Best Modern JRPG Games on PC

[Neolithic]To the End

TL:DR

This may be the weirdest fever dream you’ve ever had.

Life is full of absurdity

Some Features:

Everything in a classical RPG plus…

• Bizarre adventures.

• First-person gunfight during battle.

• Convert supernatural (or not so supernatural) enemies to be your pets.

• Deployable traps, barricades, and furniture to decorate your home.

• Your very own home with a map editor. ALL MAPS in the game can be edited during the gameplay. Support import/export map to RMXP.

• Magical items and anomalies with their own mechanisms.

• Crafting items from 3D printers.

• Plant and harvest food and…something else.

• Endless procedurally generated quests from mission boards.

• A powerful cheat console that can run Ruby script.

• Minigames! The awesome part of an open-world RPG is, you can get all those minigames for free!

• Frequent updates. Who knows what you can find in the future.

• DRM-Free!

• Highly customizable playing experience.

Risks: (I will be totally honest with you. Thus, I put it here)

1, The game is made with a very old game engine. (For memories' sake)

2, There is only one developer.

3, I am terrible at 2D art.

4, I am not a native speaker of English.

Thus, I provide an honest demo for you. The demo version will update all the way till the game release.

It reflects the current stage of game development in almost real-time.

As the game is one of the first and last RMXP games that’s ever being developed, I’m not exactly aiming to make it something great. (or even sane.)

Instead, it needs to be unique and fun in a way that people can rarely see nowadays, to make people laugh maniacally even in a grimdark world where both the in-game world and the life circle of RMXP are coming to an end.

Story

Welcome to our secret society of [redacted]. We are among the most ancient ones in our line of work.

For a long time, we have witnessed the rise and fall of many others.

The situation is grim, the world almost ended in 2008, 2012, 2015, and 2020.

Some people predict it will keep ending this year, next year, and the year after.

But, well, even if that’s true, even if the ending is inevitable, it is tragic, we are still alive.

So, cheer up! We shall carry on.

As long as we stand, the world shall never fall!

To the end…

Features:

Unbalanced and Unfair

Beneath the facet of the beautiful life people called “normal”, lurks the truth that this secret struggle is never fair.

There are things that can hardly be killed. They may come in great numbers to overwhelm us.

Even when not facing such a supernatural entity, a well-trained Kung-Fu master can still be killed by just a bullet.

But, We Fight on With All We Have!

We have guns and our own magics. We even learned to bind supernatural entities to our wills.

We have tools and artifacts, we have skills ranging from combat to conversation.

If there is a lock that can hardly be picked, try blowing it.

There are always solutions.

You Are Different.

Your arrival was not expected. You were not on any lists. We know little about you.

Show us, who you are and who you will become with all the perks/skills/proficiency you may develop.

We may still stand a chance against all odds with your help.

Lead us…

In This Vast World

Your loyal companions will follow you from ancient ruins to modern metropolis, from east to west.

You will meet common folks we swear to protect, watching them live their “normal” life.

You will discover mysteries, solve them when combat evil forces lurking in the dark.

The Secret History

The story behind this game:

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1519140/view/2986431641632413538

It’s the first Neolithic game with English localization that comes to Steam since 2004 when the first game of Neolithic was published in a dark corner of China.

_Comparing to a commercial game, this is more like a memento to the old golden age of RPG Maker XP (when indie games are really indie; when updates are free instead of being paid DLCs; when developers update games for years, even decades instead of abandon projects as soon as it’s no longer profitable; when games are made with passion instead of money-hunger; And, when RPG Maker was not used to just make those cheap adult-only games.)

This is NEOLITHIC!

There are many games out there, made with modern tools and more than 1 developer. They are supposed to be better than mine.

But, they are not. Why?_

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We also have cats! They are cute. :3

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●LIVE IN DUNGEON

• smooth and fun gaming experience

• unique commentary system which gives player various benefit through battles

• commentary goes way too fast which is actually impossible to keep track on it

• decent graphic and music

• game too short around 3 hours playtime at most

• high quality english localization. surprising especially from japanese indie game

i have a mixed feeling for this game mainly because the game just a bit too short.

i really hope this company can bring a more improved version of this game with more content

– Real player with 10.1 hrs in game

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Takahiro did a amazing job with this title and i want to purchase dlc! when you fall down into the pit, losing connection for the first time really makes you appreciate the chat.

– Real player with 3.7 hrs in game

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Disc Creatures

Haven’t done everything yet, still missing a few creatures (~92% done) but i’ll share my thoughts so far:

Pro:

+A good roster of 200 creatures, with fun/interesting designs

+Varied Locations, having the colour scheme change according to locations is nice.

+A decent story, not all that exciting but did it’s job alright.

Con:

-Too little difference in stats for early game to late game/rare/hard to get creatures

-All creatures you get starts at lvl 1, so getting creatures at later locations are actually worse than getting them at the first point they are avalible, also makes the grind to get a creature you think looks nice discouraging.

– Real player with 132.8 hrs in game

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One of the better monster collectors I’ve played in awhile. This game is everything I love about Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry’s Wonderland and Pokemon Red, Blue and Yellow both for the GameBoy Color and yet miles improved compared to both.

The overworld encounters make it feel like getting through an area is less of a hassle compared to the random encounters of the above games.

Having a huge skill pool for each monster to switch between makes it so you can deal with far more situations as opposed to the limitations of TMs and relearning moves in Pokemon games or inheriting skills in Dragon Quest Monsters games.

– Real player with 71.5 hrs in game

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Tales of the Elements

I have beaten chapter 1. I have chapter 2 on my system however after the finale of chapter 1 I spawn out of bounds and am unable to do anything. how can i start chapter 2???

– Real player with 162.5 hrs in game

How much of this game I’ve played: 12 Hours, 35 minutes

How I’ve played so much: I had a pre-ordered non-steam copy.

Completed Main story, not the super secret boss area.

Here’s why you’d be interested in this game: Good rhymes, good story, old school gameplay.

Good rhymes: If you haven’t heard of BeNeVoLeNcE, you might have heard of Mega Ran - he’s known for clean nerdcore rhymes over chiptune beats and melodies. Hip Hop by both is featured in the game, and it’s not an “afterthought” like it might be in some games - the music is interwoven in with the story - it’s actually rewarding to gain access to the rhymes that go along with the instrumentals in different parts of the game.

– Real player with 78.7 hrs in game

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COPPER ODYSSEY

This game is one of the best I’ve seen from the RPG Maker crowd. It’s non-linear, and you can technically defeat the four bosses in any order, so if you enjoy exploring weird and colorful labyrinthine worlds, check this one out for sure.

Beyond the main quest, there are TONS of secrets and optional content you can do that kept me wanting to go back. It’s very short and not that hard, so doing multiple runs with different builds looking for easter eggs is easy and fun.

– Real player with 33.8 hrs in game

Copper Odyssey is a pretty nice-looking game.

The art direction is its strongest aspect thanks to excellent character designs and a good variety of art styles.

The designs of the enemies are especially really gorgeous and very distinctive between each other (putting aside the variations of some obviously) and certain art styles manage to either enhance certain scenes pretty well or contribute to the surrealist aesthetic of the world in general.

The music gives also a positive contribution to the mix. The best themes are the ones of each world you’ll visit, making the exploration of these more satisfying.

– Real player with 25.9 hrs in game

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Cricket: Jae’s Really Peculiar Game

After a devastating loss, Jae would do anything to fix the past. Blast off with your newfound friends on a journey to the gates of Yimmelia, a fabled land on the moon that’s rumored to grant any wish.

• Traverse forests, explore cities, ruin a rock concert, and crash a fandom convention, all while throwing your JRPG expectations out the window.

  • Ram your head into things, just to see what happens! Maybe it’ll be cool?

• Recruit and travel with five new friends, each with their own unique powers.

  • Customize your battle experience with six playable characters—fight with your favorites.

  • Time your attacks to build your meter, ultimately unleashing powerful duo and trio attacks!

  • Consult with your party members about your surroundings, how to beat enemies, or just to check in on your pals.

• Freely interact with NPCs during conversations:

  • Stand there and take it, throw items at them, or just walk away.

  • Your actions have consequences—how you treat people in this world affects combat.

• (You do have to crash the fandom convention, though. Sorry.)

• Hey, if you can figure out who’s playing at the rock concert, can you forward it to us so we can stay tuned?

• “Stay tuned”…That’s hilarious. We’re done here.

• Full, all-new OST composed by Shane Mesa and Tomoya Tomita.

• Elemelons.

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Terrain of Magical Expertise

I was a fan of the Terrain of Magical Expertise concept since middle school after discovering it’s original iteration, TV Tome Adventures. Discovering the 2011 web series at a tad bit much later after being introduced to several alumni’s work prior to TOME (e.g. LittleKuriboh’s work with animation done by the creator of TOME himself, DBZ Abridged, etc.) was also a big shocker to me because of how much I loved the cheesy simplistic animation, story driven writing and decent voice cast. And the moment the Kickstarter was announced for this game a few years back, I was initially excited for it. After finally purchasing the game and playing 3 consecutive games of it, trying to undercover each easter egg, minigame, quest, side character and everything possible, I figured it was finally time for me to write a review. I do not want to have this review come off as mean spirit and any way and I have no hostility regards to the creator himself and any outside drama that occurred prior to the making of this game, but this review is a preparatory mix of my experience playing it beforehand, witnessing the development of the game step by step when it’s publicly announced and nitpicking each and every single aspect of what I liked and didn’t like in the game. So don’t look at how the game was not recommended and immediately think, “Oh, he says it sucks”. That’s not what I’m saying at all. I have sort of a mixed middle ground with this game and Steam does not have much options on what I should say and since this game had hardly any not-recommended options, I figured to just add one more to the already good pile of reviews which would sure knock it down of the park. If I get chewed out on it, I’m sorry but this is what I think of the game overall. So grab a snack and a drink because this is gonna be a long one….

– Real player with 111.4 hrs in game

I love TOME, I’ve always been really a big fan of it ever since the webseries, I’ve been anticipating this game for years now and I can say as a big TOME fan this has really lived up to exactly what I was looking for.

I can say that it has its few fair share of bugs here and there of which many I’ve reported on the discussion forums and on Twitter, but the only reason of which that should detract from your experience should be if the game outright stops you from playing from a bug, of which you can probably fix due to removing your previous save file from one of the previous demos, likely the Itch demo, this happened to me and I was kinda bummed but I got as far as like 10 minutes into the game so starting a new save file wasn’t a problem really, and it certainly wasn’t the developers faults. They’ve even gone into suggesting the same fix to many people and have been active about responding to people on the forums for reporting bugs, and good on them, they’re really great developers who are listening to feedback and I legitimately hope eventually we can make this game as perfect as possible.

– Real player with 62.5 hrs in game

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She Is My Sin

She Is My Sin is a old school Top Down Shooter game. It is about a story of a dark hero, who was planning to steal the power of 2nd God.

The Ruler of the second Heaven [High Tower] has been vacant for a long time. Nobody knows the truth that only six Gods lives in [The Seven Gods]. Someone is ready to create a bigger deception to bury the lies and mistakes.

Features

• Own all kinds of well-designed weapons with gunsmithing immediately, and no need of endless boring Levels upgrade.

• Gaining thrilling experience by close distance combat with extremely short TTK.

• Realistic gunshots and smooth operation feel.

• Concise storytelling style.

• The main characters and enemies are all cute girls.

• But the voice characters of those girls are male.

• The level design is full of paying tributes to the classical game.

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Savior of the Abyss

TL;DR - Cute anime girl runaround the research facility to survive the nightmare and creature.

If you have spare money and time to kill then not a bad choice to try it.

Translation a bit off right now so it make story hard to understanding.

Overall the game itself not that bad pretty straight forward with multiple ending. The puzzle isn’t hard but the hint is make the player confused sometime. Horror in this game combine with sound is quite good.

– Real player with 3.5 hrs in game

”A Nod to Lovecraft Horror Experience and Question of Morality”

Savior of the Abyss (SotA) is indie horror adventure game developed by small Korean team. You play as a young girl named Stella; suddenly wake up in some kind of underground facility which is now full of corpses and bloody massacre. Guiding Stella to escape the nightmare and avoid unknown threats is the ultimate goal of this game.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2587958912

As you progress through the level and learning story from notes and events. SotA heavily takes inspiration from Lovecraftian / eldritch horror represented in RPG maker style and anime character sprite. The mixture between Lovecraft element, paranormal, and splatterpunk horror is well executed that sometimes catch me off guard or punish your curiosity. It’s an unforgiving experience, but intriguing by its settings, lore, and ethical that shift between horror and thriller with multiple endings.

– Real player with 3.4 hrs in game

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Hate Free Heroes 💥 Agents of Aggro City [3D Enhanced]

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About Hate Free Heroes:

Hate Free Heroes is a modern day role playing game that takes the player into the role of an H.F.H agent and researcher dedicated to decreasing the rise of “Aggromites” in the city.

Aggromites/Aggromite (definition) [ag-roh-myht] [noun]: A mischievous entity that influence a person’s aggression levels through the “dream world” or altered reality.

Join the H.F.H agency, complete major missions and research missions to help the agency discover the reason behind the growing rise in “Aggro”. Journey through the city of Newsport to find faithful agents that will join your cause as you begin to unravel the mystery behind the “Aggromite” influx.

Your Main Character:

Your main character is known as “The Professor”, a former doctor and scientist now Meta Physician and researcher for the H.F.H. The Professor is rumored to be the one who discovered the existence of an altered reality which the agency’s research is now currently based on. He decided to leave his former professions in order to help discover the source of the growing rise in “Aggro” within the “dream world”.

Your Mission:

As a new agent to the agency, your mission will be to discover the source of the growing rise in “Aggro” within the city. This journey will take you within the heart of Newsport as you explore different locations and deal with diverse situations. As you engage the “Aggromites” in each location, you not only help reduce the “Aggro” in the city, you also help the agency’s research in discovering the source of the city’s “Aggro” influx.

Your Team:

As you complete major missions, you will assemble a team of loyal agents. Each one of your team members have unique skills and abilities that will help you engage “Aggromites” in the dream world. Each one of your team members also has a history and personality unique to the team as well.

• Explore the Large City of Newsport

• Major Missions and Research Missions to Complete

• Upgradeable Gear with Gear Slots

• Steam Achievements

*Please note that Hate Free Heroes will only be sold on Steam or on our official website. Do NOT trust any other sources for purchase unless stated here.

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