Japanese role-playing game
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Statuses
Best Games in the Japanese role-playing game genre for PC
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Japanese role-playing game, Fantasy, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Visual novel
Game released: PC → 25 January 2023
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...
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Turn-based, Card game, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game, Indie
Game released: PC → 27 May 2026
Players:
8.5/10
Steam:
72/100
Metacritic:
71/100
A step-by-step card role-playing game where a family trip gradually turns into a story about hidden experiments and distorted realities. The role of...
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Science fiction, Japanese role-playing game
Game in development: PC → 26 January 2027
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...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PC → 3 May 2012
Steam:
66/100
Right at the wedding, the protagonist's bride is kidnapped by a dragon and he goes in search of her. The player will fight monsters in turn-based...
Role-playing game, Online, MMO, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Exploration, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PC → 16 June 2011
Players:
5.5/10
Steam:
52/100
Eden Eternal is a third-person role-playing game with online, massively multiplayer, anime/manga, and fantasy elements from the masters at X‐...
Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Japanese role-playing game, Visual novel
Game released: PC → 3 October 2013
Steam:
70/100
Metacritic:
69/100
This fantasy role-playing game with turn-based tactical battles is set in Agarest, a world created after a war between the forces of light and...
Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game, Visual novel
Game released: PC → 22 October 2015
Players:
5.5/10
Steam:
69/100
Metacritic:
55/100
This turn-based Japanese role-playing game combines anime-inspired fantasy with exploration and battles on free-roaming maps. The player travels...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy, Exploration, Slasher, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PC → 7 February 2017
Players:
10/10
Steam:
69/100
Metacritic:
67/100
Nights of Azure is a third-person action role-playing game in Japanese style. The game is developed by the creator of Fatal Frame, in which players...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PC → 23 March 2020
Players:
7.6/10
Steam:
93/100
Metacritic:
83/100
The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel 3 is the continuation of the great role-playing saga The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel. The...
Role-playing game, Anime / Manga, Online, Third-person view, Adventure, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PC → 15 July 2020
Players:
6.8/10
Steam:
74/100
Metacritic:
69/100
Fairy Tail is an exciting adventure role-playing game with turn-based combat, based on the Japanese anime Fairy...
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Indie, Old school, Zombies, Japanese role-playing game, Survival horror
Game in development: PC → 2027
Anticipation Rating:
10/10
An action-adventure RPG inspired by the cult classic Parasite Eve, released in 1998 on PS1. The game is set in the distant future. The player...
Role-playing game, Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PC → 2 October 2018
Steam:
59/100
Valthirian Arc: Hero School Story is an adventure role-playing game with real-time strategy elements in a fantasy setting. You have to become the...
Role-playing game, Fantasy / Medieval, Anime / Manga, Isometric, Turn-based, Exploration, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PC → 18 September 2020
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...
Role-playing game, Tactics, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game, Fantasy, Anime / Manga, Top-down view, Strategy
Game released: PC → 30 August 2022
Steam:
88/100
La Pucelle: Ragnarok is a Japanese role-playing game with turn-based combat in a fantasy setting. Prieur and her brother Culotte are new to the La...
Japanese role-playing game, Casual game, Turn-based, Adventure, Anime / Manga, Third-person view, Exploration, Puzzle, Role-playing game
Game released: PC → 24 March 2023
Players:
8.5/10
Steam:
87/100
Metacritic:
83/100
Continuation of the Atelier Ryza series of Japanese role-playing games. Near the hometown of the main character Riza, the Karka Islands appear in an...
Role-playing game, Action, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Indie, Free game, Japanese role-playing game
Early Access: PC → 1 April 2023; Game in development: PC → 2027
Steam:
75/100
Free role-playing action game similar to Vampire Survivors. Something is wrong in the Kaguraverse. An anomaly is creating rifts in space-time...
Japanese role-playing game, Role-playing game, Turn-based, Anime / Manga, Fantasy, Crafting, Casual game
Game released: PC → 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...
Adventure, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Tactics, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game, Role-playing game
Game released: PC → 15 September 2023
Steam:
84/100
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...
Role-playing game, Adventure, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Science fiction, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game, Action
Game released: PC → 15 January 2026
Players:
7.7/10
Steam:
93/100
Metacritic:
83/100
The new part of the Trails series unfolds in the Republic of Calvard and tells about events that determine the future of the entire continent of...
Role-playing game, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game, Dungeons, Adventure
Game released: PC → 14 June 2023
Steam:
88/100
Metacritic:
75/100
A first-person, turn-based role-playing game set in a fantasy world, where a vast labyrinth is discovered beneath the forest near the quiet town of...
Role-playing game, Adventure, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Indie, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PC → 10 August 2015
Steam:
69/100
Celestian Tales: Old North is an adventure RPG with Japanese-style turn-based combat. The game takes place in a colorful fantasy world, where six...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PC → 1 February 2018
Players:
7.3/10
Steam:
88/100
Metacritic:
85/100
Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age is a re-release of the legendary Final Fantasy XII, which was released in 2006 for PS2. The game will delight you...
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Anime / Manga, Side view, Japanese role-playing game, Metroidvania
Game in development: PC → 2027
Heart Forth, Alicia is a classic Metroidvania with action RPG elements and a side view. The events of the game unfold around the young sorceress...
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PC → 24 January 2018
Steam:
87/100
Metacritic:
68/100
Zwei: The Arges Adventure is a continuation of the adventure role-playing action game in the fantasy setting of Zwei: The Ilvard Insurrection. The...