Psydra Games writes in to tell us about Dark Scavenger, an unusual hybrid of point-and-click adventure game and RPG. The game’s premise is a bit odd: Filling the role of a powerful space traveler, you find yourself stranded on a mysterious planet in the company of three eccentric, yet resourceful aliens. As you desperately seek […]

Are we tired yet of RPGs where the twist is that you play the bad guy? No? Good. In that case, you’ll be glad to hear that there is an indie jRPG series called Chronicles of a Dark Lord in that vein, created in RPG Maker by Kisareth Studios. Actually, that’s not true: there isn’t […]

Trent Gamblin of Nooskewl writes in with word of Monster RPG 2, a jRPG where…you recruit an elephant? You guys see that too, right? That’s not just me? Okay, cool. Here is the plot, as summarized by the developer: The game opens on a girl and guy picking mushrooms in the forest, and they find […]

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, […]

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, […]

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 […]

Next up on our ongoing mobile RPG series is Cyber Knights RPG by The Trese Brothers, a post-apocalyptic cyberpunk tactical RPG. Although this game is not technically finished, it’s very much playable and in open beta. The premise of Cyber Knights RPG should be familiar to anyone with even a passing familiarity with the conceits […]