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More about this game →We filtered the 47 games similar to Phantasy Star down to the 30 that fit the “PC” category. Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut, Shadowrun: Hong Kong and Planescape: Torment top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Phantasy Star.
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Within the “PC” category, the closest game to Phantasy Star is Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut — scoring 79/100 on our similarity scale. Shadowrun: Hong Kong and Planescape: Torment follow close behind.
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Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Phantasy Star. Each one has been evaluated across 8 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 isometric Action RPGs — sharing deep RPG systems, combat magic and melee combat
≠ Stands apart with adventure storytelling, turn-based strategy and sandbox freedom, while skipping visual first person
Released 27 years after Phantasy Star.
✓ Fits the isometric Action RPGs cluster, with deep RPG systems, combat magic and melee combat
≠ Its own twist: adventure storytelling, turn-based strategy and strong narrative focus, while skipping visual first person
Released 28 years after Phantasy Star.
✓ Fits the isometric Action RPGs cluster, with deep RPG systems, combat magic and melee combat
≠ Stands apart with puzzle design, strong narrative focus and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping setting scifi
Released 12 years after Phantasy Star.
✓ Both are isometric Action RPGs — sharing deep RPG systems, combat magic and melee combat
≠ Its own twist: action RPG combat, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus, while skipping setting scifi
Released 20 years after Phantasy Star.
✓ Same family of isometric Action RPGs: deep RPG systems, melee combat and combat magic
≠ Stands apart with action RPG combat, adventure storytelling and ranged combat, while skipping setting scifi
Silverfall, a once glorious city, lies in the fantastical Kingdom of Nelwë, where the forces of Technology and Nature are strongly opposed. Symptoms of this terrible conflict have begun to manifest physically as melded cyberbiologic organics and living steam-driven automatons.
Released 20 years after Phantasy Star.
✓ Both are isometric Action RPGs — sharing deep RPG systems, melee combat and combat magic
≠ Its own twist: action RPG combat, roguelike runs and adventure storytelling, while skipping setting scifi
The game takes place in the city called Torchlight, which, according to the creators, is situated on the nameless mountain. The boomtown is built above a source of valuable crystal resource associated with magic. The resource is called Ember.
Where it drifts furthest from Phantasy Star: setting.
Released 22 years after Phantasy Star.
✓ Fits the isometric Action RPGs cluster, with deep RPG systems, combat magic and setting scifi
≠ Stands apart with adventure storytelling, turn-based strategy and strong narrative focus, while skipping melee combat
Released 26 years after Phantasy Star.
✓ Both are isometric Action RPGs — sharing deep RPG systems, melee combat and combat magic
≠ Its own twist: adventure storytelling, puzzle design and strong narrative focus, while skipping fantasy world
Where it drifts furthest from Phantasy Star: setting.
Released 7 years after Phantasy Star.
✓ Same family of isometric Action RPGs: deep RPG systems, combat magic and fantasy world
≠ Its own twist: action RPG combat, adventure storytelling and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping melee combat
Where it drifts furthest from Phantasy Star: setting.
Released 9 years after Phantasy Star.
✓ Same family of isometric Action RPGs: deep RPG systems, melee combat and fantasy world
≠ Its own twist: action RPG combat, adventure storytelling and Metroidvania exploration, while skipping combat magic
Where it drifts furthest from Phantasy Star: visuals.
Released 34 years after Phantasy Star.
✓ Fits the isometric Action RPGs cluster, with deep RPG systems, combat magic and fantasy world
≠ Stands apart with turn-based strategy, adventure storytelling and historical setting, while skipping melee combat
###The king’s heroes The Russian approach to the game King's Bounty released on the largest platforms back in the 1990s.
Where it drifts furthest from Phantasy Star: setting.
Released 23 years after Phantasy Star.
✓ Same family of isometric Action RPGs: deep RPG systems, melee combat and fantasy world
≠ Stands apart with action RPG combat, adventure storytelling and survival mechanics, while skipping combat magic
Where it drifts furthest from Phantasy Star: visuals.
Released 28 years after Phantasy Star.
✓ Both are isometric Action RPGs — sharing deep RPG systems, melee combat and fantasy world
≠ Where it differs: brings action RPG combat, adventure storytelling and precision platforming, while skipping combat magic
In this unique Zelda-lite game, explore and fight your way through surreal and creepy, nature, urban and abstract themed areas in the human Young's subconscious, evoked by a 16-bit-era visual style and a moody, dream-like soundtrack. Created by Sean Han Tani and Joni Kittaka.
Where it drifts furthest from Phantasy Star: visuals.
Released 26 years after Phantasy Star.
✓ Fits the isometric Action RPGs cluster, with deep RPG systems, melee combat and fantasy world
≠ Where it differs: brings action RPG combat, adventure storytelling and roguelike runs, while skipping combat magic
With the end of the first Star Wars everyone believed that the greatest battle on Earth was over..... a big mistake. Year 2356, you are on Antauros, one of the most important bases for the Universal Federation. Located on Pluto, this base is strategically placed in this solar system.
Released 37 years after Phantasy Star.
✓ Same family of isometric Action RPGs: deep RPG systems, melee combat and fantasy world
≠ Where it differs: brings action RPG combat, puzzle design and adventure storytelling, while skipping combat magic
Where it drifts furthest from Phantasy Star: visuals.
Released 35 years after Phantasy Star.
The full catalog of games sharing gameplay DNA with Phantasy Star, 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.
Pillars of Eternity
RPG · Adventure
Everhood
RPG · Puzzle
King's Bounty: Armored Princess
RPG · Turn-Based Strat
Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion
RPG · Puzzle
Akane
RPG · Action RPG
Dragon Age II
RPG · Action RPG
Minit
RPG · Adventure
Graveyard Keeper
RPG · Adventure
Bastion
RPG · Action RPG
Jagged Alliance 2
RPG · Turn-Based Strat
Endless Sky
RPG · Simulation
King's Bounty: The Legend
RPG · Turn-Based Strat
Dragon Age: Origins
RPG · Adventure
Crypt Custodian
RPG · Action RPG
Stick RPG 2: Director's Cut
RPG · Simulation