Role-playing game
This genre originated from tabletop role-playing games. The user controls a hero or a group that must interact with non-player characters and fight against enemies. They all have various parameters, numerical characteristics, and specific abilities. The gameplay of role-playing games can be turn-based or in real-time. Role-playing games are divided into two types: some are focused solely on combat and provide the player with a wide range of combat skills and weaponry, while others offer greater freedom and allow players to complete certain quests without engaging in battle, using skills such as persuasion, stealth, etc. The second type of role-playing games features a deep world, an interesting storyline, and a large number of side quests.
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Best Games in the Role-playing game genre of 1990 (Game released)
Role-playing game, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game, Exploration
Game released: NES, WonderSwan Color, PlayStation, Game Boy Advance, PSP, Wii, PlayStation 3, Windows Phone, iOS, Android, PC → 12 July 1990
Players:
9.5/10
Steam:
95/100
Metacritic:
71/100
Final Fantasy is a Japanese-style top-down fantasy RPG with turn-based combat. The game's story focuses on four heroes whose parents were killed during the invasion...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: NES, Nintendo DS, Wii, PSP, iOS, Android, Ouya, PC → 27 April 1990
Players:
8/10
Steam:
93/100
Final Fantasy III is a fantasy anime-style role-playing game with a third-person perspective. The four main characters were completely redesigned and new scenarios...
Game released: Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, FM Towns, MSX, NES, PC-88, PC-98, SEGA Master System, ZX Spectrum → November 1988
A side-scrolling fantasy action game based on Dragonlance follows eight heroes on a journey through the ruins of Xak Tsaroth. Their quest is to recover the Disks of...
Game released: Apple II, Commodore 64, FM-7, Game Boy Color, Mac, MSX, NES, PC-88, PC-98, PC Booter, Sharp X1, WonderSwan Color → September 1981
Players:
10/10
This fantasy role-playing game features turn-based combat and a first-person view as an adventuring party explores the dungeon beneath Trebor’s castle in search of...
Role-playing game, First-person view, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Adult game, Turn-based
Game released: MSX, PC-98, Sharp X68000 → 1991
Illumina is a first-person role-playing game with anime/manga, fantasy, and adult game elements from the developers at Cocktail Soft. The main publisher of the game...
Game released: Acorn 32-bit, Amiga, Atari ST, DOS, Genesis, Mac, PC-98, SEGA Master System, Sharp X68000, SNES, TurboGrafx-16, PC → 1992
Steam:
84/100
An isometric real-time strategy game about two gods vying for supremacy over a world and its people. The player takes the role of a deity, reshaping the land to...
Role-playing game, First-person view, Third-person view, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Turn-based
Game released: TurboGrafx CD → 29 June 1990
Sol Bianca is a first-person role-playing game with elements of an anime or manga game from the masters of the NCS Corporation studio. The main publisher of the...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: Genesis, Wii, PC, Mac, Linux → 1998
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 battles and...
