Turn Based RPG
Browse our collection of anime, games, visual novels and light novels featuring Turn Based RPG elements. Whether you are looking for a new series to pick up or in-depth episode reviews, this page aggregates all our coverage focused on Turn Based RPG storytelling and themes.
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Patch 4.1 of Honkai: Star Rail dropped today, and it delivers an incredible series of twists while further developing the Planarcadia story. We left the game with a shocking scene ...
Ikusa Megami Verita is a turn-based RPG and visual novel developed by Eushully. Released in 2010, it is a direct sequel to Ikusa Megami Zero , which we discussed recently, and it s...
Ikusa Megami Zero is a turn-based RPG and visual novel developed by Eushully. Released in 2008, it serves as a prequel and the first title chronologically in the long-running Ikusa...
To complete this series of posts about Iris Mysteria , today we will discuss the new generation of characters introduced later in the game's lifecycle. As you know, this gacha game...
As promised in my previous post on this series, today we will talk about Iris Mysteria again, this time diving deeper into the story of the first chapter. This is partly to discuss...
Patch 4.0 of Honkai: Star Rail has been released, and it was an amazing rollercoaster ride of emotions. I played the entire story in one sitting, and I believe it is around 10 hour...
Eiyuu * Senki (英雄＊戦姫) is a visual novel and grand strategy game developed by Tenco and released in 2012. It received an alternative version with the same premise, Eiyuu * Senki GOL...
Iris Mysteria (あいりすミスティリア！～少女のつむぐ夢の秘跡～) is a gacha game released in 2018 by August . The company is well known for developing high-quality visual novels but, like many others, migr...
Omega Quintet (オメガクインテット) is a turn-based RPG developed by Compile Heart under the "Galapagos RPG" project, which aimed to build completely new IPs for the company. The game failed...
Shining Blade (シャイニング・ブレイド) is a PlayStation Portable tactical RPG developed and published by Sega in 2012. It is part of the relatively popular Shining series, which features char...
Octopath Traveler is a turn-based RPG developed by Square Enix in collaboration with Acquire . Released back in 2018, it is one of those increasingly rare entries in the JRPG world...
Fairy Fencer F: Advent Dark Force is a turn-based RPG developed by Compile Heart and released by Idea Factory in 2016. This specific version is an expanded edition based on the ori...
Death end re:Quest 2 is a JRPG developed by Compile Heart and published by Idea Factory in 2020. It is a direct sequel to the original game, but the links are not extremely strong,...
Dragon Star Varnir (竜星のヴァルニール) is a turn-based JRPG developed by Compile Heart and published by Idea Factory in 2018. It features a significantly darker theme compared to the compa...
Death end re:Quest is a JRPG developed by Compile Heart and published by Idea Factory in 2018. It was a completely new IP for the company under the Galapagos RPG project. The game ...
Prism Ark: Prism Heart II (プリズム・アーク ～プリズム・ハート エピソード２～) is a visual novel developed by Pajamas Soft released in 2006. It is actually one of the very first visual novels I ever read ...
Atelier Meruru: The Apprentice of Arland is the third installment of the Arland series of Atelier games, originally released on PS3 back in 2011. It serves as a direct sequel to At...
Atelier Totori is the second installment of the Arland series of Atelier games. Interestingly, it is actually the "oldest" game technology-wise of the PS3 era Atelier titles. This ...