Best Games in the Japanese role-playing game genre of 2014
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, Third-person view, Collection, Anime / Manga, Japanese role-playing game, Fantasy
December 26, 2013
Players:
9.1/10
Steam:
88/100
Metacritic:
85/100
The edition combines updated versions of the iconic Final Fantasy X and its sequel Final Fantasy X-2. The story begins with Tidus's journey, who finds himself in...
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, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
December 10, 2010
Steam:
67/100
Pier Solar and the Great Architects is a top-down turn-based role-playing game in the anime genre. This game tells the story of Hoston, a young botanist who tries...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
November 27, 2004
Players:
9.7/10
Metacritic:
84/100
This fantasy role-playing game features turn-based battles in a world of fields, towns, and dungeons that players can explore seamlessly. Dragon Quest 8: Journey of...
Role-playing game, First-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Adult game, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
May 15, 2014
Steam:
72/100
Moero Chronicle is a classic RPG with turn-based combat and a Japanese-style first-person perspective. You will find bright adventures through various dungeons...
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, 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, 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, Action, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Japanese role-playing game
November 21, 2013
Steam:
79/100
Metacritic:
67/100
Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII is the final installment in the trilogy of role-playing games set in the Final Fantasy XIII universe. The game takes place...
Role-playing game, Action, Hack and slash, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Japanese role-playing game
August 22, 2013
Steam:
78/100
Metacritic:
62/100
This Japanese role-playing game with dungeon combat is set in Aterra, a world that has endured decades of monster attacks. Only disciples gifted with divine powers...
Role-playing game, First-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Dungeons, Japanese role-playing game
June 5, 2014
Players:
5.5/10
Steam:
65/100
Metacritic:
71/100
Stranger of Sword City is a Japanese role-playing game with turn-based combat in a dark fantasy setting. The action takes place in a world in which magic and...
Role-playing game, Adventure, Online, In real time, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Logic, Japanese role-playing game, Indie
February 25, 2014
Players:
9.7/10
Steam:
97/100
A fantasy turn-based RPG inspired by classic 2D adventures, Epic Battle Fantasy 4 follows a party of heroes as they fight waves of enemies, explore a varied world...
Role-playing game, In real time, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
December 17, 2009
Players:
6.5/10
Steam:
75/100
Metacritic:
83/100
This fantasy role-playing game follows a group of strangers branded enemies of the state in the floating city of Cocoon. As a crisis threatens to plunge the city...
Hack and slash, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Role-playing game, Japanese role-playing game
April 24, 2014
Players:
9.1/10
Steam:
78/100
Metacritic:
67/100
Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment — You will take on the role of Kirito, the hero of the popular anime series Sword Art Online, and explore a vast fantasy...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
July 17, 2008
Metacritic:
84/100
This turn-based Japanese role-playing game unfolds in a fantasy world and follows a journey spanning three generations. The hero first travels alongside his father...
Role-playing game, In real time, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
March 13, 2003
Players:
7.7/10
Metacritic:
85/100
This role-playing game is set in Spira two years after Yuna’s journey to defeat Sin. The world has entered a “Machina Revolution”: people have turned away from...
Role-playing game, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Visual novel, Japanese role-playing game, Dungeons
August 1, 2013
Steam:
40/100
Metacritic:
59/100
This fantasy dungeon-crawling RPG follows Kei, a high school student whose life changes after he forms a contract with a MIND, a being and weapon with deadly...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Japanese role-playing game, Visual novel, Turn-based
September 18, 2014
Steam:
71/100
Metacritic:
58/100
This turn-based role-playing game follows five idol girls who use music to fight the Blare, a phenomenon spreading across the world, threatening human life and...
Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Japanese role-playing game, Visual novel
September 27, 2007
Steam:
70/100
Metacritic:
69/100
This fantasy role-playing game with turn-based tactical battles is set in Agarest, a world created after a war between the forces of light and darkness. As darkness...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
September 26, 2013
Steam:
94/100
Metacritic:
81/100
Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel is a fantasy role-playing game with turn-based combat and a Japanese-style third-person perspective. The events of the game...
Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game, Visual novel
May 20, 2014
Steam:
73/100
Metacritic:
57/100
This tactical role-playing game is set across twelve Zodiac worlds threatened by an ancient force awakening from a long sleep. Chou-Chou and her companions join...
Role-playing game, Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Side view, Tactics, Japanese role-playing game
March 16, 2014
Players:
9.2/10
Metacritic:
70/100
Angry Birds Epic is a turn-based adventure tactical role-playing game. It's the perfect continuation of Rovio's popular franchise, featuring iconic characters in a...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
November 22, 2007
Metacritic:
80/100
Dragon Quest 4: Chapters of the Chosen is a fantasy role-playing game about a group of heroes destined to fulfill a prophecy as the legend of Erdrick fades into the...
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, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game, Dungeons, Visual novel
August 7, 2014
Steam:
73/100
Metacritic:
72/100
Lost Dimension is a tactical role-playing game with turn-based combat in a sci-fi setting. The game will tell the story of young Sho Kasugai, a member of the...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
September 25, 2014
Players:
8.3/10
Steam:
94/100
Metacritic:
79/100
A fantasy role-playing game set during a civil war in Erebonia, following Rean as he searches for his classmates from Class VII and a way to end the conflict. After...