Best Games in the Japanese role-playing game genre of 2018 for Nintendo Switch
Role-playing game, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Side view, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 July 2018
Players:
8.6/10
Steam:
86/100
Metacritic:
82/100
A Japanese-style RPG that invites you to set off on a journey with one of eight heroes. Each character has unique abilities and their own storyline, revealing...
Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game, Dungeons
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 15 May 2018
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...
Arcade, Action, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Role-playing game, Japanese role-playing game, Platformer
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 9 February 2018
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, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game, Indie
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 August 2018
Steam:
89/100
Metacritic:
77/100
Cosmic Star Heroine is a Japanese-style adventure role-playing game with turn-based combat, where the main character, a secret agent, has to save the galaxy. In the...
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 focused on the fate...
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 old and...
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 best director of a...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Indie, Japanese role-playing game, Adventure, Strategy
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 8 March 2018
Steam:
76/100
Metacritic:
61/100
An adventure RPG set in a fantasy world, blending an Eastern role-playing genre with a Nordic take. Players grow potatoes, mushrooms and plants, then use their...
Role-playing game, Adventure, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 25 June 2019
Players:
10/10
Steam:
78/100
Metacritic:
61/100
Super Neptunia RPG is an adventure role-playing game with turn-based combat in a fantasy setting. The game takes place in the yperdimension Neptunia universe, where...