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RPGFan Games of the Year 2025 ~ Editors’ Awards
Welcome to RPGFan’s Game of the Year Awards, 2025 style! As has been the case for the last few years, we are releasing these a bit later into the new year, but with some solid releases late in the year, we wanted to give our staff time to play some of those later games! Today we present the first pa… Read More »Feature
Crowdfunding Chronicles: Burn the Midnight Oil
If you miss going to shady goth clubs or need something to play in between World of Darkness games, I have a little something for you. Introducing Burn the Midnight Oil, a spooky and stylish visual novel by Swedish studio Foxglove Games, developers of the wholesome sibling rivalry VN Trouble Comics… Read More »- Article
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RPGs Coming This Week, 4/19/26 – Blasts from the Past
Settle in, readers, since we have a rather weird — but ultimately fascinating — pair of RPGs Coming This Week for you. If one unexpected revival of a classic turn-based RPG isn’t enough for you, how about two? We have a 1992 SEGA Genesis RPG returning on most modern platforms, and an RPG released fo… Read More »- Feature
“Please Don’t Leave Me”: 10 Compelling RPG Companions
Ahh, companions. In many ways, they are the beating hearts of RPGs. Our party members help ground us in the role of protagonist and offer nuanced worldbuilding by relaying their own life experiences and perspectives. There are so many lovable and cool RPG companions across so many series that trying… Read More »- Music Review
Aretha 35th Anniversary Soundtrack Box
I only know a handful of Aretha fans. No, I don’t mean Aretha Franklin. I’m talking about the trio of Game Boy games (and, later, a follow-up trilogy of Super Famicom games) from the tiny dev team Japan Art Media. For decades, I’d only known about this series because of an arranged album for the SFC… Read More »- Review
Fishbowl
As I’ve grown older, I’ve learned how funny grief can be. You can be sitting at your desk, watching a show, and a thought enters your head: “I’ll never watch this with my dad again.” It doesn’t matter how long it’s been; the passage of time may help grief not dominate your life, but grief has a funn… Read More »- Review
OPUS: Prism Peak
Capturing a moment in a photograph preserves a fleeting glimpse, tangible proof that an event occurred or that someone was present. However, photographs cannot keep what we cherish truly close. Instead, they provide a frozen image of a beloved person or memory, prompting us to reflect on and underst… Read More »Feature
Music for Tabletop RPGs: Scoring Your Adventure with Phandelver
The year is 1994. I, a ten-year-old who had just cleared fourth grade, am sitting on the floor of my older sister’s bedroom. It’s summer, and the room feels warm, so we crank the ceiling fan to max speed. She hands me a blank character sheet to create my very first character in Dungeons & Dragon… Read More »- Review
Dosa Divas
Cooking and RPGs aren’t something I’d usually pair, but Dosa Divas, a smaller JRPG from Outerloop Games, has tried to change my usual diet. The story of three sisters trying to come to terms with their pasts and their futures attempts to combine deep revelations with irreverent humour and whimsy. Un… Read More »- Article
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Random Encounter 345 – PAX East 2026 Roundup!
On this episode of Random Encounter, we’re talking all about some of the RPGs and adventure games found at this year’s PAX East! Originally known as the Penny Arcade Expo, both PAX East and West have become long-running institutions in the video game industry. This year, our fearless editor-in-chief… Read More »- Article
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RPGs Coming This Week, 4/12/26 – And Last Week, Too
For our second April edition of RPGs Coming This Week, have two vibrant new games to highlight, one with a focus on food and culture, and one built around photography and memory. I’m a sucker for most games with a heavy photography component, be it Pokémon Snap, TOEM, or Beyond Good & Evil, so o… Read More »- Review
The Colonel’s Bequest
A dark, stormy night. An old plantation house sequestered in a dark swamp. A wheelchair bound colonel sitting on a fortune and hosting a visiting family of opportunistic gamblers, alcoholics, and profligates. Though this could very well be the setup to an Agatha Christie novel, this is how the class… Read More »Music Review
Scott Pilgrim EX Original Soundtrack
At this point, New York-based chiptune rock band Anamanaguchi has defined the bulk of the Scott Pilgrim franchise’s sound. Starting with the soundtrack to Ubisoft’s 2010 beat ‘em up Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game and continuing on with the original manga’s sequel anime Scott Pilgrim Takes Off… Read More »- Feature
Folklore: A Forgotten Game About Forgotten Memories
Playing Folklore reminded me of many mundane memories. A regular Monday afternoon in the middle of a chilly Alabama winter, only about 50°. Cold to most people in the south, but not to me. I’m in history class, or maybe English? I can’t quite remember. It’s mostly background noise, like someone leav… Read More »- Article
PAX East 2026 Roundup & 9 More Games to Watch
Here we are, the last ever PAX (East) (2026) article! I’ve shared all of my biggest highlights from this year’s show already, and if you’ve missed any, I encourage you to check them out: Disgaea Mayhem Hands-On Brigandine Abyss Hands-On Spirit Rancher Hands-On High Times Hands-On Terra Nova: Legend… Read More »- Article
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Neverway Prologue Demo – From Farm to Nightmare
Farming RPGs have never been more en vogue, with an entire new wave of indie farming life-sims cresting off the success of Stardew Valley and the revitalization of the Story of Seasons series. While many of these titles iterate on that standard farming RPG formula first established by Harvest Moon a… Read More »- Review
Arcadia Fallen II
In recent years, there’s been an influx of stories across media set in magic academies, where those gifted with magical talent hone their skills. Role-playing visual novel Arcadia Fallen II has players step into the academic shoes of a student in their final year at the fantastical Seven Winds Acade… Read More »- Article
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Retro Encounter 483 – Persona 5 Part I
Looking cool, Retro Encounter. This week on Retro Encounter, we dive into the first half of Persona 5. We discuss the dazzling style, combat, and the sometimes less than dazzling structure. Who do we want to romance? Does the game still hold up? Does Morgana ever let us do anything but sleep? Listen… Read More »Music Review
Aether & Iron Soundtrack
I recently learned about Aether & Iron after reading my colleague Jerry’s review of the game. The game itself looks cool. But when I read that the Aether & Iron Soundtrack was co-composed by *the* Christopher Tin and another formidable orchestral guru, Alex Williamson, I had to check it out… Read More »- Article
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PAX East 2026 – Terra Nova: Legend of the Runes is a Retro JRPG to Watch
Okay, maybe I shouldn’t tell you what you want out of an RPG. I don’t know you, person reading this. But if you’re here on RPGFan, I have at least an idea, and I’m telling you that Terra Nova: Legend of the Runes is one to keep both eyes on. I was able to try it out at PAX and talked to developer An… Read More »- Review
People of Note
A popstar, a rocker, a DJ, and a rapper walk into a random encounter… No, this is not the start to a terrible joke, but rather the start of the incredible combat system in developer Iridium Studios’ cross-genre RPG musical People of Note. When I demoed the game and met its director, Jason Wishnov, a… Read More »- Article
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Village in the Shade To Bring Seeds & Spookiness This Fall for Consoles & PC
NIS America and developer Nippon Ichi Software have announced that Village in the Shade is headed westward this fall, with a release in Japan on July 30th. The stylised farming simulator — known in Japan as Honogurashi no Niwa — will launch for PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch 1 & 2, and PC via St… Read More »Music Review
Guitar Cover Collection from Square Enix Music Channel
If you haven’t been following their work over on YouTube, Square Enix has been championing the VGM community with their aptly named SQUARE ENIX MUSIC Channel (no, you don’t need to shout that). There are two thousand-plus videos with everything from mood playlists to orchestra concerts to “Video Sou… Read More »- Article
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PAX East 2026 – Spirit Rancher’s Spirit-Fueled Farming is a Refreshing Change of Pace
Farming sims are only getting more popular as time goes on, across the indie space and with larger developers. After spending some time with Yangyang Mobile’s Spirit Rancher at PAX East, I think the devs are onto something good. Like any other expanding genre, it’s important for newcomers to offer s… Read More »- Article
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PAX East 2026 – Brigandine Abyss Hands-On: Hexagonal Strategy
Don’t play strategy RPGs at a convention. That’s not a slight against Brigandine Abyss or NISA’s booth — I’m glad and surprised the semi-recently announced title was on hand and in English. But in a show floor filled with people either passing by or waiting to play, probablyjudgingmyeverymoveovermys… Read More »Twitch
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Dragon Quest VII Reimagined
Wednesday, April 22
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Dragon Quest VII Reimagined
Thursday, April 23
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Trails Beyond The Horizon
Friday, April 24
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Trails Beyond The Horizon
Saturday, April 25
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Dragon Quest VII Reimagined
Sunday, April 26
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