Games Like Final Fantasy X
Quick Answer
The closest games to Final Fantasy X are Final Fantasy XII, Lost Odyssey, Final Fantasy VII, Sea of Stars and Persona 5 Royal. Below are 9 picks with the reason for each — what carries over from Final Fantasy X, and what does not.
What Made Final Fantasy X Work
Final Fantasy X is the entry where the series went fully linear and fully voiced, and the Conditional Turn-Based system lets you swap any party member into a fight mid-turn, so everyone is used. The Sphere Grid makes progression a route you choose. It is the most emotionally direct entry.
Final Fantasy X is Square's 2001 PlayStation 2 RPG, the first in the series with voice acting and fully 3D environments. Tidus, a star of the sport blitzball, is thrown into the world of Spira and joins Yuna on a pilgrimage to defeat Sin. The Conditional Turn-Based battle system shows the turn order and allows party swaps at any time, and the Sphere Grid replaces levels. The HD Remaster followed in 2013. Fans usually want another story-driven turn-based JRPG.
Also written as FFX, Final Fantasy 10, FF10 — same game, same list.
9 Games Like Final Fantasy X
1.Final Fantasy XII
The next mainline entry, and the gambit system is unlike anything else.
Why it fits: Square Enix's 2006 PS2 game uses the Gambit system, letting you program party behaviour in real-time battles.
What is different: Battles flow without a separate screen, driven by gambits you program, across open zones and a political story.
Where to play it: PS2; The Zodiac Age is on PS4, PC, Switch and Xbox One.
More about this game →2.Lost Odyssey
By Final Fantasy's original creator, and the closest thing to a spiritual sequel.
Why it fits: Mistwalker's 2007 Xbox 360 RPG, created by Hironobu Sakaguchi, has turn-based battles and an emotional story.
What is different: An immortal hero whose memories are told as short written stories, and timed rings on each attack.
Where to play it: Xbox 360.
Games like this →3.Final Fantasy VII
The other icon, if you have not played it.
Why it fits: Square's 1997 PlayStation RPG is one of the series' most famous entries.
What is different: Active Time Battle and materia instead of turn order and a sphere grid, with a world map and a cyberpunk city.
Where to play it: PlayStation; later PC, PS4, Xbox One, Switch, iOS and Android.
More about this game →4.Sea of Stars
A modern turn-based RPG built on this era's strengths.
Why it fits: Sabotage Studio's 2023 RPG uses turn-based battles with timed hits and blocks.
What is different: Short and bright, with pixel art and timed hits; no sphere grid and no summons.
Where to play it: PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and Switch.
More about this game →5.Persona 5 Royal
Turn-based combat with the strongest presentation in the genre.
Why it fits: Atlus' 2019 expanded Persona 5 has turn-based battles built around exploiting weaknesses.
What is different: Half life sim, half dungeon crawler in modern Tokyo; you juggle school days with heists.
Where to play it: PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Switch and PC.
More about this game →6.Bravely Default II
The best pure turn-based battle system on Switch.
Why it fits: Claytechworks' 2021 Switch game has a Brave/Default system for banking and borrowing turns.
What is different: Job-swapping and a Brave and Default system that lets you bank turns or borrow them.
Where to play it: Switch and PC.
More about this game →7.Chrono Trigger
Shorter, tighter, and the best-paced JRPG there is.
Why it fits: Square's 1995 SNES RPG is known for its tight pacing and combination attacks.
What is different: Time travel and combination techniques, with a shorter adventure and many endings.
Where to play it: SNES, PlayStation, DS, PC, iOS and Android.
Games like this →8.Xenogears
PS1 Square at its most ambitious about story.
Why it fits: Square's 1998 PlayStation RPG has an ambitious story and combo-based battles.
What is different: Giant robots, heavy philosophy and a second disc told mostly through narration.
Where to play it: PlayStation.
Games like this →9.Octopath Traveler II
Modern Square-Enix turn-based combat at its sharpest.
Why it fits: Square Enix's 2023 RPG uses a Boost system to strengthen actions in turn-based battles.
What is different: Eight separate stories sharing one battle system, with different path actions by day and night.
Where to play it: Switch, PS4, PS5 and PC.
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Where to Start
Final Fantasy XII is the next mainline game. Lost Odyssey is the pick for a spiritual successor from Final Fantasy's creator. Persona 5 Royal is the choice for a modern turn-based RPG.
How We Picked These Games
Every pick is a turn-based JRPG, or from the same creators, with extra weight for strong stories and battle systems that reward planning. We included the series' own follow-up and modern games that keep turn-based combat at the centre.
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How These Picks Match Final Fantasy X
Final Fantasy X is catalogued here as a Japanese RPG on the PlayStation 2. All nine picks share at least one of its genre tags — nine RPGs and eight adventures among them.
Going by the "where to play it" notes, seven can be played on PC, seven can be played on a PlayStation, seven can be played on a Nintendo system and five can be played on an Xbox. Sea of Stars is from a small or self-published studio.
| Game | Genre | Shares with Final Fantasy X | Where to play |
|---|---|---|---|
| Final Fantasy XII | RPG, Adventure | RPG, Adventure | PS2; The Zodiac Age is on PS4, PC, Switch and Xbox One. |
| Lost Odyssey | RPG, Adventure | RPG, Adventure | Xbox 360. |
| Final Fantasy VII | RPG, Adventure | RPG, Adventure | PlayStation; later PC, PS4, Xbox One, Switch, iOS and Android. |
| Sea of Stars | RPG, Adventure, Indie | RPG, Adventure | PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and Switch. |
| Persona 5 Royal | RPG, Adventure, Simulation | RPG, Adventure | PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Switch and PC. |
| Bravely Default II | RPG, Strategy | RPG | Switch and PC. |
| Chrono Trigger | RPG, Adventure | RPG, Adventure | SNES, PlayStation, DS, PC, iOS and Android. |
| Xenogears | RPG, Adventure | RPG, Adventure | PlayStation. |
| Octopath Traveler II | RPG, Adventure | RPG, Adventure | Switch, PS4, PS5 and PC. |
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