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

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

97% positive across 844k Steam reviews, a Metacritic 96, and it still somehow undersells itself. If you have any affection for D&D or narrative RPGs, clear your calendar.

Shared: Turn-Based Combat

Owlcat's grimdark CRPG drops you into the 41st Millennium as a Rogue Trader with a warrant of trade, a voidship, and companions who will absolutely judge your every choice.

Shared: JRPG

A polished action-RPG about breaking chains, wielding elemental mayhem, and a cross-race romance that actually sticks the landing. Base game plus expansion in one package.

Shared: JRPG

Tales of Arise is Bandai Namco's most ambitious action-RPG in the series, blending flashy real-time combat with a story about slavery, resistance, and what freedom actually costs.