RPG Codex Top 55 JRPGs
RPG Codex Top 55 JRPGs
Community - posted by Infinitron on Mon 17 October 2022, 22:18:43
[Poll by Gastrick]
A month ago I created a poll in the JRPG sub-forum asking people to rate every JRPG on a scale of 1-5 to see which ones were the best. A total of 74 people voted and a total of 233 JRPGs were counted. The methodology used was that it's the pure averages of games that were played by at least 7 people or roughly 10% of participants. Then, I split the results into two categories, one for JRPG-like JRPGs and one that includes action games with RPG elements.
The game voted as the best JRPG was none other than Sengoku Rance.
![](https://rpgcodex.net/gallery/17659.png)
First of all is the pure JRPG list. These are the top 55 games:
Pure list:
![](https://rpgcodex.net/gallery/17660.png)
Full list:
![](https://rpgcodex.net/gallery/17661.png)
Graphic with all the covers:
![](https://rpgcodex.net/gallery/17685_500.jpg)
Sub-Genre sortings:
ARPGs:
![](https://rpgcodex.net/gallery/17662.png)
SRPGS:
![](https://rpgcodex.net/gallery/17663.png)
JRPGs (Blobber combat and overhead view):
![](https://rpgcodex.net/gallery/17664.png)
Blobbers:
![](https://rpgcodex.net/gallery/17665.png)
There weren't enough RTwP or Roguelike JRPGs on the list to satisfactorily list them.
Series sortings:
Final Fantasy Series:
![](https://rpgcodex.net/gallery/17666.png)
Shin Megami Tensei Series:
![](https://rpgcodex.net/gallery/17667.png)
Dragon Quest Series:
![](https://rpgcodex.net/gallery/17668.png)
Breath of Fire Series:
![](https://rpgcodex.net/gallery/17669.png)
Mana Series:
![](https://rpgcodex.net/gallery/17670.png)
Fire Emblem Series:
![](https://rpgcodex.net/gallery/17671.png)
Persona Series:
![](https://rpgcodex.net/gallery/17672.png)
Phantasy Star Series:
![](https://rpgcodex.net/gallery/17673.png)
Pokemon Series:
![](https://rpgcodex.net/gallery/17674.png)
Saga Series:
![](https://rpgcodex.net/gallery/17675.png)
Valkyrie Profile Series:
![](https://rpgcodex.net/gallery/17676.png)
Xenoblade Chronicles Series:
![](https://rpgcodex.net/gallery/17677.png)
Fan translated games:
Fan-translated:
![](https://rpgcodex.net/gallery/17678.png)
Originally fan-translated:
![](https://rpgcodex.net/gallery/17679.png)
A chart showing the frequency by console generations:
![](https://rpgcodex.net/gallery/17680.png)
Guide
Third = NES, Master System
Fourth = Genesis/Mega Drive, SNES, GB
Fifth = PS1, Saturn, N64, GBC
Sixth = PS2, Gamecube, GBA
Seventh = PS3, Xbox 360, DS, PSP
Eighth = PS4, Wii U, Switch, 3DS
Ninth = Any games released in 2021
PC titles were grouped by time period.
Side data:
Correlation between popularity and score was a positive correlation of 16.5%.
![](https://rpgcodex.net/gallery/17681.png)
Games that could have done well, but not enough had played them or they were added too late:
![](https://rpgcodex.net/gallery/17682.png)
JRPGs played by the most people:
![](https://rpgcodex.net/gallery/17683.png)
1. Seven people voted before this game was added so it could be higher than it shows. The same goes for any other games that were added partway through.
Top 5 most disliked JRPGs:
![](https://rpgcodex.net/gallery/17684.png)
Click here for the Google Sheets link of the full data, and click here for the .ods link of the full data.
A month ago I created a poll in the JRPG sub-forum asking people to rate every JRPG on a scale of 1-5 to see which ones were the best. A total of 74 people voted and a total of 233 JRPGs were counted. The methodology used was that it's the pure averages of games that were played by at least 7 people or roughly 10% of participants. Then, I split the results into two categories, one for JRPG-like JRPGs and one that includes action games with RPG elements.
The game voted as the best JRPG was none other than Sengoku Rance.
![](https://rpgcodex.net/gallery/17659.png)
First of all is the pure JRPG list. These are the top 55 games:
Pure list:
![](https://rpgcodex.net/gallery/17660.png)
Full list:
![](https://rpgcodex.net/gallery/17661.png)
Graphic with all the covers:
![](https://rpgcodex.net/gallery/17685_500.jpg)
Sub-Genre sortings:
ARPGs:
![](https://rpgcodex.net/gallery/17662.png)
SRPGS:
![](https://rpgcodex.net/gallery/17663.png)
JRPGs (Blobber combat and overhead view):
![](https://rpgcodex.net/gallery/17664.png)
Blobbers:
![](https://rpgcodex.net/gallery/17665.png)
There weren't enough RTwP or Roguelike JRPGs on the list to satisfactorily list them.
Series sortings:
Final Fantasy Series:
![](https://rpgcodex.net/gallery/17666.png)
Shin Megami Tensei Series:
![](https://rpgcodex.net/gallery/17667.png)
Dragon Quest Series:
![](https://rpgcodex.net/gallery/17668.png)
Breath of Fire Series:
![](https://rpgcodex.net/gallery/17669.png)
Mana Series:
![](https://rpgcodex.net/gallery/17670.png)
Fire Emblem Series:
![](https://rpgcodex.net/gallery/17671.png)
Persona Series:
![](https://rpgcodex.net/gallery/17672.png)
Phantasy Star Series:
![](https://rpgcodex.net/gallery/17673.png)
Pokemon Series:
![](https://rpgcodex.net/gallery/17674.png)
Saga Series:
![](https://rpgcodex.net/gallery/17675.png)
Valkyrie Profile Series:
![](https://rpgcodex.net/gallery/17676.png)
Xenoblade Chronicles Series:
![](https://rpgcodex.net/gallery/17677.png)
Fan translated games:
Fan-translated:
![](https://rpgcodex.net/gallery/17678.png)
Originally fan-translated:
![](https://rpgcodex.net/gallery/17679.png)
A chart showing the frequency by console generations:
![](https://rpgcodex.net/gallery/17680.png)
Guide
Third = NES, Master System
Fourth = Genesis/Mega Drive, SNES, GB
Fifth = PS1, Saturn, N64, GBC
Sixth = PS2, Gamecube, GBA
Seventh = PS3, Xbox 360, DS, PSP
Eighth = PS4, Wii U, Switch, 3DS
Ninth = Any games released in 2021
PC titles were grouped by time period.
Side data:
Correlation between popularity and score was a positive correlation of 16.5%.
![](https://rpgcodex.net/gallery/17681.png)
Games that could have done well, but not enough had played them or they were added too late:
![](https://rpgcodex.net/gallery/17682.png)
JRPGs played by the most people:
![](https://rpgcodex.net/gallery/17683.png)
1. Seven people voted before this game was added so it could be higher than it shows. The same goes for any other games that were added partway through.
Top 5 most disliked JRPGs:
![](https://rpgcodex.net/gallery/17684.png)
Click here for the Google Sheets link of the full data, and click here for the .ods link of the full data.