Japanese role-playing game
Years
Platforms
All platformsPCPlayStation 5Xbox Series X/SPlayStation 4Xbox OneNintendo Switch 2Nintendo SwitchiOSAndroidWii UMacLinuxiPadDreamcast
Xbox One XPlayStation 3PlayStation 2PlayStationXbox 360XboxPS VitaPSPWiiNintendo 3DSNintendo DSStadiaWindows PhoneAmazon Fire TVOuyaNESSNESGame Boy AdvanceiPod TouchiPhoneBREWNintendo 64MSXGameCubeSEGA SaturnWonderSwan ColorGenesisJ2ME
Statuses
Best Games in the Japanese role-playing game genre for PlayStation 2
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation 2 → 3 August 2007
Players:
9.7/10
Metacritic:
84/100
This fantasy role-playing game features turn-based battles in a world of fields, towns, and dungeons that players can explore seamlessly. Dragon Quest 8: Journey of...
Role-playing game, Strategy, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation 2 → 4 February 2005
Steam:
85/100
Metacritic:
74/100
This strategy role-playing game follows Marona, an orphan who can see and communicate with phantoms. She lives on Phantom Isle with Ash, a phantom who serves as her...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game, Adventure
Game released: PlayStation 2 → 21 February 2002
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, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation 2 → 24 May 2002
Players:
8.9/10
Metacritic:
92/100
Final Fantasy 10 — just like in the previous games of the series, the player controls the main character from a third-person perspective, moving through locations...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game, Text quest
Game released: PlayStation 2 → 29 January 2004
Steam:
97/100
Rhapsody of Zephyr is a third-person role-playing game with an anime/manga/fantasy twist from Softmax Co., Ltd.. The game is published by Softmax Co. , Ltd...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation 2 → 30 September 2002
Metacritic:
68/100
This fantasy role-playing game centers on a looming disaster linked to ancient ruins. The player explores eight elemental lands and battles more than 130 types of...
Role-playing game, Strategy, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation 2 → 17 November 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, In real time, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation 2 → 20 February 2004
Players:
7.7/10
Metacritic:
85/100
This role-playing game is set in Spira two years after Yuna’s journey to defeat Sin. The world has entered a “Machina Revolution”: people have turned away from...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation 2 → 29 September 2006
Players:
10/10
Metacritic:
68/100
This fantasy role-playing game is set in the enchanted land of Eden, where humans and mana have lived in peace and prosperity for over 400 years. When a crisis...
Role-playing game, Strategy, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game, Anime / Manga
Game released: PlayStation 2 → 28 May 2004
Players:
10/10
Steam:
88/100
This tactical role-playing game takes place in the Netherworld, where demon prince Laharl awakens to find his realm in turmoil. Joined by his vassal Etna and the...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Combat robots, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation 2 → 21 February 2006
Players:
10/10
Metacritic:
65/100
A turn-based role-playing game set in a futuristic world where, in the aftermath of the Great Fall, survivors harness the enemy’s power to rebuild. When that power...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation 2 → 5 June 2009
Metacritic:
71/100
This fantasy role-playing game follows Croix, a knight tasked with containing a mysterious epidemic that is killing Reyvateils in the region of Metafalss. His...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Post-apocalyptic, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation 2 → 25 April 2006
Players:
7.7/10
Metacritic:
62/100
Metal Saga is a third-person role-playing game with game elements in the anime or manga genre from the masters from the studio Success Corp.. The game is published...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation 2 → 17 March 2006
Metacritic:
74/100
Atelier Iris: Eternal Mana is a third-person role-playing game with a mixture of anime/manga and fantasy games from developers from the studio Gust Co., Ltd.. The...
Role-playing game, Strategy, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, The Lord of the Rings, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation 2 → 2 November 2004
Players:
8.9/10
Metacritic:
74/100
Lord of the Rings: Third Age (2004) is a top-down RPG with a dash of strategy and fantasy from the masters at Griptonite Games. The game is published by Electronic...
Role-playing game, First-person view, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Sandbox, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation 2 → 21 September 2005
Metacritic:
69/100
RPG Maker 3 is a first-person role-playing game with a touch of fantasy and sandbox from the masters from the studio Enterbrain, Inc.. The main publisher of the...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Combat robots, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation 2 → 4 November 2005
Metacritic:
73/100
Xenosaga: Episode 2 — Jenseits von Gut und Böse is a third-person role-playing game with a mixture of anime or manga games and robot simulator from...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Post-apocalyptic, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation 2 → 27 April 2007
Metacritic:
82/100
Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga 2 is a third-person role-playing game with game elements in the anime or manga genre from developers from the studio Atlus...
Role-playing game, In real time, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation 2 → 9 July 2001
Players:
10/10
Metacritic:
48/100
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Cyberpunk, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation 2 → 28 November 2003
Players:
10/10
Metacritic:
78/100
Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter is a third-person role-playing game with an anime/manga twist from Capcom Co., Ltd.. The game is published by Capcom Co., Ltd.. In...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Puzzle, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation 2 → 1 April 2008
Metacritic:
55/100
Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation 2 → 24 November 2000
Metacritic:
54/100
Orphen: Scion of Sorcery is a third-person role-playing game with action, anime/manga and fantasy elements from the masters at Shade, Inc.. Published by: Activision...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Combat robots, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation 2 → 29 August 2006
Players:
8.1/10
Metacritic:
81/100
Xenosaga: Episode 3 — Also Sprach Zarathustra is a third-person role-playing game with elements of an anime/manga game and robot simulator from Monolith...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Puzzle, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation 2 → 3 August 2007
Metacritic:
63/100
Atelier Iris 3: Grand Phantasm is a third-person role-playing game with a mixture of puzzle, anime/manga and fantasy games from the masters at Gust Co., Ltd. . The...