In this 1999 game, warriors transform into powerful forms using ancient spirit stones and the turn-based battle system features real-time commands when attacks are executed.
The Legend of Dragoon
In this long-running series, trainers capture wild creatures using devices that shrink them, raising teams to compete in regional tournaments for championship titles.
Pokémon
In this game, an amnesiac tactician joins the Shepherds in a fight to unite their kingdom, forming bonds that shape the battlefield while confronting a dark threat from a ruined future.
Fire Emblem: Awakening
In this pop-idol–themed game featuring cross-over elements from Shin Megami Tensei and Fire Emblem, party members partner with heroic spirits to fight entities that steal creative energy.
Tokyo Mirage Sessions ♯FE
This series centers on a protagonist who gather 108 individuals known as the Stars of Destiny, uniting them to challenge corrupt empires and reshape the fate of their nations.
Suikoden
In this fantasy war campaign, a prince in exile rebuilds his kingdom by freely roaming a large overworld, deploying autonomous squads in real time and liberating territories to expand his army’s influence across five distinct regions.
Unicorn Overlord
In this 2005 game, a novice knight explores a world where humans and non-humans feud, recruiting dozens of characters and choosing between two branching story paths shaped by the protagonist's allegiance.
Radiata Stories
In this classic fantasy series, each protagonist hails from a dragon-blooded lineage, gaining the ability to transform into powerful draconic forms as they journey with allies across worlds threatened by ancient evils.
Breath of Fire
Set on the continent of Norzelia, this game centers on a lord navigating the Saltiron conflict, where every major choice is voted on by allies using a Scales of Conviction system that branches the story into drastically different routes and outcomes.
Triangle Strategy
Set within the dream world of a dying composer, this 2007 game blends musical motifs with a light-and-shadow combat system as a group of travelers confront political unrest and spiritual questions.
Eternal Sonata
Presented as a fictional MMORPG, this series investigates mysterious circumstances where computer players fall into comas. The protagonist gains a forbidden ability capable of rewriting data within the game world itself.
(dot).hack
A sarcastic demon prince awakens after a long nap and, with help from a penguin-like explosive minion, schemes to reclaim his father’s throne using mechanics that allow stacking units, throwing allies, and leveling items from the inside
Disgaea
In this 2000 game, a crew of air pirates explores floating continents, battling enemies aboard airships and hunting ancient Moon Crystals to stop an empire’s destructive ambitions.
Skies of Arcadia
Blending a wild-west aesthetic with fantasy and sci-fi, this series features at least one hero who wields an ancient gun-like artifact that can turn the tide of battle.
Wild Arms
This remake follows a young resistance fighter in Valeria whose decisions unlock Law, Neutral, and Chaos routes. Battles are shaped by class-based customization and a system that lets players revisit and rewrite past decisions in the “World” chronology.
Tactics Ogre Reborn