Best Games in the Japanese role-playing game genre of 2011
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, 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...
Role-playing game, Action, Fighting, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Open world, Japanese role-playing game
November 13, 2008
Players:
5.5/10
Steam:
73/100
Metacritic:
57/100
This action RPG follows a wandering samurai in Japan during the turbulent Sengoku era. The hero explores villages, battlefields, bandit fortresses and castles...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
April 27, 1990
Players:
8/10
Steam:
93/100
Final Fantasy III is a fantasy anime-style role-playing game with a third-person perspective. The four main characters were completely redesigned and new scenarios...
Role-playing game, In real time, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Tactics, Strategy, Japanese role-playing game
July 19, 1991
Players:
7.1/10
Steam:
93/100
Metacritic:
85/100
Final Fantasy IV is a tactical turn-based strategy role-playing game with anime and fantasy RPG elements. Expect fully voiced dramatic cutscenes, deep, emotionally...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
June 24, 2004
Players:
10/10
Steam:
93/100
Metacritic:
79/100
This turn-based Japanese role-playing game is set in the fantasy kingdom of Liberl, where bracers help the public and maintain order. When an airship carrying...
Role-playing game, Adventure, Action, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Japanese role-playing game
December 9, 2010
Players:
7.7/10
Metacritic:
85/100
Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch is an atmospheric role-playing adventure with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. Created according to the canons of the...
Role-playing game, In real time, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Isometric, Japanese role-playing game
March 19, 1998
Players:
9.6/10
Steam:
92/100
Metacritic:
83/100
Final Fantasy V is an anime-style turn-based strategy RPG with an isometric view. Embark on an epic adventure as four heroes are united by fate: Bartz and his...
Role-playing game, In real time, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
December 15, 2011
Steam:
58/100
Metacritic:
79/100
Final Fantasy XIII-2 is a role-playing game and direct sequel to Final Fantasy XIII, with Lightning returning as the lead protagonist. The player explores locations...
Role-playing game, Strategy, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
January 22, 2004
Steam:
85/100
Metacritic:
74/100
This strategy role-playing game follows Marona, an orphan who can see and communicate with phantoms. She lives on Phantom Isle with Ash, a phantom who serves as her...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
November 18, 1999
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, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Japanese role-playing game
February 22, 2011
Steam:
50/100
Monster RPG 2 is a third-person role-playing game with an admixture of anime/manga and fantasy games from developers from Nooskewl studio. The game is published by...
Role-playing game, Action, Slasher, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Japanese role-playing game
July 22, 2010
Players:
10/10
Metacritic:
58/100
An action role-playing game set in a strange virtual world. The protagonist wakes there with no memory of the past and tries to discover who they are. Fate/Extra...
Role-playing game, In real time, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game
June 10, 2010
Players:
10/10
Metacritic:
89/100
A Japanese role-playing game set in an unusual world that emerged from the remains of two giant titans — Bionis and Mechonis. After their legendary battle, the...
Role-playing game, First-person view, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
January 28, 2010
Metacritic:
78/100
A fantasy role-playing game about traveling between two parallel worlds, where reality and illusion intertwine. As the protagonist explores them, the search to...
Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Exploration, Japanese role-playing game
July 15, 1999
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, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Combat robots, Japanese role-playing game
February 11, 1998
Players:
9/10
Steam:
66/100
Metacritic:
84/100
A futuristic role-playing game with turn-based combat follows young Fei, who is drawn into a war shaped by a mysterious organization. Its ancient technology...
Role-playing game, Online, MMO, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Exploration, Japanese role-playing game
June 16, 2011
Players:
5.5/10
Steam:
52/100
Eden Eternal is a third-person role-playing game with online, massively multiplayer, anime/manga, and fantasy elements from the masters at X‐ Legend...
Role-playing game, Strategy, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
October 1, 1993
Players:
9.6/10
Steam:
100/100
This turn-based fantasy role-playing strategy game takes place on the island of Grans, where two jewels sealing the Door to Darkness have been stolen. The...
Role-playing game, Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Japanese role-playing game
June 11, 2009
Metacritic:
75/100
This space role-playing game with strategy elements follows Yuri, a young crewman exploring the galactic frontier and gradually rising to captain his own fleet...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
May 31, 1999
Metacritic:
75/100
This turn-based role-playing game follows high school students whose reality is warped by rumors. To restore order, they must draw on their inner strength—their...
Role-playing game, Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Japanese role-playing game
May 19, 2011
Metacritic:
80/100
This fantasy RPG follows the Arc Arena, a fight-to-the-death tournament on Earth set 10,000 years before the events of Chaos Rings. Players take the role of the...
Role-playing game, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game, Comedy
December 30, 2010
Players:
7.4/10
Steam:
92/100
This turn-based parody RPG takes place in a fantasy world where Cthulhu must become a true hero after a mysterious sorcerer seals his powers. Lifting the curse...
Role-playing game, Strategy, Adventure, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Tactics, Japanese role-playing game
June 25, 2009
Steam:
72/100
A turn-based tactical role-playing game set in Agarest, a fantasy world ravaged by war between the gods of light and darkness. Sieghart, a young officer serving the...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Adult game, Turn-based, Adventure, Japanese role-playing game
August 26, 2011
Rance Quest is a third-person role-playing game with a mixture of anime or manga games, fantasy games and games for adults from developers from Alice Soft studio...
Role-playing game, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Post-apocalyptic, Japanese role-playing game, Comedy
April 22, 2010
Players:
8.2/10
Steam:
87/100
Breath of Death 7: The Beginning is a top-down RPG with an anime/manga/fantasy twist from Zeboyd Games. The game is published by Zeboyd...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Cyberpunk, Japanese role-playing game
November 3, 2010
Metacritic:
85/100
