11 Best Japanese Games for PS4

I Am Setsuna is a Role-playing and Single-player video game developed by Tokyo RPG Factory and published by Square Enix for multiple platforms. The game takes place in the fantastic world gripped by perpetual winter and the story focuses on the mercenary and his charge known as Setsuna, who has to offer herself as a sacrifice at the shrine to satisfy the hostile demons. During the gameplay, the player controls the group of characters, exploring the environments from a top-down perspective and struggle to complete multiple tasks to advance through the game. In towns, the player can interact with villagers to unearth the elements of the plot and can find treasure chests comprising useful items. The game rewards the player experience points which can be used to unlock additional content in the game for further progress. It focuses on Japanese Role-playing element and comes with prominent features including Well-written Story, a new Battle System, NPCs, and more. Try it out, and you’ll love it.

Toukiden: Kiwami is an Anime-based Role-playing, Action, Co-op, and Single-player video game with an emphasis on Hack-and-Slash and Fantasy elements created by Koei Tecmo Games. Co., Ltd. The game offers the fantasy-based environment where it takes place, and it serves as the sequel to Toukiden, comprising all content from the original title including different stories and elements. In the plot, the player assumes the role of the protagonist, a Slayer possessing unique abilities. During the gameplay, the player has to struggle to save the humanity from destructing by fighting against the Oni. In Multiplayer mode, up to four players can band together to defeat the antagonist to save the world. The player can explore the world from a third-person perspective, use ranged weapons like a longsword, etc. to kill enemies and earn points by completing objective to advance through the game. It takes place in the Japanese setting, and the comes with Targeted Destructed System. Toukiden: Kiwami includes prominent features such as Friends and Allies, Focuses on Japanese History, Hack-and-Slash Element, and more. Try it out, and it’ll entertain you.

Onigiri is a Massively Multiplayer Online Role-playing (MMORPGs), Action-packed, and Fantasy video game created and published by CyberStep for multiple platforms. The game takes place in the fantasy world where both humans and non-humans like Yokai and Ori are exist. It comes with unique progression system, enabling the player rather than selecting the character classes, the player can swap between weapons with unique skills. During the gameplay, the player ventures through dungeons with non-player characters companions that are unlocked as the player advance through the story. The battle takes place in real-time with unique difficulty setting for each dungeon. The player can dodge attacks and can deliver amazing combos in real-time against foes. Along the journey, the player can build his relation with up to eight non-player characters each NPC has its unique stats. Onigiri offers prominent features such as Action-packed Gameplay, NPC Partner System, Classless Progression, Japanese Themed, Instanced Dungeons, and more. With superb mechanics, brilliant graphics, and smooth controls, Onigiri is the best game to play and enjoy.

Megadimension Neptunia VII is a Japanese Role-playing, Anime-based and Single-player video game developed and published by Idea Factory. The plot of the game is split into three different chapters and each with unique title and story. There are a variety of female characters, and you can select your character from them and dive into the fantasy world where you have to battle against different monsters using your abilities and combo system to take down them. The game rewards you with experience points as you advanced. According to the story, the world is threatened by a new evil who struggle to fulfill his unholy plans. You act as the female protagonist and can get help from a mysterious stranger. Accomplish a set of objectives, earn experience points and use them to unlock further content in the game. Megadimension Neptunia VII offers prominent features such as New Battle Features, Three different Worlds, new Dungeon Mini-games, and more. Try it out, and you’ll enjoy it.

Hyperdimension Neptunia Victory II is a Japanese-Role-playing and the marvelous title in the series of Hyperdimension Neptunia developed by Idea Factory and published by Compile Heart. The game introduces a new battle system with a unique combo structure to the previous title. It takes place in the fantasy-based world and consists of three different chapters each with unique title and dimension. According to the story, you assume the role of the female protagonist and your primary task is to explore the world to fight against new evil monsters who threaten the city. Immerse yourself in the next gen with massive monsters battles in multiple worlds and several storylines in this JRPG game. As the match progresses, it becomes challenging and unlocks further content in the game. The game offers core features such as Special Attack, Next Mode, Three different Worlds and more. Try it out, and you’ll love it.

Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization combines the elements of Action Role-playing, Third-person Exploration, Single and Multiplayer video game for PlayStation platform. The game centers on the light novel series of Japanese known as Sword Art Online. It is the fourth entry in the series of Sword Art Online: Lost Song and introduces four different characters. The player can customize his character with tons of options like gender, figure, height, physical appearance, and more. There are up to three hundred NPCs interact with players. The player can create an alliance with NPCs and equip them with weapons to face enemies. The new battle system offers by the game, in which four-member team of players can battle against monsters using their sword skills and abilities. The game rewards the player with XP points that he can use to enhance his performance, upgrade his team and purchase new weapons. With enhanced mechanics, addictive gameplay, and superb visuals, Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization is the best game to play and enjoy.

Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book is a 2015 Japanese Role-playing and Single-player video game created by Gust Co. Ltd and published by Koei Tecmo. The game deals with battling, harvesting, and exploring and puts you in the role of the female protagonist named Sophie. Your ultimate task is to navigate the environment to discovers new recipes and find new ingredients to cook delicious foods. Complete the series of mind-bending puzzles and gather the required ingredients to start the alchemy process consists of five steps such as Selection, applying Ingredients, Receive Bonuses, Reviewing the Bonuses and finally choosing the bonus to keep. After crafting the recipe, you’re able to progress the storyline, in which you must go on quests to save your kingdom against foes, and defeat them using different items, weapons and tools. Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book is the best game for those who love playing J-RPGs.

Who isn’t familiar with the names of Legendary Characters of Ken, Ryu, Chun Li, Blanka, and Dhalsim from the Legendary Street Fighter video games. Almost everybody have played a game from this fantastic series and the ones who have played any Street Fighter games, are fans for life. Talking about the Street Fighter video game, Street Fighter is a 1987’s fantastic hit Fighting Video game developed and published by the Legendary Japanese video game company Capcom. The game is very first installment of the globally popular video game series “Street Fighter” and it is available to play on PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo and various other gaming consoles. Street Fighter offers characters from various locations of the world such as Japan, U.S. China, Canada, Thailand and Brazil, etc. Throughout the game, Street Fighter offers a highly competitive and challenging gameplay in which it allows two players to fight against each other, blast the opponents with fantastic combinations of attacks and whoever depletes the opponent’s health bar, wins the game. It allows the players to play the game against each other or with the Game AI (Artificial Intelligence), keep on defeating the opponents and after winning, move to next round of the game. Just like the fighter characters, Street Fighter offers competitive matches on various locations of the game world and allows the players to defeat the opponents and enjoy the game. With a variety of characters, and their special fighting abilities, fighting styles and all the blasting action and thrill, Street Fighter is one of the best ever Fighting games till date and is known as the trend setter for this particular genre.

Tales of Zestiria is a brand new Open World Action-Adventure and Japanese RPG video game that offers both Single and Multiplayer gaming modes. The game is set in medieval era and the story revolves around the character of a young man named as Sorey who possesses the mystical powers of Seraphim and acts as the only stabilizing force in the massive land of Glenwood. The game tasks you to get into the character of Sorey, travel and explore the land of Glenwood in order to save it from the Hellion, unearthly creatures with immense abilities of destruction. The basic objective of the game is to end the long raging war between the two eternal enemies, saving the world and reuniting the Humans with the Seraphim. With a bunch of heroes like yourself, you’ll have to explore the world, eliminate the enemies and end the war to save Glenwood. Tales of Zestiria offers immensely huge environments, amazing adventures, epic battles with the fearsome enemy legends, brilliant visuals and an immersive game-play to enjoy.

Astebreed is an Arcade, Action, Single-player and Multiplayer Side-scroll Shooting video game developed by Edelweiss and published by Playism. In the game, the player takes on the role of Roy Becket, who is a young pilot with huge dreams of becoming the skilled pilot as his father. According to the storyline, when the galactic conflict reaches to its boiling points with an alien race, the protagonist is forced to jump into the battle and take command of a bipedal conflict machine to save the humanity. In the game, the player pilot a place from a side-scroll perspective, use equipped weapons and shoot his way through a variety of levels to take down enemies while earning points to unlock further content. During the gameplay, the player engages in arcade shooter gameplay experience with cutting-edge effects, Japanese mecha designs, and more. In the game, the enemies aren’t remaining ahead of the player. The enemies fly, swarm, and intercept from a dynamic perspective and struggle to keeps the action in view. Astebreed includes core features such as Arcade Shooter Gameplay, A Full Arsenal of Weaponry, Dynamically Changing Perspective, and more. Try it out, and you’ll like it.

Lost Sphear is a JRPG (Japanese Role-playing), Single-player and Multiplayer video game developed Tokyo RPG Factory and published by Square Enix. The game serves as the spiritual successor to the first installment, I Am Setsuna and introduces the retooled a variant of ATB (Activate Time Battle) system. The storyline of the game starts with an unnamed character, watching in despair as his beautiful Kingdom collapse. After that, the storyline shifts to the young man named as Kanata, who perform errands at the small village of Elgarthe with his companions, named as Locke and Lumina, until one day they finds that the town has vanished. According to the plot, the man suffered a phenomenon that he had never experienced before, faces the power that invades the fabric of real-life. The player must manipulate the environment to restore what was disappeared. During the gameplay, the player has to become master different memory and struggle to craft the beautiful world around him on an epic journey to rescue the land. Lost Sphear includes prominent features such as Unique Storyline, Seamless Gameplay, Moonlight Battleground Mode, and more.