Genre
Role-playing game
The player grows a character or party through stats, gear, and story choices.
Mechanics
Ability · Action command · Active Time Battle · Capture · Critical hit · Damage formula · Damage modifier · Elemental weakness · Evolution · Fleeing · Growth rate · Held item · Hit chance · Instant win · Limit Break · Multi-hit attack · Nature · Physical/special split · Random encounter · Rolling HP meter · Same-type attack bonus · Status recovery · Time of day · Timed guard · Turn order · Type effectiveness · Visible encounter · Weather
- Action role-playing game 669
- Tactical role-playing game 292 — + Follow-up attack · Permadeath · Weapon triangle
- Japanese role-playing game 88
- Massively multiplayer online role-playing game 268
- MUD 8
- Dungeon crawler 39
- Monster-taming 11
Techniques
- Japanese role-playing game 88 — + Random number generator · Password and battery save · Sampled sound Game Boy, SNES, Amiga · Music driver · Raster effects Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, Amiga, NES, Master System, Genesis, SNES, Game Boy family, Game Boy Advance
- Monster-taming 11 — + Random number generator · Sampled sound Game Boy, SNES, Amiga · Music driver · Password and battery save · Raster effects Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, Amiga, NES, Master System, Genesis, SNES, Game Boy family, Game Boy Advance
#History
Timeline
Games
- Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord 1981
- Wizardry II: The Knight of Diamonds 1982
- Ultima III: Exodus 1983
- Wizardry III: Legacy of Llylgamyn 1983
- The Tower of Druaga 1984
- Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar 1985
- The Bard's Tale 1985
- Bokosuka Wars 1985
- Dragon Buster 1985
- Dragon Warrior 1986
- Starflight 1986
- Hydlide 1986
- The Bard's Tale II: The Destiny Knight 1986
- Asteka II: Templo del Sol 1986
- Ginga Denshō: Galaxy Odyssey 1986
- Final Fantasy 1987
- Dragon Warrior II 1987
- Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei 1987
- Faxanadu 1987
- Ys I 1987
- Getsu Fūma Den 1987
- Legacy of the Wizard 1987
- Saint Seiya : Ougon Densetsu 1987
- Esper Dream 1987
- Cleopatra no Mahō 1987
- Kalin no Tsurugi 1987
- Hoshi wo Miru Hito 1987
- Hydlide 3: The Space Memories 1987
- Minelvaton Saga: Ragon no Fukkatsu 1987
- Artelius 1987
- Dragon Scroll 1987
- Esper Boukentai: Maou no Toride 1987
- Majō Densetsu II: Daimashikyō Galious 1987
- Reflect World 1987
- Seiken Psycho Caliber: Majū no Mori Densetsu 1987
- Momotaro Densetsu 1987
- Outlanders 1987
- Zombie Hunter 1987
- Final Fantasy II 1988
- Dragon Warrior III 1988
- The Battle of Olympus 1988
- Ultima V: Warriors of Destiny 1988
- Pool of Radiance 1988
- Ys II 1988
- Dragon Ball: Daimaō fukkatsu 1988
- Kaijū Monogatari 1988
- Times of Lore 1988
- Fire Bam 1988
- Kamen Rider Club Gekitotsu ShockerLand 1988
- Aspic 1988
- Dandy: Zeuon no Fukkatsu 1988
- Saiyūki World 1988
- Silviana: Ai Ippai no Little Angel 1988
- Cosmo Police Galivan 1988
- EarthBound Beginnings 1989
- Sweet Home 1989
- Akuma-kun 1989
- Bandit Kings of Ancient China 1989
- Ys III: Wanderers from Ys 1989
- Destiny of an Emperor 1989
- Famicom Jump: Hero Retsuden 1989
- Ghost Lion 1989
- Little Ninja Brothers 1989
- Square's Tom Sawyer 1989
- Faria: A World of Mystery and Danger 1989
- Willow 1989
- Dungeon Magic: Sword of the Elements 1989
- Pinball Quest 1989
- Rasāru Ishii no Childs Quest 1989
- Magma Project: Hacker 1989
- Lutter 1989
- Osomatsu-kun: Back to the me no Deppa no Maki 1989
- Final Fantasy III 1990
- Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light 1990
- Might and Magic Book One: The Secret of the Inner Sanctum 1990
- Dragon Quest IV 1990
- Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei II 1990
- Uncharted Waters 1990
- Crystalis 1990
- Captain Tsubasa Vol. II: Super Striker 1990
- Doraemon: Giga Zombie no Gyakushū 1990
- The Immortal 1990
- Last Armageddon 1990
- JaJaMaru Gekimaden: Maboroshi no Kinmajou 1990
- Musashi no Bōken 1990
- Swords and Serpents 1990
- Ganbare Goemon Gaiden: Kieta Ōgon Kiseru 1990
- SD Gundam Gaiden: Knight Gundam Monogatari 1990
- Dungeon Kid 1990
- Kawa no Nushi Tsuri 1990
- Sansara Naga 1990
- Final Fantasy IV 1991
- Famicom Jump II: Saikyō no Shichinin 1991
- Metal Max 1991
- Dragon Wars 1991
- Lagrange Point 1991
- Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves 1991
- 2nd Super Robot Wars 1991
- Tenchi wo Kurau II 1991
- Chaos World 1991
- Super Chinese 3 1991
- Niji no Silkroad 1991
- Otaku no Seiza: An Adventure in the Otaku Galaxy 1991
- SD Gundam Gaiden: Knight Gundam Monogatari 2 - Hikari no Kishi 1991
- Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water 1991
- Radia Senki: Reimeihen 1991
- Sugoro Quest: Dice Heroes 1991
- Dark Lord 1991
- Grand Master 1991
- Hyaku no Sekai no Monogatari: The Tales on a Watery Wilderness 1991
- Juvei Quest 1991
- Shadow Brain 1991
- Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Hillsfar 1991
- Final Fantasy V 1992
- Fire Emblem Gaiden 1992
- Just Breed 1992
- Spiritual Warfare 1992
- Ganbare Goemon Gaiden 2: Tenka no Zaihō 1992
- Momotaro Densetsu Gaiden 1992
- SD Gundam Gaiden: Knight Gundam Monogatari 3 - Densetsu no Kishi Dan 1992
- Double Moon Densetsu 1992
- Dream Master 1992
- Ushio to Tora: Shin'en no Daiyō 1993
- Final Fantasy VI 1994
- EarthBound 1994
- Pokémon Red and Blue 1996
- Final Fantasy VII 1997
- Pokémon Yellow 1998
- Baldur's Gate 1998
- Pokémon Gold and Silver 1999
- Pokémon Crystal 2000
- Paper Mario 2000
- Golden Sun 2001
- Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire 2002
- Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade 2002
- Pokémon Emerald 2004
- Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen 2004
- Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones 2004
- Pokémon Platinum 2008
- Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver 2009
- Terraria 2011
- Mashin Eiyūden Wataru Gaiden
Borrowing from it: Zelda II: The Adventure of Link 1987, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night 1997.
The catalog lists 2,696 games in the genre, and 2 more that borrow from it. Those on the most Wikipedias without a page here: World of Warcraft 2004, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim 2011, Genshin Impact 2020, Cyberpunk 2077 2020, Undertale 2015, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2015, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2017, Fallout 1997, Elden Ring 2022, Fallout 3 2008, Diablo III 2012, Fallout 4 2015.