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Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride (2008)

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Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride
Game
8.5/10on IGDB
Released
The paid Dragon Quest V app is a turn-based adventure about a family across generations. Some defeated monsters can join your party, so the same battle system can feel different as you gain allies. Pick it for a story that makes returning to familiar places with a changed group matter.
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Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation (2010)

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Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation
Game
7.9/10on IGDB
Released
Buy the mobile Dragon Quest VI for a party you can develop through vocations. Once someone learns an ability, changing vocations can give you different options without giving it up. Party Chat is there when you want company between encounters or help deciding where to look next.
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Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King (2013)

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Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King
Game
Released
The paid smartphone app uses portrait controls to move around a fully 3D Dragon Quest world. Its tension system rewards sometimes spending a turn getting ready for a stronger attack. This is the mobile version, which is a separate app from the Nintendo 3DS release.
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Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince (2023)

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Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince
Game
Released
Buy Square Enix’s mobile Dark Prince if you want to catch and combine monsters in turn-based teams. Synthesis is the long game. The paid phone edition includes additional content that the original Switch release sold separately. Check the store’s explanation of which networking features it supports.
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SaGa: Emerald Beyond (2024)

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SaGa: Emerald Beyond
Game
Released
Buy the paid mobile release for a set of linked stories where the party’s sequence of actions matters. Watch the order display and find turns that can join up into a larger attack. Each protagonist gives you different reasons to return to the same worlds.
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SaGa: Scarlet Grace - Ambitions (2018)

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SaGa: Scarlet Grace - Ambitions
Game
Released
Buy Scarlet Grace: Ambitions for fights where you see the upcoming order of actions. A hard turn can sometimes be rescued by stopping a particular opponent from getting its action through. Travel largely takes place on the world map, so many decisions finish in the battles themselves.
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Romancing SaGa: Minstrel Song Remastered (2022)

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Romancing SaGa: Minstrel Song Remastered
Game
Released
Buy the mobile remaster of Minstrel Song if you want to choose your first lead character and decide which stories to follow. Your group can learn techniques as it fights, and the remaster includes quality-of-life options such as faster play. The other routes give you a reason to start again with a different group.
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Romancing SaGa 3 (2019)

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Romancing SaGa 3
Game
Released
The paid mobile remaster lets you pick from eight main characters with different reasons for traveling. Battles can teach characters skills as they fight, so keeping a familiar fighter in the group can produce a surprise. The remaster has optional content beyond the original release.
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SaGa Frontier Remastered (2021)

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SaGa Frontier Remastered
Game
6.8/10on IGDB
Released
Pick the paid remaster to choose a lead character and travel among several regions. Robots and other character types develop in different ways. It’s a good match if building one familiar team sounds less interesting than trying a different set of rules on another route.
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SaGa Frontier 2 Remastered (2025)

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SaGa Frontier 2 Remastered
Game
Released
The paid remaster follows a chronology of connected stories, with battles that can use a group or take the form of duels. Weapon techniques and spell effects matter when you build up a party. This one is for reading how smaller journeys fit together over a longer stretch of time.
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Templar Battleforce (2015)

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Templar Battleforce
Game
8.0/10on IGDB
Released
Try the first missions, then purchase the full game once. Trese Brothers’ tight corridors reward giving different soldiers different jobs. Pick it if you want assembling a specialized army between missions to matter every time you put it on a grid.
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Star Traders: Frontiers (2017)

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Star Traders: Frontiers
Game
8.0/10on IGDB
Released
Buy the paid mobile edition and hire crew with roles that matter in space and in boarding encounters. Crew combat uses turn-based commands and four positions, so the staff you recruit are useful beyond the numbers on a ship screen. Pick it if you want a bigger career around the battles.
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Monster Hunter Stories (2016)

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Monster Hunter Stories
Game
8.0/10on IGDB
Released
Choose Capcom’s paid Monster Hunter Stories mobile app, which is separate from its free introductory app. Hatch eggs and raise monsters you can fight beside. Power, Speed, and Technical attacks make a useful three-way rule to learn before looking into the species and companions.
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Atom RPG (2018)

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Atom RPG
Game
8.3/10on IGDB
Released
Buy the paid mobile port to plan points, positioning, and weapons for an RPG set after a nuclear war. Talking and using skills outside a fight can be as consequential as making a better shot when combat starts. The dense interface suits a larger screen if you prefer room for text.
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Atom RPG: Trudograd (2021)

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Atom RPG: Trudograd
Game
8.2/10on IGDB
Released
Buy the premium Trudograd app for a separate adventure in a snowy post-apocalyptic city. Its turn-based combat and dialogue give skills a reason to matter between fights. Start here for the tighter urban setting, or try ATOM RPG first to follow the earlier story.
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Siralim Ultimate (2021)

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Siralim Ultimate
Game
6.5/10on IGDB
Released
The paid Siralim Ultimate app is built for assembling a monster roster over many turns. Creatures can be fused and combined into parties whose abilities react to one another. It suits players who want uncovering more combinations to be the reason to continue.
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Alphadia I & II (2023)

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Alphadia I & II
Game
Released
Kemco packages the first two Alphadia games in one paid app with optional extras. The two stories have events that connect, so choices in the first can matter when you play the second. Work through them in order if you want the later story to pay off those connections.
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Lunar: Silver Star Story Touch (2012)

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Lunar: Silver Star Story Touch
Game
Released
Buy the mobile Silver Star Story Touch edition for a story-led party RPG with voice work and an accessible set of combat commands. Where a character stands affects what their turns can reach, even if the story is your reason for going. The modern app is a specific mobile release of the older adventure.
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Disgaea 1 Complete (2018)

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Disgaea 1 Complete
Game
8.0/10on IGDB
Released
The paid Disgaea 1 Complete mobile app adds mobile settings including automatic battle and battle speed options. Its ordinary turn-based maps still let you lift and throw units and use the geography to change a turn. It’s worth choosing if you want a long tactical campaign with optional grinding tools.
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Disgaea 4 Complete+ (2019)

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Disgaea 4 Complete+
Game
8.9/10on IGDB
Released
Buy the premium phone edition listed as Disgaea 4. The squad’s turns still include throwing, moving and choosing skill areas, with sprawling systems to keep building characters after a fight. Use its mobile automation options when you want the later work on a roster to take less time.
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Collection of SaGa: Final Fantasy Legend (2020)

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Collection of SaGa: Final Fantasy Legend
Game
Released
This paid bundle collects the three Game Boy Final Fantasy Legend games, with an option to speed the games up. It's a convenient way to try the earlier SaGa approach to building a party with humans, mutants, and monsters.
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