Japanese role-playing game
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Statuses
Best Games in the Japanese role-playing game genre for PlayStation
Role-playing game, Adventure, In real time, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation → 3 September 1997
Players:
8.8/10
Steam:
76/100
Metacritic:
83/100
Final Fantasy VII is a third-person role-playing game in the anime and fantasy style. In Midgar, a city controlled by the mega-conglomerate Shinra Inc., Mako...
Role-playing game, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation → 11 November 1999
Players:
9.7/10
Steam:
87/100
Metacritic:
92/100
This role-playing game follows Crono, a young hero who sets out to save the planet’s future after his companion Marle vanishes through a rift in space and time. The...
Role-playing game, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Isometric, Adventure, Tactics, Strategy, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation → 1 March 2002
Players:
9.8/10
Steam:
93/100
Metacritic:
92/100
Final Fantasy VI is a turn-based tactical strategy role-playing adventure game with an isometric view. The war of magicians left behind only ashes and suffering...
Role-playing game, In real time, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation → 7 September 1999
Players:
9.3/10
Steam:
84/100
Metacritic:
90/100
Final Fantasy VIII is a continuation of the legendary series of role-playing games with turn-based combat in the Japanese style. The game takes place in a...
Role-playing game, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation → March 2000
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, In real time, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation → 22 February 2000
Players:
9.6/10
Steam:
94/100
Metacritic:
85/100
This fantasy role-playing game follows Zidane and the Tantalus Theater Troupe, who kidnap Princess Garnet, heir to Alexandria. Garnet wants to escape the castle...
Role-playing game, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation → 8 April 2003
Players:
8/10
Metacritic:
68/100
A turn-based role-playing game set in a fantasy world where an emperor summons monsters from a demonic realm to seize control. After the attacks leave them...
Role-playing game, In real time, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Tactics, Strategy, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation → 27 February 2002
Players:
7.1/10
Steam:
93/100
Metacritic:
85/100
Final Fantasy IV is a tactical turn-based strategy role-playing game with anime and fantasy RPG elements. Expect fully voiced dramatic cutscenes, deep, emotionally...
Role-playing game, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game, Exploration
Game released: PlayStation → 8 April 2003
Players:
9.5/10
Steam:
95/100
Metacritic:
71/100
Final Fantasy is a Japanese-style top-down fantasy RPG with turn-based combat. The game's story focuses on four heroes whose parents were killed during the invasion...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation → 15 August 2000
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, Third-person view, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation → 31 May 1999
Metacritic:
75/100
This turn-based role-playing game follows high school students whose reality is warped by rumors. To restore order, they must draw on their inner strength—their...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Combat robots, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation → 20 October 1998
Players:
9/10
Steam:
68/100
Metacritic:
84/100
A futuristic role-playing game with turn-based combat follows young Fei, who is drawn into a war shaped by a mysterious organization. Its ancient technology...
Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Exploration, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation → 7 June 2000
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, In real time, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Isometric, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation → 27 February 2002
Players:
9.6/10
Steam:
92/100
Metacritic:
83/100
Final Fantasy V is an anime-style turn-based strategy RPG with an isometric view. Embark on an epic adventure as four heroes are united by fate: Bartz and his...
Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Fantasy / Medieval, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation → 31 May 1999
Metacritic:
80/100
This science-fiction role-playing game with action elements follows two people from different worlds whose paths cross at the edge of the universe. The Gods hurl a...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation → 29 June 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, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation → 15 December 2000
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...
