Top 20 Best NEW Upcoming Turn Based JRPGs (2024 2025 2026)

[@ragingsilver]

Claire Obscure has my attention!

[@TurnBasedLovers]

Indeed :)

[@TECC73]

Finally, Sci-Fi JRPGs...and turn-based! Every game seems to be fantasy, so this is a breath of fresh air for the genre.

[@TurnBasedLovers]

Yes indeed :)

[@AntonioVicenteJosonChua]

What about Honkai Star Rail?

[@Drstrange3000]

I'm glad to see a lot of variety here than the overdone modern anime style JRPGs we have been getting. Even the games in the anime style are varied here.

[@TurnBasedLovers]

Indeed. 👌😊

[@grimmreaper9402]

Wow Im very excited about Penny Blood. Shadow Hearts was one of my most favorite series, felt so bad those games were not part of PSN

[@TurnBasedLovers]

I'm very excited by Penny Blood, because Shadow Hearts is one of my favourite series ever too. But unfortunately looks like it's stucked for now.

[@EMbergames1995]

Same! I'm still hoping the Shadow Hearts games will come to Playstation Premium but I don't think its likely :')

[@darrenardron6953]

i agree

[@UnstoppableBullet]

You can just feel the Wild Arm's legacy at the first whistle and guitar stroke

[@didyouknowthat.channel]

Armed Fantasia looks amazing. I'll definitely be on the lookout for that one.

[@TurnBasedLovers]

Indeed. That whistled soundtrack....

[@eszterfodor1136]

What I liked: Metaphor Interesting: Lost Hellden, Expedition 33, Alzara

[@TurnBasedLovers]

Great choices :)

[@FeelsGouda]

Not gonna lie, I am kinda annoyed that most turn based JRPGs only get love from indie developers nowadays and usually end up a 64 bit/pixelgraphic game. Nothing against that, but I do crave a Triple A title again.

[@TurnBasedLovers]

Triple A usually go on ARPG s*** nowadays

[@canal_do_muringa]

Tell that for Square, i hate ff16, at.least we have persona and Yakuza ganes

[@CrowFuu]

Just so you know Sword of Convallaria will also release on Console now. It was announced that the Delay was to polish the Game, and to work on Controller Support for the Console Release in the Future.

[@magicfield12]

@@CrowFuu If it goes on the consoles. Will it still be a gatcha game?

[@CrowFuu]

@@magicfield12 Yes. It will be the same Game and have all the Updates and newest ones.

[@magicfield12]

@@CrowFuu ah I see. Thanks for the information l

[@PauloLz]

@@magicfield12 just to make one thing clear, SoC is indeed a Gacha game, but there is a single player mode called "Spiral of Destinies", it's pretty cool and has 10 different endings. It does require that you to play the Gacha part a little bit because it needs "keys" to play each chapter of the story (needs around 7~10 to do a full campaign), but you don't need to spend money at all (i've never spent a dime in the game and already got 9 of the 10 endings) and the game is hella fun, not to mention some routes are surprisingly good, so i highly recommend it.

[@magicfield12]

@@PauloLz I see. Thanks for the recommendation. Will look into that. Thanks brother! 🙏

[@jemzbundzdobo7310]

lost helden and penny blood..those the ones i like the most on this list.

[@TurnBasedLovers]

Yes indeed, they look awesome :)

[@Darkjamac04]

Expedition 33's gameplay reminds me of Lost Odyssey. I will definitely be picking it up on day 1.

[@TurnBasedLovers]

Indeed, you can also find The Legend of Dragoon in there :)

[@jimmysaul2899]

@@TurnBasedLovers you mean the gameplay like Legend of Dragoon?

[@GameGushGamer]

I'm very curious how Clair Obscura and Demonschool will play out. Nice list :)

[@TurnBasedLovers]

I'm curious about Clair Obscur too. As for Demonschool, you can try the demo to have an idea of what to expect 😉☺️

[@threeswordssama]

Love the look of Penny Blood. Great art style

[@TurnBasedLovers]

Yes indeed 🤩

[@CrimRui]

If it comes out. They are still struggling to find a publisher...

[@ajwalker4416]

Thanks for this list. I'm a PC only player so I'll be sure to keep an eye out for the games coming to PC.

[@TurnBasedLovers]

Grazie a te, my friend :)

[@laniston]

Ive got Etheria Restart on my wishlist for another upcoming turn based jrpg(according to the game's description it is) strangely this game never appears on any of these upcoming rpg videos. The trailer looks cool, though there is not much info on the game right now. Worth looking at though

[@josephguillory6316]

Armed fantasy Looks like an amazing successor to wild arms but i still I'd love to see a new Wild arms game and penny blood It's fantastic Wild and I want to play It now. It's a wonderful successor to shadow hearts game an I am excited 😊 🤗 🤪 😃 For the release date.

[@TurnBasedLovers]

Yes indeed. Unfortunately looks like Penny Blood is actually stucked. :(

[@josephguillory6316]

​​@@TurnBasedLoversWhat do you mean it's stuck?

[@TurnBasedLovers]

​@@josephguillory6316 looks like the development is on hold.

[@josephguillory6316]

@@TurnBasedLovers What happened to put on hold?

[@bfjrd]

nice list especially the first one

[@TurnBasedLovers]

Thanks! :)

[@thetaerdin]

I'm super excited for Sword of Convallaria. The game looks beautiful and it's clear that the devs put a lot of care into the game. I've been waiting for a game like this for so long! I love tactics RPGs, so I can't wait to dive in and enjoy the branching storyline and characters :)

[@TurnBasedLovers]

Fingers crossed! We are working on a review actually. I can tell you more in the next days :)

[@Slic4Not]

Expedition 33 looks soooo good DAMN!!😮😮

[@TurnBasedLovers]

Yes indeed :)

[@EMbergames1995]

I'm very much looking forward to Penny Blood but the lack of news is really worrying. I know they released Hellbound but i'm not as interested in that 😢

[@TurnBasedLovers]

Unfortunately looks like the games was put on hold :(

[@ko0oz00]

JRPG Fan was here 🎉 Best for me is Penny Blood and armed fantasia 🍻

[@TurnBasedLovers]

They are great indeed :)

[@ko0oz00]

Yep it’s long waiting since i back both projects and they are doing great things and they just searching for a good publishers 👌 i love there work

[@Raytheman581]

Didn't know about guns underdark, I really do wanna play that one now. Gotta get through this backlog first. Also no way radiant echoes come out in 2026 💀

[@BlackOrchid_LeFay]

Lost Hellden looks fantastic

[@TurnBasedLovers]

Indeed, its graphic style is awesome :)

[@10-OSwords]

Someone just did a video: Pennyblood still can't find a publisher :/

[@TurnBasedLovers]

@@10-OSwords indeed. Looks like it's stucked right now. Anyway this video is all for you 😅

[@10-OSwords]

@@TurnBasedLovers :) Thanks bud!

[@TurnBasedLovers]

My pleasure :)

[@LongLiveTheKingMusic]

Can't wait for Lumentale!

[@TurnBasedLovers]

Indeed. It looks intriguing with that yo-yo :)

[@touayaaj84]

Claire is Legend of Dragoon gameplay! 😮

[@TurnBasedLovers]

Indeed :)

[@darbindelacruz8937]

I'm hype for Metafor and Ys X nordics i can't wait 🔥🥰

[@TurnBasedLovers]

@@darbindelacruz8937 indeed 😍😍

[@PauloRPGGamer]

Me waiting for: Expedition 33, Armed Fantasia, and Lost Hellden

[@TurnBasedLovers]

Indeed. Great choices :)

[@demonlordotrt754]

Im a big BIG Wild Arms fan boy iv played every wildarms so armed fantisy looks great

[@armelior4610]

"Guns undarkness" : I hope they have translators for the game if not for the title, it reminds me of the famous engrish from that old game "all your base are belong to us"

[@TurnBasedLovers]

hahaha :) right

[@AbdullahQumper]

for the game: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 you can do a full no damage run -even final boss- and beat the game

[@ArNoDgReElSiO]

Any info in Kristala?

[@lufasumafalu5069]

where is the Octopath Traveller III made for release with Switch II

[@supercool1412]

The only one I am excited for is Armed Fantasia because it has a souls unlike the other indie games who want to cash on nostalgia

[@TurnBasedLovers]

I don't think Armed Fantasia is the only one to have soul, but i agree it is awesome :)

[@mystic865]

I love turn based jrpgs.

[@TurnBasedLovers]

....me too :)

[@LuxCyanoFilmes]

Grato pelo seu trabalho, amigo!🇧🇷

[@TurnBasedLovers]

Obrigado a você, meu amigo :)

[@creek_blues]

Clair Obscur looks absolutely outstanding. Definitely my most hyped along with Penny Blood

[@TurnBasedLovers]

Indeed, they are awesome :)

[@jordankelley128]

Which game is in the image before you click to watch the video?

[@WattSCar7597]

nice list bro. ty

[@TurnBasedLovers]

Glad you enjoyed :)

[@AbdullahQumper]

am a fan of shadow heart games... so, Penny Blood is my favorite game it will be

[@christopherthomas9218]

I wanted Penny Blood to succeed the most.....

[@truemono02]

I hope the ALZARA character models don't end up looking like that, the art and splash art look pretty but those characters look rough

[@SchwarzmagierLuemml]

Since I've seen the first pictures I think the same. For some reason the 3d graphics don't have much charme and aren't authentic. Its pretty sad bc I have high hopes for this game, but I don't think they will do something about it

[@PurpleDinosaurExon]

Armed Fantasia successor of wild arms?

[@BTAxis]

It's interesting how, of these games, only a couple are _not_ coming to PC. That's to be expected these days, but JRPGs used to be exclusively found on consoles, because Japan doesn't have a history of PC gaming the way the Western world does. There's been a real paradigm shift there.

[@TurnBasedLovers]

Yes Indeed :)

[@belazarius727]

Mario and Luigi nice.

[@TurnBasedLovers]

Yes indeed :)

[@BJZRE]

whats the game in the thumbnail?

[@TurnBasedLovers]

@@BJZRE Sword of Convallaria

[@taluhs]

Not sure why but Quartet is giving me such hype, hope it goes well

[@MrValgard]

Well shadow of Adam was awesome for it's scale, and Quartet is bigger ^^

[@TurnBasedLovers]

Indeed. It has something special...

[@1cortar]

IRC one of the Devs is a big fan of Xenogears.

[@RTaro-qs7rr]

Since when can Mario perform a Jecht shot?

[@TurnBasedLovers]

hahaha. They had a vacation on Spira. :)

[@john_7000]

You can't put persona 6 here, we don't know that it coming atlus haven't said anything about it, idc about leaks or stuff like that, the game doesn't exist for now, especially there focus more on metaphor now which tbh i am more excited for metaphor then persona 6, metaphor steals all my love from the persona series and it not even out, it just it looks much better with a lot more variety then persona, and it basically have everything i love about RPGs too.

[@TurnBasedLovers]

I know, I know, it was a little "too early" to place it inside the list 😅

[@BuceGar]

Sword of Convo is a big disappointment. It's a free to play gacha game that's built like a mobile game. A lot of people were very unhappy about this, but we were told the gacha mechanics would not interfere if you just wanted to play through the story. After playing the demo, this is clearly not the case. The gacha store and mechanics are in your face from the beginning. Basically, you play a few scenes from the "story", then get dumped into your standard mobile gacha front end interface. An over world map which is just a series of points representing maps that you have to play repeatedly to clear with different ratings. You get your new characters strictly from the gacha mechanic, that is, if you only want to play the story, you must use the gacha store, there is no in story recruiting shop or guild. Just standard east asian gambling monetization. I uninstalled it. Too bad, it could have been a gem.

[@taluhs]

Sadly we need a tad bit more failures so they realise those genre is not so worthy investing anymore

[@TurnBasedLovers]

I don't think the genre is dead...It only needs ideas as every other genre

[@TurnBasedLovers]

or probably you meant, the gacha system..

[@taluhs]

@@TurnBasedLovers yeah, I meant the gacha stuff

[@thetaerdin]

If you play the demo until you unlock the Spiral of Destiny, it's exactly the mode you wanted. You can recruit characters in story, and you can't get advantage from the gacha side of the game at all. In fact many players refer to it as the 'non-gacha' mode. It has a great branching storyline that is said to be 120+ hours long. Sad that you already wrote the game off on first impression and prejudice, but as a big tactics RPG fan I plan to have a lot of fun with Sword of Convallaria especially the non-gacha mode.

[@zakwood3094]

is decapolice even happening anymore?

[@TurnBasedLovers]

Let's say i never heard of the contrary :)

[@pakmankurit1685]

I love turn based game

[@TurnBasedLovers]

you are a turn based lover then :)

[@Friday-p13]

What does "Re:" mean?

[@TurnBasedLovers]

..........don't know :(

[@sonofthefakegod]

Really the golden age of jrpgs and rpgs is long gone, there hasn’t being a good one in sooo long and these only some of them look decent at best

[@magicfield12]

What about Octopath-Traveler 2? That was a very good one ☝️

[@techknowIogic]

I agree that the golden age is LONG gone now, but it's unfair to say there have been no good ones in recent years.

[@CrimRui]

Trails of series, Dragon Quest, Xenoblade, Persona say otherwise.

[@pkmmasterred8932]

I wish to play a game like FFX but new gen and much bigger

[@TurnBasedLovers]

Damn, that was great 👍 👌

[@pkmmasterred8932]

@@TurnBasedLovers Yea by far the best turn-based to me

[@boeserKadser]

Man Expedition 33 looks dope. We desperately need a turn based RPG with modern graphics. So tired of this anime or pixel stuff

[@hayatojin2886]

missing the best game on the list, trails through daybreak 2

[@giorgio5789]

grazie Marcello

[@TurnBasedLovers]

Grazie a te Giorgio :)

[@piksik-f9w]

Still waiting on new abt a new Digimon Story game.... we waited for so long alrdy Bandai.... I would like a more classic Fire Emblem as well without school like hubs or goddes or gacha rings.

[@nathanielwazhere]

I sincerely hope Persona 6 being open world is nothing but a rumor. Everything doesn’t have to be open world 😒

[@gadgetest4600]

About Nippon Ichi Software games gives me one of my favorite characters - Etna. :) Now it`s hard to play for me their games withot her, but Disgaea 5 was good. Hope Phantom brave will be at same level. And expedition 33 looks promising. Thanks for list. By the way, Atlus now release game faster than i can beat them, I still have Persona 4 and 5 unfinished.

[@TurnBasedLovers]

Same here! :) Can't wait for Expedition 33

[@closeenoughforliving]

mario luigi brothership release this year, not 2025

[@TurnBasedLovers]

thanks for the heads up :)

[@closeenoughforliving]

@@TurnBasedLovers no probs

[@Katarubi3377]

A new game with the mechanichs of cris tales? im down

[@TurnBasedLovers]

Indeed, something cool with camera filters.

[@patrikhim]

Daje Marcello!

[@TurnBasedLovers]

@@patrikhim grazieeee

[@jaz72]

Aku harap legend of dragoon akan di remake🙏

[@TurnBasedLovers]

Legend Of The Dragoon, what an awesome game :)

[@ASMRPongpoom]

no falcom game? kai no kiseki

[@deathclawdarkness1196]

I think penny blood got worse it seems the developer file a lawsuit on someone or publisher. Can't remember the name.

[@nellioclark7571]

Yoooooo!!!! I haven't even finished the video but this list so far is str8 fyreeee!! A new Shadow Hearts type game!! A new Wild Arms type game!!! Exhibition 33 looks epic! I recently heard about Metaphor! I swear RPGs are being bought back to life and it makes me so happy! My biggest gripe is that I haven't bought a new console since the PS4 and Switch. I'm hoping all of these games come to at least to PS4. It will probably be glitchy because of it😭😭 I'm hoping that soon someone will try to breathe life back into Xenogears and Breath of Fire using kickstarter. I swear I would die a happy man if I hear news that someone is undertaking that. Xenosaga was nice but it wasn’t as good to me. It struggled to keep my attention. At least maybe they could try to remake the game and this time finish the 2nd disc the way they really wanted to. I bet if they did that and the game turned out a huge success it might push them to make a 2nd one. I wouldn’t even be tripping on graphics or updating anything from the first disc, just soley focused on the 2nd disc. But not even past the first four on the list and I'm looking forward to all of these games! Great video!! I will save this to remind myself to keep track of all of these games. I hope I'm able to play them without having to buy a new console😢 I also have a PC but I don't think it will be strong enough for these graphics. I have to lower a lot of my game settings for my Total War Warhammer 3.

[@chrisathian5450]

i want rpg with dating element, you know, like "conception"

[@TurnBasedLovers]

Yes indeed.

[@smokesixkiller4292]

I'm not even a big time turn based guy, but I stumbled upon your website a few years ago and follow it because of how crazy detailed you are about the topic. With Google search going to shit lately it's nice to have a place to go to read about gaming knowing it's not just a bunch of made up, un-fact checked, generic AI generated garbage. So I guess what I'm trying to say is, thanks big dog for keeping it real. Respect.

[@TurnBasedLovers]

Wow, your message is overwhelming 🥰 Also, thank you so much for the member subscription. If you can, reach me on Discord: marcello tbl

[@風上-l8y]

看完了，什麽是你所謂的JRPG？

[@FelixS.]

I found Eiyuden Chronicles massively underwhelming and tbh Penny Blood and Armed Fantasia look absolutely generic in my eyes, Penny Blood especially. I am tired of those "inspired by" JRPGs. They don´t do those originals justice imo. Other than that there are some potentially great games on this list. Mario and Luigi, Metaphor, Deca Police and especially Clair Obscure look absolutely phenomenal.

[@TurnBasedLovers]

I admit my faults. I was eagerly anticipating Eiyuden Chronicles, but I was a bit disappointed because after just a few hours of gameplay, I found myself resolving battles with autocombat, which left me quite puzzled. I completely agree with you on Clair Obscur, it's absolutely spectacular.

[@Drstrange3000]

I about fully agree with all of this. I went into this year and last year really excited about some of the inspired by JRPGs and found out they don't come close to the originals and that my tastes and expectations have changed. I was anticipating Eiyuden Chronicle since it was announced and turned was almost immediately disappointed upon playing it. Same with Sea of Stars and other titles. Very excited about the games you listed in your last paragraph and hope they at least deliver. They don't seem to be chasing nostalgia.

[@ilselangley]

Same. I bought Sea of Stars and Eiyuden chronicles but my heart is not in it. Because of these last 2 games I have not played games for a month. Very interested in Clair Obscura. So glad I discovered this channel.

[@FelixS.]

@@ilselangley Sea of stars is a graphics pony imo. Very little substance and doesn’t hold a candle against chained echoes.

[@ilselangley]

@@FelixS. True.I loved Chained Echoes and to be fair I really enjoyed Eiyuden Chronicle Rising but Hundred Heroes not liking the battle system.

[@Gauban83]

I really want a xenogears remake or successor

[@TurnBasedLovers]

Yes indeed :)

[@AntonioMartin-w1e]

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[@dungnguyen-sh4yv]

I'm pretty sure that was a hippo..... Why a hippo lol

[@TurnBasedLovers]

it was a hippo. i saw it

[@TylerMireMusic]

Ahem… she’s not a hippo she’s a europhant 😂

[@TurnBasedLovers]

I can't believe it 😱😱😱

[@Tepes1980]

This idea of mixing turn-based with action is getting really f*cking annoying! Those who want turn-based combat won't like it and those who want action based combat still won't like it anyway. Stop messing up turn-based combat!

[@dash5799]

what's with the stupid combat font choice in Penny Blood? Fix that??? It's too childish and cartoony.

[@TurnBasedLovers]

@dash5799 unfortunately there is more to worry about now than the font. The game was recently put on hold, and we still don't know if they ever deliver

[@CrimRui]

No Legend of Heroes... sad.

[@toorimakun]

Alzara seems to have the most promise............... but also seems to scream "modern audience" :/

[@MrNone-d5s]

The very first game has nothing in common with Jrpg. Or did your sorry ass forgot what J means?

[@MorseRalap-r3f]

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[@tiensimon1263]

I hate thay sword of convallaria is a gacha game and people should be highly aware of that

[@tomivalkonen1343]

what is gacha game?

[@Man-sy2he]

​@@tomivalkonen1343in gacha game, to get the character you need to purchase something like lootbox that give you random character, usually it also have the mobile game cash-grab scheme which have multiple currency, energies to play, everything that make the player keep playing everyday to progress or make them use real money to progress faster... But for Sword of Convallaria they have separate mode that you can play completely without any the mobile game scheme where you play the story with multiple choices and ending

[@Serby06]

​@Man-sy2he and its your choice to spend money im f2p and i enjoyed it tho you can use every character even the low rarity is usefull too

[@Man-sy2he]

@@Serby06 yeah Sword of Convallaria is more f2p friendly compare to other gacha games, I think it's probably because they have pvp and they try not to make the gap between f2p and p2w too large

[@TommyPhoebe-d6b]

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[@TurnBasedLovers]

Mammt ruby e giggino

[@badbeck76]

so sick of 16bit games still being released... pixel art is just lazy development right next to remakes!

[@--Nepenthe--]

Sea of stars is not jrpg. It didnt come from japan

[@TurnBasedLovers]

Lots of them don't come from Japan. I tried to put them on the JRPG tag by their combat system mostly :)

[@ACey96]

Dude the fact that you put persona 6 on this list is fucking ridiculous

[@dwardoggo]

let's goo Alzaraaaa

[@fumomofumosarum5893]

many of those arent even real JRPGs...

[@allenofblacksteel9169]

Sword of Convallaria it's a gacha game. Hard pass

[@Joker-pf7ih]

I see persona and everything else is a blur

[@mugdays]

why should I care about a game made by the COMPOSER of classic games? Music is the least important aspect of a game

[@TurnBasedLovers]

Do you really think music is not important in videogames?

[@mugdays]

@@TurnBasedLovers it’s certainly not as important as literally any other aspect of game design I can think of.

[@TurnBasedLovers]

@@mugdays Yes, indeed, I totally agree with you, but a good audio compartment (soundtracks and sound effects) can keep everything together and make a game memorable

[@melissazelsa5207]

So many pixel art games, how boring. At least it saves me money, skip skip skip

[@kosmos138]

Wow i can't decide which one looks more like crap

[@Xrated_YT]

Penny Blood and Armed Fantasia got cancelled

[@TurnBasedLovers]

I read about some Penny Blood being stuck but I don't want to be wrong...

[@clomsonjohn]

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