Games like Metaphor: ReFantazio
If you like Metaphor: ReFantazio (jrpg, turn-based and fantasy), these 10 games are similar in what you do and how you play. They go from most to least similar.
Persona 5 Royal
- In common: story and progression
When you want a long story and a calendar to organise: each in-game day advances your relationships and your team.
Persona 4 Golden
- In common: story and progression
When you want a long story to come back to every day: each day on the calendar fits into a session.
DRAGON QUEST XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age – Definitive Edition
- In common: long sessions and story
When you want a long, laid-back adventure to last several weeks: seeing the whole story through takes around a hundred hours.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- In common: story and long sessions
When you want a long, moving adventure to come back to every afternoon: each area fits into a session.
Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance
- In common: progression and long sessions
When you want a long, demanding JRPG: Atlus puts a playthrough at around 80 hours, and you can save anywhere.
Final Fantasy IX
- In common: story and long sessions
When you fancy a long, classic adventure to come back to every day, unhurriedly.
FINAL FANTASY IV
- In common: story and progression
When you want a short classic JRPG at your own pace: you can switch off random encounters and multiply the experience you earn.
Yakuza: Like a Dragon
- In common: story and long sessions
When you want a turn-based JRPG of around 50 hours that blends mob drama with wildly silly side content.
OCTOPATH TRAVELER II
- In common: story and progression
When you want a long JRPG you can play chapter by chapter: one rarely runs past two hours.
FINAL FANTASY VI
- In common: story and progression
When you want a classic story at your own pace: you can switch off random encounters and multiply the experience you earn.
How we pick them
We compare the tags the Steam community gives each game with our own classification: what you do (action, story, building…), the difficulty, how long sessions last and whether you play alone or with others. Nobody pays to appear.
About Metaphor: ReFantazio
A fantasy JRPG from the makers of Persona: you compete for the throne and every main mission has a deadline. You split your days between bonds and virtues; in dungeons you cut down weak enemies in real time and fight the rest turn by turn.
See the Metaphor: ReFantazio pageNot sure which to pick today?
Tell us how much time you have and how you feel, and we'll tell you what to play right now.