3DS | Brave Dungeon (DL only) | Inside System | Top-down dungeon crawler, featuring a class system and item crafting, along with turn-based battles; very sparse story |
3DS | Inazuma Eleven (DL only) | Level-5 | See DS |
3DS | Monster Hunter Generations | Capcom | New features include upgrading armor using scavenged materials, mutated monster forms, different attack stypes for each weapon, and special moves to charge during hunting |
3DS | Shin Megami Tensei IV | Atlus | Takes place in a separate world from the other SMT games, gameplay elements like demon recruitment/fusion, the 3-pronged alignment choice, and the Press Turn system return |
DS | Blue Dragon: Awakened Shadow | Tri-Crescendo | ARPG with a customizable protagonist, Shu and the gang are AI-controlled party members |
DS | Digimon World DS | BEC | Technically the first game in the Digimon Story series rather than a Digimon World game, very Pokemon-esque in gameplay |
DS | Izuna 2: The Unemployed Ninja Returns | Ninja Studio | Plays like the first with similar tone, but adds a tag system for exploring dungeons; lots of grinding is necessary to complete |
DS | Legacy of Ys: Books I & II | Dreams/Falcom | Combined enhanced remake of Ys I and II with 3D and potential multiplayer |
DS | Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer | Chunsoft | Roguelike dungeon crawl where food management is critical and death is expected |
DS | Suikoden Tierkreis | Konami | Not part of the main series storyline (no returning characters), but similar 108-star recuitment and turn-based gameplay |
GameCube | Phantasy Star Online Episode III: C.A.R.D. Revolution | Sonic Team | Grid-and-turn-based card battling system, because that was the style at the time |
GBA | Final Fantasy Tactics Advance | Square Enix | Far lighter tone than the original FFT, many battles have tricky restrictions due to judges |
GBA | Final Fantasy VI Advance | Square Enix/Tose | Added bonus dungeons, Espers, and some graphical polish |
GBA | Mega Man Battle Network 2 | Capcom | More or less the same as the first, but a bit more customizable, and no auto-healing after every battle |
Genesis | Exile | Telenet | Top-down when exploring, sidescrolling ARPG in dungeons - featuring real-world locations and censored themes! |
JP FC | Metal Max | Crea-Tech/Data East | Mad Max: the JRPG! Featuring vehicle combat! |
JP FC | Ushio to Tora: Shin'en no Daiyou | Tom Create/Pixel | Based on a manga of a similar name, turn-based combat with super-dramatic cutaways; top-down in exploration, first-person in houses and dungeons |
JP FC | Zombie Hunter | Hi-Score Media Work | Not the greatest side-scrolling ARPG, but it does have synthesized voices |
JP GBA | Rockman EXE 4.5: Real Operation | Capcom | Not part of the MMBN story, gives you the ability to control multiple Navis |
JP GBA | Tomato Adventure | AlphaDream | You say "tomato," I say "a silly RPG with toy-based gimmicks in combat, humor throughout, and lots of lycopene!" |
JP Mega Drive | Vixen 357 | NCS | Mechy SRPG with permadeath, an official localization was planned in 2019 but abandoned |
JP PC Engine | The Tower of Druaga | Namco | Plays a lot like the classic arcade dungeon crawler, but stats can be increased between floors or after finding items |
JP PS2 | Front Mission 5: Scars of the War | Square Enix | More tactical Wanzer combat, largely similar to Front Mission 2, with the addition of friendly fire |
JP PSP | .hack//LINK | CyberConnect2 | ARPG, last game chronologically in the series, lots of characters from past series media, often regarded as the worst game |
JP PSP | Final Fantasy Type-0 | Square Enix | ARPG with mission structure like Crisis Core, some RTS battles on overworld map, a large variety of playable characters |
JP PSP | La Pucelle Ragnarok | Nippon Ichi | Adds characters from the Disgaea series, QoL improvements, and extra bonus episodes |
JP PSP | Nayuta no Kiseki | Falcom | ARPG with platforming elements |
JP PSX | Asuncia: Matsue no Jubaku | E.O. Imagination | Randomly generated maps with a score-based objective, sort of an SRPG? |
JP PSX | Tear Ring Saga: Yutona Eiyuu Senki | ASCII Entertainment | It's pretty much Fire Emblem, down to the creator of the series |
JP SFC | Bahamut Lagoon | Square | Square's oft-forgotten SRPG child, divine spritework |
JP SFC | Bushi Seiryuuden: Futari no Yuusha | Game Freak | Zelda-like exploration; combat is 2D platformer-like, but still turn-based (enemies only act when you do); pretty spritework |
JP SFC | Fire Emblem: Seisen no Keifu | Intelligent Systems | Introduced the marriage/children mechanic that would be seen in later FE entries |
JP SFC | Kouryuu Densetsu Villgust: Kieta Shoujo | Winkysoft | Based on an anime of the same name, ridiculous stat levels before Disgaea made it cool |
JP SFC | Romancing Saga | Square | A very sandboxy JRPG; multiple playable characters, non-linear in fashion |
JP SFC | Shiki Eiyuuden | Outrigger Koubou/Be-On Works | A brutally hard turn-based historical JRPG set in the Warring States period of China; puzzles and quizzes found throughout |
JP SFC | Shin Megami Tensei | Atlus | 1st-person dungeon crawl with demon recruitment/fusion, only localized on mobile |
JP SFC | Shin Megami Tensei II | Atlus | Similar to but easier than the first game |
JP Wii | Pokemon Fushigi no Dungeon - Ikuzo! Arashi no Boukendan | Chunsoft | Stack water Pokemon in a WiiWare-exclusive Mystery Dungeon adventure! |
Neo Geo Pocket | Dark Arms: Beast Buster | Noise Factory/SNK | An ARPG sequel to an arcade game where the character doesn't gain levels, but weapons do by collecting monster souls; the weapons can evolve as well |
PS2 | .hack//G.U. Vol. 2//Reminisce | CyberConnect2 | The ARPG/false MMO series continues, with a bit of shmup involved |
PS3 | Front Mission 3 (PSone Classics) | Square | See PSX |
PS3 | Odin Sphere (PS2 Classics) | Vanillaware | See PS2 |
PS3 | Tales of Zestiria | Bandai Namco | Often maligned amongst series fans for being misleading in terms of character marketing, has a battle system that revolves around partnering up |
PS3 | Transformers: Devastation | PlatinumGames | See 360 |
PS4 | Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree's Woe and the Blight Below | Omega Force | A Dragon Quest-themed musou, with many playable characters from throughout the series' history |
PS4 | Legend of Ixtona (DL only) | WorldWideSoftware | See Switch |
PS4 | Nights of Azure 2: Bride of the New Moon | Gust | Similar premise as the first game, but now with a time limit on both excursions and the game as a whole; instead of 4 creatures, you now have 2 and an AI partner |
PS4 | Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin | Edelweiss | Part rice-farming simulator, part side-scrolling ARPG, all charm and pretty visuals |
PS4 | The Alliance Alive HD Remastered | Cattle Call | No major differences outside of graphical enhancement and some UI adjustments due to the lack of two screens |
PS4 | The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV | Falcom | Absolutely requires playing all other Trails games prior to this one; has a very large (and arguably unwieldy) cast of characters, plays like its predecessor |
PS4 | Touhou Genso Wanderer | Aqua Style | See Vita |
PS5 | Atelier Ryza 2: Lost Legends and the Secret Fairy (DL only) | Gust | A rare direct sequel in the series; refines the gameplay found in its predecessor; lots of research and exploration to do to better your alchemical skills |
PS5 | Demon's Souls | FromSoftware/Bluepoint | Revitalizes the original Souls game, adding some handy item management QoL features; just as difficult as the original |
PS5 | Fuga: Melodies of Steel (DL only) | CyberConnect2 | Part of the Little Tail Bronx series (Solatorobo); a turn-based RPG centering around tank combat (one tank with various controllable/upgradable turrets) and the impact of war |
PS5 | Lost Judgment | Ryu ga Gotoku Studio | A dark detective story follow-up to Judgment, continues the beat-em-up gameplay from its sister Yakuza series, pettable cats, a dog can join you in your crime-solving |
PS5 | Valkyrie Elysium | Soleil/Square Enix | A side game (but not really) that leans far, far, far more heavily into action than RPG elements, with a skill tree to upgrade stats and general disappointment for fans of the series |
PSP | Dungeon Explorer: Warriors of Ancient Arts | Hudson Soft | Isometric ARPG dungeon-crawler with a job system, some levels of the dungeons have strict requirements on the party |
PSP | Lunar: Silver Star Harmony | Japan Art Media/Game Arts | Arguably the closest in tone to the intended translation, but with less charm; adds a playable prologue, battles are extremely easy in comparison to other versions |
PSP | Persona 2: Eternal Punishment (PSone Classics) | Atlus | See PSX |
PSP | Phantasy Star Portable | Alfa System/Sonic Team | Sequel to Phantasy Star Universe, plays in a similar ARPG style, customizable player character, mission-based structure |
PSP | Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together | Square Enix/Quest | Allows for revisiting of plot points to see how alternate major decisions would have changed the story |
PSX | Digimon World | Flying Tiger Development | Monster-collecting and raising game |
PSX | King's Field | FromSoftware | 1st-person dungeon crawler, FromSoftware's second game (this is actually King's Field II) |
PSX | Koudelka | Sacnoth | Horror-themed JRPG, the precursor to the Shadow hearts series |
PSX | Master Of Monsters: Disciples of Gaia | SystemSoft | Slow-paced SRPG, remake of Master of Monsters (GEN), critically panned |
Sega CD | Dark Wizard | H.I.C. | SRPG with night/day, alignment systems |
SNES | Chrono Trigger | Square | A shining example of the genre as a whole, a time-travel story done right |
SNES | Ogre Battle: The March of the Black Queen | Quest | Epic overarching story with RTS elements |
Switch | Asdivine Dios (DL only) | Exe-Create | See Vita |
Switch | Demoniaca: Everlasting Night (DL only) | AKI/Eastasiasoft | See XS |
Switch | Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth: Complete Edition | Media.Vision | Combined versions of Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth and Hacker's Memory; gives extra Digimon, balancing, and evolution trees to the first game |
Switch | Disgaea 5 Complete | Nippon Ichi | Contains the base game and all DLC |
Switch | Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot + A New Power Awakens Set | CyberConnect2 | See XBO, with an additional DLC-only storyline revolving around DB Super content |
Switch | Fairy Tail | Gust | See PS4 |
Switch | Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles Remastered (DL only) | Square Enix | See PS4 |
Switch | Final Fantasy VII (DL only) | Square | See PSX, but with some QoL changes |
Switch | Final Fantasy VIII Remastered (DL only) | Square | See PSX, but with some QoL changes |
Switch | Legend of the Tetrarchs (DL only) | Hit-Point | See XBO |
Switch | Made in Abyss: Binary Star Falling Into Darkness | Spike Chunsoft | See PS4 |
Switch | Mary Skelter 2 | Compile Heart/Idea Factory/Zerodiv | A first-person dungeon crawler much like the first; juggling corruption in battle and avoiding regenrating boss enemies is important; also contains the first game |
Switch | Romancing SaGa 3 (DL only) | ArtePiazza/Square | See Vita |
Switch | Silver Nornir (DL only) | WorldWideSoftware | See XS |
Switch | Void tRrLM(); //Void Terrarium | Nippon Ichi | See PS4 |
Vita | Asdivine Dios (DL only) | Exe-Create | Related to Asdivine Hearts, but abandons the gem-based character customization in favor of weapon fusion; the main character is the world's creator deity |
Vita | Breath of Fire III (DL only) | Capcom | See PSP |
Vita | Cladun x2 (DL only) | System Prisma/Nippon Ichi | See PSP |
Vita | Disgaea 2: Dark Hero Days (DL only) | Nippon Ichi | See PSP |
Vita | Super Robot Wars V (Asia English) | B.B. Studio | See PS4 |
Vita | The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky (DL only) | Falcom | See PSP |
Vita | Vagrant Story (PSone Classics) | Square | See PSX |
Vita | Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana | Falcom | Adol in ARPG action again, with a settlement-building mechanic and up to 3 party members in combat |
Wii | One Piece: Unlimited Adventure | Ganbarion | ARPG in which the Straw Hat Pirates are stuck on an island and need to forage for survival; crafted food increases statistics |
Xbox | Metal Dungeon | Panther Software | Customizable characters and a futuristic third-person dungeon crawl, turn-based combat |
Xbox 360 | Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage | Koei | Thousands upon thousands of enemies are already dead - musou/ARPG gameplay |
Xbox 360 | Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII | Square Enix | Final Fantasy XIII meets Majora's Mask - time management is crucial and stat enhancement is tied to quest completion |
Xbox One | Alphadia Genesis (DL only) | Exe-Create | See Wii U |
Xbox One | Gale of Windoria (DL only) | Hit-Point | See XS |
Xbox Series | Armed Emeth (DL only) | Hit-Point | Kemco takes a swing at Metal Max; hunting bounties with your mechanical golem partner is the main gameplay loop |
Xbox Series | Silver Nornir (DL only) | WorldWideSoftware | By-the-books Kemco fare that moves too fast for its own good, both in plot and gameplay |
Xbox Series | The DioField Chronicle | Lancarse/Square Enix | See PS5 |