Best Android RPG

The World Ends With You: Solo Remix is Square Enixs mobile port of its critically acclaimed Nintendo DS title. A stylish and surprisingly dark Japanese RPG, TWEWY:SR puts you in control of Neku, a boy trapped in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo and compelled to fight for his life in the Reapers Game. Featuring frenetic touchscreen combat, an awesome soundtrack and a unique visual style, The World Ends With You Solo Remix is a first-rate gaming experience, with a correspondingly hefty price.

Role-playing games have taken the leap from tabletop to digital, and now to mobile. The best of the mobile lot let players live out fantasy epics, transport them into far future space operas, or tell intimate, character-driven narratives. From old-school dungeon crawling classics to modern action RPGs and quirky little indies, check out the best mobile RPGs for your Android smartphone or tablet.

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For something less grim and more whimsical, check out Cat Quest, a tongue-in-cheek action RPG by Gentlebros. Go on a quest to rescue your catnapped sister from the hands of the evil Drakoth and his dragon minions. At the same time, youll explore the world, doing good deeds for your fellow cats while fighting monsters. The real-time combat system is all about timing and positioning, as you tap on vulnerable foes to strike, long press to bring up your magic spells, and dance away whenever enemies charge up their attack. It all adds up to some digestible but dynamic gameplay. Theres a fair amount of open world area to explore, while still providing the kind of fun that can be enjoyed in short bursts or long sittings. Just be ready for more cat puns than one person should really have to endure.

King of Dragon Pass is a wonderful fusion of empire building and RPG gaming. Its up to you to lead your fledgling clan council, as your people stake a claim for themselves in the lands around the infamous Dragon Pass. Youll manage your clans population, farming and exploratory expeditions, all while defending yourself against your neighbors. But what makes King of Dragon Pass stand out is the more than 575 interactive scenes that present you with various moral, religious and diplomatic dilemmas, as your choices affect (and affected by) your various character and clan traits and reputations.

Return to a galaxy far, far away in the mobile port of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. Set 4,000 years before the events of the Star Wars movies, Knights of the Old Republic (KotOR) puts players in the middle of a galaxy-spanning war between the Jedi and Sith. The game features an intricate storyline and branching dialogue, allowing players to choose between the Light and Dark paths in their battle against the vicious Darth Malak.

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Final Fantasy XV Pocket Edition manages the magical trick of compressing the latest Final Fantasy epic into a mobile-friendly episodic RPG that captures much of the games core story and charm while cutting down on the tedious JRPG grind. The Pocket Edition deftly handles the transition from console RPG to touch screen, trading photo-realism for cute chibi-style graphics, while still catching many of the same story beats and combat complexities. The game has its first chapter available for free, with other chapters available either as individual in-app purchases or in a bundle.

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Planescape: Torment is a modern computer RPG classic, taking Dungeons & Dragons away from the Tolkeinesque medieval fantasy and into altogether stranger territories. Players explore the extra-dimensional melting pot that is Sigil, the City of Doors, as they quest to unlock their nameless characters lost memories and answer the question: What can change the nature of a man? Along the way, youll assemble a motley crew of companions, such as the talking skull Morte, the chaste succubus Fall-From-Grace and other strange entities. The enhanced edition leaves the critically acclaimed story and dialogue untouched, while adapting the interface to a more mobile-friendly mode.

Trade your broadswords for blasters in Galaxy of Pen & Paper, the latest RPG parody game from Behold Studios. Galaxy retains the pixel retro art style of Knights of Pen & Paper, as well as its delightful sense of humor, only now the actions moved to outer space. Galaxy of Pen & Paper takes aim at science fiction games, books, and movies in a loving parody of sci-fi tabletop gaming. And it adds a ton of new gameplay elements to the old turn-based battle standby of the Pen & Paper series, including space battles, branching stories and planetary exploration.

Stoic Studios Viking-inspired epic continues in Banner Saga 2 which takes the originals turn-based tactical combat and gorgeous art design and dials it up a notch. Players take control of the giant Iver and a caravan of human and Varl survivors fleeing an invading horde of the stony Dredge, and, along the way, becoming a symbol of hope for the broken world. As the characters flee to safety, the game introduces a gritty parallel narrative with the berserker Bolverk and his mercenary Ravens who carve a path of blood and fire in their struggle for survival. The game spices up combat with a variety of new allies and foes, each introducing new mechanics and special abilities to mix up the originals tight, if occasionally repetitive combat.

Once an iOS exclusive, the Demons Rise series delivers some satisfyingly crunchy combat for fans of tactical RPGs. Whether youre playing for the good guys in the first game, or serving the Demon Prince Morkarn in the second, Demons Rise focuses squarely on the combat and hack-&-slash spectrum of RPGs as you build a roster of heroes and lead them through the campaign, collecting gear, gold, and experience. The battles are fun and well-designed, and a cover and morale system add extra dimensions to gameplay as you move to exploit the battlefield and break the will of your enemies. Multiple difficulty levels, side missions and a wealth of character options add to the replay value of Demons Rise. The free version lets you play the first three missions free, with an in-app purchase unlocking the full game.

Get ready to explore the halls of Hogwarts, years before Harry Potter ever set foot in the school for witchcraft and wizardry. Instead, youre the hero of this mystery. Create your own avatar, learn spells, form alliances and compete for the House Cup. But the real meat of Hogwarts Mystery is trying to find out the secret of your brothers disapperance years ago. Hogwarts Mystery is free to play, though in-app purchases let you load up on items you can use in the game, should you choose.

Ticket to Earth is a cool mash-up of match-style puzzles and turn-based tactical RPG combat set in the far future. The mining colony of New Providence has seen better days, and as the last ship to Earth gets ready to leave, things are beginning to fall apart. Its up to you and a motley crew of heroes to keep the peace and see that justice is done. Gameplay consists of tracing colored paths on the map to get in position and build up energy for your moves, combining match gaming with tactical maneuver as you place your characters where they can do the most while evading the enemy. The first two story episodes are now available, with the last two still in the works.

Fight back against the rising tide of Chaos in Warhammer Quest 2: The End Times, a tactical dungeon crawler set in the Old World of the Warhammer Fantasy games. Players take command of heroes from the various races of the Warhammer world, plundering dungeons and defeating enemies in a quest for a mystic artifact. The base game comes with a 10-mission campaign and side quests; additional missions and characters are available through in-app purchases.

In the center of the Venn diagram that depicts fans of both role-playing games and the Rick and Morty cartoon series, youll find Pocket Mortys, a zany RPG that mixes Pokmon character-collecting gameplay with turn-based combat. And of course, you can also expect the kind of humor youll find in the Cartoon Network show peppered throughout the game, which has you collecting and training dozens of Mortys scattered across the shows multiverse. Frequent updates add even more Mortys for you to capture.

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Aspyr brings another RPG classic back with the Android debut of Jade Empire: Special Edition, a wuxia-themed action RPG by the developers of Dragon Age and Mass Effect. Players step into the roles of gifted students of Master Li, as they get caught up in action and intrigue battling the Emperor and his infamous Lotus Assassins. True to its wuxia influences, Jade Empire has players battling it out against men and monsters using a variety of martial arts styles whose moves can be combined to great effect. While players can use tap and swipe controls, the app also includes support for MFi controllers.

Nintendo brings its Fire Emblem franchise of strategy RPGs to mobile with Fire Emblem Heroes, a light strategy and collectibles game that has you recruiting heroes from the many Fire Emblem games to join your forces. As a summoner defending the Kingdom of Askr from the depredations of the Emblian Empire, you have the power to summon heroes from across the Fire Emblem franchise to aid you in turn-based battles. Players can battle their way through the story campaign, as well as extra game modes and challenges to unlock or train more heroes to add to your collection.