Best JRPG games: 25 ranked (2026)
90 jrpg games ranked by the GamingPickz Score, a published composite of player sentiment and critic reception. The formula is below in full, and no placement on this page can be bought.
The short version
- Top pick: DELTARUNE, GamingPickz Score 9.3/10 from 133,535 player reviews.
- 21 score 8.5 or above out of 90 ranked jrpg games.
- Price range free to $69.99, median $19.99, with 6 free to play.
- 40 are Steam Deck Verified by Valve's own testing.
- 18 declare six or more accessibility features. Listed per game below.
Why trust this list
Most "best games" lists are either one person's taste presented as fact, or an affiliate feed with the highest commission at the top. This is neither. It is a ranking of 90 jrpg games computed from two third-party signals we did not generate, using a formula printed below.
Our team has played and reviewed games for over twenty years, somewhere around 3,000 titles across every generation since the PS1. A good number of the jrpg games on this page are among them, and that experience is what lets us tell you which of these numbers are worth trusting.
It is not, however, what set the order. The formula did, and we think that is the right way round: a list ordered by one person's memory is a list you have to take on trust, and this one you can check line by line.
The order comes out of the grid. Every game in the catalogue is placed on eighteen measured axes, each one a number read from a named source rather than an opinion: player sentiment and its sample size, the critic aggregate, review volume, Wikipedia language editions, price, install size, Steam Deck rating, accessibility features. A ranked list is that grid collapsed to one dimension. The map further down this page plots these same 25 games on two of those axes, so you can see the position the ranking gave each one and check it against where the game actually sits. If the list and the map ever disagreed, the list would be wrong, and they read the same numbers so they cannot.
None of the entries on this page carry a full written review from us yet. The score reflects how other people received the game. Where we do publish a review, it is marked and linked.
At a glance
The top 12 side by side. Full entries below.
| # | Game | Best for | Score | Players | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DELTARUNE | Handheld play, small install and Deck verified | 9.3 | 98% (133,535) | $24.99 |
| 2 | Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 | The safest bet on this list, by weight of evidence | 9.2 | 95% (277,064) | $47.99 |
| 3 | Persona 5 Royal | A consistently well-received pick in this category | 9.2 | 96% (138,589) | $59.99 |
| 4 | South Park: The Stick of Truth | Handheld play, small install and Deck verified | 9.1 | 98% (73,376) | $29.99 |
| 5 | Volcano Princess | A consistently well-received pick in this category | 9.1 | 98% (49,009) | $10.99 |
| 6 | Persona 4 Golden | Handheld play, small install and Deck verified | 9.0 | 97% (87,112) | $19.99 |
| 7 | Mirror | Sinking a long time into one world | 9.0 | 96% (84,022) | $1.99 |
| 8 | Touhou Mystia's Izakaya | Handheld play, small install and Deck verified | 9.0 | 99% (32,698) | $4.79 |
| 9 | Monster Hunter: World | The safest bet on this list, by weight of evidence | 8.9 | 89% (516,159) | $29.99 |
| 10 | Yakuza 0 | Playing with other people | 8.9 | 95% (77,742) | Not listed |
| 11 | Omori | A consistently well-received pick in this category | 8.8 | 97% (88,417) | $19.99 |
| 12 | Persona 3 Reload | Sinking a long time into one world | 8.8 | 94% (62,647) | $59.99 |
How we chose these
This ranking is a projection of the same axes the grid plots, not a second scoring system sitting alongside it. The grid answers where a game sits on two chosen measures; a ranked list needs one number, so the axes are collapsed using published weights. A game cannot be high on the grid and low here for a reason nobody can point at, because both read the same values.
Every ranked game gets a GamingPickz Score out of 10. It is a weighted blend of the axes below, and these percentages are read directly from the code that computes the ranking rather than written out separately, so the published formula cannot drift from the applied one.
| Component | Weight | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| Players | 55% | The share of Steam reviews marked positive, pulled toward the catalogue average in proportion to how few reviews stand behind it. A game with 200 reviews moves a long way toward the average; one with 200,000 barely moves at all. Without this a title sitting at 100 percent on nine reviews outranks Half-Life 2 at 98 percent on 278,000. |
| Critics | 25% | Metacritic and OpenCritic aggregate, normalised to 0 to 100. |
| Popularity | 20% | A blend of two things that are not the same. Audience is how many people wrote a Steam review, which is a floor on how many played it. Reach is how many language editions of Wikipedia document the game, which is cultural footprint rather than sales. A game can score high on one and low on the other: a huge free-to-play title has audience without reach, and a landmark console exclusive has reach without a Steam audience at all. Where both exist they are averaged; where only one does, that one carries it. |
Shrinkage is the part that matters most. Without it a game with nine reviews at 100 percent outranks Half-Life 2 with 278,000 at 98. Player sentiment is pulled toward the catalogue average of 84 using a 400-review prior, in proportion to how thin the evidence is.
Popularity is deliberately a minority weight. At 20 percent it nudges well-known games up without letting fame decide the order. Weight it higher and the list becomes "games you have already heard of", which nobody needs a ranking for. Weight it at zero and a game almost nobody played can top the list on the strength of a few hundred enthusiastic reviews. Neither is useful, so it sits in between. How popularity is measured.
Where a game has no critic aggregate, that 35 percent is redistributed onto player sentiment rather than counted as zero, and the entry says so.
Games with fewer than 50 reviews are excluded outright. Shrinkage is symmetric, so a game sitting at 0 percent on one review would otherwise be pulled up near the average, which flatters something nobody has actually assessed.
What we deliberately do not do. No paid placement, no sponsored slots dressed as editorial, no hidden weighting. If sponsorship is ever introduced it will be labelled and will sit outside the ranking. The formula above is the whole formula.
The jrpg games on a map
Compare the whole catalogueThe same 25 games, plotted rather than listed. The two axes below are the ones the ranking is built from, so a game sitting high and right is a game the formula placed near the top. Change either axis to see the field a different way. Where we hold a publisher wordmark, the game is drawn as its mark rather than a dot.
25 games have both
Axes are fitted to these 25 games rather than the full 0 to 100 scale, because a filtered list shares a narrow band and would otherwise sit in one corner. End values are marked. A point on the left edge is the lowest of thesegames, not a low score.
Players. The share of Steam reviews marked positive, pulled toward the catalogue average in proportion to how few reviews stand behind it. A game with 200 reviews moves a long way toward the average; one with 200,000 barely moves at all. Without this a title sitting at 100 percent on nine reviews outranks Half-Life 2 at 98 percent on 278,000.
Popularity. A blend of two things that are not the same. Audience is how many people wrote a Steam review, which is a floor on how many played it. Reach is how many language editions of Wikipedia document the game, which is cultural footprint rather than sales. A game can score high on one and low on the other: a huge free-to-play title has audience without reach, and a landmark console exclusive has reach without a Steam audience at all. Where both exist they are averaged; where only one does, that one carries it.
- Multi-platform
- PC
Every point links to that game's entry. The value map and the reception map are fixed views of the same data.
How positions are decided
No paid placement, no favouritism, live third-party data
- Placed by the published method, not by us. Every coordinate is computed from the axis definitions and weights printed on this site. Nobody moves a point. See the axes.
- Nothing here is paid for. No sponsored placements, no promoted slots, no arrangement of any kind affects a position. If that ever changes it will be labelled and sit outside the ranking.
- No favouritism, including our own. The 16 games we have written full reviews of are scored by exactly the same formula as the other 1,510, from the same third-party inputs, and they land where it puts them. Our own opinion of a game does not enter its coordinates.
- A position is not an endorsement. It says how a game was received and what it costs, not that we recommend it. Where we do recommend something, it carries a written review with a name on it.
- Fetched from live third-party data. Player sentiment from Steam, critic aggregates as published on store pages, prices checked hourly, attention from Wikipedia. Each figure carries its source and the date it was read, and we do not adjust any of them.
How to choose between these
25 entries, six things that separate them
The ranking answers "which is best received". It cannot answer "which is best for you", because that depends on things no formula knows. Here is what actually separates these 25 jrpg games, in the order worth thinking about it.
Check the sample size before the score
A score is only as good as the evidence under it. 14 of these have more than 50,000 player reviews, which makes their number very hard to move.
Look at where critics and players disagree
The widest gap here is DRAGON BALL Z: KAKAROT, where players sit above critics by 20 points. A gap that size usually means the game changed after launch, or that it does something critics undervalue. It is worth reading why before deciding which number you trust. The disagreement map plots this across the catalogue.
Decide what you are actually willing to spend
The median here is $24.99, and the cheapest paid entry is The Test at $1.19. Prices move constantly, so a game a place or two down the list is often the better buy this week. Filter by price below rather than assuming the top pick is the right purchase.
Match it to the hardware you own
15 of these are Steam Deck Verified by Valve's own testing, and install sizes vary by more than an order of magnitude. If you are choosing for a handheld or a drive that is nearly full, that narrows the field faster than any score.
Check it supports how you want to play
Solo, with a friend online, or two people on one sofa are different requirements, and a well-reviewed game that does not support yours is the wrong game. The filters below answer this directly.
Look for the things a score hides
4 declare six or more accessibility features, and 0 carry in-game purchases. Neither shows up in a review score, and both change the experience substantially. Each entry lists its own.
Choose one if…
Tick what matters to you. This filters the ranking above rather than reordering it, so the order you see is still the order the formula produced, minus the games that do not fit. Every filter reads a field from the game's own store listing.
Nothing selected, so all 25 jrpg games are shown below. Pick one or more above to narrow it.
The best jrpg games for a specific need
The ranking answers "which is best overall", which is rarely the actual question. These are the answers to the narrower ones, computed from the same scores, so a single pick is named for each.
- What is the best cheap jrpg game?
- Volcano Princess, top of 11.
- What is the best co-op jrpg game?
- Monster Hunter: World, top of 3.
- What is the best jrpg game for the Steam Deck?
- DELTARUNE, top of 15.
- What is the best jrpg game for a small hard drive?
- DELTARUNE, top of 12.
- What is the best accessible jrpg game?
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, top of 4.
- What is the best jrpg game to play with a controller?
- DELTARUNE, top of 17.
- What is the best jrpg game with the most reviews?
- DELTARUNE, top of 14.
- What is the best single-player offline jrpg game?
- DELTARUNE, top of 25.
- What is the best cheap jrpg game for the Steam Deck?
- Persona 4 Golden, top of 5.
- What is the best highly rated cheap jrpg game?
- Persona 4 Golden, top of 4.
- What is the best accessible single-player jrpg game?
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, top of 4.
25 best jrpg games, ranked
Ordered by GamingPickz Score. Every figure links back to the source that produced it.
- 1
DELTARUNE
Best for: Handheld play, small install and Deck verified
9.3GamingPickz Scoremedium confidenceDELTARUNE at a glance Released 2025 Studio tobyfox Player sentiment 98% positive of 133,535 Critics No aggregate Price $24.99 Steam Deck verified Install size 1 GB Accessibility 1 declared feature Raw 98% shrinks to 98.0 on 133,535 reviews, giving 9.3. No critics data, so that weight was redistributed across the rest rather than counted as zero.
What the data supports- 98% positive across 133,535 reviews is a strong signal at that volume, where a few enthusiasts cannot move the number.
- Valve has tested it and rates it Verified on the Steam Deck.
- Small install at 1 GB.
- 2
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Best for: The safest bet on this list, by weight of evidence
9.2GamingPickz Scorehigh confidenceClair Obscur: Expedition 33 at a glance Released 2025 Studio Sandfall Interactive Player sentiment 95% positive of 277,064 Critics 91/100 Price $47.99 Steam Deck verified Install size 55 GB Accessibility 6 declared features Raw 95% shrinks to 95.0 on 277,064 reviews, then blends with the 91 critic aggregate, giving 9.2.
What the data supports- 95% positive across 277,064 reviews is a strong signal at that volume, where a few enthusiasts cannot move the number.
- Valve has tested it and rates it Verified on the Steam Deck.
Worth checking first- Flagged for mature content on its store page.
- 3
Persona 5 Royal
Best for: A consistently well-received pick in this category
9.2GamingPickz Scorehigh confidencePersona 5 Royal at a glance Released 2022 Studio ATLUS Player sentiment 96% positive of 138,589 Critics 95/100 Price $59.99 Steam Deck verified Install size 41 GB Accessibility 1 declared feature Raw 96% shrinks to 96.0 on 138,589 reviews, then blends with the 95 critic aggregate, giving 9.2.
What the data supports- 96% positive across 138,589 reviews is a strong signal at that volume, where a few enthusiasts cannot move the number.
- Valve has tested it and rates it Verified on the Steam Deck.
Worth checking first- Flagged for mature content on its store page.
- 4
South Park: The Stick of Truth
Best for: Handheld play, small install and Deck verified
9.1GamingPickz Scoremedium confidenceSouth Park: The Stick of Truth at a glance Released 2014 Studio Obsidian Entertainment Player sentiment 98% positive of 73,376 Critics No aggregate Price $29.99 Steam Deck verified Install size 6 GB Accessibility 1 declared feature Raw 98% shrinks to 97.9 on 73,376 reviews, giving 9.1. No critics data, so that weight was redistributed across the rest rather than counted as zero.
What the data supports- Valve has tested it and rates it Verified on the Steam Deck.
- Small install at 6 GB.
- 5
Volcano Princess
Best for: A consistently well-received pick in this category
9.1GamingPickz Scoremedium confidenceVolcano Princess at a glance Released 2023 Studio 养蛋人 Egg Hatcher Player sentiment 98% positive of 49,009 Critics No aggregate Price $10.99 Steam Deck playable Install size 5 GB Accessibility 0 declared features Raw 98% shrinks to 97.9 on 49,009 reviews, giving 9.1. No critics data, so that weight was redistributed across the rest rather than counted as zero.
What the data supports- Small install at 5 GB.
- 6
Persona 4 Golden
Best for: Handheld play, small install and Deck verified
9.0GamingPickz Scorehigh confidencePersona 4 Golden at a glance Released 2020 Studio ATLUS Player sentiment 97% positive of 87,112 Critics 87/100 Price $19.99 Steam Deck verified Install size 14 GB Accessibility 1 declared feature Raw 97% shrinks to 96.9 on 87,112 reviews, then blends with the 87 critic aggregate, giving 9.0.
What the data supports- Valve has tested it and rates it Verified on the Steam Deck.
- Small install at 14 GB.
Worth checking first- Flagged for mature content on its store page.
Mirror at a glance Released 2018 Studio KAGAMI WORKS Player sentiment 96% positive of 84,022 Critics No aggregate Price $1.99 Steam Deck playable Install size 2 GB Accessibility 0 declared features Raw 96% shrinks to 95.9 on 84,022 reviews, giving 9.0. No critics data, so that weight was redistributed across the rest rather than counted as zero.
What the data supports- Small install at 2 GB.
Worth checking first- Flagged for mature content on its store page.
- 8
Touhou Mystia's Izakaya
Best for: Handheld play, small install and Deck verified
9.0GamingPickz Scoremedium confidenceTouhou Mystia's Izakaya at a glance Released 2021 Studio 二色幽紫蝶 Player sentiment 99% positive of 32,698 Critics No aggregate Price $4.79 Steam Deck verified Install size 1 GB Accessibility 1 declared feature Raw 99% shrinks to 98.8 on 32,698 reviews, giving 9.0. No critics data, so that weight was redistributed across the rest rather than counted as zero.
What the data supports- Valve has tested it and rates it Verified on the Steam Deck.
- Small install at 1 GB.
- 9
Monster Hunter: World
Best for: The safest bet on this list, by weight of evidence
8.9GamingPickz Scorehigh confidenceMonster Hunter: World at a glance Released 2018 Studio CAPCOM Co., Ltd. Player sentiment 89% positive of 516,159 Critics 88/100 Price $29.99 Steam Deck verified Install size 52 GB Accessibility 6 declared features Raw 89% shrinks to 89.0 on 516,159 reviews, then blends with the 88 critic aggregate, giving 8.9.
What the data supports- 89% positive across 516,159 reviews is a strong signal at that volume, where a few enthusiasts cannot move the number.
- Valve has tested it and rates it Verified on the Steam Deck.
Yakuza 0 at a glance Released 2018 Studio Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio Player sentiment 95% positive of 77,742 Critics 86/100 Price Not listed Steam Deck verified Install size Not stated Accessibility 1 declared feature Raw 95% shrinks to 94.9 on 77,742 reviews, then blends with the 86 critic aggregate, giving 8.9.
What the data supports- Valve has tested it and rates it Verified on the Steam Deck.
Worth checking first- Flagged for mature content on its store page.
- 11
Omori
Best for: A consistently well-received pick in this category
8.8GamingPickz Scorehigh confidenceOmori at a glance Released 2020 Studio Not recorded Player sentiment 97% positive of 88,417 Critics 88/100 Price $19.99 Steam Deck playable Install size 2 GB Accessibility 1 declared feature Raw 97% shrinks to 96.9 on 88,417 reviews, then blends with the 88 critic aggregate, giving 8.8.
What the data supports- Small install at 2 GB.
Worth checking first- Flagged for mature content on its store page.
Persona 3 Reload at a glance Released 2024 Studio ATLUS Player sentiment 94% positive of 62,647 Critics 89/100 Price $59.99 Steam Deck verified Install size 30 GB Accessibility 7 declared features Raw 94% shrinks to 93.9 on 62,647 reviews, then blends with the 89 critic aggregate, giving 8.8.
What the data supports- Valve has tested it and rates it Verified on the Steam Deck.
- Declares 7 accessibility features, well above the catalogue norm.
Worth checking first- Flagged for mature content on its store page.
- 13
The Test
Best for: Handheld play, small install and Deck verified
8.8GamingPickz Scoremedium confidenceThe Test at a glance Released 2020 Studio Randumb Studios Player sentiment 97% positive of 20,122 Critics No aggregate Price $1.19 Steam Deck verified Install size 0.68 GB Accessibility 1 declared feature Raw 97% shrinks to 96.7 on 20,122 reviews, giving 8.8. No critics data, so that weight was redistributed across the rest rather than counted as zero.
What the data supports- Valve has tested it and rates it Verified on the Steam Deck.
- Small install at 0.68 GB.
- 14
ASTLIBRA Revision
Best for: Handheld play, small install and Deck verified
8.7GamingPickz Scoremedium confidenceASTLIBRA Revision at a glance Released 2022 Studio KEIZO Player sentiment 95% positive of 31,672 Critics No aggregate Price $24.99 Steam Deck verified Install size 4 GB Accessibility 1 declared feature Raw 95% shrinks to 94.9 on 31,672 reviews, giving 8.7. No critics data, so that weight was redistributed across the rest rather than counted as zero.
What the data supports- Valve has tested it and rates it Verified on the Steam Deck.
- Small install at 4 GB.
- 15
Metaphor: ReFantazio
Best for: Sinking a long time into one world
8.6GamingPickz Scorehigh confidenceMetaphor: ReFantazio at a glance Released 2024 Studio ATLUS Player sentiment 90% positive of 42,897 Critics 92/100 Price $69.99 Steam Deck playable Install size 93 GB Accessibility 7 declared features Raw 90% shrinks to 89.9 on 42,897 reviews, then blends with the 92 critic aggregate, giving 8.6.
What the data supports- Declares 7 accessibility features, well above the catalogue norm.
Worth checking first- Flagged for mature content on its store page.
- 16
Eternal Senia
Best for: Trying the genre without spending anything
8.6GamingPickz Scoremedium confidenceEternal Senia at a glance Released 2015 Studio Sanctum Games Player sentiment 97% positive of 12,057 Critics No aggregate Price Free Steam Deck playable Install size 0.39 GB Accessibility 0 declared features Raw 97% shrinks to 96.6 on 12,057 reviews, giving 8.6. No critics data, so that weight was redistributed across the rest rather than counted as zero.
What the data supports- Free to download, so trying it costs only time.
- Small install at 0.39 GB.
NieR:Automata at a glance Released 2017 Studio Square Enix Player sentiment 87% positive of 153,100 Critics 84/100 Price $39.99 Steam Deck playable Install size 50 GB Accessibility 5 declared features Raw 87% shrinks to 87.0 on 153,100 reviews, then blends with the 84 critic aggregate, giving 8.5.
- 18
Granblue Fantasy: Relink
Best for: Playing through with a friend online
8.5GamingPickz Scoremedium confidenceGranblue Fantasy: Relink at a glance Released 2024 Studio Cygames, Inc. Player sentiment 90% positive of 55,773 Critics No aggregate Price $39.99 Steam Deck playable Install size 90 GB Accessibility 1 declared feature Raw 90% shrinks to 90.0 on 55,773 reviews, giving 8.5. No critics data, so that weight was redistributed across the rest rather than counted as zero.
- 19
Summer Memories
Best for: A consistently well-received pick in this category
8.5GamingPickz Scoremedium confidenceSummer Memories at a glance Released 2020 Studio Dojin Otome Player sentiment 93% positive of 25,054 Critics No aggregate Price $19.99 Steam Deck playable Install size 1 GB Accessibility 0 declared features Raw 93% shrinks to 92.9 on 25,054 reviews, giving 8.5. No critics data, so that weight was redistributed across the rest rather than counted as zero.
What the data supports- Small install at 1 GB.
Worth checking first- Flagged for mature content on its store page.
- 20
FINAL FANTASY IX
Best for: A consistently well-received pick in this category
8.5GamingPickz Scorehigh confidenceFINAL FANTASY IX at a glance Released 2016 Studio Square Enix Player sentiment 95% positive of 14,266 Critics 84/100 Price $20.99 Steam Deck playable Install size 7 GB Accessibility 3 declared features Raw 95% shrinks to 94.7 on 14,266 reviews, then blends with the 84 critic aggregate, giving 8.5.
What the data supports- Small install at 7 GB.
Ōkami at a glance Released 2006 Studio Clover Studio Player sentiment 92% positive of 10,705 Critics 92/100 Price $9.99 Steam Deck verified Install size 34 GB Accessibility 1 declared feature Raw 92% shrinks to 91.7 on 10,705 reviews, then blends with the 92 critic aggregate, giving 8.5.
What the data supports- Valve has tested it and rates it Verified on the Steam Deck.
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DRAGON BALL Z: KAKAROT
Best for: Players who trust other players over critics
8.4GamingPickz Scorehigh confidenceDRAGON BALL Z: KAKAROT at a glance Released 2020 Studio CyberConnect2 Co. Ltd. Player sentiment 93% positive of 58,245 Critics 73/100 Price $19.99 Steam Deck verified Install size 36 GB Accessibility 1 declared feature Raw 93% shrinks to 92.9 on 58,245 reviews, then blends with the 73 critic aggregate, giving 8.4.
What the data supports- Valve has tested it and rates it Verified on the Steam Deck.
Worth checking first- Players rate it well above critics, 93 against 73. Usually a sign it improved after launch, or that it delivers something reviewers undervalued.
Yakuza Kiwami at a glance Released 2019 Studio Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio Player sentiment 93% positive of 23,315 Critics 80/100 Price Not listed Steam Deck verified Install size Not stated Accessibility 1 declared feature Raw 93% shrinks to 92.8 on 23,315 reviews, then blends with the 80 critic aggregate, giving 8.4.
What the data supports- Valve has tested it and rates it Verified on the Steam Deck.
Worth checking first- Players rate it well above critics, 93 against 80. Usually a sign it improved after launch, or that it delivers something reviewers undervalued.
- Flagged for mature content on its store page.
CrossCode at a glance Released 2018 Studio Radical Fish Games Player sentiment 92% positive of 18,408 Critics 86/100 Price $19.99 Steam Deck playable Install size Not stated Accessibility 1 declared feature Raw 92% shrinks to 91.8 on 18,408 reviews, then blends with the 86 critic aggregate, giving 8.4.
- 25
MONSTER HUNTER RISE
Best for: Playing through with a friend online
8.3GamingPickz Scorehigh confidenceMONSTER HUNTER RISE at a glance Released 2022 Studio CAPCOM Co., Ltd. Player sentiment 83% positive of 125,878 Critics 86/100 Price $39.99 Steam Deck verified Install size 36 GB Accessibility 1 declared feature Raw 83% shrinks to 83.0 on 125,878 reviews, then blends with the 86 critic aggregate, giving 8.3.
What the data supports- Valve has tested it and rates it Verified on the Steam Deck.
JRPG games by the numbers
The figures below describe all 90 entries on this page together, not the top pick. They are recomputed on every build, most recently on 5 September 2026, from 3,388,338 player reviews.
What the pricing looks like
76 of the 90 carry a listed US price, with a median of $24.99 and a mean of $30.13. The mean sitting above the median tells you the field is pulled up by a few expensive outliers. The cheapest is The Test at $1.19, the most expensive Metaphor: ReFantazio at $69.99. 6 are free to download. 7 carry in-game purchases on top of whatever they cost. Prices are read hourly from the US Steam storefront and move constantly.
How much this field agrees with itself
Player sentiment spans 50 points across these 90 entries. That is a wide band, which means the position of an entry here genuinely matters rather than splitting hairs. 39 carry a critic aggregate, averaging 82 out of 100. Players rate this field 5 points higher than critics on average, which is worth knowing before you weigh either number. See where the two diverge.
Who makes them, and what they overlap with
The studios appearing most often here are Square Enix (17), Square (10), ATLUS (5), KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD. (4) and BANDAI NAMCO Studios Inc. (3). The genres these entries also sit in are jrpg (90), rpg (89), open-world (44), action-rpg (41), strategy (18) and mmorpg (10), which is a fair map of what you are actually choosing between.
Which way attention is moving
We track Wikipedia pageviews over 28 days for 22 of these. 3 are gaining attention and 13 are losing it, with the rest flat. Attention is not quality, and we do not feed it into the ranking. The full monitor shows the movements across the catalogue.
The other 76 jrpg games
The 25 above are the top of the ranking. These 76 are the rest of the category: games that ranked below the cut, and games with too few reviews or no store listing to be ranked at all, which is normal for console and Nintendo exclusives.
Also catalogued
76 more jrpg games, not yet reviewedNone of these carry a review yet. The rest are catalogue records: title, year, studio and platforms, sourced from Wikidata. They are not indexed by search engines, because a record is not a review.
- Final Fantasy VIIIsource
- Chrono Triggersource
- Final Fantasy IVsource
- Final Fantasy VIsource
- Final Fantasy XIIIsource
- Final Fantasy IIsource
- Final Fantasy IIIsource
- NieR: Automatasource
- Final Fantasy Vsource
- Super Mario RPGsource
- Honkai: Star Railsource
- Final Fantasy Type-0source
- Final Fantasy VII Remakesource
- Tales of Symphoniasource
- Secret of Manasource
- Octopath Travelersource
- Final Fantasy XVIsource
- Dragon Quest VIIIsource
- Paper Mario: Sticker Starsource
- Grandiasource
- Mario & Luigi: Dream Teamsource
- Yakuza: Like a Dragonsource
- Dragon Quest Xsource
- Bravely Defaultsource
- Live A Livesource
Common questions
What is the best jrpg game?
DELTARUNE ranks first, with a GamingPickz Score of 9.3 out of 10 drawn from 133,535 player reviews. That is a statement about how it was received, not a claim that it is the one you personally will enjoy most.
How is this ranking calculated?
The GamingPickz Score is 55% player sentiment adjusted for sample size, 25% the critic aggregate published on the game store page, 20% popularity, from review volume and Wikipedia language editions. Player sentiment is pulled toward the catalogue average of 83.8% using a 400-review prior, so a game with a handful of reviews cannot outrank one with hundreds of thousands. Nothing on this page is paid for and no placement can be bought.
How many jrpg games are ranked here?
90 of them qualify. A game needs at least 50 player reviews to be scored, which excludes titles with too little evidence to place fairly.
Why is a game I love missing?
Three likely reasons. It has fewer than 50 player reviews, so it is excluded rather than ranked on noise. It has no Steam listing at all, which is normal for console and Nintendo exclusives. Or it is not in the catalogue yet.
Do you get paid for these placements?
No. Positions are computed from the formula above and nothing else. The site carries advertising, and advertisers can neither see nor influence this page. A position is not an endorsement, it is a measurement of reception.
How current is this?
Recomputed on every build from source data read on a stated date. This page was last rebuilt on 5 September 2026. Player review counts move daily, so positions in the middle of the list shift more than those at the top or bottom.
What is the best cheap jrpg game?
Volcano Princess is the best cheap jrpg game, ranking 9.1 out of 10 on the GamingPickz Score. 11 of the 25 jrpg games qualify.
What is the best co-op jrpg game?
Monster Hunter: World is the best co-op jrpg game, ranking 8.9 out of 10 on the GamingPickz Score. 3 of the 25 jrpg games qualify.
What is the best jrpg game for the Steam Deck?
DELTARUNE is the best jrpg game for the Steam Deck, ranking 9.3 out of 10 on the GamingPickz Score. 15 of the 25 jrpg games qualify.
What is the best jrpg game for a small hard drive?
DELTARUNE is the best jrpg game for a small hard drive, ranking 9.3 out of 10 on the GamingPickz Score. 12 of the 25 jrpg games qualify.
What is the best accessible jrpg game?
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is the best accessible jrpg game, ranking 9.2 out of 10 on the GamingPickz Score. 4 of the 25 jrpg games qualify.
What is the best jrpg game to play with a controller?
DELTARUNE is the best jrpg game to play with a controller, ranking 9.3 out of 10 on the GamingPickz Score. 17 of the 25 jrpg games qualify.
What is the best jrpg game with the most reviews?
DELTARUNE is the best jrpg game with the most reviews, ranking 9.3 out of 10 on the GamingPickz Score. 14 of the 25 jrpg games qualify.
What is the best single-player offline jrpg game?
DELTARUNE is the best single-player offline jrpg game, ranking 9.3 out of 10 on the GamingPickz Score. 25 of the 25 jrpg games qualify.
What is the best cheap jrpg game for the Steam Deck?
Persona 4 Golden is the best cheap jrpg game for the Steam Deck, ranking 9.0 out of 10 on the GamingPickz Score. 5 of the 25 jrpg games qualify.
What is the best highly rated cheap jrpg game?
Persona 4 Golden is the best highly rated cheap jrpg game, ranking 9.0 out of 10 on the GamingPickz Score. 4 of the 25 jrpg games qualify.
What is the best accessible single-player jrpg game?
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is the best accessible single-player jrpg game, ranking 9.2 out of 10 on the GamingPickz Score. 4 of the 25 jrpg games qualify.
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