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.

446

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

Super Robot Wars GC

GC 2004-12-16

Arc the Lad Collection

PS1 2002-04-18

NAtURAL DOCtRINE

PS4 2014-03-14

Super Robot Wars Alpha 2

PS2 2003-03-27

Slayers Royal 2

PS1 1999-07-01

Tilk

PS1 1997-04-25

Super Robot Taisen Compact 2: Dai Sanbu:

WS 2001-01-18

Absolute: Blazing Infinity

X360 2007-03-29

Summon Night 6: Lost Borders

VITA 2016-03-10

Expeditions: Conquistador

WIN 2013-05-30

Gladius

PS2 2003-10-28

Langrisser Tribute

SAT 1998

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		16
PS Vita		13
Mobile		11
PS4		8
Dreamcast		8
X360		7
iOS		7
Mega Drive		7
Linux		6
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

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Tactical RPG

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