Games like FINAL FANTASY III
If you like FINAL FANTASY III (jrpg, turn-based and classic), these 10 games are similar in what you do and how you play. They go from most to least similar.
FINAL FANTASY
- In common: progression and long sessions
When you want to discover the origin of the series and a classic JRPG to return to unhurriedly, in hour-long stints.
DRAGON QUEST XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age – Definitive Edition
- In common: progression and long sessions
- Difference: more story
When you want a long, laid-back adventure to last several weeks: seeing the whole story through takes around a hundred hours.
Final Fantasy IX
- In common: progression and long sessions
- Difference: more story
When you fancy a long, classic adventure to come back to every day, unhurriedly.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- In common: progression and long sessions
- Difference: more story
When you want a long, moving adventure to come back to every afternoon: each area fits into a session.
Sea of Stars
- In common: progression and long sessions
When you want a classic, relaxed turn-based adventure that moves along nicely in hour-long sessions.
The Bard's Tale Trilogy
- In common: progression and long sessions
When you have plenty of evenings ahead and feel like mapping dungeons with a party that grows over three games.
STAR OCEAN THE SECOND STORY R
- In common: progression and long sessions
When you have plenty of free evenings ahead for a classic JRPG that lasts around 40 hours.
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition
- In common: progression and long sessions
- Difference: more exploring
When you want to lose yourself in a classic open world, unhurried, following whatever path you like.
OCTOPATH TRAVELER II
- In common: progression and long sessions
- Difference: more story
When you want a long JRPG you can play chapter by chapter: one rarely runs past two hours.
Yakuza: Like a Dragon
- In common: progression and long sessions
- Difference: more story
When you want a turn-based JRPG of around 50 hours that blends mob drama with wildly silly side content.
How we pick them
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About FINAL FANTASY III
Four orphans chosen by the crystals set out to save the world in this 2D remaster of the 1990 original: turn-based battles with random encounters and jobs, such as black mage or summoner, that you can switch whenever you like.
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