Japanese role-playing game for PC — top best games in the Japanese role-playing game genre / Page 2

Cross Tails - a game in the Japanese role-playing game genre

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

Game released: PC → 20 July 2023

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 their peoples...

Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined

Adventure, Top-down view, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: PC → 5 February 2026

Metacritic: 82/100

The main character, along with his friends, sets out beyond their small island. In a mysterious cave, they are transported to the past, where they learn that their...

Threads of Time

Role-playing game, Adventure, Turn-based, Indie, Fantasy, Old school, Japanese role-playing game

Game in development: PC → 2026

A role-playing adventure game where traveling through eras becomes the foundation for a grand story about destinies intertwined by time. From prehistoric lands to a...

Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake

Adventure, Role-playing game, Top-down view, Japanese role-playing game, Turn-based, Fantasy, Remake

Game released: PC → 14 November 2024

Metacritic: 83/100

Many years ago, the great hero Ortega set out on a dangerous journey to defeat the evil archdemon Baramos. However, his mission ended in failure, and the threat...

Monster Hunter Stories

Role-playing game, Anime / Manga, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game, Adventure, Online, Exploration, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 14 June 2024

Players: 8/10

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...

Chrono Cross: The Radical Dreamers Edition

Japanese role-playing game, Anime / Manga, Exploration, Adventure, Puzzle, Fantasy, Turn-based

Game released: PC → 7 April 2022

Players: 8.1/10

Metacritic: 76/100

An enhanced version of the original Chrono Cross with detailed 3D models, updated combat system, the ability to change screen resolution, and much...

Chrono Odyssey

Role-playing game, Online, MMO, Third-person view, Open world, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game

Game in development: PC → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 9.5/10

The plot centers around a powerful artifact called the Chronotector, which has the ability to warp space and time at the will of its owner. With its help, the hero...

Like a Dragon: Ishin!

Action, Adventure, Japanese role-playing game, Beat them all, Open world

Game released: PC → 21 February 2023

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Adventure role-playing action game in the Yakuza: Like a Dragon series. The events of the game unfold in Kyoto in the 1860s. The country is rife with inequality...

Dragon Quest 1 & 2 HD-2D Remake

Role-playing game, Adventure, Turn-based, Fantasy, Old school, Japanese role-playing game, Remake

Game released: PC → 30 October 2025

Metacritic: 86/100

The remake brings back the first two classic Dragon Quest games in a completely reimagined form. Both games are combined into a single adventure with the HD-2D...

Keylocker | Turn Based Cyberpunk Action

Japanese role-playing game, Role-playing game, Turn-based, Cyberpunk, Anime / Manga, Science fiction

Game released: PC → 18 September 2024

The story takes place on the harsh planet Saturn, where music becomes a real weapon. You play as B0B0, a singer and songwriter who uses the electric power of music...

Goblin Slayer Another Adventurer: Nightmare Feast

Role-playing game, Strategy, Isometric, Turn-based, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: PC → 28 February 2024

Metacritic: 57/100

An isometric role-playing game based on the anime Goblin Slayer. Players are immersed in a dark fantasy world where they take on the roles of brave adventurers...

Visions of Mana

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

Game released: PC → 29 August 2024

Players: 6.5/10

Metacritic: 75/100

A Japanese role-playing game with anime graphics, a large semi-open world, various playable characters and real-time combat. The plot of the game tells about Val...

Long Gone Days

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

Game released: PC → 10 October 2023; Early Access: PC → 28 March 2018

Players: 9.7/10

The main character is a young sniper named Rourke. He was raised underground as a soldier his entire adult life. One day, Rourke receives his first assignment, in...

Bravely Default: Flying Fairy HD Remaster

Role-playing game, Turn-based, Fantasy, Medieval era, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: PC → 12 March 2026

Updated version Bravely Default. The events of the game unfold in the world of Luxendarc, where the balance of elements is maintained by four crystals. After a...

Demonschool

Role-playing game, Adventure, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Visual novel, Tactics, Comedy, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: PC → 19 November 2025

Metacritic: 74/100

A tactical RPG with an unusual approach to combat, where every move is also an action. The story takes place on a mysterious island, where the boundary between the...

Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter

Adventure, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game, Remake

Game in development: PC → 17 September 2026

A remake of the classic role-playing game The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC, as well as a direct continuation of another remake, Trails in the Sky 1st...

Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter

Adventure, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Tactics, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: PC → 19 September 2025

Metacritic: 88/100

The updated first chapter of the The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky series. The game takes place in the kingdom of Liberl, explored by Estelle and Joshua. The...

TRIBE NINE

Role-playing game, Anime / Manga, Cyberpunk, Free game, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: PC → 19 February 2025

The plot takes place in the futuristic city of Neo-Tokyo, where deadly games take place. The player controls characters, travels through the streets and destroys...

Sel Quinta - The Six City Quest

Free game, Role-playing game, Japanese role-playing game, Fantasy, Old school

Game released: PC → 10 March 2022

The main action takes place in a fantasy setting with magic and monsters. One day, big troubles begin to brew in the world. A mysterious army is preparing for an...

Meg's Monster

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

Game released: PC → 2 March 2023

Metacritic: 79/100

The game takes place in the Underworld — a land of monsters and mutants who eat people for breakfast. But a huge ogre named Roy doesn't want to eat people...

Touhou Artificial Dream in Arcadia

Adventure, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game, Role-playing game, Fantasy, Old school

Game released: PC → 22 September 2023

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...

Yarimono

Adventure, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Adult game, Turn-based, Indie, Tactics, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: PC → 30 August 2024

Players: 7.7/10

The main character explores locations and collects special creatures — Yarimons — who can fight for him. In total, the game has more than 150 unique...

Kagura Survivors: Endless Night

Action, Top-down view, Indie, Free game, Japanese role-playing game

Early Access: PC → 1 April 2023; Game in development: PC → 2026

Free role-playing action game similar to Vampire Survivors. Something is wrong in the Kaguraverse. An anomaly is creating rifts in space-time, causing parallel...

FANTASIAN Neo Dimension

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

Game released: PC → 5 December 2024

Metacritic: 81/100

The world is engulfed by mechteria, a deadly mechanical infection that erases emotions and lives. The main character Leo awakens in an alien world inhabited by...

Persona 4 Revival

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

Game in development: PC → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

A remake of Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4, which retains the plot structure of the 2008 original and the Golden version, but with an improved interface, an...

Echoes of Aincrad

Role-playing game, Action, Slasher, Anime / Manga, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game

Game in development: PC → 10 July 2026

Role-playing action in the Sword Art Online universe. The game allows you to create your own character and embark on an adventure in the SAO world, completing...

Submerged Mystery: Takodachi

Roguelike, Japanese role-playing game, Dungeons, Old school, Fantasy

Game released: PC → 13 September 2024

The main character explores a labyrinth where he tries to find new abilities and skills from past Takodachi creatures. On the penultimate floor of each level there...

The Smile Alchemist

Adventure, Indie, Casual game, Crafting, Japanese role-playing game, Farm Simulator

Game released: PC → 3 March 2023

Players: 5.5/10

The main character named Nike promised his friend that he would apprentice to the famous alchemist in order to gain knowledge and become the best in this field. In...

Isekai Rondo

Adventure, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Tactics, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: PC → 15 September 2023

The game takes place in modern Japan, where a young man named Sho works hard at a large company. After an accident, the hero finds himself in a fantasy parallel...

Aero Tales Online: The World

MMO, Role-playing game, Japanese role-playing game, Action, Tactics, Anime / Manga, Fantasy, Open world

Early Access: PC → 2 August 2022

Aero Tales Online: The World is a Japanese MMO role-playing game with tactical elements and an open world. You can play in action mode or tab-target battle mode. A...

Elrentaros Wanderings

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

Game released: PC → 22 August 2024

A Japanese role-playing game that takes players to the magical world of Elrentaros, filled with ancient secrets and magical creatures. The main character goes on an...

Disgaea Mayhem

Role-playing game, Action, Slasher, Anime / Manga, Beat them all, Comedy, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game, Demons

Game in development: PC → 23 July 2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

A spin-off of the tactical game series Disgaea. The gameplay is reminiscent of the The Warriors series: the main character, a tough mercenary named N.A., fights...

Phantasy Star 2

Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game, Adventure

Game released: PC → 3 May 2012

Moto Island is overrun by terrible creatures and people are afraid to go outside. But several heroes have appeared who are ready to fight the monsters and free the...

Loop8: Summer of Gods

Japanese role-playing game, Role-playing game, Anime / Manga, Fantasy, Visual novel

Game released: PC → 6 June 2023

Metacritic: 50/100

The game takes place in the quaint Japanese city of Ashihara in August 1983. A teenager named Nini explores the settlement, interacting with its inhabitants and...

Ys X: Proud Nordics

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

Game released: PC → 20 February 2026

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 confront the...

Pray Game

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Adult game, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: PC → 23 September 2023

Players: 7.7/10

As Elsie finishes her studies, she is attacked by an unknown assailant. After losing consciousness, she wakes up and discovers that she has somehow ended up on...

Heroes of Time

Japanese role-playing game, Adventure, Tactics, Turn-based, Anime / Manga, Top-down view

Game released: PC → 20 May 2022

A pixel game in the world of which science fiction and fantasy are mixed. The main character and his friends go in search of a scientist who wants to distort the...

Dosa Divas

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

Game released: PC → 14 April 2026

Metacritic: 74/100

A colorful turn-based RPG centered around the story of two sisters, Samara and Amani, reuniting for a journey through an amazing world. Together with an ancient...

Atelier Resleriana

Tactics, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game, Role-playing game, Anime / Manga, Fantasy, Crafting, Adventure, Free game

Game released: PC → 25 January 2024

Players: 1/10

The Kingdom of Lantarna prospered by using the blessing of the white comet — it was called alchemy. However, when the comet disappeared and its blessings...

Jack Move

Japanese role-playing game, Turn-based, Cyberpunk, Science fiction, Exploration, Anime / Manga, Adventure, Top-down view

Game released: PC → 8 September 2022

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...

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Best Games in the Japanese role-playing game genre for PC