5/10
Metacritic:
65/100
The new story, based on the plot of the anime Sword Art Online War of Underworld, tells about new difficult trials that await Kirito and his new...
Remake, Adventure, Role-playing game, Japanese role-playing game, Tactics, Turn-based, Fantasy, Third-person view
October 24, 2024
Metacritic:
81/100
A remake of the role-playing adventure Romancing SaGa 2. Players take on the role of a ruler defending an empire against the powerful Lords of Sin...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy, Action, Japanese role-playing game, Open world
September 26, 2019
Metacritic:
79/100
Renowned adventurer Adol Christin and his companion Dogi arrive in Balduk, a city annexed by the Romun Empire. But at the entrance to the city the...
Role-playing game, Action, Slasher, Anime / Manga, Beat them all, Comedy, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game, Demons
July 23, 2026
Anticipation Rating:
10/10
A spin-off of the tactical game series Disgaea. The gameplay is reminiscent of the The Warriors series: the main character, a tough mercenary named...
Anime / Manga, Japanese role-playing game, Action, Platformer, Slasher, Visual novel, Adventure, Role-playing game, Historical, Fantasy
December 1, 2022
Players:
5/10
Samurai Maiden is a Japanese action-adventure action RPG in the anime genre with platformer and visual novel elements. The temple is on fire. Plumes...
Role-playing game, Side view, Turn-based, Indie, Japanese role-playing game, Exploration, Old school
December 8, 2022
Players:
10/10
Metacritic:
89/100
Old school RPG with turn-based combat. Events take place in a colorful fantasy world on the continent of Valandis. A group of heroes embark on a...
Role-playing game, Adventure, Top-down view, Turn-based, Fantasy, Medieval era, Construction, Japanese role-playing game
December 4, 2025
Metacritic:
82/100
The new installment of the Octopath Traveler series invites you to Orsterra — a world where destinies intersect and where legends of divine rings...
Role-playing game, Adventure, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Science fiction, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game
January 15, 2026
Players:
5.5/10
Metacritic:
83/100
The new part of the Trails series unfolds in the Republic of Calvard and tells about events that determine the future of the entire continent of...
Role-playing game, Adventure, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Exploration, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game
November 16, 2022
Players:
9.9/10
Metacritic:
66/100
In the small province of Ennakamuy, on the border of the great Yamato Empire, there lived a young man with his mother and sister. One day, at the...
Anime / Manga, Online, Open world, Online, Japanese role-playing game, Adventure, Third-person view, MMO
March 25, 2018
Players:
7.7/10
A game from the Sword Art series. The gamer leads a squad of fighters who explore the colorful locations of Aincrad. Heroes can use skills and find...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Action, Japanese role-playing game, Open world, Adventure
July 29, 2022
Players:
4/10
Metacritic:
89/100
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 is a continuation of the action role-playing game with a third-person view in the Japanese style. The events of the game will...
Role-playing game, Anime / Manga, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game, Adventure, Online, Exploration, Third-person view
October 8, 2016
Players:
8/10
Metacritic:
77/100
The main character and his friends, Cheval and Lilia, are looking for a monster egg. They find a nest with one of them, and Rathalos hatches from it...
Adventure, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game, Remake
September 17, 2026
A remake of the classic role-playing game The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC, as well as a direct continuation of another remake, Trails in...