TOP 18 STUNNING Upcoming 2D RPG Games Will Entertain You For a Long Time

[@LuisPereira-xh6st]

Thank you for compiling this exceptional list of RPG titles

[@2leftthumbs]

Thank you for the Beloved Rapture shoutout! Yes, it is currently planned to be PC only. It's RPGMaker origins are quite limiting in that way. Once we've cleared an initial release, we'll definitely be exploring whether console ports will be both technically/financially viable - as it could require largely remaking the game. Here's hoping!!

[@aaronallen5439]

Definitely release on consoles! I'll be there day 1 if you do

[@swingtrades4241]

Wil this have controller support

[@2leftthumbs]

@@swingtrades4241 It does, yes! I can't guarantee every controller. But I play on a usb xbox controller :)

[@SomethingClassic]

Thanks for shouting out Quartet, much appreciated! We are also planning a Switch release.

[@mob-xgame]

Pleasure is mine , wish the best for you guys 👍

[@LifePlusPixelArtGames]

I loved shadows of Adam 😭.... Any sequels planned for it?! 😢

[@magnificentfluffyty]

@pixelartgamergirl No direct sequels planned for Shadows of Adam, but Quartet is a spiritual successor! Many of the same Dev team are also working on My Familiar and Forge of the Fae, so definitely keep an eye out on those too!

[@LifePlusPixelArtGames]

@@magnificentfluffyty Quartet looks amazing and I'm hoping it is just as good as SoA! These 2 other titles look just as incredible! I'm wish listing and sending them to my friend who is also a pixel art RPG junkie! These Oomies they always go CLUNK CLUNK CLUNK! but this time look to be making something good for a change! 👻 Thank you so much!

[@PejorativeDaedal]

Core Keeper and Rabbit & Steel are the best indie coop games ive played this year. Core Keeper is basically a deep diving action rpg with numerous builds to play around whilst having a crafting, mining,sandbox, looter aspect. Rabbit and Steel is basically FFXIV Raids but without the initial grind, just straight to coop raiding.

[@CannedTuna1994]

Beloved Rapture is sooo Wild Arms coded! XD reminds me of the first Wild Arms, it's sooo nostalgiccc

[@obake6290]

A few good looking games, then a surprisingly large number of maybe decent tactical RPGs.

[@Lexyvil]

Beloved Rapture looks awesome! It's reminiscent of RPG Maker 2000 and 2003 games, from the artstyle alone.

[@amerk6601]

I believe it originally started with 2003 (RM2K3).

[@2leftthumbs]

The game is still made in RM2K3! But with heaps of add-ons and other ways of getting the absolute *most* out of that engine :)

[@DomMarmelo]

added a few to my buy list, thanks for the recommendations ;)

[@ushireborn]

this guy telling people a game no one has played is "easily a 10 out of 10". jesus. stop.

[@StiffAftermath]

16:08 - listen before speaking.

[@ushireborn]

​@StiffAftermath 2:59 you should take your own advice

[@StiffAftermath]

@@ushireborn fair enough. Somehow missed that and mis-spoke.

[@moglet12345]

He has to cope with something, let a girlfriendless dude enjoy with lying in front of a screen

[@willgame4coffee]

I found it interesting that several games mentioned in the video to release later in the year, came out well before this video dropped lol.

[@MysticNessly]

Beloved Rapture! Definitely adding that one to backlog. Looks like loads of fun. Tons of cool looking games I'd never heard of before. Thanks for sharing!. Cool channel!

[@horacejohnson1730]

The problem with 2D and game app development, is the fact you're using mainly textures and that cost a lot of memory. When using 3D graphics, you're mainly using memory to hold vertex data and that is much cheaper than texture data. Consider this... You have a 2D character that moves in eight directions, lets say a run animation of 8 frames. That's 8 x 8, which is 64 textures and that's just for the one animation set. With 3D, you have one geometry that gets transformed to every frame and you can rotate that geometry in any direction, so therefore, you have the full 360 directional movement on every angle, just by transforming the one mesh. It's not hard to see why 2D graphics is more expensive when it comes to game design.

[@davdev793]

Played bloomtown demo and I got serious persona2 meets cozy games vibes. Love it and hyping.

[@happybuttersblast8334]

is Eiyuden Chronicles coming out this year, i think its been years since I backed that kickstarter. I think they said it should be out this year or next. looking forward to that.

[@EnAuEllai]

It came out two months ago.

[@bravoalley228]

thank you for showing this list.. i would advise to make sure that the names are accurate if you are not going to provide links.. I was trying to find World of Anterra on Steam and thought it may be in a different status. But as you had added The at the beginning and I was searching for that, it didn't come up with that.

[@voyager1865]

great vid. thanks! also, i could listen to you speak all day. you should get into voice acting and/or ASMR. :P

[@mob-xgame]

Thanks bro

[@Constellasian]

Nintendo really needs to make another Earthbound game. The only version that came to Western countries was beloved. Capcom also needs to make a new Breath of Fire. Dragon Quarter failed, but that's because they took it into a different direction that made it not feel like BoF anymore.

[@amerk6601]

Beloved Rapture is looking nice. Hard to believe it started off as just another RPG Maker 2k3 game back in 2010 or so. But seems they've really done a lot of work with it since earlier concept / demo. That and Ara Fell!

[@mightbeanerd]

One that I don't see brought up much that I have my eye on is Hymn to the Earless God, made by the creator of Jimmy and the Pulsating Mass (not sure if it's just them again or if there's other people working on it too, I think there's a team this time around but it's usually just the one developer) Really liked Jimmy and the Pulsating Mass so I have my hopes up.

[@Santagranada]

these all look gorgeous

[@tassiodrigues]

These games look very promising. Great video!

[@169ru]

Beloved Rapture and Sword of Convallaria are definitely on my watch list.

[@TaiBoy89]

I want to play a Digimon survival RPG game, unfortunately Bandai only makes battle and turn-based games. 🎉

[@thepukeproject7759]

Those are the real RPGs, bro 👌🏻

[@luizfib]

Beloved Rapture looks amazing. Such a shame it is pc only.

[@busislo01]

Hey, cool video man! What is the name of the game in the thumbnail? Or is it a fan image? That one looks sick!

[@mob-xgame]

thanks : ) , its from Alterium Shift

[@kokosan09]

and my wishlist grows and grows!

[@FiggsNeughton]

Indie game devs are laughably cautious when it comes to trying new art styles. It never ceases to amaze me how all these so-called “indie” games look like they come from some kind of megacorporation endless making the same game over and over.

[@gilardes]

I have grown to specifically dislike rpgmaker games. But Beloved Rapture seems alright, and I might actually give it a try. Correct me if I'm wrong though, because it does look like an rpgmaker game to me.

[@KyouOneZilla]

not every classic turn based RPG is a RPGmaker game....

[@gilardes]

@@KyouOneZilla Except this one is. I know rpgmaker 2003 assets by heart now. And guess what. A quick google search confirmed it.

[@wildanbaxtli6913]

​@@gilardesunderstand the hate. Me too would immediately went "ah, another RPG maker game". Not saying those games are bad, but majority of it, is. My main judging point of whether the game going to be good or not is based on how many base assets they use. If it like, 90-100%, forget it The app might be the easiest to learn compare to other game engine, thus lots of people use it and producing game that only interesting for themselves but publish it online

[@nadjo1787]

​@@wildanbaxtli6913 So your're saying the app / base is good but the result is not so much or okay the least but i see the game somehow almost the same with using the engine but somehow they manage to using another one to punch it up in the art and feature style don't you think.

[@wildanbaxtli6913]

@@nadjo1787 that's what I said with using "90-100%" app's base assets. They literally use it as it is without adding anything, make it look bland and cheap. That's the problem with Majority (if not a lot) of RPG maker game. What do you think when you look at 1000+ games, but each look very much alike? I'm more prefer RPG maker games that have sh**ty artstyle compare to that bland in-app assets one. At least they put more effort and it look different

[@CrowFuu]

Wait, why is Sword of Convallaria no longer on Console? I cant find that information anywhere, is it delayed or cancelled?

[@selfeffect]

It hasn’t released yet

[@CrowFuu]

@@selfeffect Im talking about if the Console Release will be Delayed or if it is Cancelled.

[@infamousincubus2888]

It's free to pay on steam and mobile I believe

[@teneleven2818]

@@CrowFuuI hope it’s released on switch too.

[@VvMythWolfvV]

Because that is definitely what we need in 2024, more games pushing lgbtq approved content.

[@ПророкМухоед]

💯%

[@yicama2098]

Agree!! 🎉

[@rooneytutoring]

You forgot Skuld: Against The Black Priory.

[@killgronia5815]

I have to play my familiar off that song alone lol.

[@mikeyjxy]

wow world of anterra looks tasty

[@mdjey2]

What is this pixelated craze? Even in 90s we didn't have pixelated look.

[@DracoKitsu]

No TerraProject from the creator of CrossCode ? No Chef Rpg ? Super Zoo Story ? Haunted Chocolatier ?

[@lucidstation]

Are those games coming out in 2024!?

[@sasdasu00dfsdfardo]

0:36 aaaand dead on arival...

[@ricardokojin7]

That's where I stopped the video.

[@norman20100]

problem is that all this is low budget so cant expect anything spectacular than we already see

[@bushmassstone4259]

Thumbnail 4:10

[@XenogearsForever]

Never support Early Access, and never pre-order anything. People still don't learn.

[@Bizzozeron]

The peacemaker trailer used AI art lol

[@andreasengels7293]

Hio it is possibel to reccoment you games for you to ceck out and that they maiby com up in a future video?? i know of one with a demo to test ^^

[@chrisotybi6117]

I loe these game remaster 😩 on Nintendo switch or ps5

[@iTiZaQUeStiOnMaRk]

Which game is with that blue dragon?

[@christofalbat1632]

Alterium Shift is also coming to Switch, isn't it?

[@andres20314]

beloved rapture , no for consoles ?? this is a big error i like it

[@vvmnvvmn8062]

World of Anterra　switch have？

[@ricardosantos6721]

why do all these characters look like children's dolls with huge heads erc?

[@zenpo6322]

Ugh pretty much all for PC and I got a digital storm pc but I've left it to rot because I can't stand pc players anymore and while I won't have to deal with pc players in single player games I just don't care to support it because if the player base. I turn cross play off in everything so much more peaceful lol.

[@ilovewagner]

Is it on mobile?

[@samuelcalderon5525]

What's the game in the thumbnail?

[@mob-xgame]

Alterium Shift

[@Claudio-wg2kd]

Hay algunos que visualmente no se ven muy prometedores de hecho un poco decepcionantes. Incluso chrono trigger se ve mucho mejor.

[@Shavt996]

Terra memoria.

[@kylemarschner8725]

I am so sick of good looking games being turn based, i hate this game format, they always look so good story wise but then the game play is so tedious and slow. I just want to feel in control of the action not restricted to menu's as my only form of action. I want to actively dodge and attack and block. Not enough games give that option. I understand this is a long loved genre and for good reason their stories are usually fantastic but god let me control the action all these slow paced thinking battles suuuuuuck. Its like interactive chess and it takes way too long.

[@kylemarschner8725]

I wish the creators would implement an option to play it both ways, just merge the two and have it as an option in the settings, i know it means longer programing times but if it means including more people to being able to enjoy your games why should that be an issue. Imagine every final fantasy having both a traditional turn based system version but also the ability to switch to the combat style of final fantasy 12 or 15, i would be in heaven.

[@Leikjarinn]

Playing Chrono Trigger, no thanks

[@김왕장-w2w]

2d

[@airtioteclint]

Octopath traveler 2 ruined all other games for me. These games look so bland now.

[@lukex1337]

American “jrpg” :/…

[@googlewolly]

"LGBTQ themes and characters..." And skip that one.

[@gandankthegreen9369]

Love everyone- no exceptions, no excuses. Get rid of that ego and find the soul in people.

[@googlewolly]

@@gandankthegreen9369 You should love everyone, but that doesn't mean that you need to accept wokeness in games. My point remains.

[@gemodemplay415]

Wait, did you just say LGBTQ at the beginning of the video here? Oh, man, this bullcrap invaded even my only way of escapism from this world...

[@raphaelhamato7546]

Exactly. Can’t do anything anymore without their propaganda.

[@JanderStrahd]

Fake thumbnail?

[@theosr93]

PC...

[@Jautaube]

I don't know about the rest of you, but I can't stand this TBA-CRAP ... I am not interessted in Games that don't release in the next 3 months. I love shadow drops. There should be just shadow drops. Games change too much over time or never get released. Push them out when they are ready, don't fool you fanbase into "wishlisting" your crappy game for 5 years.

[@BootySweat4491]

Shadow drops are trash

[@songshungama5288]

3:12 He is rating a lgtb game so high without even playing it. These pro lgtv guys have zero critism about their games

[@theoldblood3804]

Looks like a bunch of doo doo

[@TheBossnia]

Who wants a gay/trans propaganda as an RPG? lol