The 13 Best RPGs on iOS

Gamers, who are more familiar with the market for cheap licensed titles and predatory games, frequently mock the mobile gaming industry. However, there are a tonne of fantastic games available on iOS, including both recent releases that are redefining the genre and timeless favourites.

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There’s no shortage of RPGs on iOS, and the finest ones make the most of the platform. The beautiful thing about the genre is that it’s populated with epic-length games. You can start right away, finish a few quests, and then return to a plethora of options.

13 The Banner Saga

The Banner Saga is a contemporary tactical role-playing game that places a strong focus on player choice. The game is played like a choose-your-own-adventure tale in between fights, with you controlling your Viking tribe through hunger, conflict, and near death.

Here, immersion and story are the names of the games. The Banner Saga purposefully steers clear of common role-playing game clichés like selling, purchasing, and plundering. If you lose a battle, the game even stops you from loading a save. The goal of this is to tell you the tale of your tribe as a whole, not just about one person.

12 Fate/Grand Order

Based on the 2004 visual novel series  Fate/Grand Order , Sony created one of the most successful mobile games ever, Fate/Grand Order. The game’s mechanics are similar to those of other mobile role-playing games: classic turn-based combat and pulling gacha dice to obtain additional characters and weaponry.

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Fate/Grand Order differs from the other games on this list in that you take on the role of a “Master,” leading a group of adventurers that include knights, magicians, mages, and others. It is entirely up to you who you send into battle and on adventures. Instead of controlling a party or even a main protagonist.

11 Darkest Dungeon

Characters from the Darkest basement fighting in a dark basement
It’s true that Darkest Dungeon is known for being an extremely challenging game. Darkest Dungeon, a roguelike where characters die forever, is practically the ideal mobile game. It enables you to throw together a group fast and enter a dungeon to engage in turn-based fighting.

It’s all about placement in this game. Battles take place in a line between your group and your opponents in a 2D game. Their numbers, which include their likelihood of hitting or getting hit with illness or injury, will be partially determined by their positioning.

10 Neverwinter Nights

Another example of a classic role-playing game that has found success on iOS is Neverwinter Nights  , which is based on the Dungeons & Dragons campaign Forgotten Realms. The game is called the Enhanced Edition, and it includes a tonne of free DLC in addition to better graphics.

The plot of Neverwinter Nights, which is situated in the D&D universe, is intricate—possibly a little too intricate for new players. Even if you are not a lover of the fantasy setting, it’s still worthwhile to give the game a try because of its 100-hour campaign and emphasis on extensive player choice with significant consequences.

9 Chroma Squad

In the tactical role-playing game Chroma Squad, you take charge of a TV studio producing a show analogous to Power Rangers. Playing as the studio manager involves scheduling tasks and purchasing equipment, although the main focus of the game is the amusing plot and set-piece combat.

Chroma Squad features a clever yet straightforward combat system that works well on iOS, despite its campy aesthetic and ridiculous premise. You take a group of four (later five) of your Power Rangers into battle, giving them full control over their weapons and abilities. They can perform a variety of skills and cooperative assaults. Indeed, there are clashes between enormous robots and monsters.

8 Fantasian

Beautiful dioramas such as the one above are common in Fantasian. They are the norm. This massive JRPG is incredibly beautiful in every way, and most Final Fantasy aficionados would tell you it’s worth checking out based on the game’s artistic pedigree—Hironobu Sakaguchi, the creator of Final Fantasy, led the development team.

Sakaguchi’s influence can be seen everywhere, from the strategic battles and classical themes to the cast of characters who are wide-eyed and melancholic. Fantasian has garnered numerous accolades, and rightfully so. We hope that it will eventually be available on other platforms in addition to Apple Arcade , so that more players can enjoy it.

7 Genshin Impact

A popular game all across the world is Genshin Impact. Chinese developer Mihoyo has created an enormous, epic role-playing game with lots of activities, several characters that may be unlocked, and an extensive quest. There are always fresh characters to play as, new areas to explore, and even new gameplay elements added to Genshin.

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Although Genshin Impact is a gacha game, you can play it without ever having to pay for anything. You can do any mission at any time, and you can get in-game cash really quickly.

6 Another Eden

Another Eden was constructed entirely for mobile use. Its basic sprites and backdrop artwork may not give it much of an aesthetic appeal, but its plot, characters, and fighting make up for it. As Aldo, you embark on a mission to save his sister from the Beast King, who plans to unleash the dormant power within her to exterminate all humans and turn Earth over to the demons.

Aldo is then propelled 800 years into the future, where humanity is barely surviving, by doing this. You may play through 84 chapters, which is a relief. Yes, this volume of stuff will keep you occupied for several hours.

5 Final Fantasy Tactics: The War Of The Lions

In a final fantasy tactics War of the Lions cutscene, Ramza Beoulve appears.
Final Fantasy Tactics, widely regarded as one of the best Final Fantasy games ever made, is the story of two young men enmeshed in a civil war spanning the entire kingdom while a sinister enemy makes a reappearance. The main character, Ramza, makes an effort to live a moral life, even if it means sacrificing his noble standing and being labelled a heretic for the rest of his life. The other, the antihero Delita, chooses a more Machiavellian course and is doomed to fame in the future.

As one might imagine from its title, this rich and profoundly sociopolitically focused plot from the renowned designer Yasumi Matsuno is jam-packed with tactical role-playing goodness. The iOS version lacks the annoying slowing problems of the 2007 PSP enhanced port while retaining all of the amazing features, and the touch controls function rather well.

4 Stardew Valley

Some chickens are sitting nearby while a player runs around their farm. Stardew Valley is a game that can be played on multiple platforms, giving you the freedom to create the farm of your dreams almost anywhere you choose. By now, everyone is familiar with this farming role-playing game, but if you’ve never heard of it, you’re in for a treat.

It’s an easy goal: establish a farm and settle in the valley. You can meet people, get hitched, and establish your empire along the road. You can choose to concentrate on anything, from fighting to owning a monopoly on a single crop. Updates for Stardew Valley’s iOS version are a little behind, but Concerned Ape makes a concerted effort to provide updates for all platforms.

3 Octopath Traveler: Champions Of The Continent

Two games make up the popular JRPG series Octopath Traveler at the moment. In the games, you basically put together a team of eight individuals and finish each of their own tale chapters. You may now play this cosy JRPG directly on your phone.

Octopath Traveller: Champions of the Continent is a gacha game that takes place prior to the events of the first game, not a mobile adaptation of the original title. You will therefore still be in Osterra and be able to see many of the same things. You have a lot of content to pick from with three different plot lines.

2 Baldur’s Gate II: Enhanced Edition

Battle against snow-dwelling monsters in Baldur’s Gate Enhanced Edition
In 1998, the first Baldur’s Gate game was released. Since then, a number of other games, spin-offs, and expansions have been released. We also have the upgraded version of the original game in addition to this stuff. The amazing sequel game, Baldur’s Gate II: Shadows of Amn, is now available for play on tablets and phones.

Shadows of Amn satisfies all of your needs, whether it’s for a good time, a classic game you’ve been dying to play again, or the explosive release of Larian Studios’ Baldur’s Gate 3.

1 Chrono Trigger

Another famous RPG that has been directly converted to your phone is Chrono Trigger . Chrono Trigger is still well worth while, thus time was clearly not brutal to this title. Few video games can match its attractive setting, endearing cast, and some of the best pace in the history of role-playing games.

Chrono Trigger may require some adjustment to the controls, but it is well worth the small inconvenience. This is just amazing stuff, combining Square at the height of its powers with the cooperative efforts with Dragon Quest’s Yuji Horii (during the time when Enix was a different firm) and character designs by Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama.