List of role-playing video games: 2004 to 2005

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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.
Genre notes
Action RPG Action role-playing game
Tactical RPG Tactical role-playing game
Roguelike Roguelike
Eroge Japanese game featuring erotic content
MMORPG Massively multiplayer online role-playing game
MUD MUD
Turn-based Turn-based game
Real-time Real-time game
  
FPS/RPG First-person shooter / RPG hybrid (role-playing shooter)
RTS/RPG Real-time strategy / RPG hybrid (real-time strategy RPG)
CRPG/WRPG Computer-style role-playing game
JRPG Japanese-style role-playing game
Dungeon crawl Dungeon crawl
Monster raising Pet-raising simulation
Card battle Collectible card game
Blobber First-person party-based RPG
Sandbox Open world RPG

List

Year Title Developer Publisher Setting Platform Subgenre Series/Notes COO
2004 (EU) A.I.M.: Artificial Intelligence Machines SkyRiver 1C Company ModernWINAction RPG
2004 (JP)
2005 (NA)
Arc the Lad: End of Darkness Cattle Call SCEI
Namco
FantasyPS2Action RPGSequel to Arc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits .JP
2004 (JP)
2005 (NA)
2006 (EU)
Atelier Iris: Eternal Mana Gust Gust
Nippon Ichi
Koei
FantasyPS2JP
2004 (NA) Blades of Avernum Spiderweb Spiderweb FantasyMAC
WIN
US
2004 (NA) Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance Magic Pockets DSI FantasyGBA (Port)Action RPGPort of Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance for PS2.
Spin-off of the Baldur's Gate series.
FR/US
2004 (??) Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II Black Isle FantasyXbox
PS2
Action RPGSequel to Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance .US
2004 (NA)
2005 (PAL)
Bards Tale, The InXile Vivendi FantasyXbox
PS2
Action RPGSpoof of Bard's Tale, The for Apple II.US
2004 (JP) Before Crisis: Final Fantasy VII Square Enix Square Enix Sci-Fi
Fantasy
MOBIAction RPGPrequel to Final Fantasy VII .JP
2004 (DE/NA/UK) Beyond Divinity Larian Ubisoft
Hip
Focus Home
FantasyWINAction RPGSpin-off of Divine Divinity .BE
2004 (DE/NA/UK) Beyond Divinity: Deluxe Edition Larian MediaMix FantasyWIN (Comp)Action RPGCompilation of Beyond Divinity and Divine Divinity for WIN.BE
2004 (NA) Black Isle Compilation: Part Two Black Isle Interplay FantasyWIN (Comp)Compilation of Black Isle's D&D titles, minus Planescape: Torment.US
2004 (JP) Black/Matrix 00 Flight-Plan FantasyPS1Tactical RPG [1] Complete remake of Black Matrix Zero .JP
2004 (JP/NA)
2005 (EU)
Boktai 2: Solar Boy Django Konami Konami FantasyGBASequel to Boktai: The Sun is in Your Hand .JP
2004 (NA/PAL) Champions of Norrath Snowblind SOE FantasyPS2Action RPGSpin-off of the EverQuest series.US
2004 (CN) Chinese Paladin 3 Gaiden: Wenqing Pian Softstar Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. Softstar Entertainment Inc. FantasyWINAction RPGPart of The Legend of Sword and Fairy series.CN
2004 (EU) Conan Cauldron TDK Mediactive Europe FantasyWIN, XBX, GCN, PS2Action RPGBased on the literary character Conan the Barbarian.CZ
2004 (RU)
2005 (NA)
COPS 2170: The Power of Law
Власть Закона
MiST Land Strategy First Post-apocalyptic
Cyberpunk
WINTactical RPG [2] RU
2004 (JP/NA) Custom Robo Noise Nintendo RoboticsGCNAction RPGPart of the Custom Robo seriesJP
2004 (JP) Dragon Quest Square Enix Square Enix FantasyMobi (Remake)JRPG [3] [4] Remake of Dragon Quest for NES.JP
2004 (JP) Dragon Quest V: Tenku no Hanayome ArtePiazza
Matrix
Square Enix FantasyPS2 (Remake)JRPG [3] Remake of Dragon Quest V: Tenku no Hanayome for SNES.
Sequel to Dragon Quest IV .
JP
2004 (JP)
2005 (NA)
2006 (EU/AU)
Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King Level-5 Square Enix FantasyPS2JRPG [3] Sequel to Dragon Quest VII .
Sequel to Dragon Quest VII .
JP
2004 (NA) Elder Scrolls, The: Arena Bethesda Bethesda FantasyDOS (Rerel)Freeware rerelease of The Elder Scrolls: Arena .US
2004 (??) Elder Scrolls Travels, The: Dawnstar Vir2L Vir2L FantasyMOBIUS
2004 (??) Elder Scrolls Travels, The: Shadowkey Vir2L
TKO
Vir2L
Nokia
FantasyNGEUS
2004 (NA) Devil Whiskey Shifting Suns Shifting Suns FantasyWINHeavily influenced by The Bard's Tale
Series debuts.
2004 (NA/EU)
2005 (JP)
Fable Lionhead Microsoft FantasyXboxAction RPGUK
2004 (??) Fall, The: Last Days of Gaia Silver Style Deep Silver Post-apocalypticWINDE
2004 (NA/EU)
2005 (JP)
Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel Interplay Interplay Post-apocalypticPS2
Xbox (Port)
Action RPGSpin-off of the Fallout series.US
2004 (JP) Final Fantasy
Final Fantasy Mobile
FantasyMOBI (Port)JRPG [5] Port of Final Fantasy for NES.JP
2004 (JP/NA/EU/AU) Final Fantasy I & II: Dawn of Souls Square
TOSE
Square Enix FantasyGBA (Port)JRPG [5] Port of Final Fantasy and Final Fantasy II for NES.JP
2004 (JP) Final Fantasy II
Final Fantasy II Mobile
FantasyMOBi (Port)JRPG [5] Port of Final Fantasy II for NES.JP
2004 (JP)
2005 (NA/EU)
Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones Intelligent Nintendo FantasyGBATactical RPGJP
2004 (NA/EU/AU) Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone Stormfront
Krysalide
Zono
Atari FantasyPS2
Xbox
Action RPGUS
2004 (NA/AU) Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone Stormfront
Zono
Atari FantasyWIN (Port)Action RPGPort of Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone for PS2.US
2004 (JP) Fullmetal Alchemist: Dream Carnival Eighting Bandai FantasyPS2JP
2004 (JP)
2005 (NA)
Fullmetal Alchemist 2: Curse of the Crimson Elixir Racjin Square Enix FantasyPS2Action RPGSequel to Fullmetal Alchemist: Dream Carnival .
Prequel to Fullmetal Alchemist and the Broken Angel .
JP
2004 (DE)
2005 (NA)
Gothic II: Gold Edition Piranha Bytes JoWood
Aspyr
FantasyWIN (Comp)Action RPGCompilation of Gothic II and its expansion Gothic II: Night of the Raven .DE
2004 (JP)
2007 (NA)
Gurumin Nihon Falcom FantasyWIN, PSP, 3DSAction RPGJP
2004 (NA/EU) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban KnowWonder EA FantasyWINUS
2004 (NA/EU) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban EA UK EA FantasyGCN (Port)
PS2 (Port)
Xbox (Port)
Port of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban for PC.US/UK
2004 (??) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Griptonite EA FantasyGBA (Port)Port of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban for PC.US
2004 (JP/NA) Inuyasha: The Secret of the Cursed Mask Bandai Bandai FantasyPS2JP
2004 (NA)
2005 (EU)
Jagged Alliance 2: Wildfire I-Deal Strategy First ModernWIN (Comp)Tactical RPGCompilation of Jagged Alliance 2 and the Wildfire mod.DE
2004 (JP/NA)
2005 (EU/AU)
Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories Square Enix
Jupiter
Square Enix
Nintendo
FantasyGBAAction RPGSequel to Kingdom Hearts .JP
2004 (NA/EU) Knights of the Temple: Infernal Crusade Starbreeze TDK FantasyGCN
PS2
WIN
Xbox
Action RPGSE
2004 (JP)
2006 (NA)
Legend of Heroes III, The: Prophecy of the Moonlight Witch
The Legend of Heroes II: Prophecy of the Moonlight Witch
英雄伝説III「白き魔女」-もうひとつの英雄たちの物語-
Nihon Falcom Namco Bandai FantasyPSP (Remake)JRPG [6] Remake of The Legend of Heroes III: Prophecy of the Moonlight Witch for PC98.
Sequel to Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes II .
JP
2004 (JP) Legend of Heroes III, The: Prophecy of the Moonlight Witch
The Legend of Heroes II: Prophecy of the Moonlight Witch
英雄伝説III「白き魔女」-もうひとつの英雄たちの物語-
ScriptArts Taito FantasyMOBI (Port)Port of The Legend of Heroes III: Prophecy of the Moonlight Witch for PC98.
Sequel to Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes II .
JP
2004 (JP) The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky
英雄伝説「空の軌跡FC」
Nihon Falcom Nihon Falcom FantasyWINStart of the Trails seriesJP
2004 (NA/EU) Lord of the Rings, The: The Third Age EA Redwood Shores EA FantasyGCN
PS2
Xbox
US
2004 (NA/PAL) Lord of the Rings, The: The Third Age Griptonite EA FantasyGBATactical RPG [7] [8] US
2004 (JP)
2005 (NA)
2006 (PAL)
Magna Carta: Crimson Stigmata
Magna Carta: Tears of Blood
Softmax Banpresto
Atlus
505
FantasyPS2Sequel to Magna Carta: The Phantom of Avalanche for PC.JP
2004 (JP)
2005 (NA/EU)
Mega Man Battle Network 5: Team ProtoMan Capcom Capcom FantasyGBAAction RPGSequel to Mega Man Battle Network 4 .JP
2004 (JP/NA)
2006 (PAL)
Monster Hunter Capcom Capcom FantasyPS2Action RPGSeries debuts.JP
2004 (NA) Neverwinter Nights: Hordes of the Underdark BioWare
Floodgate
MacSoft FantasyOSX (Port)Port of Neverwinter Nights: Hordes of the Underdark for WIN.
Expansion for Neverwinter Nights .
CA
2004 (NA) Neverwinter Nights: Platinum BioWare Atari FantasyWIN (Comp)Compilation of Neverwinter Nights and its expansions.CA
2004 (NA) Neverwinter Nights: Kingmaker BioWare Atari
MacSoft
FantasyLIN
OSX
WIN
Neverwinter Nights premium module.CA
2004 (NA) Neverwinter Nights: ShadowGuard BioWare Atari
MacSoft
FantasyLIN
OSX
WIN
Neverwinter Nights premium module.CA
2004 (NA) Neverwinter Nights: Witch's Wake BioWare Atari
MacSoft
FantasyLIN
OSX
WIN
Neverwinter Nights premium module.CA
2004 (NA) Neverwinter Nights: Shadows of Undrentide Floodgate
BioWare
MacSoft FantasyOSX (Port)Port of Neverwinter Nights: Shadows of Undrentide for WIN.US
2004 (JP) Nightmare of Druaga, The: Fushigino Dungeon Arika
Chunsoft
Namco FantasyPS2Sequel to The Blue Crystal Rod for SNES.JP
2004 (JP/NA/EU) Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Intelligent Nintendo FantasyGCNSequel to Paper Mario for N64.JP
2004 (JP/NA)
2005 (EU)
Phantom Brave
ファントム・ブレイブ
Nippon Ichi Nippon Ichi
Koei
FantasyPS2Tactical RPGJP
2004 (NA) Pocket Kingdom: Own the World Sega Nokia FantasyNGEMMORPGJP
2004 (JP)
2005 (NA/EU/AU)
Pokémon Emerald Game Freak Nintendo
The Pokémon Company
Modern
Fantasy
GBA (Remake)Remake of Pokémon Ruby and Pokémon Sapphire for GBA.JP
2004 (JP/NA/EU/AU) Pokémon FireRed Game Freak Nintendo Modern
Fantasy
GBA (Remake)Remake of Pokémon Red for GB.JP
2004 (JP/NA/EU/AU) Pokémon LeafGreen Game Freak Nintendo Modern
Fantasy
GBA (Remake)Remake of Pokémon Green for GB.JP
2004 (JP) Popolocrois: Adventure of the Law of the Moon SCE SCE FantasyPS2JP
2004 (JP)
2005 (NA)
Riviera: The Promised Land Sting Sting
Atlus
FantasyGBA (Port)Port of Riviera: The Promised Land for WSC.JP
2004 (JP)
2005 (WW)
RPG Maker XP Enterbrain Enterbrain N/AWINRPG construction toolSequel to RPG Maker 2003 .JP
2004 (NA/EU) Sacred Ascaron Encore
Take-Two
FantasyWINAction RPGSeries debuts.DE
2004 (UK) Sacred: Plus Ascaron Koch
Take-Two
FantasyWIN (Limit)Action RPGDirector's cut version of Sacred DE
2004 (NA) Shadow Vault Mayhem Strategy First Post-apocalyptic
Cyberpunk
WINTactical RPG [9] [10] [11] [7] SK
2004 (JP/NA)
2005 (PAL)
Shadow Hearts: Covenant
Shadow Hearts II
シャドウハーツII
Nautilus Aruze
Midway
Historical
Fantasy
PS2Sequel to Shadow Hearts .JP
2004 (JP)
2005 (NA)
2006 (PAL)
Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga Atlus Atlus
Ghostlight
FantasyPS2Spin-off of the Shin Megami Tensei series.JP
2004 (JP) Shingata Medarot Natsume Co., Ltd. Imagineer RoboticsGBAAction RPG Medabots JP
2004 (??) Shining Force: Resurrection of the Dark Dragon Amusement Vision Sega FantasyGBA (Remake)Tactical RPGRemake of Shining Force: The Legacy of Great Intention for GEN.
2004 (JP)
2005 (NA)
Shining Tears
シャイニング・ティアーズ
Nextech
Amusement Vision
Sega FantasyPS2Action RPGPart of the Shining Force series.JP
2004 (EU) Silent Storm: Gold Edition Nival JoWood Sci-Fi
Historical
WIN (Comp)Tactical RPGCompilation of Silent Storm and Silent Storm: Sentinels .RU
2004 (EU) Silent Storm: Sentinels Nival 1C Company
JoWood
Sci-Fi
Historical
WINTactical RPGStand-alone expansion to Silent Storm .RU
2004 (RU)
2005 (UK)
2006 (NA)
Space Rangers 2: Dominators
Space Rangers 2: Rise of the Dominators
Космические рейнджеры 2: Доминаторы
Elemental Excalibur
1C Company
Cinemaware
Sci-FiWINAdventure/RPG/Strategy hybridSequel to Space Rangers .RU
2004 (NA) Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic BioWare Aspyr Sci-FiOSX (Port)Port of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic for WIN.CA
2004 (NA)
2005 (EU/AU)
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II—The Sith Lords Obsidian LucasArts Sci-Fi
Fantasy
XboxSequel to Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic .US
2004 (RU)
2005 (EU)
Star Wolves
Звездные волки
Xbow 1C Company
Excalibur
Micro Application
Sci-FiWINTactical RPG
Real-time
Characters pilot space ships, but the game features traditional RPG elements.RU
2004 (JP)
2005 (NA)
2006 (PAL)
Stella Deus: The Gate of Eternity
ステラデウス
Pinegrow Atlus
505 GameStreet
FantasyPS2Tactical RPG [12] [7] JP
2004 (NA/EU)
2005 (JP)
Sudeki Climax Microsoft FantasyXboxAction RPGUK
2004 (JP)
2005 (NA/EU)
Suikoden IV Konami Konami FantasyPS2Sequel to Suikoden III .JP
2004 (JP)
2006 (NA)
Summon Night: Swordcraft Story 2 Flight-Plan Banpresto
Atlus
SteampunkGBAAction RPGSequel to Summon Night: Swordcraft Story .JP
2004 (JP) Super Robot Wars GC Banpresto Banpresto Sci-FiGCNTactical RPGJP
2004 (JP) Super Robot Wars MX Banpresto Banpresto Sci-FiPS2Tactical RPGJP
2004 (JP) Tales of Rebirth Namco Namco FantasyPS2Action RPGSequel to Tales of Symphonia .JP
2004 (JP) Tales of Symphonia Namco Namco FantasyPS2 (Port)Action RPGPort of Tales of Symphonia for GCN.
Distant prequel to Tales of Phantasia .
JP
2004 (JP) Tales of Tactics FantasyMOBITactical RPGJP
2004 (NA/EU) Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines Troika Activision Modern
Fantasy
WINFPS/RPG World of Darkness setting.
Fails financially, marking the end of the ill-fated Troika Games.
US
2004 (JP)
2005 (NA)
Virtua Quest Sega-AM2 Sega FantasyGCN
PS2
Action RPGSpin-off of the Virtua Fighter series.JP
2004 (NA/EU) Wars and Warriors: Joan of Arc [13] Enlight Enlight Historical
Fantasy
WINAction RPG
RTS/RPG
A planned version for the Xbox was cancelled. [14] HK
2004 (NA) Weird Wars: The Unknown Episode of World War II [15] [16] Mirage Strategy First Alternate history
Fantasy
WINReal-timeBased on a Polish '70s sitcom and the PnP RPG setting by Pinnacle. [17] Used the same engine as Another War . [17] PL
2004 (NA/PAL)
2005 (JP)
X-Men Legends Raven Activision Sci-FiGCN
PS2
Xbox
Action RPGUS
2004 (JP)
2005 (NA/EU)
Xenosaga Episode II: Jenseits von Gut und Böse Monolith Namco
SCEE
Sci-Fi
Fantasy
PS2Sequel to Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht .JP
2004 (TW) Xuan-Yuan Sword: The Millennial Destiny DOMO Studio Softstar Entertainment FantasyWINAction RPG Xuan-Yuan Sword TW
2004 (JP/NA)
2005 (PAL)
Yu Yu Hakusho: Tournament Tactics Sensory Sweep Atari FantasyGBATactical RPG [7] JP
2005 (JP) Angelic Vale Shinden: Ephemer Shima Kitare
エンジェリックヴェール
Chrome Six FantasyWINTactical RPGJP
2005 (DE) Atari Collection: Rollenspiele Various Atari FantasyWIN (Comp)German compilation of Neverwinter Nights and its expansions, as well as Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone .CA/US
2005 (NA) Avernum 4 Spiderweb Spiderweb FantasyMAC
WIN
Sequel to Avernum 3 .US
2005 (NA/EU) Bards Tale, The InXile Vivendi
Ubisoft
1C Company
FantasyWIN (Port)Port of The Bards Tale for PS2 and Xbox.
Reimagining of The Bards Tale .
US
2005 (WW) Battle for Wesnoth, The N/AFantasyCROSSTactical RPG [18] Open source.
2005 (JP) Battle Moon Wars 1 Werk FantasyWINTactical RPGJP
2005 (RU)
2006 (NA)
Brigade E5: New Jagged Union
Бригада Е5: Новый Альянс
Apeiron 1C Company
Strategy First
ModernWINTactical RPG [19] [20]
Real-time
RU
2005 (RU) COPS 2170: The Power of Law – Gold Collection
Власть закона. Золотая коллекция
MiST Land Post-apocalyptic
Cyberpunk
WIN (Comp)Tactical RPGCompilation of COPS 2170: The Power of Law and its add-on.RU
2005 (RU)
2007 (UK)
Dawn of Magic SkyFallen 1C Company
Deep Silver
FantasyWINAction RPG.RU
2005 (NA)
2006 (EU)
Dungeon Lords Heuristic Park DreamCatcher FantasyWINAction RPGMarks D.W. Bradley's disastrous attempt to re-enter the CRPG market.US
2005 (NA/EU/AU) Dungeon Siege II Gas Powered Microsoft FantasyWINAction RPGSequel to Dungeon Siege .US
2005 (NA/EU/AU) Dungeons & Dragons: Dragonshard Liquid Atari FantasyWINAction RPG
RTS/RPG
US
2005 (NA/EU/AU) Fable: The Lost Chapters Lionhead Microsoft FantasyWIN, XboxExtended version of Fable: The Lost Chapters for Xbox.UK
2005 (CN) Fantasia Sango II UserJoy Unistar FantasyWINSequel to Fantasia Sango .CN
2005 (NA) FATE WildStudios WildTangent FantasyWINAction RPGUS
2005 (NA/EU/AU) Freedom Force vs The 3rd Reich Irrational Vivendi Universal SuperheroWINTactical RPG [21] [22]
Real-time
Sequel to Freedom Force .US
2005 (WW) Geneforge 3 Spiderweb Spiderweb FantasyMAC
WIN
Sequel to Geneforge 2 .US
2005 (DE) Gothic: Collector's Edition Piranha Bytes JoWood
Aspyr
FantasyWIN (Comp)Compilation of Gothic, Gothic II and Gothic II: Night of the Raven.DE
2005 (RU/NA)
2006 (EU)
Hammer & Sickle
Серп и Молот
Nival
Novik&Co
1C Company
CDV
Sci-Fi
Historical
WINTactical RPG [23] [24] [25] [26] Set in the Silent Storm universe, following the events of the previous two games.RU
2004 (EU)
2005 (NA)
Heretic Kingdom: The Inquisition
Kult: Heretic Kingdoms
3D People Project Three FantasyWINSK
2005 (EU) Knights of the Temple II Cauldron Playlogic FantasyWINAction RPGSequel to Knights of the Temple: Infernal Crusade .SK
2005 (NA/EU) Metalheart: Replicants Rampage Akella
NumLock
DreamCatcher
Akella
Post-apocalypticWINTactical RPG [10] [27] [28] [29] RU
2005 (NA) Neverwinter Nights: Diamond BioWare Atari FantasyWIN (Comp)Compilation of Neverwinter Nights and its expansions.CA
2005 (NA) Neverwinter Nights: Pirates of the Sword Coast BioWare Atari
MacSoft
FantasyLIN
OSX
WIN
Neverwinter Nights premium modules.CA
2005 (RU)
2006 (NA)
Night Watch
Ночной дозор
Nival CDV Modern
Fantasy
WINTactical RPG [10] [30] [31] [32] Based on the Russian novel and film of the same name.
Utilizes the Silent Storm engine.
RU
2005 (NA) Restricted Area Master Creating Whiptail CyberpunkWINAction RPGDE
2005 (EU)
2008 (NA)
Sacred Gold Ascaron Koch
Ascaron
Strategy First
FantasyWIN (Comp)Action RPGCompilation of Sacred and its expansion.DE
2005 (EU) Sacred: Underworld Ascaron Ascaron
Take-Two
FantasyWINAction RPGExpansion to Sacred .DE
2005 (JP) Sakura Taisen 4: Koi Seyo, Otome Red
Overworks
Sega SteampunkWIN (Port)Tactical RPGPort of Sakura Taisen 4: Koi Seyo, Otome for DC.
Sequel to Sakura Taisen 3 .
JP
2005 (NA) Shadow Vault Mayhem Strategy First Post-apocalyptic
Cyberpunk
WINTactical RPG [7] [9] [10] [11] SK
2005 (NA) Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords Obsidian LucasArts
Activision
Sci-FiWINSequel to Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic .
The first game released by Obsidian Entertainment, which was formed after the collapse of Black Isle Studios.
US
2005 (JP) Tears to Tiara Leaf Aquaplus FantasyWINTactical RPGJP
2005 (JP) Tir-nan-og V: Eternal Hitoshi
ティル・ナ・ノーグV 〜悠久の仁〜
SystemSoft FantasyWINTactical RPGSequel to Tir-nan-og IV: King of the Valiant for WIN.JP
2005 (NA/EU) X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse Beenox Activision SuperheroWINAction RPGSequel to X-Men Legends .CA
2005 (JP) Xanadu Next Nihon Falcom Nihon Falcom FantasyWINAction RPGSequel to Legend of Xanadu II .JP
2005 (JP) Ys: The Oath in Felghana Nihon Falcom Nihon Falcom FantasyWIN (Remake)Action RPG
JRPG
Remake of Ys III: Wanderers from Ys for MSX.JP
2005 (JP) .hack//fragment CyberConnect2 Bandai Sci-FiPS2Action RPG
MMORPG
JP
2005 (JP) 3rd Super Robot Wars Alpha Banpresto Banpresto Sci-FiPS2Tactical RPGJP
2005 (KR)
2006 (NA/EU)
Astonishia Story Sonnori FantasyPSP (Port)Tactical RPG [7] Port of Astonishia Story .KR
2005 (JP)
2006 (NA/EU)
Atelier Iris 2: The Azoth of Destiny Gust Gust
Nippon Ichi
Koei
FantasyPS2JRPGPrequel to Atelier Iris: Eternal Mana .JP
2005 (JP) Boktai 3: Sabata's Counterattack Konami Konami FantasyGBAAction RPGSequel to Boktai 2: Solar Boy Django .JP
2005 (JP)
2006 (EU)
Breath of Fire III Capcom Capcom FantasyPSP (Port)JRPG [33] Port of Breath of Fire III for PS1.
Sequel to Breath of Fire II .
JP
2005 (JP) Castle Fantasia: Elenshia Senki Studio E-Go! FantasyPS2Tactical RPG [12]
Eroge
Sequel to Castle Fantasia 2: Seima Taisen .JP
2005 (NA/PAL) Champions: Return to Arms Snowblind SOE FantasyPS2Action RPGSpin-off of the EverQuest series.US
2005 (NA) Chronicles of Narnia, The: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Starwave FantasyMOBITactical RPG [34] Based on the book and motion picture of the same name.UK
2005 (JP) Code Age Commanders Square Enix Square Enix Sci-Fi
Fantasy
PS2Action RPGJP
2005 (RU)
2007 (NA/EU)
Dawn of Magic SkyFallen Entertainment 1C Company FantasyWINAction RPGRU
2005 (JP/NA/EU) Digimon World 4 Bandai Bandai
Atari
Sci-Fi
Fantasy
GCN
PS2
Xbox
Action RPGSequel to Digimon World 3 .JP
2005 (NA) Dragon Ball Z: The Legacy of Goku 1 & 2 Webfoot Atari Sci-Fi
Fantasy
GBA (Rerel)Action adventure RPGRe-release of Dragon Ball Z: The Legacy of Goku and Dragon Ball Z: The Legacy of Goku II for GBA.JP
2005 (JP) Dragon Force
ドラゴンフォース
3D Ages Sega FantasyPS2 (Remake)Tactical RPG [12] Remake of Dragon Force for SAT.JP
2005 (JP)
2006 (NA/EU/AU)
Drakengard 2 cavia Square Enix
Ubisoft
FantasyPS2Action RPGSequel to Drakengard .JP
2005 (JP)
2006 (NA/EU/AU)
Dungeon Lords Heuristic Park Square Enix
Ubisoft
FantasyPS2Action RPGSequel to Drakengard .JP
2005 (JP/NA)
2006 (EU/AU)
Final Fantasy IV Advance Square Square Enix
Nintendo
FantasyGBA (Remake)JRPG [5] Remake of Final Fantasy IV for SNES.JP
2005 (JP) Final Fantasy X/X-2 Ultimate Box FantasyPS2 (Rerel)JRPGRe-release and compilation of Final Fantasy X and Final Fantasy X-2 for PS2.JP
2005 (JP/NA/EU/AU) Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance Intelligent Systems Nintendo FantasyGCNTactical RPG [1] [7] JP
2005 (JP) Front Mission 5: Scars of the War Square Enix Square Enix Sci-FiPS2Tactical RPGSequel to Front Mission 4 .JP
2005 (JP)
2006 (NA)
2007 (EU/AU)
Generation of Chaos Idea Factory NIS America
Midas
FantasyPSPTactical RPG [12] [7] Generation of ChaosJP
2005 (JP) Generation of Chaos IV
新天魔界 〜GOC IV アナザサイド〜
Idea Factory Idea Factory Sci-FiPS1 (Port)Tactical RPG [12] Port of Generation of Chaos IV for PS2.
Sequel to Generation of Chaos III: Toki no Fuuin .
2005 (JP) Generation of Chaos V
新天魔界ジェネレーションオブカオスV
Idea Factory Idea Factory FantasyPS2Tactical RPG [12] Sequel to Generation of Chaos IV .JP
2005 (JP)
2006 (NA)
Grandia III Game Arts Square Enix FantasyPS2JRPGSequel to Grandia II .JP
2005 (JP) Inuyasha: The Secret of the Cursed Mask Bandai Bandai FantasyPS2 (Rerel)JRPGRe-release of Inuyasha: The Secret of the Cursed Mask for PS2.JP
2005 (NA/EU/AU) Jade Empire BioWare Microsoft FantasyXboxAction RPGCA
2005 (JP)
2006 (NA/EU/AU)
Kingdom Hearts II Square Enix Square Enix
Buena Vista
FantasyPS2Action RPGSequel to Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories .JP
2005 (JP/NA)
2006 (EU/AU)
Kingdom of Paradise
Key of Heaven
Climax SCE FantasyPSPAction RPGJP
2005 (EU) Knights of the Temple II Cauldron Playlogic FantasyPSPAction RPGSequel to Knights of the Temple: Infernal Crusade .SK
2005 (JP) Langrisser III
ラングリッサーIII
Taito FantasyPS2 (Port)Tactical RPGPort of Langrisser III for SAT.
Prequel to Warsong .
JP
2005 (JP)
2007 (NA)
Legend of Heroes IV, The: A Tear of Vermillion
The Legend of Heroes: A Tear of Vermillion
英雄伝説IV「朱紅い雫」
Micro Vision Bandai FantasyPSP (Remake)JRPG [35] Remake of The Legend of Heroes IV: A Tear of Vermillion for PC-9801.
Sequel to The Legend of Heroes III: Prophecy of the Moonlight Witch .
JP
2005 (NA) Lord of the Rings, The: Tactics EA EA FantasyPSPTactical RPGUS
2005 (JP/NA)
2006 (EU)
Lunar: Dragon Song Japan Art Media Marvelous
Ubisoft
Rising Star
FantasyDSJRPG [36] Prequel to Lunar: The Silver Star .JP
2005 (JP/NA/EU) Makai Kingdom: Chronicles Of The Sacred Tome
Phantom Kingdom
ファントム・キングダム
Nippon Ichi Nippon Ichi FantasyPS2Tactical RPGJP
2005 (JP/NA)
2006 (EU/AU)
Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time AlphaDream Nintendo FantasyDSJRPGSequel to Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga .JP
2005 (JP/NA/EU) Mega Man Battle Network 5: Team Colonel Capcom Capcom FantasyGBAAction RPGSequel to Mega Man Battle Network 4 .JP
2005 (JP/NA)
2006 (EU)
Mega Man Battle Network 5: Double Team DS Capcom Capcom FantasyDS (Remake)Action RPGRemake of Mega Man Battle Network 5 .
Sequel to Mega Man Battle Network 4 .
JP
2005 (JP)
2006 (NA/EU)
Mega Man Battle Network 6: Cybeast Falzar Capcom Capcom Sci-FiGBAAction RPGSequel to Mega Man Battle Network 5 .JP
2005 (JP)
2006 (NA/EU)
Mega Man Battle Network 6: Cybeast Gregar Capcom Capcom Sci-FiGBAAction RPGSequel to Mega Man Battle Network 5 .JP
2005 (JP)
2006 (NA)
Metal Saga: Sajin no Kusari Createch Success
Atlus
Post-apocalypticPS2JRPGJP
2005 (JP)
2006 (NA/EU)
Monster Hunter Freedom Capcom Capcom FantasyPSP (Remake)Action RPGRemake of Monster Hunter G for PS2.JP
2005 (JP) Monster Hunter G Capcom Capcom FantasyPS2 (Remake)Action RPGRemake of Monster Hunter for PS2.JP
2005 (JP)
2006 (NA)
MS Saga: A New Dawn Bandai Bandai Sci-FiPS2JRPGJP
2005 (JP/NA/EU) Musashi: Samurai Legend Square Enix Square Enix FantasyPS2Action RPGSequel to Brave Fencer Musashi .JP
2005 (JP) Namco x Capcom Monolith Namco FantasyPS2Action RPG / Tactical RPG hybridJP
2005 (JP) Phantasy Star Generation 2 Sega Sega Sci-FiPS2 (Remake)JRPGRemake of Phantasy Star II .JP
2005 (JP/NA/EU/AU) Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness Genius Sonority Nintendo Modern
Fantasy
GCNJRPGJP
2005 (JP/NA)
2006 (EU/AU)
PoPoLoCrois SCE
G-Artists
SCE
Agetec
Ignition
FantasyPSP (Port)JRPG [37] Port and compilation of Popolocrois Monogatari and Popolocrois Monogatari II for PS1, as well as a third, new title.JP
2005 (JP) Princess Crown Vanillaware Atlus FantasyPSP (Port)Action RPGPort of Princess Crown for SAT.JP
2005 (JP/NA) Radiata Stories tri-Ace Square Enix FantasyPS2Action RPGJP
2005 (NA)
2006 (EU/AUS)
Rebelstar: Tactical Command Codo Namco Sci-FiGBATactical RPGUK
2005 (JP) Rebirth Moon
リバースムーン
Idea Factory Idea Factory FantasyPS2Tactical RPG [12] JP
2005 (NA) Rifts: Promise of Power Backbone Nokia FantasyNGETactical RPGBased on the pen-and-paper role-playing game of the same name.US
2005 (JP)
2007 (NA/EU/AU)
Rogue Galaxy Level-5 SCE Sci-FiPS2JRPGJP
2005 (JP/NA) Romancing SaGa: Minstrel Song Square Square FantasyPS2 (Remake)JRPG [38] Remake of Romancing SaGa for SNES.JP
2005 (JP) Sakura Taisen 3: Pari wa Moeteiru ka Red
Overworks
Sega SteampunkPS2 (Port)Tactical RPGPort of Sakura Taisen 3: Pari wa Moeteiru ka for DC.
Sequel to Sakura Taisen 2: Kimi, Shinitamou koto Nakare .
JP
2005 (JP) Sakura Taisen V: Saraba, Itoshiki Hito yo Red
Overworks
Sega SteampunkPS2Tactical RPGSequel to Sakura Taisen 4 .JP
2005 (JP)
2006 (NA)
2007 (EU/AU)
Shadow Hearts: From The New World Nautilus Aruze
XSEED
Ghostlight
Historical
Fantasy
PS2JRPGSequel to Shadow Hearts: Covenant .JP
2005 (JP) Shinseiki Genso: Spectral Souls II
新紀幻想スペクトラルソウルズII
Neverland Idea Factory FantasyPS2Tactical RPG [39] Sequel to Shinseiki Genso: Spectral Souls .JP
2005 (JP) Shinseiki Yuusha Taisen Mayhem Takara Sci-FiPS2Tactical RPG [40] JP
2005 (JP) Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner FantasyPSP (Port)JRPG [41] Port of Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner for SAT.
Spin-off of the Megami Tensei series.
JP
2005 (JP/NA)
2007 (EU)
Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga 2 Atlus Atlus
Ghostlight
FantasyPS2JRPGSequel to Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga .JP
2005 (JP/NA) Shining Force Neo
シャイニング・フォース ネオ
Neverland
Amusement Vision
Sega FantasyPS2Action RPGPart of the Shining Force series.JP
2005 (NA) Sigma Star Saga WayForward Namco FantasyGBAAction RPGUS
2005 (JP/NA)
2006 (EU)
Suikoden Tactics
Rhapsodia
Konami Konami FantasyPS2Tactical RPGSequel to Suikoden IV .JP
2005 (JP) Summon Night Craft Sword Monogatari: Hajimari no Ishi Flight-Plan Banpresto SteampunkGBAAction RPGPart of the Summon Night series.JP
2005 (JP) Summon Night EX-These: Yoake no Tsubasa Flight-Plan Banpresto SteampunkPS2Action RPGPart of the Summon Night series.JP
2005 (JP)
2006 (NA)
Super Robot Taisen: Original Generation 2 Banpresto Banpresto
Atlus
Sci-FiGBATactical RPGJP
2005 (JP) Super Robot Wars Judgement Banpresto Banpresto Sci-FiGBATactical RPGJP
2005 (JP)
2006 (EU)
The Sword of Etheria Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo Konami FantasyPS2Action RPGJP
2005 (JP) Tales of Breaker FantasyMOBIAction RPGJP
2005 (JP) Tales of Commons FantasyMOBIAction RPGJP
2005 (JP)
2006 (EU/AU)
Tales of Eternia Telenet Japan
Wolf Team
Namco
Ubisoft
FantasyPSP (Port)Action RPGPort of Tales of Eternia for PS1.JP
2005 (JP)
2006 (NA)
Tales of Legendia Namco
Team MelFes
Namco FantasyPS2Action RPGJP
2005 (JP)
2006 (NA)
Tales of the Abyss Namco Tales Namco
Namco Bandai
FantasyPS2Action RPGJP
2005 (JP) Tales of the World: Narikiri Dungeon 3 Alfa System Namco FantasyGBATactical RPGSequel to Tales of the World: Narikiri Dungeon 2 .JP
2005 (JP) Tengai Makyō III: Namida Red Ent. Hudson Soft FantasyPS2JRPG [42] Sequel to Tengai Makyō II: Manjimaru .JP
2005 (JP) Twelve: Sengoku Fuushinden
Twelve 〜戦国封神伝〜
Konami Fantasy
Historical
PSPTactical RPG [43] JP
2005 (NA)
2006 (EU/JP)
Untold Legends: Brotherhood of the Blade SOE SOE FantasyPSPAction RPGSeries debuts.US
2005 (JP)
2006 (NA/EU/AU)
Wild ARMs 4 Media.Vision SCEI
XSEED
505
SteampunkPS2JRPGSequel to Wild Arms 3 .JP
2004 (PAL)
2005 (NA)
X-Men Legends Barking Lizards Activision Sci-FiNGE (Port)Action RPGPort of X-Men Legends for GCN, PS2 and Xbox.US
2005 (??) X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse Raven Activision Sci-Fi
Fantasy
GCN
PS2
Xbox
Action RPGSequel to X-Men Legends .US
2005 (??) X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse Vicarious Visions Activision Sci-Fi
Fantasy
PSPAction RPGSequel to X-Men Legends .US
2005 (??) X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse Barking Lizards Activision Sci-Fi
Fantasy
NGEAction RPGSequel to X-Men Legends .US
2005 (JP) Xanadu Next Nihon Falcom Nihon Falcom FantasyNGEAction RPGSequel to Legend of Xanadu II .JP
2005 (??) Ys III: Wanderers from Ys Nihon Falcom Taito FantasyPS2 (Port)Action RPGPort of Ys III: Wanderers from Ys for PC88 and PC98.
Sequel to Ys II: Ancient Ys Vanished - The Final Chapter .
JP
2005 (??) Ys IV: Mask of the Sun - A New Theory Taito Taito FantasyPS2 (Remake)Action RPGRemake of Ys IV: Mask of the Sun for SNES.
Sequel to Ys III: Wanderers from Ys .
JP
2005 (JP/NA/EU) Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim Konami Konami FantasyPS2 (Port)Action RPGPort of Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim for PC.JP

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