A long expedition to reclaim Ratopolis, depicted through a blend of turn-based, roguelike, auto-battler, and dungeon crawler ...

Julián F.L. is a video game & anime expert, historian & journalist with a lot of passion for these subjects and over 10 years of experience in writing about them. He has enjoyed video games, anime, ...

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 ...

From story-driven adventures to traditional meticulous strategies, turn-based RPGs are already having a great year in 2026. Several new titles have taken the genre by storm, providing players with ...

Ledgerbound combines tactical turn-based RPG combat and a charmingly silly premise executed to perfection, topped with ...

Nowadays, JRPGs are making a powerful comeback to the mainstream. And while I say mainstream, I mean game events, community discussions, and even impressive sales numbers. However, in the process of ...

For a long time, every JRPG was automatically associated with turn-based gameplay. If it had anime characters, a fixed cast, and turn-based combat, then it was automatically labeled a JRPG. I won't ...

Final Fantasy returning to turn-based combat through the upcoming Final Fantasy Resonance is a pretty big deal, even if you were just going off the reception to its initial reveal. Many folks, ...

There's little that can uplift spirits more than music. Music's power is limitless and people are witness to it every day. Music can greatly enhance a game, but it takes a special kind of game to tell ...

These classic turn-based RPGs strike a perfect, 10/10 balance between their narratives and gameplay. These are not THE definitive turn-based RPGs of all time. They are, however, eight of the best turn ...