List of Western JRPGs

[phediuk]

This is a list of Western-developed RPGs that mimic their Japanese counterparts.

I'm excluding ROM hacks, as well as any RPG Maker games, both because the list would be way too long otherwise and because I feel that games built on top of actual JRPGs don't really fit the spirit of the thread. Same goes for Western ports of JRPGs (e.g. the Sierra ports of Ys and Sorcerian.)

I'm using a loose definition of "RPG" here. If it was advertised as an RPG, or reviews tend to call it an RPG, it counts.

Anyway, tell me what's missing from the list.

Secret of Evermore (SNES, 1995)

The Speris Legacy (Amiga, 1995)

Winged Warrior (DOS, 1995)

Aspetra (DOS, 1996)

Incunabula: The Unspoken Secrets (DOS, 1997)

Dark Ages I: The Continents (DOS, 1998)

Neophyte: The Journey Begins (Windows, 1998)

Shadow Madness (PS1, 1998)

Septerra Core (Windows, 1999)

Silver (Windows, 1999)

Animorphs (GBC, 2000)

Mysterious Song (DOS, 2000)

Anachronox (Windows, 2001)

Magi-Nation (GBC, 2001)

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (GBC, 2001)

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (GBC, 2002)

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (GBA, 2004)

The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age (PS2/Xbox/Gamecube, 2004)

Sudeki (Xbox, 2004)

Sigma Star Saga (GBA, 2005)

Falling Stars (PS2, 2007)

Barkley, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden (Windows, 2008)

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (DS, 2008)

Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness (Windows/Mac/Linux/X360, 2008)

Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood (DS, 2008)

Black Sigil: Blade of the Exiled (DS, 2009)

Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes (DS, 2009)

Costume Quest (PS3/X360, 2010)

Eternal Legacy (Android/iOS, 2010)

Pier Solar and the Great Architects (Genesis, 2010)

Witches & Vampires: The Secrets of Ashburry (DS, 2010)

Breath of Death VII (Windows, 2011)

Cthulhu Saves the World (Windows, 2011)

Dust: An Elysian Tail (X360, 2012)

Evoland (Windows/Mac, 2013)

Another Star (Windows/Mac/Linux, 2014)

The Banner Saga (Windows/Mac/Linux/iOS/Android, 2014)

Child of Light (Windows/PS3/PS4/X360/XONE/Wii U/Vita, 2014)

Costume Quest (Windows/Mac/Linux, 2014)

Saturday Morning RPG (Windows/Mac/Linux, 2014)

South Park: The Stick of Truth (Windows/PS3/X360, 2014)

The Amber Throne (Windows, 2015)

Citizens of Earth (Windows, 2015)

Evoland 2 (Windows, 2015)

Steven Universe: Attack the Light (iOS/Android, 2015)

Undertale (Windows, 2015)

Aurion: Legacy of the Kori-Odan (Windows, 2016)

The Banner Saga 2 (Windows/Mac, 2016)

Earthlock (XONE, 2016)

Stardew Valley (Windows, 2016)

Battle Chasers: Nightwar (Windows/Mac/PS4/XONE, 2017)

Children of Zodiarcs (Windows/Mac, 2017)

Cosmic Star Heroine (Windows/PS4, 2017)

Forever Home (Windows, 2017)

Golf Story (Switch, 2017)

Shadows of Adam (Windows, 2017)

Shiness: The Lightning Kingdom (Windows, 2017)

South Park: The Fractured But Whole (Windows/PS4/XONE, 2017)

Steven Universe: Save the Light (PS4/XONE, 2017)

The Banner Saga 3 (Windows/Mac, 2018)

Crosscode (Windows/Mac/Linux, 2018)

Deltarune (Windows, 2018)

Edge of Eternity (Windows, 2018)

Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark (Windows/Mac/Linux, 2018)

Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling (Windows, 2019)

Citizens of Space (Windows, 2019)

Cthulhu Saves Christmas (Windows, 2019)

Indivisible (Windows/Mac/Linux/PS4/XONE, 2019)

Steamworld Quest (Switch, 2019)

Virgo Versus the Zodiac (Windows, 2019)

YIIK: A Postmodern RPG (Windows, 2019)

Fae Tactics (Windows, 2020)

Ikenfell (Windows/Mac/Switch/PS4/XONE, 2020)

Pillars of Dust (Windows, 2020)

Temtem (Windows, 2020)

Monster Sanctuary (Windows/Mac/Linux, 2021)

Sea of Stars (Windows, 2022)

[mainpatr]

You are missing the two Steven Universe games(Attack\Save the Light)

Also,the second Narnia DS game is JRPG styled.

[Woody Alien]

I believe Jimmy and the Pulsating Mass (2018, Windows) counts too, as an Earthbound-inspired game.

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There's a third Harry Potter RPG - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban on GBA.

[phediuk]

Jun 4, 2021 12:29:06 GMT -5 mainpatr said:

You are missing the two Steven Universe games(Attack\Save the Light)

Also,the second Narnia DS game is JRPG styled.

Thanks, added.

[phediuk]

Jun 4, 2021 19:45:31 GMT -5 excelsior said:

There's a third Harry Potter RPG - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban on GBA.

Thank you for this. Added.

[phediuk]

Jun 4, 2021 15:25:44 GMT -5 Woody Alien said:

I believe Jimmy and the Pulsating Mass (2018, Windows) counts too, as an Earthbound-inspired game.

I'm leaving off RPG Maker games, at least for the time being. Even if I only did commercially-released RPGM games, Steam lists over 800 of them and most appear to be from Western devs.

[Woody Alien]

Jun 5, 2021 4:28:10 GMT -5 phediuk said:

I'm leaving off RPG Maker games, at least for the time being. Even if I only did commercially-released RPGM games, Steam lists over 800 of them and most appear to be from Western devs.

Yes, sorry, didn't think about that, in my mind RPG Maker games are still those shoddy titles you can find for free here and there...

[phediuk]

Added Fae Tactics (2020) to the list.