Japanese role-playing game
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Statuses
Best Games in the Japanese role-playing game genre
Role-playing game, Adventure, Third-person view, Turn-based, Post-apocalyptic, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game
April 24, 2025
VGTimes:
8.0/10
Players:
8.8/10
Steam:
96/100
Metacritic:
91/100
Atmospheric role -playing game with an unusual setting and dynamic step -by -step battles. In the center of the plot is a mysterious artist whose gloomy tradition...
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, In real time, Fantasy, Medieval era, Japanese role-playing game
June 22, 2023
Players:
8.6/10
Steam:
79/100
Metacritic:
86/100
The game takes place in the world of Valisteya, where among people there are the most powerful creatures — icons. These dangerous creatures live in dominants...
Adventure, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game, Remake, Role-playing game
September 17, 2026
Steam:
98/100
Metacritic:
91/100
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 the Sky 1st...
Role-playing game, Adventure, Online, Anime / Manga, Adult game, Turn-based, Free game, Tactics, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game
December 11, 2025
Players:
6.8/10
Steam:
72/100
A step-by-step role-playing game set in a world where the light of the stars is gradually fading. After the victory of the legendary Star Savior, a new Trial...
Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Cooperative (co-op), Japanese role-playing game
September 26, 2019
Players:
7.5/10
Steam:
86/100
Metacritic:
72/100
Hardcore role-playing action from the creators of God Eater. You have to take on the role of a vampire and, together with your companions, confront the very essence...
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Exploration, Open world, Fantasy, Casual game, Japanese role-playing game
February 25, 2027
Direct continuation of Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist of Memories & the Envisioned Land. The main character is not the familiar Yumia, but a new girl named Karia...
Role-playing game, Adventure, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Tactics, Science fiction, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game
March 4, 2027
An adventure role-playing game about a journey between the past and the present, the search for lost history, and the attempt to change the future. At the center of...
Role-playing game, Adventure, In real time, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
January 31, 1997
Players:
8.8/10
Steam:
76/100
Metacritic:
83/100
Final Fantasy VII is a third-person role-playing game in the anime and fantasy style. In Midgar, a city controlled by the mega-conglomerate Shinra Inc., Mako...
Role-playing game, Adventure, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
February 2, 2024
Players:
8.7/10
Steam:
96/100
Metacritic:
87/100
Remake Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3. Makoto Yuki transfers to a new school and discovers that the city she is in is overrun by terrifying monsters. The hero...
Role-playing game, Adventure, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
February 18, 2027
Anticipation Rating:
10/10
A remake of Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4, which retains the storyline structure of the original 2008 version and the Golden version, but with an improved...
Role-playing game, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Isometric, Adventure, Tactics, Strategy, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
April 2, 1994
Players:
9.8/10
Steam:
93/100
Metacritic:
92/100
Final Fantasy VI is a turn-based tactical strategy role-playing adventure game with an isometric view. The war of magicians left behind only ashes and suffering...
Role-playing game, Action, Online, MMO, Third-person view, Open world, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game
2027
Anticipation Rating:
9.4/10
The plot centers around a powerful artifact called the Chronotector, which has the ability to warp space and time at the will of its owner. With its help, the hero...
Role-playing game, In real time, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
February 16, 2000
Players:
9.6/10
Steam:
94/100
Metacritic:
85/100
This fantasy role-playing game follows Zidane and the Tantalus Theater Troupe, who kidnap Princess Garnet, heir to Alexandria. Garnet wants to escape the castle...
Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Open world, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game, Exploration
March 13, 2026
Steam:
80/100
Metacritic:
86/100
The game tells the story of two kingdoms on the brink of destruction. Azuria and Vermeil are consumed by a crystal plague, when Rathalos emerges from a mysterious...
Role-playing game, Action, Online, MMO, Anime / Manga, Free game, Adventure, Japanese role-playing game
October 30, 2024
VGTimes:
6.6/10
Players:
8.7/10
Steam:
54/100
Dynamic MMORPG with character switching in anime style and fantasy setting, Gran Saga offers an epic storyline dedicated to freeing the native kingdom from the...
Adventure, Simulation, Crafting, Action, Role-playing game, Hunting / Fishing, Casual game, Japanese role-playing game
September 22, 2022
Players:
8.8/10
Steam:
78/100
Metacritic:
74/100
Potion Permit is an action-adventure RPG with elements of crafting and fishing. The people of Lunbury have always preferred traditional methods of treatment. But...
Role-playing game, Adventure, Action, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Open world, Comedy, Casual game, Exploration, Japanese role-playing game
January 12, 2023
Players:
7.1/10
Steam:
80/100
Metacritic:
76/100
During their journey, the Straw Hat Pirates, led by Monkey D. Luffy, are caught in a strong sea storm. They find themselves on a mysterious island and set off on a...
Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game, Dungeons
October 3, 2017
Players:
8.8/10
Steam:
85/100
Metacritic:
79/100
Battle Chasers: Nightwar is a classic RPG in the style of Heroes of Might and Magic 3. You will explore dungeons, develop the abilities of your characters and move...
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Side view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game, Demons, Metroidvania
October 13, 2022
Players:
10/10
Steam:
95/100
Metacritic:
79/100
ASTLIBRA Revision is a 2D side-scrolling action RPG about a young man separated from his childhood friend when a demon attacks their village. He wakes in a world...
Role-playing game, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Side view, Japanese role-playing game
July 12, 2018
Players:
8.6/10
Steam:
86/100
Metacritic:
82/100
A Japanese-style RPG that invites you to set off on a journey with one of eight heroes. Each character has unique abilities and their own storyline, revealing...
Cooperative (co-op), Fantasy, Tactics, Open world, Side view, Japanese role-playing game, Adventure, Exploration
April 27, 2023
Steam:
95/100
Metacritic:
83/100
The action of the game unfolds on an island inhabited by different creatures. The detachment of the protagonist arrives in this mysterious place to find the best...
Role-playing game, Adventure, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Visual novel, Tactics, Comedy, Japanese role-playing game, Isometric
November 19, 2025
Steam:
91/100
Metacritic:
74/100
A tactical RPG with an unusual approach to combat, where every move is also an action. The story takes place on a mysterious island, where the boundary between the...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
July 19, 2001
Players:
8.9/10
Metacritic:
92/100
Final Fantasy 10 — just like in the previous games of the series, the player controls the main character from a third-person perspective, moving through locations...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, In real time, Turn-based, Action, Adventure, Japanese role-playing game
January 26, 2024
Players:
8.8/10
Steam:
91/100
Metacritic:
90/100
Adventure action in the Yakuza universe. Ichiban, the main character of Yakuza: Like a Dragon, goes to Hawaii to find his mother. On this new land, he will meet...
Role-playing game, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
March 11, 1995
Players:
9.7/10
Steam:
87/100
Metacritic:
92/100
This role-playing game follows Crono, a young hero who sets out to save the planet’s future after his companion Marle vanishes through a rift in space and time. The...