Japanese role-playing game
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Best Games in the Japanese role-playing game genre for PlayStation 4
Slasher, Anime / Manga, Role-playing game, Post-apocalyptic, Futurism (Future), Action, Third-person view, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation 4 → 12 September 2023
Players:
2.5/10
Steam:
90/100
Metacritic:
72/100
The game takes place in a post-apocalyptic world in which a group of brave heroes must find a cure that will save humanity. Between battles with enemies, characters...
Hack and slash, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Role-playing game, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation 4 → 28 July 2015
Players:
9.1/10
Steam:
78/100
Metacritic:
67/100
Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment — You will take on the role of Kirito, the hero of the popular anime series Sword Art Online, and explore a vast fantasy...
Adventure, Role-playing game, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Fantasy, Side view, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation 4 → 16 September 2022
Steam:
32/100
Adventure role -playing game in the spirit of classic Japanese RPG from the creators Octopath Traveler and Bravelly default. Events unfold on a new continent...
Role-playing game, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation 4 → 21 November 2023
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, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game, Exploration, Crafting, Puzzle
Game released: PlayStation 4 → 26 September 2019
Steam:
86/100
Metacritic:
80/100
Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout is a third-person adventure RPG with turn-based combat in the Atelier series. The game will tell the story of an...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Tactics, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation 4 → 24 June 2021
Steam:
91/100
Metacritic:
71/100
The Caligula Effect 2 is a sequel to the Japanese role-playing game with a third-person view and turn-based combat. The events of the game take place in a...
Japanese role-playing game, Turn-based, Cyberpunk, Science fiction, Exploration, Anime / Manga, Adventure, Top-down view
Game released: PlayStation 4 → 21 September 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, Simulation, Strategy, Turn-based, Indie, Tactics, Roguelike, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation 4 → 10 March 2021
Players:
10/10
Steam:
81/100
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, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Tanks, Combat robots, Post-apocalyptic, Japanese role-playing game, Open world, Exploration
Game released: PlayStation 4 → 9 July 2020
Steam:
65/100
Metacritic:
72/100
Metal Max Xeno: Reborn is an enhanced edition of the Japanese-style sci-fi RPG with turn-based combat, where you fight with futuristic vehicles. The game takes...
Board / Group Game, Card game, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Role-playing game, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation 4 → 28 October 2021
Steam:
80/100
Metacritic:
76/100
Voice of Cards: The Isle Dragon Roars is a role-playing card game with turn-based combat in a fantasy setting from the creators of the NieR and Drakengard series. A...
Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Japanese role-playing game, Action, Role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation 4 → 13 December 2022
Players:
9/10
Steam:
89/100
Metacritic:
80/100
Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion is a remaster of the action role-playing game Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII, which was released on the PSP in 2007. The...
DLC, Adventure, Role-playing game, Action, Top-down view, Turn-based, Indie, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation 4 → 20 May 2025
Steam:
92/100
Metacritic:
86/100
Heroes Valerie and Zale embark on a new adventure in a miniature, mechanical world called Horlodge, where a sinister carnival threatens the locals. To survive, they...
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Top-down view, Fantasy, Old school, Japanese role-playing game, Exploration
Game in development: PlayStation 4 → 14 January 2027
The new edition of Terranigma retains the foundation of the classic RPG, bringing its adventure of Earth's rebirth to modern players. At the center of the story...
Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Japanese role-playing game, Turn-based
Game released: PlayStation 4 → 5 February 2016
Players:
9.7/10
Steam:
88/100
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, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation 4 → 6 December 2018
Players:
9.5/10
Metacritic:
66/100
The Last Remnant Remastered is a re-release of the adventure role-playing game with turn-based combat in the Japanese style. An amazing fantasy world and a...
Role-playing game, Strategy, Tactics, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation 4 → 29 October 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...
Tactics, Fantasy, Open world, Adventure, Turn-based, Anime / Manga, Japanese role-playing game, Role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation 4 → 25 April 2024
Steam:
72/100
Metacritic:
72/100
This installment of the SaGa franchise takes place across 17 unique worlds, each with its own aesthetic and culture. There you can meet different inhabitants...
Role-playing game, Adventure, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game, Indie
Game released: PlayStation 4 → 11 April 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, Side view, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Fantasy, Medieval era, Japanese role-playing game, Exploration
Game released: PlayStation 4 → 19 April 2023
Steam:
93/100
Metacritic:
83/100
A pixel remaster of the original Final Fantasy IV with new graphics and sound. The Kingdom of Baron sends an elite airborne unit, the Red Wings, to attack...
Action, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Cooperative (co-op), Japanese role-playing game, Hunting / Fishing, Post-apocalyptic
Game released: PlayStation 4 → 10 January 2025
Steam:
69/100
Metacritic:
73/100
Remaster of the action RPG Freedom Wars, the original version of which was released in 2014 on PlayStation Vita. The main action takes place in the distant...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation 4 → 26 March 2019
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, Adventure, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Visual novel, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation 4 → 29 July 2022
Players:
10/10
Steam:
81/100
Metacritic:
72/100
Digimon Survive is an adventure RPG with turn-based combat that celebrates the 20th anniversary of the popular Digimon anime. The events of the game take place in...
Role-playing game, Adventure, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Side view, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation 4 → 19 April 2023
Players:
10/10
Steam:
93/100
Metacritic:
87/100
A pixelated remaster of the original Final Fantasy VI with new graphics and sound. The War of the Magi has wiped out all magic from the world. A thousand years...
Adventure, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game, Role-playing game, Fantasy, Old school, Dungeons, First-person view
Game released: PlayStation 4 → 3 July 2025
Steam:
96/100
High school student Sumireko Usami finds herself in a fantasy palace of spirits in her dream. The mistress of the palace, Satori, told her that now mindless clones...
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Japanese role-playing game, Fantasy, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Visual novel
Game released: PlayStation 4 → 14 February 2025
Players:
10/10
Steam:
83/100
Metacritic:
77/100
The sequel continues the story of the world of Calvard, where peaceful life is again under threat. After the defeat of the Almaty mafia organization, people return...
