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2004PEGI 12PlayStation, Nintendo Switch

You name your own hero, and the name shapes how his stats grow over the journey. Travel the overworld and dungeons, and turn-based battles reward you with experience and gold to level up and gear up.

  • Turn-based combat
  • Loot and gear
  • Open world
  • Strong character progression
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In short: Games like Dragon Quest

Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Dragon Quest special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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Up to three areas count more, the rest steps back.

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Dragon Warrior VII

90 %Match

2000PEGI 12PlayStation

Brings what grabs you about Dragon Quest: turn-based combat, deep character progression and a fantasy setting.

A sprawling classic JRPG in which a party travels to the past to restore lost islands to the present world. It offers dozens of hours of exploration, turn-based battles and a deep job class system.

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Rainbow Moon

Loot and gear

A colorful tactical RPG with grid-based turn-based battles, an isometric overworld and a hugely extensive character progression system. Fans of grinding, upgrading gear and skills, and exploring regions get 40+ hours of content.

Pokémon Violet

Open world

A Pokémon adventure set in the open region of Paldea, where you catch, train and battle creatures in turn-based fights. Tackling objectives in any order and riding a legendary Pokémon make it much freer than earlier entries.

Final Fantasy: 20th Anniversary Edition

Strong soundtrack

You assemble a party of four heroes whose classes you choose yourself and set off through a wide fantasy world in classic turn-based battles. This enhanced edition adds higher resolution graphics, a re-recorded soundtrack and extra dungeons that refresh the original's core experience.

Helen's Mysterious Castle

Turn-based combat

You follow a young girl with a hidden past on a quest to uncover her own origins through a fantasy world. The game delivers a classic-style RPG experience with a lovingly rendered look reminiscent of old-school JRPGs.

Pokémon Legends: Arceus

Open world

A Pokémon adventure set in ancient Sinnoh where you sneak up on wild Pokémon, catch them directly in sprawling open zones, and build the region's very first Pokédex. Research and collecting take center stage over the classic turn-based battles.

Final Fantasy III

Turn-based combat

The pixel remaster of the classic Final Fantasy RPG: four heroes of light travel a fantasy world using the famous job system and turn-based battles. Refreshed retro graphics and a reworked soundtrack give the old-school adventure a modern polish.

Breath of Fire III

Turn-based combat

A classic PlayStation JRPG following Ryu, last of the dragon clan, from childhood into adulthood. Standouts are the Dragon Gene system for combining transformations, the master-apprenticeship skill learning, and a charming, varied journey.

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