Japanese role-playing game
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Statuses
Best Games in the Japanese role-playing game genre for Nintendo Switch
Tactics, Fantasy, Open world, Adventure, Turn-based, Anime / Manga, Japanese role-playing game, Role-playing game
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 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...
Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Japanese role-playing game, Turn-based
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 18 October 2019
Players:
9.7/10
Steam:
88/100
Metacritic:
76/100
A futuristic anime-style role-playing game in which a cyber detective investigates digital mysteries across the boundary between the real and digital...
Adventure, Role-playing game, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Fantasy, Side view, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 13 September 2022
Steam:
32/100
Adventure role -playing game in the spirit of classic Japanese RPG from the creators Octopath Traveler and Bravelly default. Events unfold on a new...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Adventure, Japanese role-playing game, Demons
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 October 2020
Steam:
88/100
Metacritic:
77/100
Shin Megami Tensei 3 Nocturne HD Remaster is an improved edition of the adventure role-playing game with a third-person view and turn-based...
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game
Game in development: Nintendo Switch → 3 December 2026
Continuation of the spin-off series Dragon Quest, where the core gameplay revolves around collecting, training, and breeding monsters for turn-based...
Japanese role-playing game, Turn-based, Cyberpunk, Science fiction, Exploration, Anime / Manga, Adventure, Top-down view
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 20 September 2022
Steam:
80/100
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...
Role-playing game, Side view, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game, Exploration
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 19 April 2023
Steam:
81/100
Metacritic:
77/100
A pixel remaster of the original Final Fantasy II with new graphics and sound. The epic adventure begins with four young people who have lost their...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Tactics, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 24 June 2021
Steam:
91/100
Metacritic:
71/100
The Caligula Effect 2 is a sequel to the Japanese role-playing game with a third-person view and turn-based combat. The events of the game take place...
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Japanese role-playing game, Fantasy, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Visual novel
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 February 2025
Players:
10/10
Steam:
83/100
Metacritic:
77/100
The sequel continues the story of the world of Calvard, where peaceful life is again under threat. After the defeat of the Almaty mafia organization...
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Science fiction, Japanese role-playing game
Game in development: Nintendo Switch → 26 January 2027; Game released: Nintendo Switch → 25 June 2026
The game takes place in the near future, when humanity is on the brink of extinction. Advances in genome-editing technology have ushered in a new...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 30 June 2020
Players:
7.6/10
Steam:
93/100
Metacritic:
83/100
The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel 3 is the continuation of the great role-playing saga The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel. The...
Role-playing game, Anime / Manga, Online, Third-person view, Adventure, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 31 July 2020
Players:
6.8/10
Steam:
74/100
Metacritic:
69/100
Fairy Tail is an exciting adventure role-playing game with turn-based combat, based on the Japanese anime Fairy...
Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Post-apocalyptic, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 11 November 2021
Metacritic:
84/100
Shin Megami Tensei 5 is a continuation of the post-apocalyptic action role-playing game with a third-person view. The events of the game take place...
Role-playing game, Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 2 October 2018
Steam:
59/100
Valthirian Arc: Hero School Story is an adventure role-playing game with real-time strategy elements in a fantasy setting. You have to become the...
Japanese role-playing game, Casual game, Turn-based, Adventure, Anime / Manga, Third-person view, Exploration, Puzzle, Role-playing game
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 24 March 2023
Players:
8.5/10
Steam:
87/100
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...
Japanese role-playing game, Role-playing game, Turn-based, Anime / Manga, Fantasy, Crafting, Casual game
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 13 July 2023
Steam:
89/100
Metacritic:
75/100
The events of the game take place in the Royal Academy of Magic. Young Marie cannot cope with alchemy, so the professor arranges for her to join a...
Adventure, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Tactics, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game, Role-playing game
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 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...
Role-playing game, Adventure, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Science fiction, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game, Action
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 15 January 2026
Players:
7.7/10
Steam:
93/100
Metacritic:
83/100
The new part of the Trails series unfolds in the Republic of Calvard and tells about events that determine the future of the entire continent of...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 25 April 2019
Players:
7.3/10
Steam:
88/100
Metacritic:
85/100
Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age is a re-release of the legendary Final Fantasy XII, which was released in 2006 for PS2. The game will delight you...
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Anime / Manga, Side view, Japanese role-playing game, Metroidvania
Game in development: Nintendo Switch → 2027
Heart Forth, Alicia is a classic Metroidvania with action RPG elements and a side view. The events of the game unfold around the young sorceress...
Anime / Manga, Role-playing game, Adventure, Tactics, Turn-based, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 15 April 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...
Role-playing game, Adventure, Top-down view, Turn-based, Fantasy, Medieval era, Construction, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 4 December 2025
Steam:
83/100
Metacritic:
82/100
The new installment of the Octopath Traveler series invites you to Orsterra — a world where destinies intersect and where legends of divine rings...
