Japanese role-playing game
Years
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Statuses
Best Games in the Japanese role-playing game genre
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game, Dungeons, Visual novel
August 7, 2014
Steam:
73/100
Metacritic:
72/100
Lost Dimension is a tactical role-playing game with turn-based combat in a sci-fi setting. The game will tell the story of young Sho Kasugai, a member of the...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
September 26, 2013
Steam:
94/100
Metacritic:
81/100
Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel is a fantasy role-playing game with turn-based combat and a Japanese-style third-person perspective. The events of the game...
Role-playing game, Online, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Free game, Side view, Japanese role-playing game
October 22, 2015
Players:
7.5/10
Metacritic:
73/100
Final Fantasy Brave Exvius is a free-to-play multiplayer role-playing game with turn-based combat for mobile platforms in the Final Fantasy universe. The world is...
Adventure, Third-person view, Role-playing game, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Action, Japanese role-playing game
September 20, 2019
Players:
8.5/10
Steam:
83/100
Metacritic:
86/100
Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch Remastered is an improved version of an exciting role-playing adventure with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. Created...
Role-playing game, Top-down view, Side view, Fantasy / Medieval, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game, Adventure
November 10, 2021
Players:
10/10
Steam:
92/100
Metacritic:
82/100
A pixelated remaster of the original Final Fantasy V with new graphics and sound. The King of Tycoon senses a change in the wind. The crystals that maintain the...
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Turn-based, Card game, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game, Indie
May 27, 2026
Players:
8.5/10
Steam:
73/100
Metacritic:
71/100
A step-by-step card role-playing game where a family trip gradually turns into a story about hidden experiments and distorted realities. The role of Jack, the...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
November 18, 1999
Players:
8.4/10
Metacritic:
94/100
This role-playing game combines a fantasy setting with futuristic elements, following several scenarios along a single storyline. Chrono Cross has multiple endings...
Role-playing game, Strategy, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
August 29, 2006
Players:
10/10
Steam:
91/100
Metacritic:
84/100
Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories is a Japanese-style turn-based strategy RPG. More than 200 characters await you to create a squad, a new Dark Court system where good is...
Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Japanese role-playing game
January 19, 2009
Metacritic:
75/100
This Japanese role-playing game is set in a science-fiction universe shaped by humanity’s journeys among the stars. Star Ocean: Second Evolution takes players into...
Role-playing game, Strategy, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, The Lord of the Rings, Japanese role-playing game
November 2, 2004
Players:
8.9/10
Metacritic:
74/100
Set in Middle-earth, this role-playing game follows a party of new characters whose journey intersects with the events of the film trilogy. They meet its heroes and...
Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game, Adventure, Role-playing game, Science fiction
March 21, 1989
Steam:
66/100
Moto Island is overrun by terrible creatures and people are afraid to go outside. But several heroes have appeared who are ready to fight the monsters and free the...
Role-playing game, Strategy, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
October 1, 1993
Players:
9.6/10
Steam:
100/100
This turn-based fantasy role-playing strategy game takes place on the island of Grans, where two jewels sealing the Door to Darkness have been stolen. The...
Role-playing game, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Visual novel, Japanese role-playing game, Dungeons
August 1, 2013
Steam:
40/100
Metacritic:
59/100
This fantasy dungeon-crawling RPG follows Kei, a high school student whose life changes after he forms a contract with a MIND, a being and weapon with deadly...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Indie, Japanese role-playing game, Adventure, Strategy
September 1, 2016
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, Strategy, Tactics, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
October 29, 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 Corruption threatens...
Strategy, Tactics, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Role-playing game, Japanese role-playing game
September 22, 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 the area, and...
Role-playing game, Adventure, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Indie, Japanese role-playing game
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 you enjoy all...
Japanese role-playing game, Turn-based, Cyberpunk, Science fiction, Exploration, Anime / Manga, Adventure, Top-down view
September 8, 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 streets. Even...
Role-playing game, In real time, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
December 17, 2009
Players:
6.5/10
Steam:
75/100
Metacritic:
83/100
This fantasy role-playing game follows a group of strangers branded enemies of the state in the floating city of Cocoon. As a crisis threatens to plunge the city...
Role-playing game, First-person view, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
January 28, 2010
Metacritic:
78/100
A fantasy role-playing game about traveling between two parallel worlds, where reality and illusion intertwine. As the protagonist explores them, the search to...
Role-playing game, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game, Adventure, Dungeons
February 21, 2008
Steam:
80/100
Metacritic:
82/100
Etrian Odyssey 2: Heroes of Lagaard — In classic fashion, players navigate forest locations one "step" at a time, moving and turning at a fixed pace. Time...
Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Exploration, Japanese role-playing game
July 15, 1999
Players:
9.3/10
Steam:
78/100
This fantasy role-playing game follows a hero searching for the Mana Tree seen in a dream. The world map begins empty; during the journey, the player collects...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
June 29, 2000
Players:
9.9/10
Metacritic:
83/100
This turn-based role-playing game unfolds in a world where nightmares become reality and reality turns into a nightmare. Using the Contact System, the player...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Japanese role-playing game
July 11, 2017
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 with improved...
