Lists

14 games

The best SNES RPGs

The golden age of the Japanese RPG, all on one console. Clear a month.

  1. Chrono Trigger

    1995 · SNES · Super Famicom

    Time travel done properly: what you change in the past shows up in the future.

  2. Final Fantasy VI

    1994 · SNES · Super Famicom

    Final Fantasy VI in Japan. Fourteen playable characters and no single lead.

  3. EarthBound

    1994 · SNES · Super Famicom

    Baseball bats, yo-yos and a town you'll miss when you leave it.

  4. Secret of Mana

    1993 · SNES · Super Famicom

    An action RPG that three friends can play at once.

  5. Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars

    1996 · SNES · Super Famicom

    Timed button presses make every attack a small game.

  6. Final Fantasy IV

    1991 · SNES · Super Famicom

    Final Fantasy IV in Japan. Active Time Battle arrives, and Cecil's story leads.

  7. Breath of Fire II

    1994 · SNES · Super Famicom

    Capcom's RPG, with a town you build and dragon forms for the hero.

  8. Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals

    1995 · SNES · Super Famicom

    Dungeons built from puzzles, and the Ancient Cave to lose yourself in.

  9. Illusion of Gaia

    1993 · SNES · Super Famicom

    A boy with a flute, a comet, and ruins from real history.

  10. Terranigma

    1995 · SNES · Super Famicom

    Released in Japan and Europe, never in North America. Rebuild the world, continent by continent.

  11. Seiken Densetsu 3

    1995 · Super Famicom

    The Secret of Mana sequel, released only in Japan. Six heroes, three stories.

  12. Final Fantasy V

    1992 · Super Famicom

    Japan-only on the SNES. The job system at its deepest.

  13. Dragon Quest V: Tenkuu no Hanayome

    1992 · Super Famicom

    Japan-only on the Super Famicom. A whole life, from childhood to fatherhood, and monsters that join you.

  14. Star Ocean

    1996 · Super Famicom

    Japan-only. Tri-Ace's debut, with voice clips squeezed onto a cartridge.