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We filtered the 39 games similar to Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin down to the 17 that fit the “Xbox” category. Sea of Stars, Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age - Definitive Edition and Final Fantasy XIII-2 top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin.

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GenreRPGSubgenreJRPGSub-subgenreTurn-Based JRPG
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NarrativeMultiplayerCo-op
Year 2021Dev Capcom

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Within the “Xbox” category, the closest game to Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin is Sea of Stars — scoring 82/100 on our similarity scale. Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age - Definitive Edition and Final Fantasy XIII-2 follow close behind.

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The best games like Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin on Xbox

17 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin. Each one has been evaluated across 16 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.

#1Sea of Stars
Sea of Stars
RPGJRPGTurn-Based JRPG
Co-opSoloMultiplayerNarrativeFantasyExploration
Steam👍 89%· 14KIGDB89· 8OC89· 137
Year 2023Dev SabotageOn Xbox · PS4 · Android

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

≠ Its own twist: open world exploration, combat tactical and offline, while skipping PvP competition

Where it drifts furthest from Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin: visuals and progression.

Genre100Tone100Setting100Game mode65Progression47Visuals0
Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age - Definitive Edition
RPGJRPGTurn-Based JRPG
SoloNarrativeFantasyExplorationSkill TreeThird Person3D
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, combat tactical and melee combat, while skipping multiplayer gameplay

Where it drifts furthest from Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin: game mode.

Genre100Tone100Setting75Visuals71Progression59Game mode23
Final Fantasy XIII-2
RPGJRPGTurn-Based JRPG
SoloNarrativeFantasySkill TreeExplorationThird Person
Steam👍 58%· 6.2KIGDB75· 11
Year 2011Dev Square Enix 1st Production Department · Square EnixOn PlayStation 3 · PC · Xbox

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

≠ Its own twist: real-time strategy, open world exploration and melee combat, while skipping multiplayer gameplay

Where it drifts furthest from Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin: game mode and setting.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against very positive for Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin.

It predates Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin by 10 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Tone100Progression70Visuals61Setting47Game mode23
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
RPGJRPGTurn-Based JRPG
SoloNarrativeFantasyExplorationSkill TreeThird Person3D
Steam👍 95%· 266KRAWG👍 87%· 438IGDB87· 5OC92· 204
Year 2025Dev Sundial Interactive · Kepler InteractivePlaytime ~26hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ 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 multiplayer gameplay

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 Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin: game mode and tone.

Released 4 years after Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin.

Genre100Visuals100Progression76Setting61Tone48Game mode23
Final Fantasy
RPGJRPGTurn-Based JRPG
SoloNarrativeFantasyExplorationSkill Tree
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 tactical, combat magic and setting anime, while skipping multiplayer gameplay

Where it drifts furthest from Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin: visuals and game mode.

Genre100Tone100Progression79Setting63Game mode23Visuals0
Agarest: Generations of War
RPGJRPGTurn-Based JRPG
SoloNarrativeFantasySkill TreeThird Person
Steam👍 71%· 1.9KRAWG👍 51%· 41MC45IGDB55· 2
Year 2009Dev Aksys GamesPlaytime ~3hOn PC · PS · Xbox

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

≠ Where it differs: brings visual novel storytelling, combat tactical and combat magic, while skipping multiplayer gameplay

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 Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin: game mode and visuals.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin.

It predates Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin by 12 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Tone100Progression52Setting46Visuals44Game mode22
FINAL FANTASY IX
RPGJRPGTurn-Based JRPG
SoloNarrativeFantasyExplorationTactical
Steam👍 95%· 14KRAWG👍 87%· 575MC84OC81· 32
Year 2000Dev Square Enix · Electronic ArtsPlaytime ~5hOn PC · PS · Xbox

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

≠ Stands apart with open world exploration and combat tactical, while skipping multiplayer gameplay

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.

Where it drifts furthest from Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin: game mode and progression.

It predates Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin by 21 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Tone100Setting100Progression40Game mode19
Octopath Traveler
RPGJRPGTurn-Based JRPG
SoloNarrativeFantasyExplorationTactical
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, combat tactical and setting anime, while skipping multiplayer gameplay

Where it drifts furthest from Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin: visuals and game mode.

Genre100Tone100Setting76Progression40Game mode23Visuals0
Metaphor: ReFantazio
RPGJRPGTurn-Based JRPG
SoloNarrativeFantasyThird Person3D
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 combat tactical, while skipping multiplayer gameplay

Where it drifts furthest from Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin: game mode and setting.

Released 3 years after Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin.

Genre100Visuals100Tone62Setting45Game mode23
Persona 4 Golden
RPGJRPGTurn-Based JRPG
SoloNarrativeFantasyThird PersonTactical
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, combat tactical and setting anime, while skipping multiplayer gameplay

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 Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin: game mode and setting.

It predates Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin by 9 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Tone100Visuals59Setting48Game mode23
Persona 5 Royal
RPGJRPGTurn-Based JRPG
SoloNarrativeFantasyThird PersonTactical
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, combat tactical and setting anime, while skipping multiplayer gameplay

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 Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin: game mode and setting.

Genre100Tone100Visuals59Setting47Game mode23
Yakuza: Like a Dragon
RPGJRPGTurn-Based JRPG
SoloNarrativeExplorationThird PersonMelee
Steam👍 94%· 37KIGDB86· 16OC86· 154
Year 2020Dev Ryu Ga Gotoku Studios · SegaOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

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

≠ Stands apart with dark, oppressive atmosphere, open world exploration and melee combat, while skipping fantasy world

Where it drifts furthest from Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin: game mode and visuals.

Genre100Tone73Progression47Visuals44Game mode23
OMORI
RPGJRPGTurn-Based JRPG
NarrativeFantasyExplorationTacticalHorror
Steam👍 97%· 87KRAWG👍 86%· 170OC86· 11
Year 2020Dev OMOCAT · PlayismPlaytime ~6hOn PC · Xbox · Apple Macintosh

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

≠ Where it differs: brings horror tension, combat tactical and horror setting, while skipping multiplayer gameplay

OMORI is a surreal psychological horror RPGmaker game. You must travel between two worlds, both welcoming, both concealing the same secrets. Meet new (old) people, fight new (old) enemies, explore your own memories, and uncover some hidden truths along the way (although you wish you hadn't.

Where it drifts furthest from Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin: visuals and setting.

Genre100Tone100Progression39Setting32Visuals0
Octopath Traveler II
RPGJRPGTurn-Based JRPG
SoloNarrativeFantasyExplorationTactical
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: cozy, relaxing feel, vibe casual and open world exploration, while skipping multiplayer gameplay

Where it drifts furthest from Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin: visuals and game mode.

Genre100Setting64Tone46Progression46Game mode23Visuals0
Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
RPGJRPGTurn-Based JRPG
SoloNarrativeThird PersonMeleeTactical
Steam👍 91%· 23KIGDB87· 5OC90· 161
Year 2024Dev Ryu Ga Gotoku Studios · SegaOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

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

≠ Stands apart with action RPG combat, fighting mechanics and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping fantasy world

Where it drifts furthest from Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin: game mode.

Released 3 years after Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin.

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