Top 25 Best JRPG Games of All Time That You Should Play!

Weird list. You lump several games as a series (Kingdom Hearts) but then list others individually, like the Persona games.

Its your top 25, gives me the impression you discovered RPGs less after the 2010s, legend of heroes first... and harvestella is in this top... weellll its your tastes, I strongly disagreee :) and some of the titles are not even j-rpgs...

Phantasy Star IV

After FF7, Xenogears is my favorite

Bravely default 2? Final fantasy 6? Octopath traveler? these easily belong in the top 5

nice list, but I'd pick SMT 3 or Strange Journey instead of SMT V.

You should try octopath traveler 2. It got overwhelming positive review from steam

Weird that dragon warrior 2,3 and 4 are not on the list

The Best JRPGs... according to this guy. BIASED AF

Xeno series is definitely my favorite game series

Where's Skies Of Arcadia, Radiant Historia, Golden Sun, Riviera The Promised Land?

I am going to assume that the only reason Radiant Historia: Perfect Chronology is not on this list is that Joel has never heard of or played it. That game is something else. One if the most unique combat systems I have ever seen in a turn-based game, and the actual plot is told in such a fun and interesting way with a neat twist that I absolutely loved.

Persona 4 golden and persona 5 royal are simply the best

Xenoblade and Trails series definitely deserve more attention they are just that good.

I'd be embarrassed to post something this bad 😂

Legend of heroes is my favorite too !

Final fantasy VI the best Final Fantasy is not on the list

Dragon quest 11 is boring as hell. Sure it’s pretty and the characters are fun, but combat system is totally outdated. Clearly doesn’t deserve such a high rank.

Good top, but there's no Grandia ll and I'm upset a bit. Best game for first jrpg meeting

This is the worst list of jrpg I have ever seen😅 I mean everyone should play what the like, but it's still crazy to me.

I wanted to like it but I could never get into Legend of Heroes. I gave it a good twenty hours before putting it down.

when i see Xenogears and suikoden i know am in the right place if swuare didnt interfare and taking staffs from the xenogears it will be alive until todays but u miss this master piece" legend of dragoon and arc the lad and digital sage 1&2 " <--- this story is solid i mean the best i ever seen
now as age 42 i cant keep up with new style jrpg missing my old days now, my son asking me why your tears drops when u hear "suikoden 3 intro :exceeding love" my replay always the same "good old day son good old days" .
thanks for sharing this memories of this games bro !

The trails series is top tier and im so glad to see it get its credit here

Why no tales of arise. To me that one of the best JRPGS I have played.

kingdom hearts is best played 1 2 melody of memory for the best experience safe the kh3 worlds for after kh3 no spoilers everything shown in trailers

lost odyssey playing it now

A lot of these games are NOT JRPGs: Ys VIII, Disgaea 5, HARVESTELLA, CODE VEIN, Tales of Abyss, Kingdom Hearts, Tactics Ogre (and Reborn in many ways sucks comparing to original, btw), NieR Automata, FFT, Fire Emblem. Just because game was made in Japan and there are some RPG elements - that doesn't make it JRPG. JRPGs here are: Xenogears, Persona series, Trails series, DQ XI, Chrono series, FF7 Remake is a mix genre and is already quite far from JRPGs but we still can consider it one because of the original legacy), Suikoden 2, Star Ocean 3 is also a mix genre.

Where Vanguard's bandit's ?)

The Legend of Heroes Trails Series is the Most underrated JRPG Series of All Time

Where the f, breath of fire iv is???

I've played all of the trails of cold steel arc. And i am not sure, that trails series as a whole Number one.
From narrative standpoint i met a lot of strange things like some evil boss laughing and than teleport six or seve times during story. Also instead of civil war and Grey morale we have arc for returning our school. There are a lot of things from narrative, that are not good and could be improved.
Gameplay wise i like how they created more deep mechanic based on ff7 material system

You have to be a younger player to omit games like chrono trigger.

Bruh how is code vein on this list but not dark souls

so strange to see smt v in this list and no nocturne

Great list! So many great games, so little time 😁. Currently playing Tales of Arise 🙂

"Of all time" ...are you high?

are you born in early 2000..??? 😂😂😂 back in 1997-2007 not even a single JRPG game could surpass Final Fantasy.. in any aspects.. if you make an “ALL OF TIME” list.. you should compare games to it’s generation.. for example.. FFIX has pushed the power of PSONE to it’s limit like no other JRPG could ever did.. graphic, complexity, soundtrack, etc.. you can’t compare to PS3 games that ofcourse could did beyond that.. you should compare to it’s own generation.. well.. I agreed that FFVII REMAKE aren’t that great in some aspects for it generation.. but FFVIII-FFXII ..??? come on.. 😂😂😂 its of couse top 10 list

SMT V was a dissapointment i went back and played SMT Digital Devil Saga and Nocturne and i was reminded of how good JRPG's can be.

You should try Grandia III.

Tales of arise?

Great list. I am a little confused though why are the Persona games ranked separately instead of together like other series' with similar connectedness like Xenoblade?

Tales of arise, how can you leave that one out?!?

No nino kuni? Sad I do think they are great and deserve at least a position in this list

if you think about getting the FF tactics war of the lions keep in mind that this game is a lot harder than other games of the genre. to an annoying degree. and i really liked elden ring etc. but this one is hard on an annoying level, not a challenging one

Includes Code Vein but doesn't include any Mother game? oof

No ff9…….

No Chrono Trigger on a best RPG list? Sorry, can't take you seriously.

this list suck