From story-driven adventures to traditional meticulous strategies, turn-based RPGs are already having a great year in 2026.

Mythic Yi is a retro pixel-style turn-based RPG set in the primordial era when ten suns scorched the earth and chaos reigned. You will play as Yi, leading companions and wielding the Heaven-Shaking ...

There has never been a better time to dive into the best turn-based RPGs. The sub-genre has seen a massive push into the mainstream recently, thanks to recent Game of the Year Award winners such as ...

Final Fantasy returning to turn-based combat through the upcoming Final Fantasy Resonance is a pretty big deal, even if you ...

Role-playing games have come a long way since their advent in the '80s with comparatively basic titles like Ultima and Wizardry. As of the 2020s, RPGs have never been in a better position, and there ...

Josh Cotts is the Lead Features and Lists Editor at GameRant. He graduated Summa Cum Laude from Arizona State University in 2019 with a B.A. in Mass Communications & Media Studies and has been ...

Fond of weirdly obscure titles since childhood, Ivanir has been captivated by many Japanese games over the years. Some of his most passionate topics are the Dept. Heaven series, Summon Night ...

Publisher Hooded Horse and developer Lost Lake Games, a studio made up of industry veterans who have “worked on everything from StarCraft to Guild Wars,” have announced Vaunted, a science-fiction ...