Japanese role-playing game
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Best Games in the Japanese role-playing game genre for PC
Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Puzzle, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PC → 31 May 2012
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...
Role-playing game, Strategy, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game, Anime / Manga
Game released: PC → 24 February 2016
Players:
10/10
Steam:
88/100
This tactical role-playing game takes place in the Netherworld, where demon prince Laharl awakens to find his realm in turmoil. Joined by his vassal...
Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Exploration, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PC → 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...
Role-playing game, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PC → 16 July 2024
Steam:
91/100
Metacritic:
72/100
This fantasy role-playing game with turn-based battles follows a journey to Riviera, an island floating in Asgard. At the command of Hector, one of...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PC → 2 August 2017
Steam:
94/100
Metacritic:
81/100
Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel is a fantasy role-playing game with turn-based combat and a Japanese-style third-person perspective. The...
Role-playing game, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Japanese role-playing game, Adventure
Game released: PC → 15 December 2017
Players:
5.5/10
Steam:
67/100
Metacritic:
68/100
Romancing SaGa 2 Remaster is an updated version of the Japanese-style adventure role-playing game. You will control members of the royal family of...
Anime / Manga, Role-playing game, Adventure, Tactics, Side view, Turn-based, Fantasy / Medieval, Online, Strategy, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PC → 29 October 2026
Players:
8.8/10
Steam:
60/100
Epic Seven is an anime-style RPG adventure game with tactical elements and turn-based combat. Thus began the 7th World War. Ditch, the goddess of...
Board / Group Game, Card game, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Role-playing game, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PC → 28 October 2021
Steam:
80/100
Metacritic:
76/100
Voice of Cards: The Isle Dragon Roars is a role-playing card game with turn-based combat in a fantasy setting from the creators of the NieR and...
Strategy, Tactics, Futurism (Future), Isometric, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Combat robots, Role-playing game, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PC → 27 October 2021
Players:
10/10
Steam:
93/100
Metacritic:
79/100
Super Robot Wars 30 is a Japanese tactical strategy game with turn-based combat in a sci-fi setting, in which characters and robots from various...
Strategy, Tactics, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Role-playing game, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PC → 22 September 2022
Steam:
49/100
Metacritic:
70/100
The DioField Chronicle is a massive Japanese RPG with turn-based combat in which heroes must save the world from chaos. Imperial invaders are roaming...
Business / Management, Role-playing game, Side view, Fantasy / Medieval, Anime / Manga, Adventure, Action, Arcade, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PC → 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...
Role-playing game, Adventure, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Tactics, Fantasy, Free game, Japanese role-playing game, Strategy
Game released: PC → 1 August 2024
Players:
9/10
Steam:
74/100
The player assembles and trains a team of mercenaries to save the people of Iria. The country's magical resources have attracted the attention of...
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...
Free game, Old school, Indie, Card game, Collectible card game (CCG), Turn-based, Adventure, Role-playing game, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PC → 8 March 2025
Players:
10/10
Steam:
100/100
An episodic card role -playing game of strange inhabitants of an even more strange prison. The main character named Muffles lost his face and...
Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PC → 15 February 2018
Players:
9.5/10
Steam:
70/100
Metacritic:
80/100
Secret of Mana is a fantasy role-playing game following the adventure of Randi, Primm, and Popoi. Its story is presented with 3D graphics and updated...
Role-playing game, First-person view, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game, Historical
Game released: PC → 8 February 2021
Steam:
95/100
Xuanyuan Jian 2 Waizhuan: Feng zhi Wu is a first-person role-playing game with a touch of fantasy game from developers from DOMO Production studio...
Role-playing game, Adventure, Online, In real time, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Logic, Japanese role-playing game, Indie
Game released: PC → 25 February 2014
Players:
9.7/10
Steam:
97/100
A fantasy turn-based RPG inspired by classic 2D adventures, Epic Battle Fantasy 4 follows a party of heroes as they fight waves of enemies, explore a...
Role-playing game, Adventure, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Exploration, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PC → 2 June 2016
Steam:
94/100
Ara Fell is an indie role-playing adventure in a fantasy setting with pixel graphics. A large open world awaits you to explore with many mysteries...
Role-playing game, Adventure, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Visual novel, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PC → 29 July 2022
Players:
10/10
Steam:
81/100
Metacritic:
72/100
Digimon Survive is an adventure RPG with turn-based combat that celebrates the 20th anniversary of the popular Digimon anime. The events of the game...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Action, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PC → 22 August 2019
Players:
5.5/10
Steam:
65/100
Metacritic:
69/100
Oninaki — a Japanese action RPG with a third-person view in a fantasy setting from the creators of I am Setsuna and Lost Sphear. The events of...
Fantasy / Medieval, Role-playing game, Adventure, Turn-based, Tactics, Isometric, Japanese role-playing game, Comedy
Game released: PC → 1 October 2020
Players:
6.7/10
Steam:
78/100
The Benza RPG — role-playing turn-based tactical game with an isometric view and fantasy elements. Inko Sensei kidnapped Lee and imprisoned the...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Open world, Japanese role-playing game, Action
Game released: PC → 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...
Role-playing game, Adventure, Top-down view, Turn-based, Indie, Tactics, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game, Metroidvania
Game released: PC → 31 March 2022
Steam:
91/100
Crystal Project is a Japanese-style RPG adventure game with turn-based combat in a fantasy setting. You have to go to conquer a large open world...
Role-playing game, Medieval era, Old school, Historical, Indie, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PC → 29 March 2024
Players:
9.1/10
Steam:
98/100
An old-school RPG about an alcoholic knight wandering through an alternative 15th-century Slovakia. In the story, the land is ravaged by Hussite...
DLC, Role-playing game, Action, Fantasy, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Medieval era, In real time, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PC → 17 September 2024
Steam:
64/100
Metacritic:
78/100
The DLC story takes place before the end of the Final Fantasy XVI story. The main character and his team go to Mysidia to save the dominant...
Role-playing game, Action, Exploration, Comedy, Tactics, Adventure, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game, Arcade
Game released: PC → 14 May 2024
Steam:
91/100
A humorous game in which the main character explores the world of Athens. The gamer must create a unique story by making important decisions. There...
Adventure, Top-down view, Cooperative (co-op), Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game, Role-playing game
Game released: PC → 8 October 2025
Steam:
81/100
A pixel adventure with cooperative play on a single screen, set in the fantasy world of Ardemia. Heroes must collect eight precious gems and restore...
Role-playing game, Adventure, Isometric, Turn-based, Science fiction, Fantasy, Old school, Japanese role-playing game
Game in development: PC → 2027
A narrative adventure styled as a classic turn-based JRPG and conceived as the final chapter of the long-running series To the Moon. The game...