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Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake - a game in the Japanese role-playing game genre

Adventure, Role-playing game, Top-down view, Japanese role-playing game, Turn-based, Fantasy, Remake

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 November 2024

Metacritic: 83/100

Many years ago, the great hero Ortega set out on a dangerous journey to defeat the evil archdemon Baramos. However, his mission ended in failure, and the threat...

Tales of Xillia Remastered

Role-playing game, Action, Anime / Manga, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 31 October 2025

Metacritic: 80/100

The remaster returns to the enchanting world of Rize Maxia—a place where people and spirits lived in harmony for centuries until fate collided and changed...

Disgaea 7: Vows of the Virtueless

Action, Adventure, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 3 October 2023

Metacritic: 84/100

Fuji and his friends travel through the demonic world of Hinomoto, where bushido is a thing of the past, and the Code of Destruction has come in its place. Hinomoto...

Live A Live

Japanese role-playing game, Role-playing game, Medieval era, Adventure, Remake

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 22 July 2022

Metacritic: 83/100

Remake of Live a Live (1994) . The game features seven independent story campaigns, each dedicated to one of the seven heroes living in different time periods...

Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince

Japanese role-playing game, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Fantasy, Tactics

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 September 2024

The player assembles a team of monsters from the Dragon Quest series to fight enemies. You need to explore the expanses of Nadiria, where there are various...

Tales of Eternia Remastered

Role-playing game, Adventure, Turn-based, Fantasy, Old school, Japanese role-playing game

Game in development: Nintendo Switch → 16 October 2026

Remaster of the cult Japanese role-playing game Tales of Eternia. The events of Tales of Eternia unfold in the world of Eternia, divided into two isolated kingdoms...

Atelier Ryza 3: Alchemist of the End & the Secret Key

Japanese role-playing game, Casual game, Turn-based, Adventure, Anime / Manga, Third-person view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 24 March 2023

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 83/100

Continuation of the Atelier Ryza series of Japanese role-playing games. Near the hometown of the main character Riza, the Karka Islands appear in an unknown way...

Megaton Musashi W: Wired

Japanese role-playing game, Fighting, Combat robots, Anime / Manga, Online

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 25 April 2024

Metacritic: 77/100

The aliens almost completely destroyed humanity, and the survivors were imprisoned in an underground shelter, where their memories of this event were suppressed. A...

The Smile Alchemist

Adventure, Indie, Casual game, Crafting, Japanese role-playing game, Farm Simulator

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 3 March 2023

Players: 5.5/10

The main character named Nike promised his friend that he would apprentice to the famous alchemist in order to gain knowledge and become the best in this field. In...

Meg's Monster

Adventure, Japanese role-playing game, Role-playing game, Turn-based, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 2 March 2023

Metacritic: 79/100

The game takes place in the Underworld — a land of monsters and mutants who eat people for breakfast. But a huge ogre named Roy doesn't want to eat people...

Loop8: Summer of Gods

Japanese role-playing game, Role-playing game, Anime / Manga, Fantasy, Visual novel

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 6 June 2023

Metacritic: 50/100

The game takes place in the quaint Japanese city of Ashihara in August 1983. A teenager named Nini explores the settlement, interacting with its inhabitants and...

Goblin Slayer Another Adventurer: Nightmare Feast

Role-playing game, Strategy, Isometric, Turn-based, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 15 November 2024

Metacritic: 57/100

An isometric role-playing game based on the anime Goblin Slayer. Players are immersed in a dark fantasy world where they take on the roles of brave adventurers...

Dokapon 3-2-1: Super Collection!

Role-playing game, Adventure, Casual game, Comedy, Fantasy, Old school, Japanese role-playing game, Collection

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 June 2026

Dokapon 3-2-1: Super Collection! brings together three classic games from the series, where board game mechanics blend with RPG elements, and friendly competition...

Jack Move

Japanese role-playing game, Turn-based, Cyberpunk, Science fiction, Exploration, Anime / Manga, Adventure, Top-down view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 20 September 2022

Metacritic: 75/100

Jack Move is a top-down cyberpunk adventure JRPG. Her name is Noah Solares, she is a legendary hacker whose name is spoken only in whispers on the streets. Even...

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Best Games in the Japanese role-playing game genre for Nintendo Switch