Turn-Based JRPGs
Protagonists
Hidden Gems
Creatures
Locations
100

Set in Solistia, this HD-2D RPG follows eight new travelers and adds day-and-night versions of its Path Actions.

Octopath Traveler II

100

This former yakuza with unruly hair imagines street fights like a fantasy RPG, often wielding a baseball bat in Kamurocho and Yokohama.

Ichiban Kasuga — Yakuza: Like a Dragon

100

Neku must survive the Reapers’ Game in Shibuya while battling with psych-powered pins in this stylish Nintendo DS RPG.

The World Ends with You

100

Slime from Dragon Quest

100

Paulownia Mall (from Persona 3)

200

An ADAMAS agent journeys between the human world and the Digital World: Iliad, raising hundreds of partner monsters for strategic turn-based battles.

Digimon Story Time Stranger

200

This upbeat staff-wielding Bracer from Liberl travels with Joshua and is the daughter of celebrated soldier Cassius Bright.

Estelle Bright — Trails in the Sky

200

Zael and a group of mercenaries dream of becoming knights while exploring Lazulis Island in this Mistwalker RPG for Wii.

The Last Story

200

Magic Pot from Final Fantasy

200

Fallen Arm (from Xenoblade Chronicles)

300

Kaim Argonar, an immortal who has lived for 1,000 years, recovers memories in this Xbox 360 RPG developed by Mistwalker and feelplus.

Lost Odyssey

300

This amnesiac young artist from Lahan pilots the Gear named Weltall and becomes central to a conflict spanning generations.

Fei Fong Wong — Xenogears

300

This tri-Ace RPG features gun-fu Hero Actions, tri-attacks, and the clockwork city of Basel, where three hunters take on jobs.

Resonance of Fate

300

Prinny from Disgaea

300

Floaroma Town / Meadow (from Pokemon Diamond and Pearl)

400

In this FuRyu RPG, human resistance fighters challenge Daemon rule across separate realms, using turn-based formations and arts awakened through combat.

The Alliance Alive

400

This elite Riskbreaker is sent to investigate a cult and a hostage crisis in the ancient city of Leá Monde.

Ashley Riot — Vagrant Story

400

This ArtePiazza Wii RPG stars a little space traveler on Landroll and uses a one-handed “Active Bonbon Battle” system.

Opoona

400

Amazy Dayzee from Paper Mario

400

Baroque Castle / City (from Eternal Sonata)

500

Kalas battles across floating islands in this GameCube RPG, where a deck of Magnus cards determines attacks and defenses.

Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean

500

A psychic woman answers a supernatural summons to Wales’s Nemeton Monastery in this four-disc PlayStation horror RPG.

Koudelka Iasant (also Iassant) — Koudelka

500

Set in an alternate 19th century, this 2009 Nintendo DS RPG follows Eddie as he explores the globe aboard an upgradeable airship.

Nostalgia

500

Guardian Digger from Earthbound / Mother 2

500

Lumina (from Legend of Mana)