Japanese role-playing game
Years
Platforms
All platformsPCPlayStation 5Xbox Series X/SPlayStation 4Xbox OneNintendo Switch 2Nintendo SwitchiOSAndroidWii UMacLinuxiPadDreamcast
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Statuses
Best Games in the Japanese role-playing game genre
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
April 29, 2009
Metacritic:
73/100
A turn-based role-playing game based on Dragon Ball Z’s Saiyan Saga begins with the World Tournament and Goku’s victory over Piccolo. Players control Goku as he...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
July 17, 2008
Metacritic:
84/100
This turn-based Japanese role-playing game unfolds in a fantasy world and follows a journey spanning three generations. The hero first travels alongside his father...
Role-playing game, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game, Dungeons, Adventure
January 18, 2007
Steam:
88/100
Metacritic:
75/100
A first-person, turn-based role-playing game set in a fantasy world, where a vast labyrinth is discovered beneath the forest near the quiet town of Etria. Players...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Combat robots, Japanese role-playing game
June 24, 2004
Metacritic:
73/100
This science-fiction role-playing game follows humanity after the abandonment of Earth, as people wage war against the alien Gnosis in deep space. Shion, KOS-MOS...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
July 13, 1998
Metacritic:
86/100
This turn-based Japanese role-playing game is set in the world of LUNAR, a thousand years after the events of LUNAR: Silver Star Story. Hiro and his companion Ruby...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
July 11, 2002
Metacritic:
86/100
A Japanese role-playing game set in a fantasy world, 15 years after the events of Suikoden II. Its story follows the intertwined fates of Hugo, the son of a village...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
December 25, 2008
Metacritic:
68/100
This turn-based role-playing game follows Dorothy and her dog Toto in the fantasy land of Oz after a tornado carries them away from their farm in Kansas. To find a...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Combat robots, Japanese role-playing game
July 6, 2006
Players:
8.1/10
Metacritic:
81/100
Set a year after the events of Xenosaga II, this science-fiction RPG follows Shion after she leaves Vector Industries upon discovering the corporation’s connection...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
September 25, 2014
Players:
8.3/10
Steam:
94/100
Metacritic:
79/100
A fantasy role-playing game set during a civil war in Erebonia, following Rean as he searches for his classmates from Class VII and a way to end the conflict. After...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Japanese role-playing game
February 10, 2016
Metacritic:
84/100
Shin Megami Tensei 4: Apocalypse is a post-apocalyptic role-playing game with a third-person view. The game takes place in a destroyed Tokyo and partially overlaps...
Japanese role-playing game, Casual game, Turn-based, Adventure, Anime / Manga, Third-person view, Exploration, Puzzle, Role-playing game
March 24, 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 unknown way...
Music game, Science fiction, Turn-based, Fantasy, Adventure, Japanese role-playing game, Casual game
July 10, 2025
Steam:
86/100
A mysterious corporation has invented intelligent robots. The main character goes on a dangerous journey to uncover the secrets of the creator of the technology...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
January 18, 2010
Metacritic:
69/100
A role-playing game set in a world inspired by ancient Greek mythology, with a fictional story featuring characters and places drawn from myths about Heracles. The...
Role-playing game, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
May 24, 2010
Metacritic:
68/100
This turn-based Japanese role-playing game is set in the fantasy world of Berge, created by the goddess Norvia using Force, the universe’s spiritual energy. The god...
Role-playing game, Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Japanese role-playing game
June 11, 2009
Metacritic:
75/100
This space role-playing game with strategy elements follows Yuri, a young crewman exploring the galactic frontier and gradually rising to captain his own fleet...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
April 12, 2002
Metacritic:
79/100
A turn-based role-playing game set in a fantasy world, following a hero’s quest to become a legend. Battles and exploration are presented from an overhead or...
Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Japanese role-playing game
October 23, 2000
Metacritic:
54/100
This third-person fantasy role-playing game follows Orphen, a powerful but lazy sorcerer drawn into a perilous adventure. He uses dark magic to help his companions...
Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Japanese role-playing game, Visual novel, Turn-based
November 18, 2010
Steam:
57/100
This tactical role-playing game is set in a fantasy world where demons emerge after a catastrophe brought on by a blinding light. The amnesiac protagonist, Weiss...
