Top 25 BEST Indie RPGs of ALL TIME

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game fan, I love my RPGs, especially the Japanese style ones, since I grew up with the classics, but I also have some interesting alternatives on this list, starting with Le Grand Legacy, a title that appears on the leaderboard As it captures the look and feel of a PS2 era RPG, which I love, it's as classic as it gets in terms of mode construction and story that takes place in a world of war infections and political intrigue that sets it apart. accompanies, while the heroes turn out to be. The Chosen Ones, known as the False Bones, who have a vital role to play, is not the most precisely designed title, but it sure evokes Nostalgia for me very effectively, coming to us from Indonesian developer Semisoft, although it seems that They have created again. mobile games one of the silliest j

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is Kaiju Big Battle Vital Fantasy, another classic design title, but this

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going back to the 16-bit era, the most interesting part about this is that it is based on characters from a parody series from real life professional wrestling called Kaiju.

Great battle where the misspelling is intentional and brings you monstrosities like this, it's a school where you don't need to have any prior knowledge and I maintain that it's more fun that way to see the strange characters having a story that takes up

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and space. which means a lot of variety, a 2021 game in which the user style is Wolf strike, a monochromatic entry that follows a group of Misfits as they try to win a giant Mecca battle tournament. Combat in this game lasts 10 days and wouldn't be out of place on an enemy in terms of how these metallic monstrosities collide, but between battles it gets interesting, our team needs to do odd jobs to earn money for repairs and upgrades while they prepare to the next fight with a surprisingly sincere story and great characters, as well as a foreign way of emulating and paying homage to the Titans in the industry where Age of Eternity suddenly seems to be inspired by Final Fantasy and even has a look to match, but we comes from a French developer, it is not that long or complex nor is it full of so many. characters, but the narrative alone is intriguing enough to keep you going as you fight to find the cure for the corrosion that is consuming the world.

It takes place in a world of monsters and magic, as well as alien technology that combine to give it a pretty interesting feel. but the roots of fantasy are quite clear and in line with the tropes of the genre. As a throwback to the title though, the developer's love for the jrpg is pretty clear and it's worth playing, so I'm looking forward to seeing what RPG Maker games have got next. a bad reputation over the years, as user-friendliness has resulted in a lot of games, most of which are pretty bad, but the same cannot be said for Rise of the Third Power, which It comes to us from a developer who has mastered the engine and then goes the extra mile to not use the generic character portraits and enemies that come built into the engine.

I love the pixel art in this with a story loosely based on real life history in the World War II period, but with a touch of fantasy. is a jrpg with a design that is as classic as can be, with group-based combat statistics and Team being a great retro title, talk about retro. Earth lock is another title from the PS2 era like the great Legacy mentioned earlier in this video. I heard this before an unlikely group of heroes must work together to save the planet from a growing Evo. The most interesting thing about this is the progression system where there is a talent board system that replaces the skill tree, we can adjust your characters. however you want, but you also have the freedom to change things.

There is also a base of operations on your own personal floating island that you can escape to, where you can grow plants and craft items that will help you in your main quest, so if you're feeling homesick. by that time definitely look at this what happens to ordinary ones, that's right, ordinary ones as in non-magical humans, which is what I thought I was until very recently, but as fate would have it, it turns out that I have magical powers, great entry of 2020 is eichenvel. A magical school RPG that follows a group of troubled students as they discover dark secrets about school that should never have seen the light of day.

Something bad is happening at the Academy, where students are disappearing and signs of evil are appearing. It's up to our ears and friends to save the day, Sunday's combat is the focal point here and the interesting thing is that there are technical elements in the game, since the combat takes place on the grid, you must position your characters to avoid to the enemy. attacks, as well as targeting enemies to be within range of your own abilities, also has timing elements active. Mario RPG style. The pixel art is good, which sums up the package, but it still goes back to the combat and character variety.

Nobody said this was it. It's going to be easy, but if we work together, as much as possible, Right Indivisible was one of those titles that looked promising at the time the Kickstarter campaign was launched, it raised quite a bit of funding and took four years to release with stunning visuals and combat. interesting. The system made it a highlight, this is inspired by Valkyrie Profile in that your party is made up of four characters at a time assigned to the face buttons where you press these triggers and the action, whether attacked or blocked, the Playbook's variety of characters is impressive and try them all.

Going out to find your favorite team is part of the appeal. I also have to mention the side-scrolling platforming, which is very different from the Tau base top-down exploration of the j

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and gives it a different feel on a more metallic level. was of interest as it was from the developers of the 2D fighting game Skull Girls, but due to the inappropriate behavior of the studio head and the dissolution of the studio's plans for updates and DLC will be cancelled, but it is still worth playing current version, there have been a number of smaller Japanese

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RPGs that have found their way onto Steam, Lee Eat being an example of this where one of the main characters is a dragon with the ability to eat lies, where she She is the companion of a trader of secrets, this is counted in three. chapters with a central narrative line, and while the RPG combat is pretty standard, it looks great and is one of the rare examples of a narrative-focused entry that works.

The newest entry on this list is the cyberpunk title Jack to move a pixel art. entry in which you play as a vigilante hacker in search of his missing father abroad is quite well done and cohesive as an overall product that doesn't overstay its welcome. There is a system of strengths and weaknesses similar to rock, paper, scissors, but The combat is specifically designed Due to the fact that there are no other party members, we often find ourselves in 1v3 situations. Well, foreigner, it is well designed and has no filler, so if you are looking for a jrpg solution without wanting to dedicate more than 50 hours, it's fun to achieve it.

Another throwback with modern shine and polish is Shadows of Adam, one that has a more modern looking hybrid pixel art, but where the combat seems inspired by games of the past and tells the story of a legendary hero and his adopted sister where his father fought. against the darkness, but then mysteriously disappeared 10 years ago, where of course Evo is resurfacing once again and our heroes must save the first day in quality of life. The improvement is that EP in battle is restored between combat rounds and upon defeat. enemies, so no more hoarding MP and skills for boss fights, but this game encourages you to use them as much as possible, which increases the fun factor in combat.

The developers' love for this genre is also pretty clear, so we're looking forward to the next title. quartet that is also in development, there are a handful of notable indie developers in the jrpg space, one of which is Stegosoft Games, which you saw earlier in this video when I talked about Rise of the Third Power, but I want to make a special mention. For the previous game ARA Fall and Hunt's Edition, this one features a fascinating world to explore, set on a series of floating islands against the backdrop of a great wall between elves and vampires.

The alien has to prevent the collapse of the islands and save the world with incredible pixel art that reminds me of the

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of the 16-bit era. The most interesting thing is that it has an open world structure that we can explore freely and we can even encounter and die to powerful monsters with the initial release in 2016 and the improved version in 2020. makes it worth playing, this title in this list is Cthulhu Saves the World, which they released on Xbox 360, so it's been a while, but I clearly remember this being one of those jrpgs that got me interested in the genre again after I discovered it.

My love for indie games, this is a satirical entry based on Lovecraftian horror where you play as Cthulhu and he has to save the world so he can be the one to destroy it. Many of the genre's modern quality of life improvements date back to For this game, such as fully recovering all HP and MP after battle, to exhaustible random encounters in an area where you are free to explore and discover secrets, the writing is also top notch and quite fun, with some fun combo abilities in combat. still holding up after all these years, a fantastic but not overly independent title is Battle Chasers Night War, one that combines traditional 10-day combat and exploration in a 3D world with excellent animated cutscenes.

This is also a throwback to console RPGs, but you can see. Differences due to budget between this game and some of the previous titles mentioned in this video, the characters are unique and have excellent designs with many progression systems and an interesting battle system that focuses on the overload limit light system and Battle bursts in interesting ways. this is based on the next Battle Chasers book from the late '90s and did so well that they were hired to ruin King. It's time for the truth to come out, a very similar looking title but with League of Legends characters with both titles having been made.

Well, for them, the original highlight of 2015 was an achievement in the RPG space, mainly due to the art style that is

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described as cast, where everything in this world looks very strange and unique, but has a underlying style that masks a classic design twist. RPG based on the sequel Hilux 2 took it to the next level by taking things to 3D using 3D scanned clay models of these strange surreal creatures, while there are recurring characters from the first game, no prior knowledge required where the sequel has elements Additional features like exploring the overworld as you find secrets in the environment, as well as mini-games like a platforming section, retain that signature art style and feel similar to a game like Earthbound that many indie games take inspiration from, but it's a great title that you should not miss. abroad, let's start the top 10 with more Tales, a title that comes to us from developer Shiro Games, which was initially but has grown over the years and even has its own publishing arm at the moment, hence the asterisks on this open world.

You can't miss the role-playing game, you lead a band of mercenaries seeking their fortune in this medieval world, taking on various contracts and fighting everything from abandonments to monsters, to achieve this, the combat is tactical and takes place online with a role-playing feel c. and although it's still in early access it's shaping up to be something special and is recommended even at this stage of development as a kid I was always interested in mythology and astrology so any game based on them always caught my attention and that is the case. With Virgo versus the alien zodiac, this also does what I love in games and flips the script that we are actually playing as the villain, the Holy Queen Virgo, who wants to bring back the Golden Age, granting everyone who They oppose him as heretics and defeat them. combat, this also has active RPG style elements of Mario and Luigi in combats where you need to press buttons on the spot to perform more effective attacks where our protagonist also has multiple forms seen by the different color schemes with a fascinating combat system and some cool supporting characters with Zodiac sign designs as bosses are one of the highlights for a foreign player who doesn't have that kind of time to commit to a game for someone new tothe genre that doesn't want to get bogged down where Grim's Hollow is the perfect one. example of such a title where, as an editing bonus, this game is completely free and you also play as a target searching for his brother in the afterlife and countering and fighting a group of ghosts in the process with a system active combat based on 10. has multiple endings and is surprisingly emotionally effective, once again shows how RPG Maker games can be excellent titles, laughs, a foreign title will appear, but the best in my opinion are the bug fables , the eternal sapling, everything from the arts and writing is on point, the trio of Unlikely Heroes are on a quest for the eternal sapling, where it is rumored that eating just one leaf will grant you immortality, while there are only three main characters that fit the archetypes of Rogue Warrior and Mage, who complement each other quite well in battle.

Of course, there is action in these fights where you also need to time your button presses, but I really like the personality of the main character B in this foreigner. Mika represents with omori a sun-based role-playing game with psychological horror elements that tells a story that touches on some darker themes, such as mental illness, depression and suicide, so keep in mind that although it is similar to games like The Moon which isn't on this list as it's more of an adventure game, Omori speaks to your heartstrings as they follow the Little Boy's Tail, well there is combat, it's certainly not the focus but It does its job when the colored pencil art style is great and it's also a sci-fi entry.

That's amazing, where a top secret agent of the peace and intelligence agency covers up a huge conspiracy that arises within the organization itself, since which is from the same developer. You can trace this lineage back to Cthulhu Saves the World in terms of fully restoring HP and MP afterwards. battle as well as the ability to exhaust random encounters in an area, the pixel art on this is top notch with a fantastic array of characters including unconventional characters like Gun Menser who is basically a gun wizard and a singer who uses laser knives with an incredible combination. skills and it was a title that I really enjoyed.

The unparalleled versatility of RPG Maker is shown once again with Isa, the painful of the darkest RPGs out there, which is similar to something like worry but of course with a touch of dark and absurd humor. It takes place in a post-apocalyptic world where the protagonist is a bold middle-aged man, but the typical jrpg protagonist was searching for his missing daughter. One of the highlights has to be the multiple party members in this game where there are 30 in addition to our main character, ranging from powerful to hilariously useless, where characters can die permanently in Russian roulette or even be killed by certain enemies.

Our hero can also lose limbs or eyes, which really reduces his efficiency in combat, making it one of the most unique titles out there if I've been into games for the last three years. I'm sure you've already heard of Disco Legion, a narrative crpg that changed the game, so to speak, when it comes to writing and narrative, while being similar to your classic crpg down the line. from titles like Auto skates or the original Divinity without combat in the traditional sense, but instead resolved through dice rolls and skill tables, there are a lot of attacks and reads to be done with excellent writing as we explore the story of This .

Disaster of a main character, our protagonist is a detective investigating a murder with a tense atmosphere due to the conflict between the syndicate and the corporation in the city. The Thought Cabinet system is one of the most unique systems and where you can choose to cultivate or suppress. ideologies and personality traits where letting some grow will change the way our protagonist interacts with the world and other characters are atypical and truly essential. Undertale has truly permeated the mainstream and is one of the most dedicated fanbases out there, where it is filled with quirks characters and innovative metal layers in gameplay that tell an emotional story that hits home in more ways than one. .

I'm not going to go into spoilers here, but it's really worth playing and although I really like its dream, I think. that the internet's obsession with this is a bit extreme and unwarranted, but fandom aside, the game has one of the best soundtracks and a central message that is great, so go blind if you somehow haven't already. played this. I want to give a very special mention. To cross code, it's not the most popular game on the list, but rather one that harkens back to an era of games that I loved. This is an action RPG in the style of Secret of Mana, where the combat is real-time but you get that familiar inventory. party gear and status screen in the pause menu just like classic jrpgs, this title has often been confused and included in lists of games like 2D Zelda, but I think the RPG mechanics put it in another category and I was saving it for a video like this. takes place in an MMO in-universe where a musical protagonist has to discover the truth behind her Origins, where they are also meta elements and fourth-wall breakers;

However, it is a completely single-player experience that lasts over 35 hours, which is a big part, not to mention the recent DLC, a new home that was released in 2021 where games like this are no longer made, which makes it pretty special and to see more of the best of the games, watch this video right here.