
In a year that produced Atelier Sophie 2, Rune Factory 5, Soul Hackers 2, and Star Ocean: The Divine Force, the best "JRPG" might have been an indie project by a German developer.

Outside of Palaces, Persona 5 Royal transforms into a social sim, where players attend school, work part-time jobs, and go on dates. Once inside one of these creatively-designed Palaces, the heroes must steadily carve a route to an epic boss fight, all the while facing off against Personas that the protagonist can recruit to his cause. The game follows the Phantom Thieves, a group of teenagers who acquire the ability to change people's hearts by invading their subconscious. The same cannot be said about Persona 5 Royal, the latest mainline entry in the franchise. RELATED: Things You Never Knew About Persona Localization Their storytelling and social sim sections hold up well, but their dungeons can be somewhat boring to complete. They are an easy recommendation for fans of the genre, provided they go in with the knowledge that these are relatively old games by this point.

Persona 4 Golden and Persona 3 Portable are both among the best single-player JRPGs on Steam.

While the main SMT titles are still largely console exclusives (with one exception), Atlus' Persona spin-off series has started to make its way to PC. We thus thought it appropriate to update this list and include even more enticing open-world experiences for mobile.Once upon a time, JRPG fans needed to pick up a PlayStation or Nintendo console if they wanted to play most of the Shin Megami Tensei games however, that is beginning to change. As such, more and more notable sandbox games found their way onto mobile devices, bringing more accessibility and social gameplay elements.

Various mobile gadgets have become sophisticated enough to be able to run a number of large, in-depth open-world games and fairly smoothly to boot. Updated on Jby Stephen LaGioia: The mobile gaming market has grown more prominent over the years, thanks to more potent hardware that allows for flashier, more dynamic games. Of course, to save yourself from the trouble of weeding out which of those games best represent the open-world genre in mobile, then take a vacation to these top contenders' worlds. In that regard, mobile phones are very much a fully-fledged gaming platform. How viable a platform is for gaming is sometimes measured by how fun its open-world games are.
