Japanese role-playing game
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Statuses
Best Games in the Japanese role-playing game genre for Nintendo Switch
Role-playing game, Strategy, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Tactics, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 26 May 2017
Players:
9.1/10
Steam:
89/100
Metacritic:
81/100
Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance is a Japanese-style turn-based tactical RPG. The main character is the demon Killia, who opposes the emperor who...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Japanese role-playing game, Simulation
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 22 February 2023
Players:
10/10
Steam:
81/100
Metacritic:
65/100
Digimon World: Next Order is a Japanese-style role-playing game with a third-person perspective. The plot of the game is about high school students...
Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Exploration, Slasher, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 24 October 2017
Players:
10/10
Steam:
75/100
Metacritic:
66/100
Nights of Azure 2: Bride of the New Moon is a Japanese-style third-person action RPG. The setting is a fictional Western European city in the late...
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 21 December 2017
Players:
1/10
Steam:
91/100
Metacritic:
69/100
Atelier Lydie & Suelle: The Alchemists and the Mysterious Paintings is a colorful Japanese-style RPG action adventure. The story of the game is...
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 21 May 2019
Steam:
88/100
Metacritic:
78/100
Atelier Lulua: The Scion of Arland is a continuation of the Japanese role-playing series with turn-based battles in the fantasy universe of Arland...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 24 February 2022
Players:
10/10
Steam:
91/100
Metacritic:
82/100
Atelier Sophie 2: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Dream — a continuation of the colorful Japanese-style role-playing game, in which you will play as...
Action, Adventure, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game, Role-playing game, Strategy
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 3 October 2023
Steam:
74/100
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...
Role-playing game, Adventure, Online, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Slasher, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 December 2024
Steam:
61/100
Metacritic:
66/100
An adventure role-playing game with turn-based combat, based on the Japanese anime Fairy Tail. The story is based on the final story arc of the...
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Top-down view, Fantasy, Old school, Japanese role-playing game, Exploration
Game in development: Nintendo Switch → 14 January 2027
The new edition of Terranigma retains the foundation of the classic RPG, bringing its adventure of Earth's rebirth to modern players. At the center...
Role-playing game, Adventure, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Indie, Japanese role-playing game
Game in development: Nintendo Switch → 2026
Anticipation Rating:
7.5/10
SacriFire is a side-scrolling fantasy adventure RPG game. Dynamic Combat — The system combines real-time combat with a turn-based style to let...
Japanese role-playing game, Fighting, Combat robots, Anime / Manga, Online, Slasher, Role-playing game
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 25 April 2024
Steam:
78/100
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...
Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Puzzle, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 1 October 2020
Steam:
93/100
Metacritic:
79/100
Ys Origin is an isometric action role-playing game set in the Ys fantasy universe. The plot of the game tells about events that took place 700 years...
Role-playing game, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Japanese role-playing game, Adventure
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 15 December 2017
Players:
5.5/10
Steam:
67/100
Metacritic:
68/100
Romancing SaGa 2 Remaster is an updated version of the Japanese-style adventure role-playing game. You will control members of the royal family of...
Board / Group Game, Card game, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Role-playing game, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 October 2021
Steam:
80/100
Metacritic:
76/100
Voice of Cards: The Isle Dragon Roars is a role-playing card game with turn-based combat in a fantasy setting from the creators of the NieR and...
Strategy, Tactics, Futurism (Future), Isometric, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Combat robots, Role-playing game, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 October 2021
Players:
10/10
Steam:
93/100
Metacritic:
79/100
Super Robot Wars 30 is a Japanese tactical strategy game with turn-based combat in a sci-fi setting, in which characters and robots from various...
Strategy, Tactics, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Role-playing game, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 22 September 2022
Steam:
49/100
Metacritic:
70/100
The DioField Chronicle is a massive Japanese RPG with turn-based combat in which heroes must save the world from chaos. Imperial invaders are roaming...
Business / Management, Role-playing game, Side view, Fantasy / Medieval, Anime / Manga, Adventure, Action, Arcade, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 10 May 2022
Players:
8.1/10
Steam:
89/100
Metacritic:
69/100
Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising is a Japanese side-scrolling action RPG set in a fantasy setting. The game is a prequel to Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred...
Role-playing game, Adventure, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Visual novel, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 July 2022
Players:
10/10
Steam:
81/100
Metacritic:
72/100
Digimon Survive is an adventure RPG with turn-based combat that celebrates the 20th anniversary of the popular Digimon anime. The events of the game...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Action, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 22 August 2019
Players:
5.5/10
Steam:
65/100
Metacritic:
69/100
Oninaki — a Japanese action RPG with a third-person view in a fantasy setting from the creators of I am Setsuna and Lost Sphear. The events of...
Role-playing game, Action, Exploration, Comedy, Tactics, Adventure, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game, Arcade
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 May 2024
Steam:
91/100
A humorous game in which the main character explores the world of Athens. The gamer must create a unique story by making important decisions. There...
Role-playing game, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Tactics, Open world, Japanese role-playing game, Exploration
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 24 January 2019
Players:
5.5/10
Steam:
67/100
Metacritic:
67/100
Legrand Legacy is a tactical turn-based role-playing game with an isometric camera view in a Japanese style. The main character named Finn is the...
Role-playing game, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Side view, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 30 September 2021
Steam:
50/100
Metacritic:
64/100
Astria Ascending is a side-scrolling adventure JRPG with turn-based combat in a fantasy setting. Together with brave heroes, you will explore the...
Role-playing game, Adventure, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Comics, Tactics, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 1 October 2020
Players:
6.7/10
Steam:
71/100
Liege Dragon is a turn-based tactical fantasy RPG with an isometric view and anime elements. With the return of the evil dragon to life, confusion...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Turn-based, Tactics, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game, Remake
Game in development: Nintendo Switch → 16 February 2027
A remake of the Japanese RPG Romancing SaGa 3 from 1995, reinterpreting the classic adventure in full 3D graphics. The story centers around...
Role-playing game, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 April 2018
Steam:
76/100
Metacritic:
73/100
Regalia: Of Men and Monarchs is a role-playing game full of exciting combat and adventure. Kai, from the House of Loren, unexpectedly inherits the...
Role-playing game, Strategy, Tactics, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 October 2019
Players:
6.6/10
Steam:
89/100
Metacritic:
85/100
Disgaea 4 Complete+ — The most complete and expanded edition of the Japanese-style turn-based tactical role-playing game Disgaea 4. When...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Visual novel, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 21 October 2021
Steam:
82/100
Metacritic:
78/100
Blue Reflection: Second Light is a continuation of the colorful Japanese role-playing game about young magical...
Adventure, Card game, Futurism (Future), Third-person view, Indie, Roguelike, Tactics, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 21 January 2021
Players:
7.3/10
Steam:
88/100
Metacritic:
62/100
Neoverse is a tactical card game in the futuristic genre with a third-person view and anime elements. This is a beautiful, fantastic game of...
Role-playing game, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Japanese role-playing game, Exploration
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 October 2021
Steam:
70/100
Metacritic:
81/100
Dungeon Encounters is an adventure role-playing game with Japanese-style turn-based combat. The game takes place in a fantasy world where an...