Japanese role-playing game for PlayStation 5 — top best games in the Japanese role-playing game genre / Page 4

Tales of Berseria Remastered - a game in the Japanese role-playing game genre

Role-playing game, Action, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 27 February 2026

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 75/100

The updated Tales of Berseria takes you on a journey through Midgand — a world where the ancient conflict between emotions and reason manifests in...

Crystal Ortha

Role-playing game, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure, Anime / Manga, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 16 September 2022

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 66/100

Crystal Ortha is a role-playing adventure set in a fantasy setting, telling the story of four crystal seekers who embark on a long and difficult...

Disgaea 6 Complete

Role-playing game, Tactics, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Strategy, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 28 June 2022

Steam: 63/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Disgaea 6 Complete is a tactical turn-based fantasy RPG with an isometric view. Zed is a boastful zombie who flounders at the bottom of the...

Ys X: Proud Nordics

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Open world, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 20 February 2026

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 83/100

The story focuses on the adventures of Adol Christin and the warrior Karya in the Obelia Bay. The heroes, bound by magical ties, are forced to...

Terranigma

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Top-down view, Fantasy, Old school, Japanese role-playing game, Exploration

Game in development: PlayStation 5 → 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...

SaGa Frontier 2 Remastered

Role-playing game, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 27 March 2025

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Two stories unfold in a watercolor world and gradually form a single history. The protagonists include Gustave, heir to an esteemed royal line, and...

Tales of Aravorn: Seasons Of The Wolf

Role-playing game, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Isometric, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 17 June 2022

Steam: 81/100

This fantasy RPG with visual novel elements follows elven twins Shea and Althea from the frozen village of Ninim. After encountering a young wolf...

Liege Dragon

Role-playing game, Adventure, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Comics, Tactics, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 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...

Decapolice

Adventure, Third-person view, Science fiction, Japanese role-playing game, Detective

Game in development: PlayStation 5 → 2027

Anticipation Rating: 7.5/10

Detective game with investigations in the virtual world. The main character, a rookie detective named Harvard, hunts down criminals in a huge...

Cross Tails

Role-playing game, Strategy, Adventure, Turn-based, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game, Simulation

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 20 July 2023

Steam: 68/100

For more than ten years, the dog kingdom of Ranverfurt and the cat republic of Hidik have been at war. This enmity is deeply rooted in the memory of...

Mato Anomalies

Anime / Manga, Detective, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 10 March 2023

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 61/100

Mato Anomalies is a turn-based RPG set in Mato, a fantasy neo-futuristic version of an ancient Oriental city. Players control two protagonists, Doe...

Dusk Diver 2

Action, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Adventure, Anime / Manga, Slasher, Role-playing game, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 30 August 2022

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 60/100

Dusk Diver 2 is a continuation of the adventure role-playing slasher with a third-person view in the Japanese style. Yang Yumo is an ordinary student...

Villion:Code

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Science fiction, Japanese role-playing game

Game in development: PlayStation 5 → 26 January 2027; Game released: PlayStation 5 → 25 June 2026

The game takes place in the near future, when humanity is on the brink of extinction. Advances in genome-editing technology have ushered in a new...

Arcadian Atlas

Turn-based, Tactics, Fantasy / Medieval, Isometric, Strategy, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 30 November 2023

Steam: 56/100

Metacritic: 63/100

The game takes place in the world of Arcadia, where the kingdom is being torn apart. The gamer gathers an army of powerful characters, customizing...

Etrange Overlord

Action, Role-playing game, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 26 March 2026

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 74/100

This action RPG follows Étrange von Rosenburg, who is falsely accused of assassinating the king and executed. After waking up in hell, she decides to...

Alphadia Genesis 2

Role-playing game, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Indie, Adventure, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 6 August 2021

This turn-based role-playing game is set in a fantasy world where the Empire wages a campaign against the Atramians, whom it considers infected with...

Onigo Hunter

Role-playing game, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Indie, Japanese role-playing game, Fantasy

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 26 May 2023

Steam: 33/100

A turn-based role-playing game set in a fantasy world, where a fledgling hunter sets out to find the missing king at the request of his daughter...

Neptunia Game Maker R:Evolution

Japanese role-playing game, Action, Anime / Manga

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 14 May 2024

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 58/100

This role-playing game is set in Gameindustri, where girls personifying fictional game consoles take center stage. In Neptunia Game Maker...

Cthulhu Saves Christmas

Adventure, Isometric, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game, Comedy, Role-playing game

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 14 July 2021

Steam: 90/100

Cthulhu Saves Christmas is a tactical turn-based game in which the brave Cthulhu will have to save the Christmas holiday. Santa Claus has been...

The Legend of Legacy HD Remastered

Adventure, Role-playing game, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 22 March 2024

Steam: 57/100

Metacritic: 65/100

The mythical island of Avalon awakens from its eternal slumber, drawing seekers in search of riches, glory, and legendary treasure. Yet all who...

Death end re;Quest Code Z

Role-playing game, Strategy, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 13 May 2025

Steam: 70/100

Metacritic: 58/100

This role-playing game follows Sayaka Hiwatari as she faces a crisis in World DE-1.5, a copy of World DE-1 created by Iris after Arata Mizunashi and...

Grandia

Role-playing game, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 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...

Fortuna Magus

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 6 March 2026

Fortuna Magus is an isometric arcade game with RPG, action and fantasy elements from Kemco. The game is published by Kemco. The PC version of Fortuna...

Grace of Letoile

Role-playing game, In real time, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 10 November 2023

Steam: 66/100

This fantasy role-playing game follows Vedley, who lost his parents and learns from Achieitz about the Letoiles, beings capable of granting wishes...

Class of Heroes 2

Role-playing game, First-person view, Anime / Manga, Adventure, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 26 April 2024

Steam: 63/100

Class of Heroes 2 is a first-person role-playing game about students at Crostini Academy training to become adventurers and exploring labyrinths...

MONARK

Role-playing game, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Adventure, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 14 October 2021

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 64/100

MONARK is an action-adventure role-playing game with Japanese-style turn-based combat. The world plunged into darkness and madness as a mysterious...

TRINITY TRIGGER

Role-playing game, Fantasy / Medieval, Old school, Action, Adventure, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 16 May 2023

Steam: 60/100

Metacritic: 69/100

The protagonist and his friends will set off on a grand adventure to challenge fate and save Trinity. They are accompanied by strange creatures that...

The Legend of Heroes: Kuro no Kiseki

Japanese role-playing game, Role-playing game, Anime / Manga, Fantasy, Turn-based, Third-person view, Visual novel

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 18 July 2022

Steam: 91/100

The Legend of Heroes: Kuro no Kiseki is a Japanese role-playing game with turn-based combat and third-person perspective in the popular fantasy...

Fuga: Melodies of Steel

Side view, Role-playing game, Turn-based, Fantasy, Strategy, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 29 July 2021

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 83/100

A peaceful village is attacked by enemies, so several children climb into a huge tank to protect themselves. Characters can use their unique...

Fuga: Melodies of Steel 2

Role-playing game, Japanese role-playing game, Strategy

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 11 May 2023

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 84/100

This turn-based RPG continues the story of Fuga: Melodies of Steel. Its revamped battle system offers more scope for strategy, while a new event...

Farmagia

Action, Anime / Manga, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 1 November 2024

Steam: 46/100

Metacritic: 64/100

In Felicidad, farmers known as Farmagia raise and command monsters that live in harmony under the watch of the Magus Diluculum. After the Magus dies...

VARLET

Japanese role-playing game, Anime / Manga, Role-playing game

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 27 August 2025

Steam: 48/100

Metacritic: 64/100

A school-life RPG about self-discovery, VARLET follows a student newly transferred to Kousei Academy, where another world has appeared within the...

Romancing SaGa: Minstrel Song Remastered

Japanese role-playing game, Role-playing game, Turn-based

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 1 December 2022

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 71/100

A Japanese role-playing game with a nonlinear structure and mechanics first introduced in Romancing SaGa returns in a remastered version. The...

Neptunia ReVerse

Japanese role-playing game, Role-playing game

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 8 June 2021

Metacritic: 67/100

Set in Gamindustri, a world divided into four nations ruled by Goddesses, this role-playing game follows Neptune after she is defeated and stripped...

Monster Menu: The Scavenger's Cookbook

Japanese role-playing game, Role-playing game

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 23 May 2023

Metacritic: 62/100

This survival simulation RPG follows a group of adventurers trapped in a dungeon, where hunger and thirst threaten their survival. After discovering...

Chronus Arc

Japanese role-playing game, Role-playing game

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 3 October 2025

Metacritic: 40/100

Chronus Arc is a Japanese role-playing game about bringing the past back to the present. The player ventures through dungeons filled with puzzles in...

Noob - The Factionless

Japanese role-playing game, Role-playing game, Anime / Manga

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 29 June 2023

Steam: 79/100

This Japanese role-playing game follows four gamers and their avatars as they seek the highest level and a Legendary Class in the MMORPG Horizon...

Souls of Chronos

Japanese role-playing game, Anime / Manga, Fantasy

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 14 February 2023

Steam: 72/100

A Japanese role-playing game set in a fantasy world recovering from the Apocalypse. Sid, a young boy, and Torii, a girl with the power to manipulate...

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Best Games in the Japanese role-playing game genre for PlayStation 5