On our self-governing platform, there’s no influence from media groups, advertisers, or Patreon support. Instead, it’s our readers who keep us running by visiting our site and spreading our content. We couldn’t function without your support, and we deeply value each one of you. To express our gratitude, we like to ask about your preferences annually – specifically, which games from this past year have been your favorites. As always, we welcome suggestions for both traditional RPGs and a few related titles that we believe would resonate with fellow RPG enthusiasts.

For the entire month of December, we asked for your participation in two distinct surveys: Your preferred RPG of 2024 and the one you’re most eagerly awaiting in 2025. We’ve previously announced our Staff Best of 2024 Awards and our own Most Anticipated for 2025, but we were keen to hear your opinions as well. The results of both surveys are presented below.

In certain areas, your votes align closely with our internal decision-making processes, yet in others, the collective viewpoint of the readers diverged from the expected stance.

Let’s proceed straightaway; here are the outcomes. The figures represent percentages based on the total count of votes cast.

Without any delay, I present to you the findings. These numbers reflect percentages calculated from the overall tally of votes.

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Here we go, straight to the results. They’re shown as percentages derived from the total number of votes cast.

Small reminder: Our polling release period goes from December 2023 to November 2024.

Your Top Ten RPGs of 2024

  1. Metaphor: ReFantazio – 24.6% (Sega / Atlus’ Studio Zero – PS5/PS4/XS/PC)

  2. Final Fantasy VII Rebirth – 17.7% (Square Enix – PS5)

  3. The Legend of Heroes: Trails Through Daybreak – 7.3% (NIS America / Falcom – PS5/PS4/Switch/PC)

  4. Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth – 7.1% (Sega / Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio – PS5/PS4/XS/XB1/PC)

  5. Unicorn Overlord – 5.5% (Sega / Vanillaware – PS5/PS4/XS/Switch)

  6. Granblue Fantasy: Relink – 3.7% (Cygames – PS5/PS4/PC)

  7. Dragon Age: The Veilguard – 3.4 % (EA / BioWare – PS5/XS/PC)

  8. Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake – 2.9% (Square Enix / Artdink – PS5/XS/Switch/PC)

  9. Ys X: Nordics – 2.7% (NIS America / Falcom – PS5/PS4/Switch/PC)

  10. Romancing SaGa: Revenge of the Seven – 2.6% (Square Enix / Xeen – PS5/PS4/Switch/PC)

Your Readers’ Choice Most Anticipated 2025 RPGs

  1. Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition – 14.3% (Nintendo / Monolith Soft)

  2. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – 9.5% (Kepler / Sandfall)

  3. Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter – 9.4% (GungHo / Falcom)

  4. Monster Hunter Wilds – 8.0% (Capcom)

  5. The Legend of Heroes: Trails Through Daybreak II – 5.4% (NIS America / Falcom)

  6. Pokemon Legends: Z-A – 4.6% (Nintendo / Game Freak)

  7. Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake – 4.4% (Square Enix / Artdink)

  8. Avowed – 4.3% (Microsoft / Obsidian)

  9. Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii – 3.6% (Sega / Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio)

  10. Suikoden I&II Remaster Gate and Dunan Unification Wars – 3.4% (Konami)

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