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310 games like Dark Cloud · 1985 – 2024

  • PlayStation exclusiveWhy 63Form.10World.46Curated.60Lists.00Action role-playing · Adventure · Often paired

    Game Republic · PS3

    Action role-playingAdventureRole-playingMagicAction-adventure

    Folklore is a dark fantasy action role-playing game developed by Game Republic and published by Sony Computer Entertainment exclusively for the PlayStation 3. Set in the mysterious Irish village of Doolin, the story follows two protagonist

    75 rating2 listsOften paired

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  • PlayStation exclusiveWhy 63Form.23World.41Curated.54Lists.00Adventure · Role-playing · Often paired

    Game Arts · PS2

    AdventureRole-playingMagicBoss fightLeveling up

    Grandia Xtreme is the first Grandia game to be originally released for Playstation 2. Its combat system is virtually the same as in the previous two games, a mixture of strategic planning and combo attacks. Your party members can run around

    2 listsOften paired

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  • Why 61Form.17World.30Curated.57Lists.00Action role-playing · Adventure · Often paired

    Black Isle Studios · Linux, Switch, PS2 +4

    Action role-playingAdventureRole-playingMagicAction-adventure

    Using the 3rd Edition Dungeons & Dragons rules set, Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II features four new acts of hack-and-slash combat and powerful spell casting. Even more monster types will engage in real-time battles using the same overhead

    77 rating6 lists12 h main storyOften paired

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  • PlayStation console exclusiveWhy 60Form.14World.25Curated.59Lists.00Action role-playing · Adventure · Often paired

    Legacy Mobile Device, PS2, PlayStation Portable +1

    Action role-playingAdventureRole-playingMagicBoss fight

    Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim is an action role-playing game in which adventurer Adol Christin is shipwrecked on the Canaan Islands after the Romun fleet attacks his expedition. Rescued by members of the native Rehda tribe, he explores the ar

    76 rating2 lists3 h main storyOften paired

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  • Why 59Form.25World.25Curated.50Lists.00Action role-playing · Adventure · Often paired

    Fate

    2005

    WildTangent · Windows, macOS

    Action role-playingAdventureRole-playingMagicFishing

    Live the adventurer’s life in this character-based fantasy game. Choose your character and pet companion as you journey through limitless caverns, dungeons, and tunnels and determine your destiny.

    60 rating3 lists14 h main storyOften paired

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  • Why 59Form.27World.21Curated.50Lists1.00Roguelike · Role-playing · Often paired · Also in Roguelikes

    Chunsoft · PlayStation Portable, Wii

    RoguelikeRole-playingMagicTalking animalsSilent protagonist

    Our story begins in the capital, where Shiren the Wanderer and his sidekick Koppa encounter an old friend. Known as "Sensei" he is both Shiren's uncle and his master, having taught him the way of the blade. Sensei offers Shiren a key that i

    78 rating3 listsOften paired

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  • PlayStation console exclusiveWhy 58Form.12World.26Curated.57Lists.00Action role-playing · Adventure · Often paired

    Luminous Productions · PS5, Windows

    Action role-playingAdventureRole-playingMagicAction

    Forspoken follows the journey of Frey, a young New Yorker transported to the beautiful and cruel land of Athia. In search of a way home, Frey must use her newfound magical abilities to traverse sprawling landscapes and battle monstrous crea

    63 rating2 lists14 h main storyOften paired

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 58Form.17World.13Curated.57Lists.00Role-playing · Time travel · Often paired

    Culture Brain · NES

    Action-adventureRole-playingTime travelMagicMultiple protagonists

    Magic of Scheherazade is a mixture of action- and turn-based combat RPG styles. Wandering through Arabia, you'll encounter enemies whom you'll fight in real time, using various weapons. You'll also be attacked by enemies with whom you'll en

    70 rating3 listsOften paired

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  • Timed PlayStation exclusiveWhy 56Form.15World.36Curated.50Lists.00Adventure · Role-playing · Often paired

    Okami

    2006

    Clover Studio · PS2, PS3, Wii

    Action-adventureAdventureRole-playingFishingBilliards

    Set sometime in classical Japanese history, Ōkami combines several Japanese mythology and folklore to tell the story of how the land was saved from darkness by the Shinto sun goddess named Amaterasu, who took the form of a white wolf with c

    89 rating2 lists15 h main storyOften paired

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  • PlayStation console exclusiveWhy 56Form.11World.25Curated.54Lists.00Adventure · Role-playing · Often paired

    PS2, Windows, macOS

    AdventureRole-playingMagicLeveling upPotion

    Born with the mark of the Summoner, Joseph possesses a power greater than emperors and gods. As a child, he summoned a demon to save his village, and watched in horror as those he loved were destroyed. Nine years later, the armies of Orenia

    80 rating3 lists26 h main storyOften paired

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  • PlayStation exclusiveWhy 55Form.15World.25Curated.50Lists.00Action role-playing · Role-playing · Often paired

    Cavia · PS2

    Action role-playingRole-playingMagicMultiple protagonistsSilent protagonist

    Drakengard follows the story of a kingdomless prince named Caim who fights for the Union against the Empire. Under the Union's protection are the Hierarchs and the Goddess, currently Caim's sister Furiae, who is a human manifestation of one

    69 rating2 listsOften paired

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 55Form.15World.26Curated.50Lists.00Adventure · Role-playing · Often paired

    Action-adventureAdventureRole-playingMagicFishing

    A thousand years have passed since the events of the original Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles. The destruction of the Yuke Crystal during the Great War, with the Yuke Tribe suffering apparent annihilation, had at last brought the victorio

    65 rating2 lists7.5 h main storyOften paired

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  • PlayStation console exclusiveWhy 55Form.10World.25Curated.53Lists.00Adventure · Magic · Often paired

    Capcom · PS2, Windows

    Action-adventureAdventureMagicBoss fightUpgradeable weapons

    Onimusha: Warlords is an epic saga of 16th century Japan inspired by the battle scenes of famed Japanese director Akira Kurosawa. It takes place in a world of darkness and magic when power hungry warlords battle for control of Feudal Japan.

    75 rating1 listOften paired

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  • Why 55Form.14World.31Curated.50Lists.00Action role-playing · Role-playing · Often paired

    Treasure · Sega Saturn, Xbox 360

    Action role-playingRole-playingMagicMultiple protagonistsSword & sorcery

    Guardian Heroes is a 2D side-scrolling beat 'em up video game with RPG elements developed by Treasure and released in 1996 for the Sega Saturn. A band of young adventurers begin a quest to change the fate of their kingdom after an enchanted

    83 rating8 listsOften paired

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 54Form.14World.25Curated.50Lists.00Adventure · Role-playing · Often paired

    Rare Ltd. · GameCube

    Action-adventureAdventureRole-playingMagicTalking animals

    Star Fox Adventures takes place in a vast 3-D world full of strange scenery, brain-teasing puzzles and intense action. Learn the secrets of a mystical staff to fend off enemies and cast a variety of spells. Plus the intuitive, enemy-locking

    65 rating1 listOften paired

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  • PlayStation exclusiveWhy 54Form.17World.13Curated.50Lists.00Action role-playing · Role-playing · Often paired

    Square · PlayStation, PS3, PlayStation Portable

    Action role-playingRole-playingAction-adventureBoss fightReal-time combat

    Parasite Eve II is an action role-playing survival horror video game released exclusively for the PlayStation. The game was developed by Square and published in Japan in 1999 and in both North America and, unlike the previous game, in PAL r

    79 rating5 listsOften paired

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 54Form.14World.25Curated.50Lists.00Adventure · Role-playing · Often paired

    Rare · GameCube

    Role-playingAdventureMagicTalking animalsDay/night cycle

    Star Fox Adventures takes place in a vast 3-D world full of strange scenery, brain-teasing puzzles and intense action. Learn the secrets of a mystical staff to fend off enemies and cast a variety of spells. Plus the intuitive, enemy-locking

    65 rating5 listsOften paired

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  • Why 53Form.11World.25Curated.50Lists.00Adventure · Simulation · Often paired

    Looking Glass Studios · Windows

    Action-adventureAdventureSimulationMagicPotion

    Thief is a first-person stealth game that likes the dark. You sneak through the ruins of haunted cathedrals, subterranean ruins, and forbidding prisons, in a dark and sinister city - heavily inspired by Steampunk and the Dark Ages. Garrett

    78 rating3 lists20 h main storyOften paired

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 34Form.15World.34Curated.16Lists.00Action role-playing · Adventure

    Square · Game Boy, Switch

    Action role-playingAdventureRole-playingMagicAction-adventure

    In the Empire of Glaive, a gladiator-slave is forced to fight evil monsters controlled by the Dark Lord. But when his best friend is mortally wounded, he learns of a secret pendant which will give him great power. As the hero, you must batt

    80 rating4 lists6 h main story

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  • Why 33Form.29World.53Curated.00Lists1.00Roguelike · Role-playing · Also in Roguelikes

    Konami · Game Boy Color, PlayStation

    RoguelikeRole-playingBoss fightLeveling upUpgradeable weapons

    The game offers a lot of choice in respect to how individual players wish to play. The main focus of the game is entering the tower and destroying its denizens, collecting treasure and monster eggs to hatch into familiars. Each monster has

    33 rating3 listsAlso in Roguelikes

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  • PlayStation exclusiveWhy 33Form.27World.62Curated.00Lists.00Action role-playing · Adventure

    FromSoftware · PS2, PS4

    Action role-playingAdventureRole-playingMagicDay/night cycle

    A young magician is sent by his king to investigate the strange happenings on the Island of No Return. Armed with his sword and his natural talent as a sorcerer, Cain attempts to be the first person to return from the island alive. Legend h

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  • Why 33Form.11World.25Curated.18Lists.00Action role-playing · Role-playing

    Square Enix · PS3, Nintendo DS

    Action role-playingRole-playingMagicAction-adventureBoss fight

    Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days revolves around Roxas, the "other" hero from Kingdom Hearts II. Players follow Roxas through his days among Organization XIII's ranks, unraveling the events that took place during the year that Sora was asleep, and

    75 rating4 lists15 h main story

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  • Why 33Form.12World.28Curated.16Lists.00Adventure · Role-playing

    GameCube, PS2

    AdventureRole-playingMagicLeveling upPotion

    The player takes on the role of Maia, Queen of Halassar, who is the goddess Laharah reborn, and can transform herself into a variety of "summonable" creatures. The game's story revolves around Maia's quest to heal the World Tree, Eleh, whic

    62 rating2 lists

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  • Xbox console exclusiveWhy 33Form.18World.36Curated.10Lists.00Action role-playing · Role-playing

    Runic Games · Linux, Windows, Xbox 360 +1

    Action role-playingRole-playingMagicFishingBilliards

    In this ARPG you control a hero who explores a series of randomized dungeons, fightinghordes of enemies and collecting equipment, gold, and loot while doing so. The game also features a town , to which the hero can return to sell and buy ge

    79 rating5 lists14 h main story

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  • Xbox console exclusiveWhy 32Form.24World.25Curated.07Lists.00Action role-playing · Role-playing

    Wanako Studios · Windows, Xbox 360

    Action role-playingRole-playingAction-adventureMultiple protagonistsBoss fight

    Arkadian Warriors is an action RPG in which players take on the role of an archer, soldier, or sorceress to save the land of Arkadia, alone or with a friend via Xbox Live.

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  • Sega console exclusiveWhy 32Form.17World.48Curated.08Lists1.00Roguelike · Role-playing · Also in Roguelikes

    Linux, Sega Genesis, Windows +1

    RoguelikeRole-playingMagicBoss fightRandomly generated dungeons

    Dragonia, the castle of doom, has been resurrected! But the ghouls from the castle have stolen the Holy Goblet, the source of light. Without it, the world will be trapped in darkness forever. Don your armour and pick up your weapon.

    69 rating4 listsAlso in Roguelikes

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  • Why 32Form.08World.50Curated.13Lists.00Adventure · Role-playing

    Ascaron · PS3, Windows, Xbox 360

    AdventureRole-playingMagicSword & sorceryReal-time combat

    Poised on the brink of destruction and threatened by overwhelming chaos, a mysterious energy source is spreading across the world of Ancaria. Leaving mutation and terror in its wake, this living energy has become the razors edge on which al

    67 rating7 lists23 h main story

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  • PlayStation console exclusiveWhy 32Form.07World.38Curated.16Lists.00Role-playing · Multiple protagonists

    Bandai Namco Entertainment · PS3, PS4, Windows

    Role-playingMultiple protagonistsSword & sorceryLeveling upReal-time combat

    Tales of Zestiria is a Japanese role-playing game. It is the fifteenth main entry in the Tales series. As with previous entries in the Tales series, the game uses a variation of the action-based Linear Motion Battle System, with additional

    74 rating3 lists42 h main story

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  • PlayStation exclusiveWhy 31Form.11World.46Curated.11Lists.00Action role-playing · Adventure

    FromSoftware · PS3

    Action role-playingAdventureRole-playingMagicAction-adventure

    A third-person action RPG with cooperative and competitive multiplayer elements in which the player enters the kingdom of Boletaria as it is being ravaged by a fog that spawns murderous demons. The player has to hunt down the arch demons si

    87 rating6 lists32 h main story

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  • Why 31Form.13World.53Curated.09Lists.00Action role-playing · Adventure

    Capcom · Nintendo Switch 2, PS5, Windows +1

    Action role-playingAdventureFantasyRole-playingDay/night cycle

    Dragon's Dogma is a single player, narrative driven action-RPG that challenges players to choose their own experience – from the appearance of their Arisen, their vocation, their party, how to approach different situations and more. On you

    82 rating4 lists32 h main story

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  • Why 31Form.09World.28Curated.14Lists.00Action role-playing · Adventure

    Vanillaware · Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation Vita, Wii +1

    Action role-playingAdventureRole-playingMagicAction-adventure

    Based on ancient Japanese lore, Murumasa: The Demon Blade plunges players into the mystical Genroku era, ruled by the skilled shogun Tsunayoshi Tokogawa. But this culture is threatened; Tokugawa's thirst for power leads to a conflict over t

    85 rating6 lists

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 31Form.25World.48Curated.00Lists.00Adventure · Role-playing

    Imagineer · Game Boy, Nintendo 64

    AdventureRole-playingMagicDay/night cycleBoss fight

    Celtland has been cast into chaos by the theft of Eletale's Book. This mystical volume contains the secrets of the Spirit Tamers. Control Brian, a magician's apprentice, as he explores the expansive countryside and villages on his quest. If

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  • Why 30Form.10World.25Curated.14Lists.00Action role-playing · Role-playing

    FM-7, MSX, MSX 2 +6

    Action role-playingRole-playingMagicAction-adventureSilent protagonist

    In Legend of Xanadu, the player controls a young adventurer named Areios. Monsters attack his homeland, and he is forced to flee. After traveling by ship and arriving at the town Bolda, Areios finds out that strange things have been happeni

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  • PlayStation exclusiveWhy 30Form.08World.35Curated.14Lists.00Action role-playing · Role-playing

    PlayStation, PS3, PlayStation Portable

    Action role-playingRole-playingMultiple protagonistsReal-time combatAction

    Dragon Valor is a 1999 action role-playing game developed by Now Production and published by Namco for the PlayStation. It is the second sequel to Dragon Buster. In the Dragon Valor world, dragons are powerful monsters. The player's role a

    75 rating4 lists

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 30Form.22World.25Curated.06Lists.00Action role-playing · Adventure

    Atari · SNES, Windows

    Action role-playingAdventureRole-playingMagicLeveling up

    Dragon View is an action role-playing game released for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1994. It is a follow-up to Drakkhen and combines side-scrolling combat with exploration across a 3D overworld. Players control Alex as he sea

    83 rating1 list11 h main story

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  • Why 30Form.14World.41Curated.08Lists.00Action role-playing · Role-playing

    Wargaming Seattle · Windows

    Action role-playingRole-playingMagicBoss fightUpgradeable weapons

    It’s been a generation since you vanquished the evil that plagued the Land of Ehb, and now…a new menace has awakened. In Dungeon Siege II, the sequel to the best-selling RPG from Gas Powered Games, you will be called on to again wield sword

    80 rating2 lists29 h main story

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  • PlayStation exclusiveWhy 30Form.12World.25Curated.09Lists.00Adventure · Magic

    Ready at Dawn · PlayStation Portable, PS3

    AdventureMagicAction-adventureSword & sorceryUpgradeable weapons

    "Marking Kratos' second foray into portable gaming, God of War: Ghost of Sparta stands as a spin-off nestled between the events of God of War and God of War II. Despite ascending to the title of the god of war, Kratos remains haunted by nig

    86 rating6 lists4 h main story

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  • PlayStation console exclusiveWhy 30Form.17World.55Curated.02Lists.00Action role-playing · Adventure

    Cygames · PS4, PS5, Windows

    Action role-playingAdventureRole-playingReal-time combatAction

    A grand adventure in the skies awaits! Form a party of four from a diverse roster of skyfarers and slash—or shoot or hex—your way to victory against treacherous foes in this action RPG. Take on quests solo or with the help of others in up t

    81 rating5 lists16 h main story

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  • PlayStation exclusiveWhy 30Form.13World.25Curated.12Lists.00Adventure · Role-playing

    Gust Co. Ltd. · PS2, PlayStation Portable

    AdventureRole-playingMagicTalking animalsDay/night cycle

    The 9th core Atelier game and the first of the two Mana Khemia games. The game's main focus is on the lead protagonist, Vayne Aurelius, the son of a legendary alchemist named Theofratus who had disappeared sometime after Vayne's birth. Sin

    76 rating2 lists

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  • Why 30Form.08World.28Curated.15Lists.00Adventure · Role-playing

    inXile entertainment · Android, BlackBerry OS, Linux +6

    AdventureRole-playingMagicAction-adventureSword & sorcery

    Completely unlike the classic Bard's Tale games, this game is in a 3D environment with the player watching his only controllable character from an overhead vantage point, and it is better described as an action-adventure game than a traditi

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 30Form.20World.29Curated.06Lists.00Role-playing · Magic

    Mistwalker · Wii

    Role-playingMagicBoss fightLeveling upReal-time combat

    The Last Story takes place upon the island fortress of Lazulis, in a world that is slowly being drained of life by an unknown force. The story focuses on a group of mercenaries looking for work on Lazulis; one of their number, Zael, dreams

    77 rating3 lists

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 29Form.17World.26Curated.07Lists.00Action role-playing · Adventure

    Ember

    2016

    N-Fusion Interactive · Switch, Windows, iOS +1

    Action role-playingAdventureRole-playingFishingBilliards

    A passion project 10 years in the making, Ember is a homage to classic role-playing games (RPG). Enter the world of Ember as a resurrected “Lightbringer” summoned to protect the dying Embers as the world is on the brink of collapse. Beginni

    63 rating1 list16 h main story

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  • Why 29Form.10World.13Curated.14Lists.00Adventure · Magic

    Game Republic · PS3, Xbox 360

    Action-adventureAdventureMagicBoss fightQuick time event

    Armed with a razor sharp scythe and explosive witchcraft, players will use these tools with spectacular effects in order to return civility to the land. As players succeed in their journey, they can deal tremendous damage to their on-comers

    74 rating3 lists

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  • Xbox exclusiveWhy 29Form.10World.25Curated.11Lists.00Adventure · Role-playing

    Softmax · Xbox 360

    AdventureRole-playingMagicBoss fightLeveling up

    Magnacarta 2 introduces an original new storyline driven by intense themes of love, hate, politics, betrayal and the ultimate question of choosing one’s own fate. Players are immersed in the world of the Lanzheim Continent, a conflict-ridde

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  • PlayStation exclusiveWhy 29Form.13World.13Curated.13Lists.00Action role-playing · Role-playing

    Sonic Team · PlayStation Portable

    Action role-playingRole-playingMagicBoss fightLeveling up

    Sega's long-running RPG goes handheld for the first time in North America with Phantasy Star Portable, a story set between the events of Phantasy Star Universe and Ambition of the Illuminus. Players return to the Gurhal system where they jo

    67 rating2 lists

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  • Why 29Form.28World.25Curated.00Lists.00Adventure · Role-playing

    AdventureRole-playingMagicDay/night cycleGenie

    Trial by Fire is the sequel to Hero's Quest: So You Want To Be A Hero. It takes place in the town Shapeir and the desert surrounding it, in a Middle East-like environment. It seems that the powerful elemental spirits have been troubling the

    78 rating1 list

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  • Why 29Form.06World.29Curated.14Lists.00Magic · Action-adventure

    Omega Force · PS2, PlayStation Vita, Windows +1

    MagicAction-adventureMultiple protagonistsActionFantasy

    Samurai Warriors 2 is a hack and slash game and the sequel to the original Samurai Warriors. The gameplay of Samurai Warriors 2 builds on the first Samurai Warriors by adding new characters and new features, such as the removal of the tradi

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  • Why 28Form.08World.25Curated.12Lists.00Adventure · Multiple protagonists

    Rare Ltd. · Nintendo 64, Xbox 360

    AdventureMultiple protagonistsVoreSpeedrunAction

    Trouble brews when Gruntilda the witch captures the unbearably beautiful cub, Tooty. But before the grisly hag can steal the bear's good looks, big brother Banjo and his fine-feathered friend, Kazooie, join forces to stop her. Combining the

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