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We filtered the 40 games similar to Cricket: Jae's Really Peculiar Game down to the 34 that fit the “Narrative” category. Epic Battle Fantasy 5, The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel and Loren The Amazon Princess top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Cricket: Jae's Really Peculiar Game.

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The best narrative games like Cricket: Jae's Really Peculiar Game

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Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Cricket: Jae's Really Peculiar Game. Each one has been evaluated across 13 real attributes — from combat style and progression mechanics to world structure and visual perspective — so every recommendation is based on how the game actually plays, not just its genre label.

#1Epic Battle Fantasy 5Closest overall match

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Steam👍 99%· 6.0KRAWG👍 85%· 20

Year 2020Dev Matt RoszakPlaytime ~5hOn PC · Apple Macintosh · Linux

✓ Same family of turn-based JRPGs: deep RPG systems, JRPG narrative and systems and adventure storytelling

≠ Where it differs: brings visual isometric, while skipping exploration and discovery

Epic Battle Fantasy 5 is an over-the-top turn-based RPG adventure, full of video game references, juvenile dialogue, and anime fanservice (...and also strategic combat, monster catching, and tons of treasure hunting - if you're into any of those.

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#2The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel

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SoloTacticalNarrativeCozyAnimeFantasyThird Person

Steam👍 95%· 5.8KIGDB82· 9OC79· 56

Year 2013Dev Nihon Falcom · XSEED GamesOn PlayStation 3 · PS4 · PC

✓ Fits the turn-based JRPGs cluster, with deep RPG systems, JRPG narrative and systems and turn-based strategy

≠ Where it differs: brings setting scifi, while skipping exploration and discovery

It predates Cricket: Jae's Really Peculiar Game by 11 years, with what that implies technically.

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#3Loren The Amazon PrincessClosest on visuals

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SoloTacticalNarrativeCozyFantasyAnime2D

Steam👍 82%· 612

Year 2014Dev Winter WolvesPlaytime ~3hOn PC · Apple Macintosh · Linux

✓ Fits the turn-based JRPGs cluster, with deep RPG systems, JRPG narrative and systems and turn-based strategy

≠ Its own twist: visual novel storytelling and combat magic, while skipping exploration and discovery

Loren The Amazon Princess is a fantasy epic combining intricate turn-based battles with a heroic tale of overcoming evil -- with a twist! In this tale, you play as a loyal servant of the hero rather than the hero herself.

It predates Cricket: Jae's Really Peculiar Game by 10 years, with what that implies technically.

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#4Octopath Traveler IIClosest on progression

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SoloTacticalNarrativeCozyFantasyAnimeExploration

Steam👍 94%· 16KIGDB89· 6OC85· 119

Year 2023Dev ACQUIRE Corp. · Square EnixOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

✓ Both are turn-based JRPGs — sharing deep RPG systems, JRPG narrative and systems and turn-based strategy

≠ Its own twist: vibe casual, open world exploration and combat magic, while skipping visual 2d

Where it drifts furthest from Cricket: Jae's Really Peculiar Game: visuals.

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#5Agarest: Generations of War Zero

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SoloTacticalNarrativeCozyAnimeFantasyThird Person

Steam👍 74%· 392MC50

Year 2014Dev Idea Factory · GhostlightPlaytime ~4hOn PC · PS

✓ Same family of turn-based JRPGs: deep RPG systems, JRPG narrative and systems and adventure storytelling

≠ Its own twist: puzzle design, fighting mechanics and visual novel storytelling, while skipping exploration and discovery

UNCOVER THE EPIC STORY PRECEDING #1 SELLER, AGAREST: GENERATIONS OF WAR Following hot on the heels of the number 1 top selling epic SRPG “Agarest: Generations Of War”, Ghostlight are proud to announce its prequel “Agarest: Generations Of War ZERO” bringing an enticing blend of in-depth strategy…

Where it drifts furthest from Cricket: Jae's Really Peculiar Game: visuals.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against positive for Cricket: Jae's Really Peculiar Game.

It predates Cricket: Jae's Really Peculiar Game by 10 years, with what that implies technically.

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Steam👍 99%· 14K

Year 2019Dev ghosthunterPlaytime ~1hOn PC

✓ Both are turn-based JRPGs — sharing deep RPG systems, JRPG narrative and systems and adventure storytelling

≠ Where it differs: brings visual pixel and free to play, while skipping setting anime

When Lavender woke up this morning, she wasn’t expecting to be surrounded by a crowd of over-excited, skull-masked strangers with cake and balloons. After all, it wasn’t her birthday; and this wasn’t her home.

Where it drifts furthest from Cricket: Jae's Really Peculiar Game: visuals.

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SoloTacticalCozyNarrativeAnimeFantasy

Steam👍 98%· 48K

Year 2023Dev 养蛋人工作室 Egg Hatcher · Gamera GamesPlaytime ~15hOn PC

✓ Both are turn-based JRPGs — sharing deep RPG systems, JRPG narrative and systems and turn-based strategy

≠ Stands apart with deep simulation, visual novel storytelling and setting medieval, while skipping adventure storytelling

Welcome to the Volcano Kingdom! The Volcano Goddess has blessed the land of her people. She brought prosperity to a country flourishing in a medieval era. After the death of your late wife, you are left alone to parent your daughter. So the question remains, how will you raise her, and what kind of life will the choices you make lead her to?

Where it drifts furthest from Cricket: Jae's Really Peculiar Game: visuals.

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#8Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age - Definitive Edition

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SoloTacticalNarrativeFantasyAnimeExplorationThird Person2D

Steam👍 93%· 12KIGDB92· 4

Year 2019Dev Square Enix Business Division 6 · NintendoOn PS4 · PC · Xbox

✓ Same family of turn-based JRPGs: deep RPG systems, JRPG narrative and systems and adventure storytelling

≠ Where it differs: brings open world exploration, melee combat and crafting mechanics, while skipping cozy, relaxing feel

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SoloTacticalNarrativeFantasyAnimeExploration2D

Steam👍 86%· 17KIGDB85· 9OC84· 122

Year 2018Dev Square Enix Business Division 11 · NintendoOn PS4 · PC · PS5

✓ Fits the turn-based JRPGs cluster, with deep RPG systems, JRPG narrative and systems and turn-based strategy

≠ Its own twist: open world exploration, visual pixel and visual isometric, while skipping cozy, relaxing feel

Where it drifts furthest from Cricket: Jae's Really Peculiar Game: visuals.

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#10Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age

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SoloTacticalNarrativeFantasyAnimeExplorationThird Person

Steam👍 86%· 8.9KIGDB84· 11OC88· 117

Year 2017Dev Square Enix Business Division 6 · Square EnixOn PS4 · PC

✓ Same family of turn-based JRPGs: deep RPG systems, JRPG narrative and systems and turn-based strategy

≠ Stands apart with open world exploration, while skipping cozy, relaxing feel

Where it drifts furthest from Cricket: Jae's Really Peculiar Game: tone.

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SoloTacticalNarrativeAnimeFantasyThird Person

Steam👍 96%· 129KRAWG👍 95%· 530MC94IGDB94· 10OC94· 169

Year 2020Dev Atlus · SEGAPlaytime ~12hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Fits the turn-based JRPGs cluster, with deep RPG systems, JRPG narrative and systems and turn-based strategy

≠ Its own twist: visual novel storytelling, while skipping cozy, relaxing feel

Wear the mask. Reveal your truth. Prepare for an all-new RPG experience in Persona®5 Royal based in the universe of the award-winning series, Persona®! Don the mask of Joker and join the Phantom Thieves of Hearts.

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Steam👍 97%· 85KRAWG👍 88%· 608MC89IGDB90· 1OC88· 89

Year 2012Dev Atlus · SEGAPlaytime ~10hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Fits the turn-based JRPGs cluster, with deep RPG systems, JRPG narrative and systems and adventure storytelling

≠ Its own twist: visual novel storytelling, while skipping cozy, relaxing feel

Persona 4 Golden is the jRPG and the remake of the Persona 4, released four years after the original. This is the fifth part of Persona series which is at the same time a sub-series to an even bigger franchise called Shin Megami Tensei. The remake is released exclusively for PS Vita handheld.

It predates Cricket: Jae's Really Peculiar Game by 12 years, with what that implies technically.

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#13Metaphor: ReFantazio

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SoloTacticalNarrativeAnimeFantasyThird Person

Steam👍 90%· 41KIGDB94· 7OC93· 172

Year 2024Dev Studio Zero · AtlusOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

✓ Fits the turn-based JRPGs cluster, with deep RPG systems, JRPG narrative and systems and turn-based strategy

≠ Stands apart with action RPG combat, dark, oppressive atmosphere and visual 3d, while skipping cozy, relaxing feel

Where it drifts furthest from Cricket: Jae's Really Peculiar Game: tone.

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#14The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC

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SoloTacticalNarrativeFantasyAnimeThird Person

Steam👍 98%· 4.3KRAWG👍 90%· 73MC80IGDB80· 1

Year 2015Dev Nihon Falcom · XSEED GamesPlaytime ~15hOn PC · PS

✓ Fits the turn-based JRPGs cluster, with deep RPG systems, JRPG narrative and systems and turn-based strategy

≠ Its own twist: setting scifi and visual isometric, while skipping cozy, relaxing feel

The coup d’état that threatened to shake the foundation of the Liberl Kingdom has now come to a close and Her Majesty the Queen’s birthday celebrations are in full swing throughout the streets of Grancel.

Where it drifts furthest from Cricket: Jae's Really Peculiar Game: visuals.

It predates Cricket: Jae's Really Peculiar Game by 9 years, with what that implies technically.

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GenreRPGSubgenreJRPGSub-subgenreTurn-Based JRPG

SoloTacticalNarrativeFantasyAnimeExploration2D

Steam👍 95%· 8.2KIGDB88· 3

Year 2021Dev Tose · Square EnixOn Xbox · PS4 · Android

✓ Both are turn-based JRPGs — sharing deep RPG systems, JRPG narrative and systems and turn-based strategy

≠ Its own twist: combat magic, skill tree progression and visual pixel, while skipping cozy, relaxing feel

Where it drifts furthest from Cricket: Jae's Really Peculiar Game: visuals.

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