Max Becker of Blindhack Software writes in to tell me about Shepherd Slaughter, a top-down action RPG with a procedurally generated open world. Here is the feature list: Do battle with 70+ monsters. Explore 10 unique dungeons scattered throughout a massive randomly generated world. Take advantage of many different items and weapons. Improve your skills, […]

I could have sworn I’d posted about Cardinal Quest before, but I can’t seem to find it in the archives. Shame on me! But hey–better late than never, right? I’m not going to quote the developer’s description here, as it’s really inaccurate (he compares the game to arcade games like Gauntlet and Golden Axe, which […]

Word has reached my ears of a (relatively) new jRPG parody in the southern sky. (This is starting to become a thing, isn’t it?) Doom & Destiny takes the time-honored real-world people dropped into a fantasy world pastiche and runs with it: Doom & Destiny is a conventional Japanese style RPG with an unconventional mood. […]

Symphony of Eternity is another one of those jRPGs that actually originate in Japan. Another Kemco game, SoE is pretty old by mobile standards, with a copyright dating back as far as 2009. Kemco released an English translation sometime early in 2011 for Android, with a more-or-less contemporaneous iOS release alongside. The narrative for Symphony […]

I’ve finally managed to find another mobile indie RPG that appears on both Android and iOS! Alphadia is a straightforward jRPG by Kemco, a prolific (and apparently fairly large) Japanese indie developer. The premise: It has been almost a century since the end of the Energi War. Nevertheless, within this prolonged season of peace, the […]

New from the Neverending Backlog of Mobile Indie RPGs comes Earth and Legend, a 3D over-the-shoulder action RPG by Dvide Arts. It strikes me as a pretty competent Elder Scrolls clone, right down to the dull storyline. Speaking of which: As time passed on, each of the four Elementals used their unique powers of fire, […]

I remember first seeing a Kickstarter for Saturday Morning RPG some months back. Much to my surprise, it looks like developers Mighty Rabbit Studios have already released the first two installments of this episodic, 80s-cartoon-themed RPG right under my nose. Saturday Morning RPG is a jRPG that banks on the nostalgia of gamers who grew […]

Breaking the string of Android exclusives, the next mobile RPG up on our list is an iPhone and iPad dungeon crawler by the name of DevilDark: The Fallen Kingdom. Excitingly, Triniti Interactive Limited just released this overhead action RPG last week, which means I’m actually announcing this in a somewhat timely fashion. (Go me!) An […]

Next up on our Big List of Mobile RPGs is Andor’s Trail, a roguelike with cute jRPG-style graphics created by Oskar Wiksten. Exclusive to the Android, Andor’s Trail is both free and open source–anyone can play the game, and anyone can contribute to the game’s further development. I have absolutely no idea what the game’s […]

The Trese Brothers aren’t just working on Cyber Knights RPG, yesterday’s featured game–they’re also actively developing Star Traders RPG, a game about highly celebrated and successful stock brokers. …just kidding! Star Traders RPG isn’t about stock brokers–it’s a turn-based, outer space role-playing game where you “trade, battle, pirate & bounty for galactic riches.” Inspired by […]