List of Japanese role-playing games by genre

This is a list of role-playing games made in Japan. It does not include Japanese role-playing video games, which are listed at Chronology of console role-playing games and Chronology of computer role-playing games.

Fantasy

 * Alshard - official site, fantasy with mecha like Final Fantasy or ''Star Wars
 * Alshard fortissimo (2nd Edition)
 * Alshard Gaia - official site, contemporary fantasy with Alshard system
 * Animum Saxis TRPG
 * Arabesque Unmei no kaze Fortuna Ventus
 * Arianrhod RPG - official site, system & world are similar to MMORPG
 * Beast & Blade Power Book
 * Blade & Word
 * Acoustic Leaf
 * Blade of Arcana - epic fantasy like medieval period's Europe
 * Blade of Arcana The 2nd Edition
 * Blade of Arcana The 3rd Edition
 * Crystania
 * Crystania Companion
 * Crystania RPG
 * Dragon Arms Bahamut Howling - action by robots in fantasy
 * Dragon Half RPG
 * Dragon Shell RPG
 * Echo in Eternity
 * Elgenesis
 * Souseiki Elgenesis
 * Shinseiki Elgenesis
 * Gakuen Sengoku Elgenesis
 * Souseiki Elgenesis Zwei
 * Embrio Machine RPG - action by robots in fantasy
 * Eternal Moon
 * Fortune Quest RPG
 * Fortune Quest Companion
 * Fortune Quest RPG (published by MediaWorks)
 * Fortune Quest RPG (published by chara-ani.com)
 * Gear Antique - steampunk
 * Gear Antique Renaissance (2nd Edition)
 * Gehenna - publisher's site, Arabian dark fantasy
 * Gehenna Anastasis (2nd Edition)
 * Gensou Senki Ru/Li/Lu/Ra - action by robots in fantasy
 * Gensou Senki Ru/Li/Lu/Ra Newestart (2nd edition)
 * Glorius Saga
 * Gunmetal Blaze - official site
 * Hyper Tunnels & Trolls - original modified edition of Tunnels & Trolls in Japan
 * ITHA WEN Ua
 * Ikai Senki Chaos Flare
 * Ikai Senki Chaos Flare Second Chapter - 2nd edition
 * Infinity Fantasia
 * Kaiser Legion
 * Kyosin Senki Gigantomachia - action by robots in fantasy
 * Legend of Double Moon RPG
 * Legend of Fairyearth
 * Lemlican Masketers
 * Luna Varga RPG
 * Mars
 * Mars 2nd
 * Magical Land RPG
 * ''Magician's Academy RPG
 * Meikyu kingdom - official site, members of tiny kingdom's court explore dungeons
 * Monster Maker RPG
 * Nekketsu Senyou
 * Nirvana
 * Phantasm Adventure
 * Advanced Phantasm Adventure
 * Powerplay
 * Powerplay Progress
 * Ringverse
 * Record of Lodoss War
 * Record of Lodoss War Companion
 * Lodoss RPG
 * Roads to Lord
 * Beyond Roads to Lord
 * Far Roads to Lord
 * RokumonSekai RPG - publisher's site
 * RokumonSekai RPG second edition
 * RuneQuest '90s - original modified edition of RuneQuest in Japan
 * Ryuutama
 * Sacred Dragoon
 * Scrapped Princess RPG
 * Seiju Densetsu Perlseed
 * Seven Fortress - official site
 * Seven Fortress Advanced (2nd Edition)
 * Seven Fortress V3 (3rd Edition)
 * Seven Fortress MOBIUS (4th Edition)
 * Shin'en
 * Shin'en 2nd edition
 * ''Shinkyoku Sōkai Polyphonica RPG
 * Sword World RPG - publisher's site, the most popular RPG in Japan
 * Sword World RPG Complete Edition (2nd Edition)
 * Sword World Card RPG
 * Sword World RPG Basic (digest of Complete Edition)
 * Sword World 2.0 - official site
 * Terra the Gunslinger - western, use playing cards instead of dice
 * Tenra War - crossover product based both on Tenra Bansho and Terra the Gunslinger
 * Traders!
 * VS Knight Lamune & 40 Fire RPG
 * Wares Blade - action by robots in fantasy
 * Wares Blade The Renewal
 * Seikoku1092 RPG
 * Wares Blade d20 - d20 system version
 * Wizardry RPG
 * Another Wizardry RPG
 * Advanced Wizardry RPG
 * Ys
 * Ys TRPG
 * Ys2 TRPG

Japan

 * Bakumatsu Ryouiden MI BU RO - Bakumatsu period
 * Daikatsugeki - Edo period
 * Ōedo RPG Ayakashi
 * Sengoku Ryouiden
 * Taitei no Ken RPG - uses the Basic Role-Playing, Sci-fi Jidaigeki
 * Tenra Bansho
 * Tenra Bansho Zero - English web site, samurai fantasy with cyber medieval age like Japan

Other Asian

 * Blue Forest Story - fantasy world like south-east Asia
 * Blue Forest Story The Designer's Edition (2nd Edition)
 * Fusou Bukyouden - official site, fantasy world like China
 * Ouka Housin - fantasy world like China
 * Ouka Housin RPG - 2nd edition
 * Ouka Housin RPG 3rd edition - official Doujin publishing edition
 * Sangokushi Engi - RPG of Romance of the three kingdoms

Modern/Near Future

 * Aitsu wa Classmate! - He is a classmate!
 * ''Alshard Gaia
 * Alphonse - Patlabor's RPG
 * Angel Gear - official site, action by robots inspired by Evangelion or Gunparade March
 * Banchou Gakuen!! RPG
 * Banchou Gakuen!! Daiginjou revival edition
 * Beast Bind - superhero's action by demon, angel, etc.
 * Beast Bind New Testament (2nd Edition) - official site
 * Blue Rose - O-Parts Hunter, It's different of Green Ronin's same title.
 * Clamp Gakuen TRPG
 * Comical RPG Trouble Aliens
 * Demon Parasite
 * Onimitama - Alternate edition of Demon Parasite
 * Double Cross - official site,English site superhero
 * Double Cross The 3rd Edition
 * Ghost Hunter RPG - horror
 * Ghost Hunter RPG02 (2nd Edition)
 * Gundog - official site, gun-action
 * Gundog Zero - 2nd edition
 * Himegami Daisakusen Tokyo Noir City - Taisho Era's Japan
 * Houkago Kitan RPG
 * Hourai Gakuen no Bouken!!
 * Hourai Gakuen no Bouken!! Revised Edition
 * Inou Tsukai - official site, superhero's action on Japanese legend or ethnic
 * Ken'ou Densetsu
 * Koutetsu no Niji (Rainbow of Steel) Panzer Märchen RPG
 * Maid RPG
 * Meikyu Days - modern-day version of Meikyu kingdom
 * MetalHead - cyberpunk
 * MetalHead Maximum - 2nd edition
 * MetalHead d20 - d20 system version
 * MetalHead Extreme -3rd edition
 * Neon Genesis Evangelion RPG
 * Neon Genesis Evangelion RPG NERV Hakusho
 * Neon Genesis Evangelion RPG Shito Kourin
 * Nightmare Hunter
 * Nightmare Hunter Deep - 2nd edition
 * Night Wizard! - official site, wizards in contemporary
 * Night Wizard! The 2nd Edition
 * Peek-a-boo
 * SATASUPE Remix+ - official site, Asian pank action
 * Savage Science
 * Shanghai Taimakou
 * Shin Megami Tensei RPG
 * Shin Megami Tensei II TRPG Tanjouhen
 * Shin Megami Tensei TRPG Kakuseihen
 * Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne TRPG Tokyo Jutai
 * Shin Megami Tensei TRPG Mato Tokyo 200X
 * Silver Rain RPG - based upon PBW
 * SUKUPANI school days' panic
 * Tokumei Tenkousei
 * Tokyo Monster Busters
 * Tokyo NOVA - cyberpunk, urban action, use playing cards instead of dice
 * Tokyo NOVA The 2nd Edition
 * Osaka MOON
 * Kamui STAR
 * Tokyo NOVA The Revolution (3rd Edition)
 * Tokyo NOVA The Revolution REVISED (3.5th Edition)
 * Tokyo NOVA The Detonation (4th Edition)
 * ''Trinity x Venus SRS
 * Rinne Senki Xenoscape
 * Rule the World
 * Yakyū TRPG Ball Park! - baseball (yakyū) RPG
 * Yozakura Ninpouchou - ninja in modern-day
 * Yuuyake Koyake

Science Fiction

 * Armored Trooper Votoms RPG
 * Cregion
 * Donkey Commando
 * Enterprise - Role Play Game in Star Trek
 * Gundam Report of One Year War - All battle file
 * Gundam Sentinel RPG
 * Mobile Suit Gundam RPG
 * Mobile Suit Gundam RPG ADVANCED EDITION
 * Paradise Fleet RPG
 * Shinseikai Star Road
 * Space Opera Heroes
 * Star Legend - official site, space opera
 * StarOcean Till the End of Time TRPG
 * Star Quest
 * Trouble Aliens
 * Tsuiraku Sekai
 * Zieg Zeon

Universal Roleplaying Systems

 * Apple Basic
 * Hikari to Yami no Legend
 * Onegai Gosenzosama
 * Witch Quest
 * ASURA system
 * ASURA Fantasy
 * Detective Story
 * Fatman
 * Taima Senki
 * GURPS - Japanese publisher's site
 * GURPS Busin kourin
 * GURPS Cocoon
 * GURPS Damned Stalker (Gurps Youma Yakou/Hyakki Yasyou) - superhero of dark stalker
 * GURPS Dragon Merc
 * GURPS Power up
 * ''GURPS RebornRebirth
 * GURPS Ring Dream - female wrestling
 * GURPS Runal/Yuel - fantasy world with seven moons
 * Magic Circle of the A - its campaign setting is the world of Shikigami no Shiro and Gunparade March
 * ''Magic Circle of the A Gunparade March edition
 * MAGIUS - Multiple Assignable Game Interface for Universal System
 * Chounai Boueitai RPG
 * Deka Magi slayers!
 * Goryuutei RPG
 * Hourai Gakuen RPG
 * Lost Universe Geimu Ugomeku
 * Magic School Lunar! RPG
 * Martian Successor Nadesico RPG
 * MAZE Bakunetsu Jikuu RPG
 * Monster Maker Gakuen RPG
 * Pretty Sammy RPG
 * Rocket Girls RPG
 * Saber Marionette J RPG
 * Silent Möbius RPG
 * Slayers RPG
 * Space Battleship Yamamoto Yohko RPG
 * Tenchi Muyou! RPG
 * Tenchi Muyou! in LOVE RPG
 * ''Standard RPG System
 * ''Alshard
 * ''Alshard Gaia
 * ''Kaze no Stigma RPG
 * ''Shinkyoku Sōkai Polyphonica RPG
 * ''Tenra War
 * ''Trinity x Venus SRS
 * ''Magician's Academy RPG
 * WARPS
 * Appleseed
 * Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack
 * The Castle of Cagliostro

Omnibus

 * TRPG Fukubukuro Series
 * TRPG Super Session Daikyouen