List of role-playing video games: 2008 to 2009

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This is a comprehensive index of commercial role-playing video games, sorted chronologically by year. Information regarding date of release, developer, publisher, operating system, subgenre and notability is provided where available. The table can be sorted by clicking on the small boxes next to the column headings. This list does not include MUDs or MMORPGs. It does include roguelikes, action RPGs and tactical RPGs.

Contents

Legend

Video game platforms
3DS Nintendo 3DS
AMI Amiga
APPII Apple II
Arcade Arcade video game
C64 Commodore 64
CROSS Cross-platform
DC Dreamcast
DOS MS-DOS
DROI Android
DS Nintendo DS
FM7 FM-7
FMT FM Towns
GB Game Boy
GBA Game Boy Advance
GBC Game Boy Color
GCN GameCube
GEN Genesis / Mega Drive
iOS iOS
LIN Linux
MAC Mac
MOBI Mobile phone
MSX MSX
MSX2 MSX2
N64 Nintendo 64
NEO Neo Geo
NES Nintendo Entertainment System / Famicom
OSX macOS / OS X
PC60 PC-6000 series
PC88 PC-8800 series
PC98 PC-9800 series
PCE TurboGrafx-16 / PC Engine
PS1 PlayStation / PSone
PS2 PlayStation 2
PS3 PlayStation 3
PS4 PlayStation 4
PSN PlayStation Network
PSP PlayStation Portable
PSV PlayStation Vita
OSX macOS / OS X
SAT Sega Saturn
SCD Mega-CD / Sega CD
SMS Master System
SNES Super NES / Super Famicom
ST Atari ST
VC Virtual Console (Wii)
VITA PlayStation Vita
X68K X68000
Wii Wii
WiiU Wii U
WIN Microsoft Windows
X360 Xbox 360
XBOX Xbox
XOne Xbox One
ZX ZX Spectrum
Types of releases
RereleaseThe game was re-released on the same platform with no or only minor changes.
PortThe game first appeared on a different platform and a port was made. The game is like the original, with few or no differences.
RemakeThe game is an enhanced remake of an original, released on the same or different platform, with changes to graphics, sound and/or gameplay.
CompilationA compilation, anthology or collection of several titles, usually (but not always) belonging to the same series.
LimitedA special release (often called "Limited" or "Collector's Edition") with bonus collector's material. Often provided to people who pre-order a game.

List

YearTitleDeveloperPublisherSettingPlatformSubgenreSeries/Notes COO
2008 (??) Arc the Lad III ARC FantasyPSN (Port)Tactical RPG [1] Port of Arc the Lad III .
2008 (JP) Blue Dragon Plus Feel Plus FantasyDS (Port)Tactical RPG [2]
2008 (JP) Brave Fencer Musashi Square Square Enix FantasyPSN (Port)Action RPGPort of Brave Fencer Musashi for PS1.
2008 (JP/NA)
2009 (PAL)
Chrono Trigger Square Enix Square Enix FantasyDS (Port)Port of Chrono Trigger for SNES.
Series debuts.
2008 (JP) Crystal Guardians FantasyMOBISequel to Final Fantasy Tactics A2 .
Released in chapters.
2008 (NA/PAL/JP) Dark Messiah of Might and Magic: Elements Arkane
Ubisoft
Ubisoft FantasyX360 (Remake)Action RPGRemake of Dark Messiah of Might and Magic for WIN.
2008 (JP)
2009 (NA)
Devil Summoner: Kuzunoha Raidō Tai Abaddon Ō Atlus FantasyPS2Action RPGSequel to Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. The Soulless Army .
2008 (JP) Devil Summoner: Kuzunoha Raidō Tai Abaddon Ō Plus Atlus FantasyPS2 (Comp)Action RPGCompilation of Devil Summoner: Kuzunoha Raidō Tai Abaddon Ō and Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne .
2008 (JP/NA) Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice
魔界戦記ディスガイア3
Nippon Ichi FantasyPS3Tactical RPG [3] [1] Sequel to Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories .
2008 (??) Disgaea DS Nippon Ichi Atlus FantasyDS (Port)Tactical RPGPort of Disgaea: Afternoon of Darkness for PSP.
2008 (JP)
2009 (NA)
TBA (EU)
Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride ArtePiazza Square Enix FantasyDS (Remake)JRPG [4] Remake of Dragon Quest V: Tenku no Hanayome for SNES.
Sequel to Dragon Quest IV .
2008 (??) Drone Tactics Success Atlus Fantasy
Modern
DSTactical RPG
2008 (JP/NA) Eternal Poison Flight-Plan Banpresto
Atlus
FantasyPS2Tactical RPG
2008 (JP/NA)
2009 (EU)
Eternal Sonata tri-Crescendo Namco Bandai FantasyPS3 (Port)Port of Eternal Sonata for X360.
2008 (JP/NA) Etrian Odyssey II: Heroes of Lagaard Atlus Atlus FantasyDSSequel to Etrian Odyssey for DS.
2008 (NA/EU/AU) Fable 2 Lionhead Microsoft FantasyX360Action RPG
2008 (NA/EU/AU) Fallout 3 Bethesda Bethesda
ZeniMax Media
Post-apocalypticPS3
X360
FPS/RPG
2008 (JP)
2009 (NA/EU)
2011 (AU)
Final Fantasy IV: The After Years Matrix Software Square Enix FantasyMOBI, WII, PSPTurn-basedSequel to Final Fantasy IV JP
2008 (JP/NA/PAL) Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King Square Enix Square Enix FantasyWii
2008 (JP) Fire Emblem: Thracia 776 Intelligent Nintendo FantasyVC (Port)Tactical RPGPort of Fire Emblem: Thracia 776 for SNES.
Followup to Fire Emblem: Seisen no Keifu .
2008 (JP)
2012 (WW)
Fortune Summoners: Secret of the Elemental Stone Lizsoft
FantasyWINAction RPGJP
2008 (JP)
2012 (WW)
From the Abyss Sonic Powered
FantasyDSAction RPGJP
2008 (INT) Geneforge 5: Overthrow Spiderweb Spiderweb FantasyMACSequel to Geneforge 4: Rebellion .
2008 (JP) Hercules no Eikō: Tamashii no Shōmei Paon Nintendo FantasyDSSequel to Hercules no Eikō IV: Kamigami kara no Okurimono .
2008 (JP) Hercules no Eikō III: Kamigami no Chinmoku Data East FantasyMOBI (Port)Port of Hercules no Eikō III: Kamigami no Chinmoku for SNES.
Sequel to Hercules no Eikō II: Titan no Metsubō .
2008 (NA/EU/JP) Infinite Undiscovery
インフィニット アンディスカバリー
tri-Ace Square Enix FantasyX360Action RPG
2008 (NA) Kingdom of Paradise
Key of Heaven
Climax SCE FantasyPSN (Port)Action RPGPort of Kingdom of Paradise for PSP.
2008 (JP) Knights in the Nightmare Sting FantasyDSSequel to Yggdra Union: We'll Never Fight Alone for GBA.
2008 (JP) The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky the 3rd
英雄伝説「空の軌跡 the 3rd」
Nihon Falcom Nihon Falcom FantasyPSP (Port)
Sequel to The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC .
2008 (NA/EU)
2007 (JP)
Lost Odyssey
ロストオデッセイ Rosuto Odessei
Microsoft Game Studios feelplus FantasyX360
2008 (JP/NA) Luminous Arc 2 Will
ルミナスアーク2 ウィル
Image Epoch Marvelous FantasyDSTactical RPGSequel to Luminous Arc .
2008 (JP)
2009 (NA)
Mana-Khemia Gakuen no Renkinjutsushi-tachi Plus Gust Gust
Nippon Ichi
FantasyPSP (Port)Port of Mana Khemia: Alchemists of Al-Revis for PS2.
2008 (JP) Mana Khemia 2 Gust Gust
Nippon Ichi
FantasyPS2Sequel to Mana Khemia: Alchemists of Al-Revis .
2008 (JP) Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G Capcom Capcom FantasyPSP (Remake)Action RPGRemake for Monster Hunter Portable 2nd for PSP.
2008 (JP)
2009 (NA)
Nostalgia Matrix
Red Ent.
Tecmo FantasyDSJRPG
2008 (FR) OFF Unproductive Fun TimePCRPG
2008 (JP) Phantasy Star Zero Sonic Team Sega Sci-FiDS
2008 (??) Phantasy Star II Sega-AM7 Sega Sci-FiVC (Port)JRPGPort of Phantasy Star II for SMS.
2008 (JP) Phantasy Star Complete Collection Sci-FiGBA (Port)Port of Phantasy Star Collection for SAT.
2008 (JP) Poison Pink Flight-Plan FantasyPS2Tactical RPG [5]
2008 (JP) Pokémon Platinum Game Freak Nintendo
The Pokémon Company
Modern
Fantasy
DS (Remake)Remake to Pokémon Diamond and Pokémon Pearl .
2008 (JP/NA) Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure Nippon Ichi Atlus FantasyDS (Remake)JRPGRemake of Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure for DC.
2008 (JP) RIZ-ZOAWD Media.Vision d3 Publisher FantasyDSJRPGBased on The Wizard of Oz .
2008 (JP)
2010 (NA)
Sands of Destruction imageepoch Sega Sci-FiDSJRPG
2008 (JP) Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne Maniax Chronicle Edition Atlus FantasyJRPG [6] Remake and compilation of Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne and Devil Summoner: Kuzunoha Raidō Tai Abaddon Ō .
2008 (NA) Silverfall FantasyPSP (Port)Action RPGPort of Silverfall for Windows.
2008 (NA/EU) Song Summoner: The Unsung Heroes Square Enix Square Enix FantasyiPodTactical RPG
2008 (JP)
2009 (NA/PAL)
Suikoden Tierkreis
Genso Suikoden Tierkreis
Konami Konami FantasyDSJRPG
2008 (JP/EU/NA) Super Mario RPG Square Nintendo FantasyVC (Port)JRPGPort of Super Mario RPG for SNES.
2008 (JP) Super Robot Wars A Portable Banpresto Banpresto Sci-FiPSP (Remake)Tactical RPGRemake of Super Robot Wars A for GBA.
2008 (JP) Tales of Destiny: Directors Cut Wolf Team Namco FantasyPS2 (Remake)Action RPGRemake of Tales of Destiny for PS1.
2008 (JP) Tales of Hearts Namco Tales Namco Bandai FantasyDSJRPG
2008 (JP) Tales of Rebirth Namco Namco FantasyPSP (Port)Action RPGPort of Tales of Rebirth for PS2.
2008 (JP/NA) Tales of Symphonia: Knight of Ratatosk Namco Tales Namco Bandai FantasyWiiAction RPGSequel to Tales of Symphonia .
2008 (JP/NA)
2009 (EU)
Tales of Vesperia Namco Tales Namco Bandai FantasyX360Action RPG
2008 (JP) Tears to Tiara: Kakan no Daichi Aquaplus Aquaplus FantasyPS3 (Port)Tactical RPGPort of Tears to Tiara for Windows.
2008 (JP/NA/EU) Valkyria Chronicles
Battlefield Valkyria: Gallian Chronicles
戦場のヴァルキュリア
Sega Sega FantasyPS3Tactical RPG
2008 (JP)
2009 (NA/PAL)
Valkyrie Profile: Toga wo Seou Mono
ヴァルキリープロファイル 咎を背負う者
tri-Ace Square Enix FantasyDSJRPG
2008 (??) Vantage Master Portable
VM Portable
ヴァンテージマスターポータブル
Nihon Falcom Nihon Falcom FantasyPSP (Port)Tactical RPG [7] [8] Port of Vantage Master .
2008 (INT) Vay Somoga Fantasy
Sci-Fi
MOBI (Remake)JRPGRemake of Vay for SCD.
2008 (JP)
2010 (NA/EU)
White Knight Chronicles Level-5 SCE FantasyPS3JRPG
2008 (INT) Witcher, The: Versus one2tribe FantasyBROWSpin-off of The Witcher for Windows.
2008 (JP) Xenogears Square Square Enix Sci-FiPSN (Port)JRPGPort of Xenogears for PS1.
2008 (JP/NA) Yggdra Union: We'll Never Fight Alone
ユグドラ・ユニオン
Sting Sting
Atlus
FantasyPSP (Port)Tactical RPGPort of Yggdra Union: We'll Never Fight Alone for GBA.
Sequel to Riviera: The Promised Land for WSC.
2008 (??) Ys I: Ancient Ys Vanished Nihon Falcom FantasyDS (Port)Action RPGPort of Ys I: Ancient Ys Vanished for PC88.
2008 (??) Zoids Assault Atlus Sci-FiX360Tactical RPG [9]
2009 (JP) 7th Dragon Imageepoch Sega FantasyDSAction RPG
2009 (JP)
2010 (NA/EU)
Blue Dragon: Awakened Shadow Mistwalker
tri-Crescendo
FantasyDSAction RPG Blue Dragon JP
2009 (JP) Dengeki Gakuen RPG: Cross of Venus ASCII Media Works ASCII Media Works FantasyDSAction RPG
2009 (PAL)
2010 (NA)
Divinity II – Ego Draconis Larian dtp FantasyX360Action RPGSequel to Divine Divinity for Windows.
2009 (JP) Dragon Quest IX Hoshizora no Mamoribito Level-5 Square Enix FantasyDSJRPGSequel to Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King for PS2.
2009 (JP/NA) Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers Square Enix Square Enix FantasyWiiAction RPG
2009 (JP)
2010 (NA/PAL)
Final Fantasy XIII Square Enix Square Enix FantasyPS3
X360(U.S./U.K.)
2009 (INT) Geneforge 5: Overthrow Spiderweb Spiderweb FantasyWin (Port)Sequel to Geneforge 4: Rebellion . Port of Geneforge 5: Overthrow for MAC.
2009 (NA/PAL) Jagged Alliance DS Strategy First
Cypron
Empire FantasyDS (Port)Tactical RPGPort of Jagged Alliance for DOS.
2009 (NA/PAL) Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2: Fusion Vicarious Visions
Savage
n-Space
Activision Sci-Fi
Fantasy
DS
PS2
PS3
PSP
Wii
X360
Action RPGSequel to Marvel: Ultimate Alliance for various platforms.
2009 (JP) Monster Hunter 3 (tri-) WiiAction RPG
2009 (JP) Sacred Blaze
セイクリッドブレイズ
Flight-Plan Banpresto FantasyPS2Tactical RPG
2009 (JP) Tales of Graces Namco Namco FantasyWiiAction RPG
2009 (JP) Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 2 Alfa System Namco FantasyPSPAction RPG
2009 (JP/NA) Witch's Tale, A Hit Maker Nippon Ichi FantasyDSAction RPG
2008 (NA) Avernum 5 Spiderweb Spiderweb FantasyMAC
WIN
Sequel to Avernum 4 .
2008 (NA) Aveyond Amaranth Amaranth FantasyWIN (Rerel)Rerelease on GameTap.
2008 (INT) Depths of Peril Soldak Soldak FantasyOSX (Port)Action RPGPort of Depths of Peril for WIN.
2008 (DE)
2009 (NA/EU)
Drakensang: The Dark Eye
Das Schwarze Auge: Drakensang
Radon dtp (DE)
THQ (NA)
Eidos (EU)
FantasyWINSequel to Realms of Arkania: Shadows over Riva
2008 (NA/EU) Fable: The Lost Chapters Lionhead Microsoft FantasyOSX (Port)Port of Fable: The Lost Chapters for Xbox.
2008 (NA) Fallout Interplay Interplay Post-apocalypticWIN (Rerel)Rerelease on GameTap.
2008 (NA) Fallout 2 Interplay Interplay Post-apocalypticWIN (Rerel)Rerelease on GameTap.
2008 (NA) Fate: Undiscovered Realms WildTangent WildTangent
Encore
FantasyWINAction RPGSequel to Fate .
2008 (??) King's Bounty: The Legend Katauri 1C Company FantasyWINTactical RPG [3] [10] Spiritual successor to King's Bounty .
2008 (NA) Jade Empire: Special Edition BioWare BioWare FantasyOSX (Port)Action RPGPort of Jade Empire for Xbox.
2008 (NA) Jagged Alliance 2: Gold Pack Sir-Tech Strategy First ModernWIN (Rerel)Tactical RPGRerelease on GamersGate.
2008 (NA) Mass Effect BioWare
Demiurge
EA Sci-FiWIN (Port)Port of Mass Effect for X360.
2008 (NA) Neverwinter Nights 2 Obsidian Aspyr FantasyOSX (Port)Port of Neverwinter Nights 2 for WIN.
Sequel to Neverwinter Nights .
2008 (NA) Neverwinter Nights 2: Gold Obsidian Aspyr FantasyWIN (Rerel)Rerelease of Neverwinter Nights 2 for WIN.
Sequel to Neverwinter Nights .
2008 (NA/EU) Sacred 2: Fallen Angel Ascaron FantasyWINAction RPGSequel to Sacred .
2008 (??) Silverfall: Earth Awakening Kyiv's Games Monte Cristo FantasyWINAction RPGExpansion to Silverfall .
2008 (??) Silverfall: Gold Edition Kyiv's Games Monte Cristo FantasyWIN (Comp)Action RPGCompilation of Silverfall and its expansion.
2008 (INT) Space Rangers 2: Reboot Elemental Cinemaware Sci-FiWINExpansion to Space Rangers 2: Dominators .
2008 (NA/EU/AU/UK) Fallout 3 Bethesda Bethesda
ZeniMax Media
Post-apocalypticWINAction RPGSequel to Fallout 2 .
2009 (WW) Dawn of Magic 2 SkyFallen EntertainmentFantasyWINAction RPGSequel to Dawn of Magic RU
2009 (JP/NA)
2010 (EU)
Demon's Souls FromSoftware FantasyPS3Action RPG Spiritual successor to King's Field seriesJP
2009 (INT) Dragon Age: Origins BioWare EA FantasyWINAction RPG
2009 (INT) Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time Square Enix Square Enix FantasyDS, WIIAction RPGSequel to Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates JP
2009 (INT) Fragile Dreams: Farewell Ruins of the Moon Namco
Tri-Crescendo
Post-apocalypticWIIAction RPGJP
2009 (RU) Konung III: Ties of the Dynasty 1C FantasyWINRU
2009 (INT) Last Remnant, The Square Enix PDD2 Square Enix FantasyWINJRPG [11]
2009 (EU) Risen Piranha Bytes Deep Silver FantasyWINAction RPG [12] DE
2009 (INT) Sacred Ascaron Linux Game Publishing FantasyLIN (Port)Action RPGPort of Sacred .DE

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