Tactical RPG

Game genre concept

A sub-genre of RPGs focusing on tactical or stategic combat while having practically no personal achievements, adventuring, or such as you would in more traditional RPGs.

449

games

platforms

Name variations: Strategy RPG, T-RPG, S-RPG, Tactics RPG, Tactical role-playing game, Simulation RPG, シミュレーションロールプレイングゲーム

Fire Emblem Fates: Conquest

3DS 2015-06-25

Arc the Lad III

PS1 1999-10-28

Shining Ark

PSP 2013-02-28

Vandal Hearts : Flames of Judgment

PS3 2010-01-21

Little Master 2: Kaminari Hikari no Kishi

GB 1992

Sakura Taisen 2

SAT 1998-04-04

Fire Emblem: Awakening

3DS 2012-04-19

Sakura Taisen 2

DC 2000-09-21

Dai-2-Ji Super Robot Taisen G

GB 1995-06-30

Shining Force Gaiden: Final Conflict

PS4 2015-11-19

The first video game about Tactical RPG was released on December 9, 1988.

Banpresto, Sega and Nintendo has published most of these games

Implied:
* Tactics
* Mission-based

There's some differences in western and eastern tactical RPGs, western ones usually have much more strategic/tactical choices outside of combat and choice of where to battle, while eastern tactical RPGs are more story oriented and have less choice of what battles to fight as the story is more streamlined.

Parent groups

Role-playing game, Strategy

Platforms

PS		53
PS2		45
Windows		39
Saturn		36
PSP		32
SNES		29
Nintendo DS		24
GBA		19
PS3		18
3DS		17
PS Vita		13
Mobile		11
PS4		8
Dreamcast		8
Linux		7
X360		7
iOS		7
Mega Drive		7
NES		6
Wii		6
WonderSwan Color		6
GB		5
WonderSwan		5
Android		5
Game Gear		4
Mac OS X		4
MS-DOS		4
GameCube		3
3DO		3
Xbox One		2

Tactical RPG

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