| Vita | A.W.: Phoenix Festa (delisted) | 2016 | Simulation | Aplus/Bandai Namco | Based on the anime adaptation of the Asterisk War light novel series, is more of a 3D anime arena fighter/visual novel hybrid |
| Vita | Accel World vs. Sword Art Online: Millennium Twilight (DL only) | 2017 | Action | Kadokawa | Essentially a sequel to Lost Song but with some crossover characters, time travel shenanigans, and the same boring ARPG gameplay |
| Vita | Adventures of Mana (DL only) | 2016 | Action | MCF | 3D remake of Final Fantasy Adventure, the first Mana game; only has a male playable character but allows for easy equipment switching |
| Vita | Adventures to Go! (DL only) | 2012 | Dungeon Crawler | Global A Entertainment | See PSP |
| Vita | Aedis Eclipse: Generation of Chaos (DL only) | 2011 | Strategy | Idea Factory | See PSP |
| Vita | Aegis of Earth: Protonovus Assault | 2016 | Strategy | Acquire | See PS3 |
| Vita | Akiba's Beat | 2017 | Action | Acquire | Successor to Akiba's Trip, follows a more traditional ARPG separate-battle-area style of gameplay, way less ecchi than the game that came before it |
| Vita | Akiba's Trip: Undead & Undressed | 2014 | Action | Acquire | See PS3 |
| Vita | Alundra (PSone Classics) | 2012 | Action | Matrix Software | See PSX |
| Vita | Alvastia Chronicles (DL only) | 2019 | Turn-Based | Exe-Create | Kemco's sort-of answer to Suikoden, with a large cast of recruitable characters, a lot of which can fight on screen; otherwise predictably bland |
| Vita | Antiquia Lost | 2017 | Turn-Based | Exe-Create | A Kemco game starring a princess made of slime (who increases her stats depending on the monsters she fights) and her humdrum companions |
| Vita | Arc the Lad (PSone Classics) | 2012 | Strategy | G-Craft/ARC Entertainment | See PSX |
| Vita | Arc the Lad II (PSone Classics) | 2012 | Strategy | G-Craft/ARC Entertainment | See PSX |
| Vita | Arc the Lad III (PSone Classics) | 2012 | Strategy | G-Craft/ARC Entertainment | See PSX |
| Vita | Ar nosurge Plus: Ode to an Unborn Star | 2015 | Turn-Based | Gust | Contains all DLC, adds 3 more characters to purify, a tutorial, and more costumes |
| Vita | Asdivine Dios (DL only) | 2019 | Turn-Based | 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 | Asdivine Hearts | 2017 | Turn-Based | Exe-Create | See Wii U |
| Vita | Asdivine Hearts II (DL only) | 2019 | Turn-Based | Exe-Create | Direct sequel to Asdivine Hearts featuring the same cast and same tired gameplay constraints |
| Vita | Asdivine Menace (DL only) | 2019 | Turn-Based | Exe-Create | Direct sequel to Asdivine Dios; if you played it you've played this one |
| Vita | Atelier Ayesha Plus: The Alchemist of Dusk (DL only) | 2015 | Turn-Based | Gust | Adds all DLC, the ability to swap characters at any time, more costumes, enemies, and a new difficulty mode |
| Vita | Atelier Escha & Logy Plus: Alchemists of the Dusk Sky | 2016 | Turn-Based | Gust | Adds all DLC, superbosses, characters, and expands on the romantic/platonic relationship between the protagonists |
| Vita | Atelier Firis: The Alchemist and the Mysterious Journey (DL only) | 2017 | Turn-Based | Gust | See PS4 |
| Vita | Atelier Meruru Plus: The Apprentice of Arland (DL only) | 2013 | Turn-Based | Gust | Adds all DLC, a new ending, and a new dressing room feature to change costumes in |
| Vita | Atelier Rorona Plus: The Alchemist of Arland (DL only) | 2014 | Turn-Based | Gust | See PS3 |
| Vita | Atelier Shallie Plus: Alchemists of the Dusk Sea | 2017 | Turn-Based | Gust | Adds all DLC, new costumes, superbosses, and brings over characters from other Atelier games to flesh out the story |
| Vita | Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book (DL only) | 2016 | Turn-Based | Gust | See PS4 |
| Vita | Atelier Totori Plus: The Adventurer of Arland | 2013 | Turn-Based | Gust | Adds all DLC, new recipes, costumes, and dungeons |
| Vita | Battle Hunter (PSone Classics) | 2015 | Strategy | Success | See PSX |
| Vita | Black Rock Shooter: The Game (DL only) | 2013 | Action | Imageepoch | See PSP |
| Vita | Blade Dancer: Lineage of Light (DL only) | 2012 | Turn-Based | Hit Maker | See PSP |
| Vita | Blazing Souls (DL only) | 2013 | Strategy | Idea Factory | AKA Blazing Souls: Accelate, see PSP |
| Vita | Bonds of the Skies (DL only) | 2019 | Turn-Based | Hit-Point | See 3DS |
| Vita | Brandish: The Dark Revenant (DL only) | 2015 | Dungeon Crawler | Falcom | See PSP |
| Vita | Breath of Fire III (DL only) | 2016 | Turn-Based | Capcom | See PSP |
| Vita | Breath of Fire IV (PSone Classics) | 2012 | Turn-Based | Capcom | See PSX |
| Vita | Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles (DL only) | 2012 | Action-Platform | Konami | See PSP |
| Vita | Chaos Rings (delisted, DL only) | 2013 | Turn-Based | Media.Vision | Turn-based combat is done in two-person parties where they can attack separately or together (and take potential damage likewise) |
| Vita | Chrono Cross (PSone Classics) | 2012 | Turn-Based | Square | See PSX |
| Vita | Chrono Trigger (PSone Classics) | 2012 | Turn-Based | Tose/Square | See PSX |
| Vita | Chronus Arc | 2019 | Turn-Based | Hit-Point | See 3DS |
| Vita | Cladun: This is an RPG (DL only) | 2012 | Dungeon Crawler | System Prisma/Nippon Ichi | See PSP |
| Vita | ClaDun Returns: This is Sengoku! (DL only) | 2017 | Dungeon Crawler | Nippon Ichi | Retro-styled dungeon crawling like its predecessors, with lots of classes to choose from and many randomized elements |
| Vita | Cladun x2 (DL only) | 2012 | Dungeon Crawler | System Prisma/Nippon Ichi | See PSP |
| Vita | Class of Heroes 2 (DL only) | 2012 | Dungeon Crawler | Zerodiv | See PSP |
| Vita | Conception II: Children of the Seven Stars | 2014 | Dungeon Crawler | Spike Chunsoft | See 3DS |
| Vita | Criminal Girls 2: Party Favors | 2016 | Turn-Based | Nippon Ichi | Same skeezy gameplay loop with new characters |
| Vita | Criminal Girls: Invite Only | 2015 | Turn-Based | Imageepoch | Turn-based combat where each girl will only accept commands if she is "motivated" enough through minigames, which is exactly as thinly-veiled perverse as it sounds |
| Vita | Damascus Gear: Operation Osaka | 2018 | Dungeon Crawler | Aplus | Doesn't change much from the first game, but does add pilot skill points which can further enhance statistics |
| Vita | Damascus Gear: Operation Tokyo | 2015 | Dungeon Crawler | Aplus | An isometric dungeon crawler of sorts where you pilot a mech to complete missions, which give you parts to upgrade your stats with |
| Vita | Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair | 2014 | Visual Novel | Spike Chunsoft | Mostly a visual novel/murder mystery/courtroom sim, but also features XP to give you levels and skill points to equip abilities to use in trials |
| Vita | Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony | 2017 | Visual Novel | Spike Chunsoft | New school, new classmates to watch murder each other, easy XP to gain to increase equippable trial skills, and a bonus dungeon-crawler mingame |
| Vita | Deception IV: Blood Ties | 2014 | Strategy | Koei Tecmo | See PS3 |
| Vita | Deception IV: The Nightmare Princess (DL only) | 2015 | Strategy | Koei Tecmo | See PS3 |
| Vita | Demon Gaze | 2014 | Dungeon Crawler | Kadokawa/Experience | A first-person dungeon crawler with a fairly large amount of fan service and the ability to recruit demons in order to grind enough money to pay your innkeeper the rent due |
| Vita | Demon Gaze II | 2016 | Dungeon Crawler | Kadokawa/Experience | Still first-person dungeoneering, but takes away the ability to create party members; still a bit fanservicey |
| Vita | Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth | 2016 | Turn-Based | Media.Vision | Turn-based Digimon collectathon with a story somewhat reminisent of .hack |
| Vita | Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth - Hacker's Memory | 2018 | Turn-Based | Media.Vision | Continues the story from the first game with more Digimon to collect (with similar gameplay) |
| Vita | Disgaea 2: Dark Hero Days (DL only) | 2012 | Strategy | Nippon Ichi | See PSP |
| Vita | Disgaea 3: Absence of Detention | 2012 | Strategy | Nippon Ichi | Adds all DLC, new scenarios/characters, makes tweaks to skills/classes, adds new types of magic |
| Vita | Disgaea 4: A Promise Revisited | 2014 | Strategy | Nippon Ichi | Adds all DLC, a new level of spells to cast, brings over some QoL features from Disgaea D2, adds new characters and a new scenario |
| Vita | Disgaea: Afternoon of Darkness (DL only) | 2012 | Strategy | Nippon Ichi | See PSP |
| Vita | Dissidia 012 [duodecim] Final Fantasy (DL only) | 2012 | Fighting | Square Enix | See PSP |
| Vita | Dissidia Final Fantasy (DL only) | 2012 | Fighting | Square Enix | See PSP |
| Vita | Dragon's Crown | 2013 | Action | Vanillaware | See PS3 |
| Vita | Dragoneer's Aria (DL only) | 2012 | Turn-Based | Hit Maker | See PSP |
| Vita | Dragon Quest Builders (DL only) | 2016 | Action/Sandbox | Square Enix | A sort-of mashup between Minecraft and Dragon Quest, where you have to increase each town's base level to rebuild the destroyed world by crafting the necessary items |
| Vita | Dragon Sinker | 2018 | Turn-Based | Exe-Create | See 3DS |
| Vita | Dungeon Explorer (DL only) | 2012 | Dungeon Crawler | Atlus | See TG16 |
| Vita | Dungeon Explorer PSP (DL only) | 2012 | Dungeon Crawler | Hudson Soft | AKA Dungeon Explorer: Warriors of Ancient Arts, see PSP |
| Vita | Dungeon Maker: Hunting Ground (DL only) | 2012 | Sandbox/Dungeon Crawler | Global A Entertainment | See PSP |
| Vita | Dungeon Travelers 2: The Royal Library & the Monster Seal | 2015 | Dungeon Crawler | Aquaplus | First-person dungeon crawler with many classes and subclasses to choose from; playing this game probably puts you on an FBI watch list, because it is lewd |
| Vita | Dynasty Warriors: Godseekers (DL only) | 2017 | Strategy | Omega Force | SRPG Three Kingdoms-style, with characters based on their appearance in Dynasty Warriors 8 |
| Vita | Elminage: Original (DL only) | 2012 | Dungeon Crawler | Starfish SD | See PSP |
| Vita | Emil's Task (delisted) | 2015 | Action | Inukage Games | A sluggish, poorly translated ARPG with some roguelike elements and a main character that can only attack by spellcasting |
| Vita | End of Serenity (DL only) | 2014 | Turn-Based | Kemco | See PSP |
| Vita | Exist Archive: The Other Side of the Sky | 2016 | Turn-Based | Tri-Ace/Spike Chunsoft | Plays a lot like Valkyrie Profile (comes from the same studio), has multiple endings depending on in-game choices |
| Vita | Fairune (DL only) | 2017 | Dungeon Crawler | Flyhigh Works | See 3DS |
| Vita | Fantasy Hero: Unsigned Legacy (DL only) | 2014 | Action | Arc System Works | A tropey ARPG with 4 separate protagonists and a mission-based structure, stat points are allocated after completing missions |
| Vita | Fate/Extella: The Umbral Star | 2017 | Action | Marvelous | A Fate-skinned musou; serves as a sort of sequel to Fate/Extra |
| Vita | Fate/Extella Link (DL only) | 2019 | Action | Marvelous | Direct sequel to Fate/Extella; plays mostly the same but does streamline features to make grinding smoother and characters more customizable |
| Vita | Fate/Extra (DL only) | 2012 | Action | Type-Moon/Imageepoch | See PSP |
| Vita | Favorite Dear: Enkan no Monogatari (PSone Classics) | 2013 | Simulation | NEC Interchannel | See PS3 |
| Vita | Favorite Dear: Jyunpaku no Yogensha (PSone Classics) | 2013 | Simulation | NEC Interchannel | See PS3 |
| Vita | Fernz Gate | 2018 | Turn-Based | Exe-Create | Tries to employ some neat party assist strategies in battle, but otherwise is Kemco through and through |
| Vita | Final Fantasy III (DL only) | 2012 | Turn-Based | Matrix Software/Square Enix | See PSP |
| Vita | Final Fantasy IV: The Complete Collection (DL only) | 2011 | Turn-Based | Bullets/Square Enix | See PSP |
| Vita | Final Fantasy IX (PSone Classics) | 2010 | Turn-Based | Square | See PSX |
| Vita | Final Fantasy Origins (PSone Classics) | 2012 | Turn-Based | Tose/Square | See PSX |
| Vita | Final Fantasy Tactics (PSone Classics) | 2009 | Strategy | Square | See PSX |
| Vita | Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions (DL only) | 2007 | Strategy | Tose/Square Enix | See PSP |
| Vita | Final Fantasy V (PSone Classics) | 2011 | Turn-Based | Tose/Square | See PSX |
| Vita | Final Fantasy VI (PSone Classics) | 2011 | Turn-Based | Tose/Square | See PSX |
| Vita | Final Fantasy VII (PSone Classics) | 2011 | Turn-Based | Square | See PSX |
| Vita | Final Fantasy VIII (PSone Classics) | 2009 | Turn-Based | Square | See PSX |
| Vita | Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster | 2014 | Turn-Based | Virtuos/Square Enix | See PS3 |
| Vita | First Queen IV (PSone Classics) | 2013 | Strategy | Kure Software Koubou | See PS3 |
| Vita | Frane: Dragons' Odyssey (DL only) | 2019 | Action | Exe-Create | Kemco's stab at an ARPG, which lacks necessary tutorials; typically a second character assists in combat though this is not the case during boss battles |
| Vita | Freedom Wars | 2014 | Action | Dimps/SCEJ | ARPG set in a dystopian far future earth, with the customizable protagonist out to reduce their prison sentence by completing missions; upgrading weapons upgrades stats |
| Vita | Front Mission 3 (PSone Classics) | 2012 | Strategy | Square | See PSX |
| Vita | Generation of Chaos: Pandora's Reflection (DL only) | 2012 | Strategy | Sting/Idea Factory | See PSP |
| Vita | Gladiator Begins (DL only) | 2012 | Fighting | Goshow | See PSP |
| Vita | God Eater 2: Rage Burst (DL only) | 2016 | Action | Shift | Direct sequel to Gods Eater Burst with more Aragami to hunt, new weapon styles, and new characters to follow through the apocalypse; equipment skills are still tied to stats |
| Vita | God Eater Resurrection (DL only) | 2015 | Action | Shift | Enhanced port of Gods Eater Burst, adds new storyline content, combat QoL improvements |
| Vita | God Wars: Future Past | 2017 | Strategy | Kadokawa | SRPG with a heavily mythical Japanese coat of paint, lots of character classes available; characters have jobs as well as sub-jobs |
| Vita | Grandia (PSone Classics) | 2012 | Turn-Based | Game Arts | See PSX |
| Vita | Grand Kingdom | 2016 | Strategy | Monochrome | Successor to Grand Knights History with some similar mechanics, gameplay is tactical- arranging formations of troops to attack by expending AP is essential |
| Vita | Gravity Rush | 2012 | Action | SCEJ | ARPG with a focus on manipulating gravity to traverse the open world using the gyroscope; gems are collected to level up character attributes and abilities |
| Vita | Growlanser: Wayfarer of Time (DL only) | 2012 | Strategy | Career Soft | See PSP |
| Vita | Gungnir (DL only) | 2012 | Strategy | Sting | See PSP |
| Vita | Harvest Moon: Back to Nature (PSone Classics) | 2012 | Simulation | Victor Interactive Software | See PSX |
| Vita | Hyperdevotion Noire: Goddess Black Heart | 2015 | Strategy | Compile Heart/Idea Factory/Sting | SRPG Neptunia spinoff with a bunch of fun status effects, units can pair up to confer special abilities |
| Vita | Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 1 | 2014 | Turn-Based | Compile Heart/Idea Factory/Felistella | Reworks the script and expands the storyline, removes some characters while adding others, borrows elements from later entries to improve QoL |
| Vita | Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 2: Sisters Generation | 2015 | Turn-Based | Compile Heart/Idea Factory/Felistella | Reworks script, removes some characters and adds others, now uses 2D images in dialogue scenes, borrows elements from later entries to improve QoL |
| Vita | Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 3: V Generation | 2015 | Turn-Based | Compile Heart/Idea Factory/Felistella | Improves the visuals and voice acting, smooths out the combat system, and boasts a quite large cast |
| Vita | Hyperdimension Neptunia U: Action Unleashed | 2015 | Action | Compile Heart/Idea Factory/Tamsoft | Hacky-slashy ARPG with the Nepgirls, has a few clothes-tearing elements |
| Vita | Illusion of L'Phalcia (DL only) | 2019 | Turn-Based | Exe-Create | Uses more 3D battle graphics than your standard Kemco game, pretty standard except for a rune outfitting system to affect spellcasting |
| Vita | Legend of Mana (PSone Classics) | 2012 | Action | Square | See PSX |
| Vita | Lost Dimension | 2015 | Strategy | Lancarse | See PS3 |
| Vita | Lunar: Silver Star Harmony (DL only) | 2012 | Turn-Based | Japan Art Media/Game Arts | See PSP |
| Vita | Mary Skelter: Nightmares | 2017 | Dungeon Crawler | Compile Heart | First-person dungeon crawler that features classic literary characters in very heavy ecchi ways, affection-raising mechanics, and powerful enemies that can ambush you in combat |
| Vita | MegaTagmension Blanc + Neptune vs. Zombies | 2016 | Action | Compile Heart/Idea Factory/Tamsoft | ARPG Neptunia zombie-themed spinoff with combat similar to Neptunia U (but with the clothes-removing thankfully gone), has a multiplayer component |
| Vita | MeiQ: Labyrinth of Death | 2016 | Dungeon Crawler | Compile Heart | Another day, another Vita first-person dungeon crawl; this one has mages and robots fighting in pairs and encourages decision making on who will be doing the attacking |
| Vita | Mind Zero | 2014 | Dungeon Crawler | Acquire/Zerodiv | First-person dungeon crawler with some Persona-like atmosphere; losing all MP in combat will make characters vulnerable |
| Vita | Muramasa Rebirth | 2013 | Action | Vanillaware | Adds additional side stories for new characters (as DLC), rewrites the translation and reworks the controls |
| Vita | Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics | 2016 | Dungeon Crawler | Spike Chunsoft | Has some mystery dungeon elements, but you are forced to keep moving in order to avoid the ray of light that will destroy you (and it will) |
| Vita | Mystic Chronicles | 2012 | Turn-Based | Hit-Point | See PSP |
| Vita | Natural Doctrine | 2014 | Strategy | Kadokawa | See PS3 |
| Vita | New Little King's Story (delisted) | 2012 | Action | Konami | Changes the watercolor aesthetic to a more anime-styled one, poor English translation, needs quite a bit of visual polish |
| Vita | Odin Sphere: Leifthrasir | 2016 | Action | Vanillaware | See PS3 |
| Vita | Operation Abyss: New Tokyo Legacy | 2015 | Dungeon Crawler | Experience | Heavily customizable characters in a - you guessed it - first-person dungeon crawler; this one has a dark technological feel to it |
| Vita | Operation Babel: New Tokyo Legacy | 2017 | Dungeon Crawler | Experience | Direct sequel to Operation Abyss with the same gameplay; leveling up can only be done at the party's home base, characters are still highly customizable |
| Vita | Oreshika: Tainted Bloodlines (DL only) | 2015 | Turn-Based | Alfa System | Unique art style; half turn-based, half family manager with lots of customizability |
| Vita | Orgarhythm (DL only) | 2012 | Rhythm | Acquire | Rhythm game/RTS hybrid where keeping on beat gives you more XP to give you more abilities |
| Vita | Parasite Eve (PSone Classics) | 2012 | Action/Horror | Square | See PSX |
| Vita | Parasite Eve II (PSone Classics) | 2012 | Action/Horror | Square | See PSX |
| Vita | Penny-Punching Princess | 2018 | Action | Nippon Ichi | Pixel-styled beat-em-up with an emphasis on collecting money from defeated enemies to bribe them, unlock new areas, and upgrade stats |
| Vita | Persona 2: Eternal Punishment (PSone Classics) | 2013 | Turn-Based | Atlus | See PSX |
| Vita | Persona 4: Golden | 2012 | Turn-Based | Atlus | Adds new social links, a new character, more story elements, costumes, and Personas in addition to QoL changes |
| Vita | Ragnarok Odyssey | 2012 | Action | Game Arts | Basically a Monster Hunter clone with some Norse elements; levels do not increase traditionally but improving equipment via cards improves your stats |
| Vita | Ragnarok Odyssey ACE | 2012 | Action | Game Arts | Easier to import RO save data from, otherwise see PS3 |
| Vita | Ragnarok Tactics (DL only) | 2012 | Strategy | Apollosoft | See PSP |
| Vita | Ray Gigant | 2016 | Dungeon Crawler | Experience/Bandai Namco | Another first-person dungeon crawl; this one has 3 separate protagonists (and parties), stat increases use materials gathered from the field rather than XP |
| Vita | Resident Evil Revelations 2 | 2015 | Action | Capcom | See XBO |
| Vita | Revenant Dogma | 2018 | Turn-Based | Exe-Create | It's Kemco again, with a game you've likely played before (and better); characters can transform mid-combat so that's a thing |
| Vita | Revenant Saga | 2017 | Turn-Based | Exe-Create | See Wii U |
| Vita | Romancing SaGa 2 (DL only) | 2017 | Turn-Based | ArtePiazza/Square | Adds a new dungeon, new character classes, and overhauls the graphics and audio; these features can also be turned off if desired |
| Vita | Romancing SaGa 3 (DL only) | 2019 | Turn-Based | ArtePiazza/Square | Adds new storylines, a new dungeon, a NG+ mode, updated graphics, and the ability to play the game as originally made |
| Vita | Saiyuki: Journey West (PSone Classics) | 2012 | Strategy | Koei | See PSX |
| Vita | Sarara's Little Shop (PSone Classics) | 2012 | Simulation | Kinotrope/Siesta | See PS3 |
| Vita | SD Gundam G Generation Genesis (Asia English) | 2016 | Strategy | Tom Create | See PS4 |
| Vita | Secret of Mana (DL only) | 2018 | Action | Q Studios/Square | Remade in 3D with a lot of the original visual charm missing, a new translation, adds voiced dialogue and makes QoL changes |
| Vita | Senran Kagura: Estival Versus | 2016 | Action | Tamsoft | Massive mammary melee- a beat-em-up/ARPG where the girls you control will almost inevitably lose pieces of clothing in order to increase their power |
| Vita | Senran Kagura: Shinovi Versus | 2014 | Action | Tamsoft | Choose a shinobi school to represent and show superiority over other schools by using 3D beat-em-up gameplay and (for some reason) tearing your clothes off |
| Vita | Shadow Tower (PSone Classics) | 2015 | Action | FromSoftware | See PSX |
| Vita | Shin Megami Tensei: Persona (DL only) | 2012 | Turn-Based | Atlus | See PSP |
| Vita | Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 2: Innocent Sin (DL only) | 2012 | Turn-Based | Atlus | See PSP |
| Vita | Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 Portable (DL only) | 2012 | Turn-Based | Atlus | See PSP |
| Vita | Shiren the Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate | 2016 | Dungeon Crawler | Spike Chunsoft | Fifth Shiren game, day/night system is important for visibility, some puzzle-solving involved in dungeon crawling |
| Vita | Sorcery Saga: Curse of the Great Curry God | 2013 | Dungeon Crawler | Compile Heart/Zerodiv | Roguelike with a simple premise; levels reset at the start of each dungeon but equipment levels persist, giving unwanted items to your companion teaches it skills |
| Vita | Soul Sacrifice | 2013 | Action | Marvelous/SCEJ/Comcept | A heavily dark fantasy-styled Monster Hunter clone of sorts with the choice of sparing or sacrificing your enemies, allies, and own body parts as a crucial element to progression |
| Vita | Soul Sacrifice Delta (DL only) | 2014 | Action | Marvelous/SCEJ/Comcept | Additions include new weapons, abilities, factions, monsters, areas, and a streamlining of combat to increase fluidity |
| Vita | Stranger of Sword City | 2016 | Dungeon Crawler | Experience | More first-person dungeon crawling, highly customizable party, permadeath of party members is something to manage, lots of challenge |
| Vita | Stranger of Sword City Revisited (DL only) | 2017 | Dungeon Crawler | Experience | Adds new (potentially game-breaking) classes, new dungeons, new monsters (and tactics for existing ones), and tons of QoL adjustments |
| Vita | Suikoden (PSone Classics) | 2012 | Turn-Based | Konami | See PSX |
| Vita | Suikoden II (PSone Classics) | 2012 | Turn-Based | Konami | See PSX |
| Vita | Summon Night 5 (DL only) | 2012 | Strategy | Felistella | See PSP |
| Vita | Summon Night 6: Lost Borders | 2017 | Strategy | Media.Vision | SRPG that basically acts as general fanservice for the series, featuring characters from all previously numbered entries |
| Vita | Superdimension Neptune VS Sega Hard Girls | 2016 | Turn-Based | Compile Heart | Spinoff of the main Neptunia series with similar gameplay; features time traveling across the different Sega console eras |
| Vita | Super Robot Wars V (Asia English) | 2017 | Strategy | B.B. Studio | See PS4 |
| Vita | Super Robot Wars X (Asia English) | 2018 | Strategy | B.B. Studio | See PS4 |
| Vita | Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment (DL only) | 2014 | Action | Aquria | Takes place during the anime's first arc but is a spinoff, has content from a JP-only prequel game included, with ARPG MMO-styled combat and dating sim elements |
| Vita | Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization (DL only) | 2016 | Action | Aquria | Direct sequel to Lost Song, has a 4-person party with more streamlined MMO-type combat than previous games in the series; lots of NPCs to befriend, goes back to the first arc style |
| Vita | Sword Art Online: Lost Song | 2015 | Action | Artdink | Sequel to Hollow Fragment, has more actual ARPG-type combat, takes place in the area of the second half of the anime's first arc, 3-person parties |
| Vita | Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together (DL only) | 2012 | Strategy | Square Enix/Quest | See PSP |
| Vita | Tales of Hearts R | 2014 | Action | 7thChord/Namco Bandai | Remake of a previously JP-only DS title; leveling is done by improving a character's signature weapon, emphasizes air combos and union special attacks in combat |
| Vita | The 3rd Birthday (DL only) | 2012 | Action | HexaDrive | See PSP |
| Vita | The Caligula Effect (DL only) | 2017 | Turn-Based | Aquria | Written by the writer of Persona 1/2; any NPC can be recruited into the party after raising affinity enough, combat is tactical and based on heavy comboing |
| Vita | The Legend of Dragoon (PSone Classics) | 2012 | Timed Turn-Based | Sony Computer Entertainment Japan | See PSX |
| JP Vita | The Legend of Heroes: Sora no Kiseki the 3rd - Evolution | 2016 | Turn-Based | Falcom | Final game in the Liberl arc albeit with a different protagonist; plays like the previous games; Evolution version adds new artwork/scenarios |
| Vita | The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky (DL only) | 2012 | Turn-Based | Falcom | See PSP |
| Vita | The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC (DL only) | 2012 | Turn-Based | Falcom | See PSP |
| Vita | The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel | 2015 | Turn-Based | Falcom | See PS3 |
| Vita | The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II | 2016 | Turn-Based | Falcom | See PS3 |
| Vita | The Longest Five Minutes | 2016 | Turn-Based | Nippon Ichi | Plays with the idea of extreme flashbacks where abilities are remembered rather than learned |
| Vita | The Lost Child | 2018 | Dungeon Crawler | Kadokawa | First-person dungeon-crawling follow up to El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron; creatures in dungeons can be recruited into your party and used in battle |
| Vita | Threads of Fate (PSone Classics) | 2012 | Action | Square | See PSX |
| Vita | Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters | 2015 | Strategy | Toybox/Now Production | See PS3 |
| Vita | Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters - Daybreak Special Gigs (DL only) | 2016 | Strategy | Toybox/Now Production | See PS3 |
| Vita | Tokyo Xanadu | 2017 | Action | Falcom | ARPG with a modern setting; rock-paper-scissors-like enemy weaknesses require quick party member swapping, linear dungeons |
| Vita | Touhou Genso Wanderer (DL only) | 2017 | Dungeon Crawler | Aqua Style | Roguelike featuring the Touhou girls and bland dungeons |
| Vita | Toukiden 2 | 2017 | Action | Omega Force | Features an open world map for story mode, adds a grappling hook-like mechanic, small helpers to gather items for you, all on the pretense of hunting demonic monsters |
| Vita | Toukiden: Kiwami | 2015 | Action | Omega Force | Contains the entirety of the original game and adds more weapons, monsters, and story content |
| Vita | Toukiden: The Age of Demons | 2014 | Action | Omega Force | Koei Tecmo's Monster Hunter clone; targeting specific body parts of demons to collect particular spoils is crucial to attribute improvement |
| Vita | Trillion: God of Destruction | 2016 | Turn-Based | Compile Heart/Idea Factory | Lots of complex stat management in this semi-turn-based, semi-roguelike where the characters you raise will inevitably die only to pass their stats along |
| Vita | Utawarerumono: Mask of Deception | 2017 | Strategy/Visual Novel | Aquaplus | First localized title in the series, an SRPG/visual novel mix that requires no knowledge of the game that came before it; adding combos to an attack can change its properties |
| Vita | Utawarerumono: Mask of Truth | 2017 | Strategy/Visual Novel | Aquaplus | Direct sequel to Mask of Deception, plays very similar to it; adds co-op attacks, continues the strong localization of its sister title |
| Vita | Utawarerumono: Prelude to the Fallen (DL only) | 2020 | Strategy/Visual Novel | Aquaplus/Sting | A remake of the previously JP-only first game in the series; an SRPG/visual novel hybrid with an emphasis on chaining together attacks with proper timing |
| Vita | Vagrant Story (PSone Classics) | 2012 | Dungeon Crawler | Square | See PSX |
| Vita | Valhalla Knights (DL only) | 2012 | Action | K2 | See PSP |
| Vita | Valhalla Knights 2: Battle Stance (DL only) | 2012 | Action | K2 | See PSP |
| Vita | Valhalla Knights 3 | 2013 | Action | K2 | Similar sort of ARPG as its predecessors, only with a party of 7 and a very antiquated view on the objectification of women |
| Vita | Valkyria Chronicles 2 (DL only) | 2012 | Strategy | Sega | See PSP |
| Vita | Valkyria Revolution (DL only) | 2017 | Action | Media.Vision | Abandons the previously established canon of the series and tries to adopt a more action-based format with some tactical elements still in play |
| Vita | Valkyrie Drive: Bhikkhuni | 2016 | Action | Meteorise | Less apologetic and even more lewd, another beat-em-up by the Senran Kagura creator with questionable transformations |
| Vita | Vanguard Bandits (PSone Classics) | 2012 | Strategy | Human Entertainment | See PSX |
| Vita | Warriors of the Lost Empire (DL only) | 2012 | Action | Platinum Egg | See PSP |
| Vita | What Did I Do To Deserve This, My Lord!? (DL only) | 2012 | Dungeon Crawler | Acquire/Rideon | See PSP |
| Vita | What Did I Do To Deserve This, My Lord!? 2 (DL only) | 2012 | Dungeon Crawler | Acquire | See PSP |
| Vita | Wild Arms (PSone Classics) | 2012 | Turn-Based | Media.Vision | See PSX |
| Vita | Wild Arms 2 (PSone Classics) | 2012 | Turn-Based | Media.Vision | See PSX |
| Vita | Wild Arms XF (DL only) | 2012 | Strategy | Media.Vision | See PSP |
| Vita | Wizards of Brandel (DL only) | 2019 | Turn-Based | Exe-Create | Tries to have a sense of humor about its story, but is otherwise just another Kemco game |
| Vita | World of Final Fantasy | 2016 | Monster Collecting | Square Enix | Chibified/simplified return to turn-based FF combat, where stacking characters confers stronger attacks |
| Vita | Xenogears (PSone Classics) | 2012 | Turn-Based | Square | See PSX |
| Vita | Ys: Memories of Celceta | 2013 | Action | Falcom | Considered by Falcom to the the real Ys IV; still an ARPG, has party members with a variety of attack types, parrying can reduce damage taken and enable counterattacks |
| Vita | Ys: The Oath in Felghana (DL only) | 2012 | Action | Falcom | See PSP |
| Vita | Ys I & II Chronicles (DL only) | 2012 | Action | Falcom | See PSP |
| Vita | Ys Origin | 2017 | Action | Falcom | An Ys without Adol as the protagonist! Has 3 different protagonists and takes place as a strictly interior dungeon crawl, goes back to hack-and-slash spirtes |
| Vita | Ys Seven (DL only) | 2012 | Action | Falcom | See PSP |
| Vita | Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana | 2017 | Action | Falcom | Adol in ARPG action again, with a settlement-building mechanic and up to 3 party members in combat |
