Japanese role-playing game
Years
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Statuses
Best Games in the Japanese role-playing game genre
Role-playing game, Turn-based, Tactics, Comedy, Collectible card game (CCG), Adventure, Japanese role-playing game
2026
The game world is based on Slavic mythology. The gods divided the lands under their influence and gathered peoples around them. The game takes place in one of these...
Adventure, Role-playing game, Top-down view, Japanese role-playing game, Turn-based, Fantasy, Remake
November 14, 2024
Steam:
91/100
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...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
April 27, 1990
Players:
8/10
Steam:
93/100
Final Fantasy III is a fantasy anime-style role-playing game with a third-person perspective. The four main characters were completely redesigned and new scenarios...
Action, Hack and slash, Slasher, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Japanese role-playing game
February 20, 2020
Players:
10/10
Steam:
90/100
Metacritic:
80/100
Persona 5 Strikers is a spin-off of Persona 5, continuing the story of the Joker and the Phantom Thieves of Hearts and incorporating mechanics from the Dynasty...
Role-playing game, Action, MMO, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Japanese role-playing game
December 5, 2018
Steam:
72/100
Metacritic:
64/100
Edge Of Eternity is a Japanese-style multiplayer action RPG with a first-person perspective. The main events take place on the planet Harion, which stands out for...
Adventure, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Tactics, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game, Role-playing game
September 15, 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 fantasy parallel...
Action, Platformer, Collection, Turn-based, Tactics, Science fiction, Role-playing game, Japanese role-playing game
March 27, 2026
Steam:
96/100
Metacritic:
77/100
The collection brings back the iconic action series that became the foundation for anime and comics, in an expanded and refined format. The collection includes Mega...
Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Exploration, Slasher, Japanese role-playing game
October 24, 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 19th century. The...
Role-playing game, Adventure, Top-down view, Turn-based, Fantasy, Medieval era, Construction, Japanese role-playing game
December 4, 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 become the...
Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Japanese role-playing game, Turn-based
March 12, 2015
Players:
9.7/10
Steam:
89/100
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 worlds...
Role-playing game, Simulation, Strategy, Turn-based, Indie, Tactics, Roguelike, Japanese role-playing game
September 8, 2020
Players:
10/10
Steam:
80/100
Metacritic:
77/100
Star Renegades is a tactical turn-based strategy game with role-playing elements and a side-view in a sci-fi setting from the creators of Halcyon 6: Starbase...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
November 20, 2008
Players:
8.8/10
Metacritic:
66/100
This fantasy role-playing game is set in a world where artifacts of an ancient civilization, known as Remnants, shift the balance of power. Against the backdrop of...
Role-playing game, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
December 18, 1997
Players:
9.1/10
Metacritic:
89/100
Grandia is a Japanese role-playing game about Justin, a young boy who dreams of becoming a great adventurer and sets out to uncover the mystery of a long-lost...
Role-playing game, Adventure, Stealth, Online, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Free game, Tactics, Cooperative (co-op), Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game
June 5, 2025
Players:
8.5/10
Steam:
57/100
The game takes place both in the real world and in the “neo-modern” virtual city of Etheria. Players take on the role of a Hyperlinker as they fight alongside the...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
December 7, 2006
Metacritic:
79/100
Blue Dragon is an epic action role-playing game with turn-based combat and third-person view in a fantasy setting. The events of the game will tell about a young...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game, Adventure
August 3, 2000
Players:
9/10
Steam:
85/100
Metacritic:
77/100
This fantasy Japanese role-playing game with turn-based combat follows a mercenary searching for a weapon once wielded by a deity. Along the way, he meets new...
Role-playing game, Side view, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game
March 6, 2025
Steam:
96/100
Metacritic:
82/100
Remsters Suikoden and Suikoden 2 -games from the 90s, known for their deep plot and memorable characters. In games, updated visual effects, new sounds of the...
Role-playing game, Adventure, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game, Indie
April 11, 2017
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, Slasher, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Japanese role-playing game
July 22, 2010
Players:
10/10
Metacritic:
58/100
An action role-playing game set in a strange virtual world. The protagonist wakes there with no memory of the past and tries to discover who they are. Fate/Extra...
Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Japanese role-playing game, Visual novel
September 27, 2007
Steam:
70/100
Metacritic:
69/100
This fantasy role-playing game with turn-based tactical battles is set in Agarest, a world created after a war between the forces of light and darkness. As darkness...
