Japanese role-playing game
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Statuses
Best Games in the Japanese role-playing game genre for PlayStation 3
Role-playing game, Adventure, In real time, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation 3 → 4 June 2009
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 3 → 4 October 2011
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 3 → 6 December 2011
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 3 → 4 February 2010
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, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation 3 → 25 April 2013
Steam:
97/100
Metacritic:
80/100
Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC is a Japanese-style role-playing adventure with turn-based combat. The game tells the story of the kingdom of Liberl, where...
Role-playing game, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation 3 → 25 February 2010
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, Action, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Japanese role-playing game, Visual novel
Game released: PlayStation 3 → 27 April 2010
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...
Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Collection, Anime / Manga, Japanese role-playing game, Fantasy
Game released: PlayStation 3 → 26 December 2013
Players:
9.1/10
Steam:
88/100
Metacritic:
85/100
The edition combines updated versions of the iconic Final Fantasy X and its sequel Final Fantasy X-2. The story begins with Tidus's journey, who finds himself in...
Arcade, Action, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Role-playing game, Japanese role-playing game, Platformer
Game released: PlayStation 3 → 28 January 2016
Players:
8.7/10
Steam:
90/100
Metacritic:
82/100
Dragon Quest Builders — arcade sandbox with a third-person view in an open world in the Dragon Quest universe. The plot of the game will tell the sweet story...
Role-playing game, In real time, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation 3 → 9 March 2010
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, In real time, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation 3 → 15 June 2010
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 3 → 10 January 2012
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, Action, Fighting, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Open world, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation 3 → 13 November 2008
Players:
5.5/10
Steam:
73/100
Metacritic:
57/100
This action RPG follows a wandering samurai in Japan during the turbulent Sengoku era. The hero explores villages, battlefields, bandit fortresses and castles...
Role-playing game, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game, Exploration
Game released: PlayStation 3 → 10 January 2012
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, Anime / Manga, Fantasy, Exploration, Slasher, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation 3 → 1 October 2015
Players:
10/10
Steam:
69/100
Metacritic:
67/100
Nights of Azure is a third-person action role-playing game in Japanese style. The game is developed by the creator of Fatal Frame, in which players will play as two...
Role-playing game, Adventure, Action, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation 3 → 31 January 2013
Players:
7.7/10
Metacritic:
85/100
Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch is an atmospheric role-playing adventure with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. Created according to the canons of the...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation 3 → Q1 2014
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, Action, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation 3 → 21 November 2013
Steam:
79/100
Metacritic:
67/100
Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII is the final installment in the trilogy of role-playing games set in the Final Fantasy XIII universe. The game takes place...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation 3 → 8 November 2011
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, In real time, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation 3 → Q1 2014
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, In real time, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation 3 → 3 February 2012
Steam:
58/100
Metacritic:
79/100
Final Fantasy XIII-2 is a role-playing game and direct sequel to Final Fantasy XIII, with Lightning returning as the lead protagonist. The player explores locations...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation 3 → 29 January 2016
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, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Combat robots, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation 3 → 22 February 2011
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 3 → 22 March 2011
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, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation 3 → 11 November 2016
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, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation 3 → 19 November 2015
Players:
10/10
Steam:
86/100
Metacritic:
75/100
A fantasy role-playing game about Sophie, a budding alchemist from Kirchen Bell, who meets Plachta, a mysterious book. Their encounter sets Sophie on a journey tied...
Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Japanese role-playing game, Visual novel, Turn-based
Game released: PlayStation 3 → 18 November 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...
Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game, Visual novel
Game released: PlayStation 3 → 22 March 2012
Players:
5.5/10
Steam:
69/100
Metacritic:
55/100
This turn-based Japanese role-playing game combines anime-inspired fantasy with exploration and battles on free-roaming maps. The player travels across worlds in...