Top 25 Best Tactical/Strategy JRPGs of All Time That You Should Play | 2023 Edition

What an honor to be on this list - thank you so much and glad you enjoyed SoW :) :) :)

I feel like no one knows about Jeanne D'arc, I'm glad to see it here, this is the game that captured my interest in turn based rpg's. Oh, I miss the handheld era

Next time don't forget Langrisser (original series) plz))

FFT as #1 of all time is all I need to know the list is gonna be good and see what it has in it.

Are there other anime game like troubleshooter? Turn based w new age anime combat and skills?

I highly recommend the Shining Force series for the Sega Saturn

Ah why Espectral Soul its not on the list .. that game have amazing story with 2 ending bad and true ending .

Absloutly Hidden Gem .

Troubleshooter abandoned child is very good! Really worth to play with.

whats the last game after fft

Overall a very good list, knowing some fandom the order or even some games is expecific series might be in different orders, the only game I feel this list is missing is the Shining Force 3 trilogy on the Sega Saturn, maybe Dragon Force, but I couldnt get into even with people saying alot of good things about it

Engage combat gameplay is a lot better than 3house but everything else is a lot worse especially the story

It's a good list, but I think it might be a little confused about Tactics Ogre: Reborn. The whole "classes gain levels, characters don't gain levels in a class" thing was from the really old Playstation Portable version of the game. Reborn is a remake that ditched that mechanic and added/changed a lot of the gameplay systems in general. Now your character has an individual level, and that's used to decide what they have access to in every class. So you might have a lv 40 knight with Phalanx III and a level 45 knight with Phalanx IV deployed in the same battle.

(I think because Reborn gets called a 'remaster' sometimes, people didn't realize how much the combat, levelling system, and classes systems were completely changed. I imagine they wanted to avoid the term remake, but it's confused a lot of people who were expecting the PSP version with better graphics and got completely different gameplay, classes, etc.)

Shout out to Stella Glow, the last game of defunct game studio imageepoch. One of the best strategy RPGs on the 3DS.

ok. wow. actually VERY impressed with this tier list. job-fucking-well done sir. 👏👏👏

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few great titles id highly recommend checking out are la pucelle tactics and makai Kingdom

I would have mentioned Gungnir as well

what a boring list, might as well just say "old tactical rpg games that are outdated but because of nostalgia were going to pretend they are the best"

No project x zone? 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

my main issue with shining force is the fact that the turns are randomly generated. Personally find it a bit annoying.

vanguard bandits remake or new story please

What's a game like xcom but has true anime abilities I can use?

The games that got me into the genre were Final Fantasy Tactics Advance and Final Fantasy Tactics A2. These titles tend to be overlooked and started to fade out with time, although they do not look dated yet

1. Radiant Historia
2. Vandal Hearts
3. Valkyria Chronicles 3 (Japan only) / Front Mission 3
4. Valkyria Chronicles 1 & 4
5. SMT Devil Survivor: Overclocked / SMT Devil Survivor 2: Record Breaker
6. Shining Force 2 & 3
7. Growlancer
8. Langrisser 3-5
9. Tactic Ogre / Tactic Ogre: Reborn
10. Final Fantasy: Tactics
11. Jeanne D'Arc
12. Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance / Radiant Dawn
13. Fire Emblem: Sacred Stones / The Blazing Blade
14. Fire Emblem: Awakening
15. Disgaea 5
16. Disgaea 2 & 4
17. Front Mission 1 & 2
18. Fron Mission Remake
19. Super Robot Wars F (Japan only)
20. Super Robot Wars 30
21. Triangle Strategy
22. Advance Wars
23. Brigandine: The Legend of Runersia
24. Majin Tensei 2: Spiral Nemesis (Japan only)
25. Stella Deus

So sad that fire emblem three house only in Switch :(

Who is in the thumbnail?

nice

MUST TRY!! Lost Eidolons, Mercenaries Saga, & Cross Tails

Valkyria Chronicles 4 is definitely the best - so great putting it out up there! Kai is awesome too!

anyone know name of the jprg shooter

Engage? Worst Fire Emblem game in ~20 years.

I thought the battle system in Vandal Hearts 2 was VERY innovative, with the fact that you and the enemy move simultaneously, and I loved that. Nobody else (that I know of) has tried that.

Divinity original sin 2 is best of history

It's a great list. You made me want to play Shining force again.

No Advance Wars?

tactics ogre at #5? gotte be kidding me. that's the OG. the title should be "MY Top 25 Best Tactical/Strategy JRPG of All Time That You Should Play"

Troubleshooter is probably one of the highest hidden gems that beats so many others of it genres. I’de say it’s in the top 3 tactics games along with fire emblem and xcom 2, probably beating both.

Pleasantly surprised to see Jeanne d'Arc!!

Symphony of war♥️

Triangle Strategy is a bit low imo and Tactics Ogre should be second, but I liked the list overall

I think tactical is the weakest part of fire Emblem 3 houses, engage is much better in the tactical gameplay part

Great list, glad to see some of my all-time favourites such as Tactics Ogre (although I think I prefer PS1 version), FFT and Shining Force II, which was my first step into the genre.

The obvious absence for me is Fire Emblem Awakening, which, in my opinion, is the best FE game and deserved at least Top 5.

Triangle Strategy gets a lot of flak, undeservedly so, for the lengthy dialogs that often last longer than the actual battles but it has a lot of depth and should also be higher on the list. NG+ on hard mode was one of the most fun and challenges experiences I've ever had in a Strategy RPG.

Brigandine Forsena my favorite, Runersia is quite good too

Nice list always, troubleshooter is gg

I mean you mentioned the pokemon one and skipped FF Tactics Advance 1 and 2 and Digimon Survive?

I have a hard time believing you’ve even played any of these games. Describing VH2 gameplay as “not innovative” when it was the first game in the genre to use simultaneous player and enemy movement shows this.

very good liste , eternal poison , valkyrie profile covenant of the plume & The Diofield Chronicle are very good tactical jrpg too

Agree 110% with your video. Man, Path of radiance was for masochist,.. that game was incredible tough , .. where is the sequel Radiant Dawn?., nvm you have PSP's Jeanne D´ Arc!! now you are my friend! haha. I miss Ring of Red in that list thou.. good video. You have my "like".

Ohhh I really love VAndal Hearts 2!!! One of my favourites of all time!!! Check Shinning force III for Saturn, there are 3 episodies connected (you can export your saved game between games) and all are translate (by fans) to english

dude I like your list but Front Mission 3 for the psone is far better than any other in the franchise, and topping even with the 5th

Shining force 😭😭😭😭😭😭