Best Games in the Japanese role-playing game genre of 2000 (Game released)
Role-playing game, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game, Exploration
Game released: NES, WonderSwan Color, PlayStation, Game Boy Advance, PSP, Wii, PlayStation 3, Windows Phone, iOS, Android, PC → 12 July 1990
Players:
9.5/10
Steam:
95/100
Metacritic:
71/100
Final Fantasy is a Japanese-style top-down fantasy RPG with turn-based combat. The game's story focuses on four heroes whose parents were killed during the invasion...
Role-playing game, In real time, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation, PlayStation 3, PC, Android, iOS, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One → 22 February 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, In real time, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation, PC, PlayStation 3, PSP, iOS, Android → 7 September 1999
Players:
9.3/10
Steam:
85/100
Metacritic:
90/100
Final Fantasy VIII is a continuation of the legendary series of role-playing games with turn-based combat in the Japanese style. The game takes place in a...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation, PlayStation 3, PSP → 15 August 2000
Players:
8.4/10
Metacritic:
94/100
This role-playing game combines a fantasy setting with futuristic elements, following several scenarios along a single storyline. Chrono Cross has multiple endings...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation → 29 June 2000
Players:
9.9/10
Metacritic:
83/100
This turn-based role-playing game unfolds in a world where nightmares become reality and reality turns into a nightmare. Using the Contact System, the player...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game, Adventure
Game released: Dreamcast, PlayStation 2, PC → 23 February 2001
Players:
9/10
Steam:
85/100
Metacritic:
77/100
This fantasy Japanese role-playing game with turn-based combat follows a mercenary searching for a weapon once wielded by a deity. Along the way, he meets new...
Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Exploration, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation, PlayStation 3, PSP, PC, PlayStation 4 → 7 June 2000
Players:
9.3/10
Steam:
78/100
This fantasy role-playing game follows a hero searching for the Mana Tree seen in a dream. The world map begins empty; during the journey, the player collects...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation, SEGA Saturn → 15 December 2000
Metacritic:
86/100
This turn-based Japanese role-playing game is set in the world of LUNAR, a thousand years after the events of LUNAR: Silver Star Story. Hiro and his companion Ruby...
Role-playing game, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: Android, PlayStation, PlayStation 3, PSP, SEGA Saturn, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 → 12 April 2012
Players:
9.1/10
Metacritic:
89/100
Grandia is a Japanese role-playing game about Justin, a young boy who dreams of becoming a great adventurer and sets out to uncover the mystery of a long-lost...
Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation 2 → 24 November 2000
Metacritic:
54/100
This third-person fantasy role-playing game follows Orphen, a powerful but lazy sorcerer drawn into a perilous adventure. He uses dark magic to help his companions...