Role-playing game 2016 for Nintendo 3DS — top best games in the Role-playing game genre

Monster Hunter Stories - a game in the Role-playing game genre

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

Game released: Nintendo 3DS → 8 September 2017

Players: 8/10

Steam: 90/100

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...

Dragon Quest 7

Role-playing game, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: Nintendo 3DS → 16 September 2016

Metacritic: 80/100

This fantasy role-playing game follows a young man from the peaceful island of Estard who plans to become a fisherman. Artifacts from an ancient land...

Fire Emblem Fates

Role-playing game, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based

Game released: Nintendo 3DS → 20 May 2016

Metacritic: 88/100

This tactical role-playing game is set in a fantasy world where two kingdoms are on the brink of war. The heir to Hoshido, raised by the royal family...

Corpse Party

Adventure, Horror, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Role-playing game

Game released: Nintendo 3DS → 25 October 2016

Players: 9.8/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 73/100

This horror adventure with visual-novel elements follows a group of students trapped in an otherworldly version of an abandoned elementary school...

Monster Hunter Generations

Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Roguelike

Game released: Nintendo 3DS → 15 July 2016

Metacritic: 85/100

Monster Hunter Generations — introduces new gameplay mechanics, including hunter styles and arts, which can further enhance the personalized...

Final Fantasy Explorers

Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Nintendo 3DS → 29 January 2016

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 69/100

This fantasy action RPG follows explorers who battle the realm’s mightiest monsters and can recruit some of them. In co-op, players master more than...

Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon

Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Roguelike

Game released: Nintendo 3DS → 19 February 2016

Metacritic: 69/100

Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon — Like its predecessor, Super Mystery Dungeon is a roguelike dungeon crawling RPG with 3D characters and...

Shin Megami Tensei 4: Apocalypse

Role-playing game, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: Nintendo 3DS → 2 December 2016

Metacritic: 84/100

Shin Megami Tensei 4: Apocalypse is a post-apocalyptic role-playing game with a third-person view. The game takes place in a destroyed Tokyo and...

7th Dragon III Code: VFD

Role-playing game, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: Nintendo 3DS → 2 December 2016

Metacritic: 76/100

7th Dragon III Code: VFD is a third-person role-playing game in a fantasy setting. The game is the final part in the series. Players will have to...

Legend of Legacy

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

Game released: Nintendo 3DS → 5 February 2016

Metacritic: 67/100

This Japanese role-playing game follows seven adventurers as they explore the island of Avalon and seek to uncover the mysteries of its dark past...

Infinite Dunamis

Role-playing game, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Side view

Game released: Nintendo 3DS → 26 May 2016

Players: 10/10

Infinite Dunamis is a turn-based role-playing game in the Japanese style and a fantasy setting. The game uses the RPG Maker game designer engine...

Ambition of the Slimes

Role-playing game, Strategy, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Tactics, Indie

Game released: Nintendo 3DS → 15 June 2016

Steam: 86/100

Ambition of the Slimes is a turn-based tactical strategy with role-playing elements and an isometric camera view in a fantasy setting. The game will...

Bravely Second: End Layer

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

Game released: Nintendo 3DS → 15 April 2016

Metacritic: 81/100

A turn-based fantasy role-playing game and a sequel to Bravely Default. Some time has passed since the events of the previous game, and new dangers...

Yo-Kai Watch

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Isometric, Anime / Manga

Game released: Nintendo 3DS → 29 April 2016

Players: 9.2/10

Metacritic: 76/100

This action role-playing adventure centers on Yo-kai, beings that inhabit the human world but cannot be seen with the naked eye. They can be cute...

Etrian Odyssey Untold 2: The Fafnir Knight

Role-playing game, First-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based

Game released: Nintendo 3DS → 12 February 2016

Metacritic: 82/100

A first-person, turn-based role-playing game set in a fantasy world, combining an updated version of Etrian Odyssey 2: Heroes of Laggard with a new...

Return to PoPoLoCrois: A Story of Seasons Fairytale

Role-playing game, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Strategy

Game released: Nintendo 3DS → 18 February 2016

Metacritic: 72/100

Return to PoPoLoCrois: A Story of Seasons Fairytale is a Japanese-style fantasy RPG with an isometric view. Players have access to a large open world...

Yo-Kai Watch: Sangokushi

Role-playing game, Adventure, Third-person view, Isometric, Anime / Manga

Game released: Nintendo 3DS → 2 April 2016

Yo-Kai Watch: Sangokushi is a third-person RPG with adventure and anime/manga elements from the masters of Level 5 and Tecmo Koei. The main publisher...

Etrian Odyssey 5: The End of the Long Myth

Role-playing game, Hack and slash, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Nintendo 3DS → 4 August 2016

Etrian Odyssey 5: The End of the Long Myth is a first-person fantasy RPG in the popular Etrian Odyssey series. The events of the game will take you...

Project X Zone 2

Role-playing game, Strategy, Turn-based, Tactics

Game released: Nintendo 3DS → 19 February 2016

Players: 5/10

Metacritic: 73/100

A turn-based tactical role-playing game brings together characters from franchises by several Japanese game publishers. In Project X Zone 2...

Severed

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Nintendo 3DS → 22 September 2016

Metacritic: 84/100

Severed is an adventure role-playing action game with a first-person view in a fantasy setting. You have to help a one-armed girl named Sasha, who is...

Hyrule Warriors

Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Nintendo 3DS → 25 March 2016

Metacritic: 73/100

Set in the world of The Legend of Zelda, this action game has players fight entire legions of enemies with powerful Dynasty Warriors-style moves. The...

Yo-Kai Watch 3

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Isometric, Anime / Manga

Game released: Nintendo 3DS → 7 December 2018

Metacritic: 80/100

Yo-Kai Watch 3 is a continuation of the action-adventure RPG with a Japanese-style isometric camera view. The game takes place in the fictional...

Dragon Ball: Project Fusion

Role-playing game, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Nintendo 3DS → 17 February 2017

Metacritic: 72/100

Dragon Ball: Project Fusion is a Japanese-style role-playing game set in the fantasy universe of Dragon Ball for the Nintendo 3DS portable console...

Etrian Odyssey 5: Beyond the Myth

Anime / Manga, Role-playing game, Adventure, Turn-based, Fantasy / Medieval, First-person view, Tactics

Game released: Nintendo 3DS → 4 August 2016

Metacritic: 80/100

This turn-based role-playing game follows an adventurer seeking to reach the crown of Yggdrasil, a towering tree said to grant the greatest wish of...

Harvest Moon: Skytree Village

Role-playing game, Business / Management, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Nintendo 3DS → 8 November 2016

Metacritic: 59/100

Harvest Moon: Skytree Village is a farming management simulator with Japanese-style RPG elements. The story tells of the Goddess of Fertility, whose...

Gurumin: A Monstrous Adventure

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Adventure, Role-playing game

Game released: Nintendo 3DS → 13 October 2016

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 75/100

This action RPG follows Parin, a girl who discovers an invisible village of monsters behind her home. Its residents are under threat from the...

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Best Games in the Role-playing game genre of 2016 for Nintendo 3DS