Japanese role-playing game
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Statuses
Best Games in the Japanese role-playing game genre for PC
Role-playing game, Top-down view, Side view, Fantasy / Medieval, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game, Adventure
Game released: PC → 10 November 2021
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...
Role-playing game, Adventure, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Side view, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PC → 23 February 2022
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...
Slasher, Anime / Manga, Role-playing game, Post-apocalyptic, Futurism (Future), Action, Third-person view, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PC → 12 September 2023
Players:
2.5/10
Steam:
89/100
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...
Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PC → 19 March 2012
Steam:
93/100
Metacritic:
77/100
This third-person action RPG follows Adol Christin and his companion Dogi as they return to Dogi’s homeland of Felghana after an eight-year absence...
Role-playing game, Adventure, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game, Indie
Game released: PC → 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...
Role-playing game, First-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Adult game, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PC → 16 August 2017
Steam:
72/100
Moero Chronicle is a classic RPG with turn-based combat and a Japanese-style first-person perspective. You will find bright adventures through...
Role-playing game, Tactics, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Strategy, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PC → 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...
DLC, Adventure, Role-playing game, Action, Top-down view, Turn-based, Indie, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PC → 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...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PC → 9 April 2009
Players:
8.8/10
Steam:
79/100
Metacritic:
66/100
This fantasy role-playing game is set in a world where artifacts of an ancient civilization, known as Remnants, shift the balance of power. Against...
Role-playing game, Side view, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PC → 6 March 2025
Steam:
96/100
Metacritic:
82/100
Remsters Suikoden and Suikoden 2 -games from the 90s, known for their deep plot and memorable characters. In games, updated visual effects, new...
Role-playing game, Side view, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game, Adventure
Game released: PC → 28 July 2021
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...
Role-playing game, Side view, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Fantasy, Medieval era, Japanese role-playing game, Exploration
Game released: PC → 8 September 2021
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...
Adventure, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game, Role-playing game, Fantasy, Old school, Dungeons, First-person view
Game released: PC → 22 September 2023
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...
Tactics, Fantasy, Open world, Adventure, Turn-based, Anime / Manga, Japanese role-playing game, Role-playing game
Game released: PC → 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...
Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Japanese role-playing game, Turn-based
Game released: PC → 18 October 2019
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...
Role-playing game, First-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Dungeons, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PC → 6 June 2016
Players:
5.5/10
Steam:
65/100
Metacritic:
71/100
Stranger of Sword City is a Japanese role-playing game with turn-based combat in a dark fantasy setting. The action takes place in a world in which...
Adventure, Role-playing game, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Fantasy, Side view, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PC → 13 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...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Adventure, Japanese role-playing game, Demons
Game released: PC → 25 May 2021
Steam:
88/100
Metacritic:
77/100
Shin Megami Tensei 3 Nocturne HD Remaster is an improved edition of the adventure role-playing game with a third-person view and turn-based...
Adventure, Beat them all, Action, Third-person view, Open world, Educational game (Education), Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PC → 31 March 2023
Steam:
89/100
An unusual beat 'em up about a school bully. The main character is a high school student, Budi, who decided to take part in the “Gather Your Gang...
Role-playing game, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game, Adventure, Dungeons
Game released: PC → 14 June 2023
Steam:
80/100
Metacritic:
82/100
Etrian Odyssey 2: Heroes of Lagaard — In classic fashion, players navigate forest locations one "step" at a time, moving and turning at a fixed...
Role-playing game, Action, Fighting, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Open world, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PC → 23 March 2016
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...
Japanese role-playing game, Role-playing game, Turn-based, Cyberpunk, Anime / Manga, Science fiction
Game released: PC → 18 September 2024
Steam:
84/100
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...
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game
Game in development: PC → 3 December 2026
Continuation of the spin-off series Dragon Quest, where the core gameplay revolves around collecting, training, and breeding monsters for turn-based...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PC → 14 February 2018
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...
Japanese role-playing game, Turn-based, Cyberpunk, Science fiction, Exploration, Anime / Manga, Adventure, Top-down view
Game released: PC → 8 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...
Role-playing game, In real time, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Fantasy / Medieval, Action, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PC → 28 November 2017
Steam:
70/100
Metacritic:
73/100
Star Ocean: The Last Hope is a Japanese-style third-person sci-fi RPG. The Earth is destroyed by the Third World War and humanity, in search of a new...
Role-playing game, Side view, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game, Exploration
Game released: PC → 28 July 2021
Steam:
81/100
Metacritic:
77/100
A pixel remaster of the original Final Fantasy II with new graphics and sound. The epic adventure begins with four young people who have lost their...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Tactics, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PC → 23 June 2022
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...