A subreddit for the Japanese-style Role-playing Games genre, past and present. Centered around the discussion of JRPGs.

What are your essential JRPG games? It could either be a list of games you would offer to newcomers or a list of games veterans should play before you die. I'm looking for some suggestions to get …

Nov 5, 2020 · I've always wondered if JRPG, or Japanese Role-Playing Game, has any concrete definition for it. I'm only curious now because lately I've seen a lot of people referencing Genshin …

Apr 22, 2015 · The first is the literal minded one: a JRPG is a Role Playing Game that was made in Japan. This school of thought accepts Dark Souls and Dragon's Dogma under the JRPG umbrella in …

I've played a lot of JRPG games in the past, but P5R was the one that made me used to the genre and to start liking these games, so from my own experience I think it's the best begginer friendly JRPG I …

Fate/Samurai Remnant offers a balancing act of anime-style samurai epics paired with more focused combat in the style of the Warriors games. You can expect beautiful and numerous areas that also …

What difference do you make between CRPGs, JRPGs, ARPGs, TRPGs, SRPGs, Hack'n Slash and/or any other category you use for the classification of RPGs ?

Here's my top 10, in no particular order, since I love them all equally. Pokémon - This is what got me into gaming, in general not just JRPG, so I still hold it in a very high regard despite the fact that the recent …

Dec 11, 2025 · ah, I see they're going with the problematic JRPG = "RPG made in Japan" definition that Japanese devs themselves don't like Yeah it's Crunchyroll. They suck immensely.

A JRPG is typically a story on rails where you have very little control over what happens and the main gameplay element is grinding battles to get stronger to proceed along the linear story. WRPG tends …