
Utawarerumono: Mask of Deception
Read a long fantasy tale of mystery and romance, and command turn-based battles on a grid when talk gives way to war.
If the cinematic and story-driven rhythm of .hack//G.U. Last Recode stuck with you, this helps. Start with these games when you are ready.
You wake in the snow with no name and no past, and a girl with ears and a tail pulls you out of trouble. A tactics-RPG visual novel with 30+ hours of story, sharp grid battles and a soundtrack worth the trip alone.
Cinematic, Story-driven, Emotional
The culmination of the SWORD ART ONLINE game series, Last Recollection features the largest roster of SAO playable characters and sub scenarios!
Cinematic, Story-driven, Emotional
A boy with a big dream races an army to the secrets of a lost civilization. GRANDIA is a beloved 90s JRPG with a clever turn-based battle system you can bend to your will, a cast that grows on you fast, and a soundtrack that carries every high and low. The HD Remaster adds widescreen, enhanced cinematics and both English and Japanese audio.
Cinematic, Story-driven, Emotional
A self-styled mad scientist and his ragtag lab accidentally invent a way to text the past, and history starts twisting around them. A remade classic of time travel and consequences, with animated characters, re-recorded voices, branching endings and one new route. Around 30 to 50 hours of story you will not shake off easily.
Cinematic, Story-driven, Emotional
A new VRMMORPG called Sword Art: Origin, a story supervised by the creator of Sword Art Online, and a mysterious NPC whose broken questline hides something bigger. Build your character, raise a party of sixteen, chain sword skills against raid bosses, and befriend (or romance) nearly anyone in town. Best with friends in co-op.
Cinematic, Story-driven, Romantic
A samurai survival horror classic from 2001, remastered. Fight demons through a haunted Sengoku castle, absorb their souls to sharpen your swords, and rescue Princess Yuki in a short, cinematic revenge story. Fixed cameras, scarce healing and tense swordplay make it feel like Resident Evil with katanas.
Cinematic, Story-driven, Retro
Velvet was betrayed, and now she wants answers the sharp way. Tales of Berseria Remastered sends her and a shipload of eccentric companions sailing the archipelago of Midgand, through a dark revenge story with fast, combo-heavy battles. A story-driven action RPG for anyone who plays to find out what happens next.
Cinematic, Story-driven, Emotional
Eight heroes, eight separate stories, one strange world where skyscrapers, magic and robots share a map. Pick a protagonist, chase their goal your own way, and spark new skills mid-battle. A 1998 classic rebuilt with sharper graphics, a restored eighth scenario and modern comforts.
Cinematic, Story-driven, Emotional
Neptune is stranded in an alternate Gamindustri stuck in the late '80s, and the only way home is collecting shares while the Seven Sages plot to erase every CPU, her included. A turn-based JRPG with sharp comedy, customizable combos and a console-war parody that knows exactly what it is.
Story-driven, Retro, Colorful
Seven short RPGs in one remake: a caveman who never speaks, a cowboy with a bounty, a kung fu master, a shinobi, a fighter, a psychic kid, and a robot lost in space. Play them in any order, then watch them collide. Short, strange, and warmly old-school.
Cinematic, Story-driven, Emotional
Three children swear a friendship oath on a green planet called Ephinea, and years later that promise is the world's last hope. Tales of Graces f Remastered pairs a heartfelt story about bonds put to the test with fast, flashy action combat, plus the Lineage and Legacies after-story and quality-of-life touches that make the journey easier to play than ever.
Cinematic, Story-driven, Emotional
A turn-based RPG where the guns do the talking. Three mercenaries leap through the air in slow motion, trading fire in battles that play out like an action film you direct. Set in Basel, a machine-world where every life is tied to a quartz crystal, it pairs a strange, fateful story with a combat system unlike anything else, and a soundtrack worth sitting still for.
Cinematic, Story-driven, Emotional

Read a long fantasy tale of mystery and romance, and command turn-based battles on a grid when talk gives way to war.

The culmination of the SWORD ART ONLINE game series, Last Recollection features the largest roster of SAO playable characters and sub scenarios!

Read a nation's fate unfold, lead Haku through war and heartbreak, and command turn-based battles in a story that runs fifty hours deep.

Race an army across a colorful world, bend turn-based battles to your will and follow a boy's dream to a lost civilization.

Travel with a band of memorable companions, fight through lively turn-based battles and follow a story that keeps twisting to the end.

Create your own hero, lead a sixteen-person party into raid fights, and get close to the townsfolk while a strange NPC's unfinished quest hints at…

Cut through demons in a haunted Sengoku castle, drink in their souls to grow stronger, and save Princess Yuki before the darkness takes her.

Hack and slash your way through the world of Utawarerumono once again!

Cut through demons in feudal Japan, land one-strike counters, and let the allies you befriend shape how the story unfolds.

Follow Velvet and her crew across the seas of Midgand in a dark, story-driven action RPG with fast, combo-heavy battles.

Choose one of eight protagonists and follow their separate path through a strange world, growing your party and sparking new skills in turn-based…

Guide Neptune through an alternate '80s Gamindustri, building custom combos in a colorful, joke-filled JRPG.

Send messages back in time as a self-styled mad scientist, and steer a twisting story toward one of many endings.

Two classic JRPGs in one package: raise an army of 108 recruits, fight turn-based battles, war campaigns and duels, and follow a story of friendship…

Cut through demons in feudal Japan, land one-strike counters, and let the allies you befriend shape how the story unfolds.

Tales of Eternia returns as a remastered edition! As the threat of world destruction looms, an epic journey begins to determine the fate of two…

Follow three friends from childhood oaths to a world-saving adventure, with fast party combat you can share with up to four players locally.

The refreshing and brisk-paced turn-based combat remains unchanged! The visuals are scaled up, and the movements are made even more delightful!

A remake of a beloved 90s JRPG where fantasy and science fiction collide.

Search for a lost princess across a war-torn world, fight turn-based battles with dragon powers, and follow a story that shows the hero's side and…

Jade is a reporter with a camera, a fighting stick and a planet full of lies.

Rindo battles through the Reapers' Game in a vibrant Shibuya, where fast psychic combat and a heartfelt story pull each other along.

Battle viruses on a split grid and tweak your BattleChip deck between rounds in this fast, colorful action RPG.

Follow Van, Rean, Kevin and Rufus through a prophecy of doom in a colorful, cinematic JRPG that switches between real-time and turn-based combat.

Tales of Eternia returns as a remastered edition! As the threat of world destruction looms, an epic journey begins to determine the fate of two…

Send messages back in time as a self-styled mad scientist, and steer a twisting story toward one of many endings.

Hack and slash your way through the world of Utawarerumono once again!

Search for a lost princess across a war-torn world, fight turn-based battles with dragon powers, and follow a story that shows the hero's side and…

Follow Velvet and her crew across the seas of Midgand in a dark, story-driven action RPG with fast, combo-heavy battles.

Cut through demons in feudal Japan, land one-strike counters, and let the allies you befriend shape how the story unfolds.

Two classic JRPGs in one package: raise an army of 108 recruits, fight turn-based battles, war campaigns and duels, and follow a story of friendship…

Follow Van, Rean, Kevin and Rufus through a prophecy of doom in a colorful, cinematic JRPG that switches between real-time and turn-based combat.

Follow three friends from childhood oaths to a world-saving adventure, with fast party combat you can share with up to four players locally.

Hunt colossal enemies in fast 3D combat, alone or with friends, in a grim dystopia where every operation shortens your prison term.

The refreshing and brisk-paced turn-based combat remains unchanged! The visuals are scaled up, and the movements are made even more delightful!

Jade is a reporter with a camera, a fighting stick and a planet full of lies.