Some RPGs are always worth recommending to players new to the genre. For the most part, any Pokemon game is easy to pick up and understand, along with some modern Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest ...

Turn-based RPGs have had an up-and-down history. Once upon a time, they were extremely popular; then technology improved, and major triple-A developers started veering toward real-time action RPGs ...

Tristan Jurkovich began his career as a journalist in 2011. His childhood love of video games and writing fuel his passion for archiving this great medium’s history. He dabbles in every genre, but ...

Long before action RPGs became as common as they are, combat in role-playing games was predominantly done in a turn-based fashion. This form of gameplay, which was born out of hardware limitations and ...

Murillo Zerbinatto is a contributor from Brazil. He's a JRPG enthusiast who has been around the world of games and content creation for more than six years now. He has a particular love for Final ...

Chris Littlechild (He/Him) is an Editor and Writer Trainer from the United Kingdom. He has been gaming since receiving an original Game Boy and copies of Super Mario Land and Super Mario Land 2: Six ...

As a foundational shakeup of a nearly 30-year-old game series, Pokémon Legends: Z-A makes a strong case for itself as the next big thing for Pokémon. It’s a fast-paced approach to the turn-based RPG ...

Developer Sanctuary Games has announced collectible turn-based RPG, Zanerdin: The Unbound, for the PlayStation 5 and PC via Steam. "Although we’re an indie-sized team, we don’t believe the narrative ...

During a talk at the Korean gaming conference G-Star 2025, Katsura Hashino — director of Metaphor: ReFantazio and the last three mainline Persona games — expressed his vision for the future of JRPGs.

Build your class, break the cycle. A 2.5D turn-based roguelike where the skills you gain become your class. A 2.5D Turn-Based Roguelike Skill Builder Eternity Breaker is a Turn-based Roguelike game ...