Japanese role-playing game
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Best Games in the Japanese role-playing game genre for Android (Game released)
Role-playing game, Adventure, Online, Anime / Manga, Adult game, Turn-based, Free game, Tactics, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: Android → 19 March 2026
Players:
6.8/10
Steam:
71/100
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, Online, MMO, Anime / Manga, Free game, Adventure, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: Android → 30 October 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...
Role-playing game, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Isometric, Adventure, Tactics, Strategy, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: Android → 15 January 2014
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, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game, Dungeons
Game released: Android → 1 August 2019
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...
Adventure, Simulation, Crafting, Action, Role-playing game, Hunting / Fishing, Casual game, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: Android → 8 November 2023
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, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: Android → 14 December 2015
Players:
8.8/10
Metacritic:
66/100
This fantasy role-playing game is set in a world where artifacts of an ancient civilization, known as Remnants, shift the balance of power. Against the backdrop of...
Role-playing game, Side view, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Fantasy, Medieval era, Japanese role-playing game, Exploration
Game released: Android → 8 September 2021
Steam:
93/100
Metacritic:
83/100
A pixel remaster of the original Final Fantasy IV with new graphics and sound. The Kingdom of Baron sends an elite airborne unit, the Red Wings, to attack...
Role-playing game, In real time, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: Android → 25 March 2021
Players:
9.3/10
Steam:
84/100
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, In real time, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Tactics, Strategy, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: Android → 4 June 2013
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, In real time, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: Android → 9 February 2016
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...
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Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Anime / Manga, Arcade, Fantasy / Medieval, Futurism (Future), Free game, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: Android → 27 July 2021
Players:
7.7/10
Metacritic:
58/100
Nier Re[in]carnation is a free-to-play mobile spin-off of the Nier role-playing series. It is being developed by Applibot studio together with Saito, Okabe and...
Anime / Manga, Role-playing game, Adventure, Tactics, Turn-based, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: Android → 24 March 2021
Steam:
91/100
Metacritic:
74/100
SaGa Frontier Remastered is an anime-style adventure tactical RPG with an isometric view and a fantasy world. You will play as one of eight heroes, each with their...
Role-playing game, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game, Exploration
Game released: Android → 4 September 2012
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, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: Android → 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...
Adventure, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Tactics, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game, Role-playing game
Game released: Android → 15 September 2023
Steam:
84/100
The game takes place in modern Japan, where a young man named Sho works hard at a large company. After an accident, the hero finds himself in a fantasy parallel...
Role-playing game, Adventure, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Side view, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: Android → 23 February 2022
Players:
10/10
Steam:
93/100
Metacritic:
87/100
A pixelated remaster of the original Final Fantasy VI with new graphics and sound. The War of the Magi has wiped out all magic from the world. A thousand years...
Role-playing game, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: Android → 21 December 2012
Players:
8/10
Metacritic:
68/100
A turn-based role-playing game set in a fantasy world where an emperor summons monsters from a demonic realm to seize control. After the attacks leave them...
Arcade, Action, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Role-playing game, Japanese role-playing game, Platformer
Game released: Android → 27 May 2022
Players:
8.7/10
Steam:
90/100
Metacritic:
82/100
Dragon Quest Builders — arcade sandbox with a third-person view in an open world in the Dragon Quest universe. The plot of the game will tell the sweet story...
Role-playing game, Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Side view, Tactics, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: Android → 11 June 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...
Cooperative (co-op), Fantasy, Tactics, Open world, Side view, Japanese role-playing game, Adventure, Exploration
Game released: Android → 15 January 2025
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, Action, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Japanese role-playing game, Visual novel
Game released: Android → 19 December 2013
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...
Tactics, Fantasy, Open world, Adventure, Turn-based, Anime / Manga, Japanese role-playing game, Role-playing game
Game released: Android → 25 April 2024
Steam:
72/100
Metacritic:
72/100
This installment of the SaGa franchise takes place across 17 unique worlds, each with its own aesthetic and culture. There you can meet different inhabitants...
Role-playing game, Online, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Free game, Side view, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: Android → 22 October 2015
Players:
7.5/10
Metacritic:
73/100
Final Fantasy Brave Exvius is a free-to-play multiplayer role-playing game with turn-based combat for mobile platforms in the Final Fantasy universe. The world is...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: Android → 2 December 2019
Players:
9.5/10
Metacritic:
66/100
The Last Remnant Remastered is a re-release of the adventure role-playing game with turn-based combat in the Japanese style. An amazing fantasy world and a...
Role-playing game, Fantasy / Medieval, Anime / Manga, Isometric, Turn-based, Exploration, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: Android → 19 May 2022
Steam:
78/100
Doom & Destiny Worlds is a turn-based fantasy RPG with an isometric view. Stranded naked on the shores of an unknown planet, four friends wake up with the most...
Role-playing game, Adventure, Stealth, Online, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Free game, Tactics, Cooperative (co-op), Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: Android → 5 June 2025
Players:
8.5/10
Steam:
57/100
The game takes place both in the real world and in the “neo-modern” virtual city of Etheria. Players take on the role of a Hyperlinker as they fight alongside the...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: Android → 27 June 2012
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...
