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

Arc the Lad

PS1 1995-06-30

Vandal Hearts

PS1 1996

TearRing Saga Series: Berwick Saga

PS2 2005-05-26

Tears to Tiara

WIN 2005-04-28

Phantom Brave

PS2 2004-08-31

Tactics Ogre: Ogre Battle Series

PS1 1997-09-25

Super Robot Wars Original Generation Gaiden

PS2 2007-12-27

Majin Tensei

SNES 1994-01-18

Makai Kingdom: Chronicles of the Sacred

PS2 2005-03-17

Super Robot Wars MX Portable

PSP 2005-12-19

Vandal Hearts : Flames of Judgment

X360 2010-01-20

Dai-3-Ji Super Robot Taisen Alpha ~Shuuen

PS2 2005-07-28

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
Wii		6
WonderSwan Color		6
NES		6
GB		5
WonderSwan		5
Android		5
Game Gear		4
Mac OS X		4
MS-DOS		4
3DO		3
GameCube		3
Switch		2

Tactical RPG

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