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More about this game →Eldgear is hard to replace: few games combine deep RPG systems, strong narrative focus and combat magic in quite the same way. We compared Eldgear against over 6,700 titles across 12 gameplay attributes and found 40 genuine alternatives — not generic genre suggestions. Final Fantasy, Hylics and Octopath Traveler II lead the list, with Final Fantasy reaching a 84/100 similarity score. Every game here is ranked by how closely it replicates what makes Eldgear special.
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The closest game to Eldgear is Final Fantasy — scoring 84/100 on our similarity scale. Hylics and Octopath Traveler II follow close behind.
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Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Eldgear. Each one has been evaluated across 12 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.
✓ Both are turn-based JRPGs — sharing deep RPG systems, JRPG narrative and systems and turn-based strategy
≠ Its own twist: setting anime, exploration and discovery and skill tree progression, while skipping deep simulation
Where it drifts furthest from Eldgear: visuals.
✓ Both are turn-based JRPGs — sharing deep RPG systems, JRPG narrative and systems and turn-based strategy
≠ Where it differs: brings exploration and discovery, visual isometric and visual 2d, while skipping deep simulation
Hylics is a recreational program with light JRPG elements. Features: -Advanced graphics. -RPG battles. -Overuse of random text generation. - ~2+ hours of content.
It predates Eldgear by 9 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ Both are turn-based JRPGs — sharing deep RPG systems, JRPG narrative and systems and turn-based strategy
≠ Its own twist: cozy, relaxing feel, vibe casual and open world exploration, while skipping deep simulation
Where it drifts furthest from Eldgear: tone.
✓ Both are turn-based JRPGs — sharing deep RPG systems, JRPG narrative and systems and adventure storytelling
≠ Stands apart with setting anime and visual isometric, while skipping deep simulation
It predates Eldgear by 8 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ Same family of turn-based JRPGs: deep RPG systems, JRPG narrative and systems and adventure storytelling
≠ Stands apart with linear, story-driven structure, melee combat and setting scifi, while skipping deep simulation
Where it drifts furthest from Eldgear: visuals.
It predates Eldgear by 15 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ Fits the turn-based JRPGs cluster, with deep RPG systems, JRPG narrative and systems and turn-based strategy
≠ Where it differs: brings action RPG combat, punishing difficulty and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping deep simulation
Once a year, the Paintress wakes and paints upon her monolith. Paints her cursed number. And everyone of that age turns to smoke and fades away. Year by year, that number ticks down and more of us are erased. Tomorrow she’ll wake and paint “33.
Where it drifts furthest from Eldgear: visuals and tone.
✓ Fits the turn-based JRPGs cluster, with deep RPG systems, JRPG narrative and systems and turn-based strategy
≠ Its own twist: open world exploration, setting anime and exploration and discovery, while skipping deep simulation
✓ Fits the turn-based JRPGs cluster, with deep RPG systems, JRPG narrative and systems and turn-based strategy
≠ Its own twist: visual novel storytelling, cozy, relaxing feel and setting anime, while skipping deep simulation
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.
Where it drifts furthest from Eldgear: visuals.
It predates Eldgear by 10 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ Same family of turn-based JRPGs: deep RPG systems, JRPG narrative and systems and turn-based strategy
≠ Stands apart with open world exploration and exploration and discovery, while skipping deep simulation
Final Fantasy IX (ファイナルファンタジーIX, Fainaru Fantajī Nain) is a 2000 role-playing video game developed and published by Square for the PlayStation video game console. It is the ninth title in the main Final Fantasy series and the last to debut on the original PlayStation.
It predates Eldgear by 24 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ 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 setting anime, while skipping deep simulation
Where it drifts furthest from Eldgear: visuals.
✓ Fits the turn-based JRPGs cluster, with deep RPG systems, JRPG narrative and systems and turn-based strategy
≠ Its own twist: visual novel storytelling, setting anime and visual third person, while skipping deep simulation
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.
Where it drifts furthest from Eldgear: visuals.
✓ Both are turn-based JRPGs — sharing deep RPG systems, JRPG narrative and systems and deep simulation
≠ Stands apart with visual novel storytelling, cozy, relaxing feel and setting anime, 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 Eldgear: setting and tone.
✓ Fits the turn-based JRPGs cluster, with deep RPG systems, JRPG narrative and systems and adventure storytelling
≠ Its own twist: visual novel storytelling, setting anime and visual third person, while skipping deep simulation
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.
Where it drifts furthest from Eldgear: visuals.
It predates Eldgear by 12 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ Both are turn-based JRPGs — sharing deep RPG systems, JRPG narrative and systems and adventure storytelling
≠ Where it differs: brings cozy, relaxing feel, visual 2d and free to play, while skipping deep simulation
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 Eldgear: combat.
✓ Same family of turn-based JRPGs: deep RPG systems, JRPG narrative and systems and adventure storytelling
≠ Where it differs: brings visual novel storytelling, setting anime and skill tree progression, while skipping deep simulation
At the dawn of time, a terrible war raged between the forces of good and evil, ending in the destruction of the world of Agarest. After their victory, the Gods of Light unified the decaying bodies of the Gods of Darkness and created a new world.
Where it drifts furthest from Eldgear: visuals and setting.
It predates Eldgear by 15 years, with what that implies technically.
The full catalog of games sharing gameplay DNA with Eldgear, ordered from highest to lowest similarity score. Use the filters above to narrow down by genre, setting or game mode and find the alternative that best fits your playstyle.
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The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC
RPG · JRPG
The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky
RPG · JRPG
FINAL FANTASY VIII
RPG · JRPG
Hylics 2
RPG · JRPG
Agarest: Generations of War Zero
RPG · JRPG
Evoland
RPG · JRPG
Yakuza: Like a Dragon
RPG · JRPG
Metaphor: ReFantazio
RPG · JRPG
Epic Battle Fantasy 5
RPG · JRPG
The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel
RPG · JRPG
Shining Force II
RPG · JRPG
Lisa: The Painful
RPG · JRPG
OMORI
RPG · JRPG
Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
RPG · JRPG
Felvidek
RPG · JRPG
Battle Chasers: Nightwar
RPG · JRPG
The Legend of Heroes: Trails to Azure
RPG · JRPG
Valkyria Chronicles
RPG · JRPG
Epic Battle Fantasy 4
RPG · JRPG
Planet Stronghold
RPG · JRPG
World of Final Fantasy
RPG · JRPG
Final Fantasy XIII-2
RPG · JRPG
Grotesque Tactics: Evil Heroes
RPG · JRPG
Monster Monpiece
RPG · JRPG
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