Games Like The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV (2026)

Shared: Turn-Based Combat, JRPG

Persona 3 Reload is a full rebuild of one of the most emotionally brutal JRPGs ever made, now with modernized combat, sharper writing, and visuals that do justice to its dark themes.

Shared: Turn-Based Combat, JRPG

Ninety-plus hours of turn-based brawling, monster collecting, island resort management, and one of the most emotionally gutting dual-protagonist stories in recent JRPG memory. If your backlog is already overwhelming, look away now.

Shared: Turn-Based Combat, JRPG

Two PS2-era JRPGs that defined a generation, polished up and bundled together, FFX holds up beautifully, and X-2 is a wilder ride than its reputation suggests.

Shared: Turn-Based Combat, JRPG

Fifty-plus hours of found-family melodrama and turn-based brawling in Yokohama, wrapped around one of the most earnest protagonists JRPGs have produced in years. If you can stomach occasional grind walls, this one sticks with you.

Shared: Turn-Based Combat

The original wasteland RPG that broke the genre open in 1997 still holds up as a masterclass in player agency, branching dialogue, and choices that carry real weight, if you can forgive a UI that predates modern hand-holding.