Japanese role-playing game
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Statuses
Best Games in the Japanese role-playing game genre for PlayStation 4
Role-playing game, Side view, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game, Adventure
Game released: PlayStation 4 → 19 April 2023
Players:
7.7/10
Steam:
93/100
Metacritic:
79/100
A pixelated remaster of the original Final Fantasy III with new graphics and sound. The four main characters have been completely redesigned, and new scenarios...
Role-playing game, Adventure, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Comics, Tactics, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation 4 → 8 April 2022
Players:
6.7/10
Steam:
71/100
Liege Dragon is a turn-based tactical fantasy RPG with an isometric view and anime elements. With the return of the evil dragon to life, confusion began in the...
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...
Arcade, Action, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Role-playing game, Japanese role-playing game, Platformer
Game released: PlayStation 4 → 14 October 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...
Adventure, Action, Exploration, Third-person view, Slasher, Role-playing game, Anime / Manga, Open world, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation 4 → 21 March 2025
Steam:
73/100
Metacritic:
79/100
The story of the journey in which Yumi and her companions are faced with their own memories and continue to go forward, despite the tests. The world of the game is...
Role-playing game, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Top-down view, Adventure, Side view, Turn-based, Tactics, Japanese role-playing game, Visual novel
Game released: PlayStation 4 → 30 September 2021
Players:
2.9/10
Steam:
71/100
Asdivine Saga is a fantasy adventure role-playing tactics game with anime elements and a top-down view. In a world facing sudden war, a mercenary named Weiss finds...
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...
Adventure, Card game, Futurism (Future), Third-person view, Indie, Roguelike, Tactics, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation 4 → 3 March 2021
Players:
7.3/10
Steam:
88/100
Metacritic:
62/100
Neoverse is a tactical card game in the futuristic genre with a third-person view and anime elements. This is a beautiful, fantastic game of adventure with exciting...
Role-playing game, Adventure, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Exploration, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation 4 → 5 September 2023
Players:
9.9/10
Steam:
80/100
Metacritic:
66/100
In the small province of Ennakamuy, on the border of the great Yamato Empire, there lived a young man with his mother and sister. One day, at the behest of a local...
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...
Action, Platformer, Collection, Turn-based, Tactics, Science fiction, Role-playing game, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation 4 → 27 March 2026
Steam:
96/100
Metacritic:
77/100
The collection brings back the iconic action series that became the foundation for anime and comics, in an expanded and refined format. The collection includes Mega...
Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Exploration, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation 4 → 24 June 2021
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, Anime / Manga, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game, Adventure, Online, Exploration, Third-person view
Game released: PlayStation 4 → 14 June 2024
Players:
8/10
Steam:
90/100
Metacritic:
77/100
The main character and his friends, Cheval and Lilia, are looking for a monster egg. They find a nest with one of them, and Rathalos hatches from it, who almost...
Role-playing game, Turn-based, Tactics, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation 4 → 18 November 2021
Players:
6.9/10
Steam:
43/100
Tears of Avia is a turn-based tactical RPG that features a strong skill system and tactical planning as the key to victory. The story tells us about the magician...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Japanese role-playing game, Simulation
Game released: PlayStation 4 → 27 January 2017
Players:
10/10
Steam:
81/100
Metacritic:
65/100
Digimon World: Next Order is a Japanese-style role-playing game with a third-person perspective. The plot of the game is about high school students who, together...
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation 4 → 24 April 2018
Players:
1/10
Steam:
91/100
Metacritic:
69/100
Atelier Lydie & Suelle: The Alchemists and the Mysterious Paintings is a colorful Japanese-style RPG action adventure. The story of the game is focused on the fate...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Open world, Japanese role-playing game, Action
Game released: PlayStation 4 → 27 October 2022
Steam:
66/100
Metacritic:
69/100
Star Ocean: The Divine Force is a continuation of the legendary series of Japanese role-playing games with turn-based combat in a sci-fi setting. The game has two...
Role-playing game, Top-down view, Side view, Fantasy / Medieval, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game, Adventure
Game released: PlayStation 4 → 19 April 2023
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, Fantasy / Medieval, Anime / Manga, Isometric, Turn-based, Exploration, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation 4 → 30 June 2023
Steam:
78/100
Doom & Destiny Worlds is a turn-based fantasy RPG with an isometric view. Stranded naked on the shores of an unknown planet, four friends wake up with the most...
Japanese role-playing game, Role-playing game, Turn-based, Anime / Manga, Fantasy, Crafting, Casual game
Game released: PlayStation 4 → 13 July 2023
Steam:
89/100
Metacritic:
75/100
The events of the game take place in the Royal Academy of Magic. Young Marie cannot cope with alchemy, so the professor arranges for her to join a workshop that...
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, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Visual novel, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation 4 → 21 October 2021
Steam:
82/100
Metacritic:
78/100
Blue Reflection: Second Light is a continuation of the colorful Japanese role-playing game about young magical...
Role-playing game, Adventure, Top-down view, Turn-based, Fantasy, Medieval era, Construction, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation 4 → 4 December 2025
Steam:
83/100
Metacritic:
82/100
The new installment of the Octopath Traveler series invites you to Orsterra — a world where destinies intersect and where legends of divine rings become the...
Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Puzzle, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation 4 → 30 May 2017
Steam:
93/100
Metacritic:
79/100
Ys Origin is an isometric action role-playing game set in the Ys fantasy universe. The plot of the game tells about events that took place 700 years before the...
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...
Business / Management, Role-playing game, Side view, Fantasy / Medieval, Anime / Manga, Adventure, Action, Arcade, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation 4 → 10 May 2022
Players:
8.1/10
Steam:
89/100
Metacritic:
69/100
Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising is a Japanese side-scrolling action RPG set in a fantasy setting. The game is a prequel to Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes and will...
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...
