Games like LIGHTNING RETURNS: FINAL FANTASY XIII
Closest overall match: Tales of Zestiria (★ 3.6). Highest rated: DRAGON QUEST XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age at ★ 4.3. Quickest to finish: MOBIUS FINAL FANTASY at about 1 hours.
Looking for something like LIGHTNING RETURNS: FINAL FANTASY XIII? Our model ranked 12 games by how much they share with it. What ties them together most: JRPG, Anime and Fantasy.
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82%
1. Tales of Zestiria
Shares JRPG, Hack and Slash, Action RPG, Cute and Anime and 9 more tags; same release year.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 77
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 60%
- Shared genres
- RPG
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73%
2. FINAL FANTASY XIII-2
Shares JRPG, Action RPG, Anime, Female Protagonist and Third Person and 8 more tags; same developer.
- Year
- 2011
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 74%
- Shared genres
- RPG
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73%
3. Fairy Fencer F
Shares JRPG, Nudity, Cute, Anime and Fantasy and 5 more tags; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Metacritic
- 66
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 46%
- Shared genres
- RPG
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71%
4. FINAL FANTASY XV WINDOWS EDITION
Shares JRPG, Hack and Slash, Action RPG, Anime and Third Person and 5 more tags; same developer; rated 0.3 higher; about 5h longer.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 81
- Playtime
- 9h
- Finish rate
- 73%
- Shared genres
- RPG
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70%
5. FINAL FANTASY XIII
Shares JRPG, Action RPG, Female Protagonist, Third Person and Fantasy and 6 more tags; same developer.
- Year
- 2009
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 77
- Playtime
- 7h
- Finish rate
- 64%
- Shared genres
- RPG
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69%
6. The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel
Shares JRPG, Cute, Anime, Fantasy and Partial Controller Support and 5 more tags; rated 0.4 higher; about 6h longer; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 79
- Playtime
- 10h
- Finish rate
- 86%
- Shared genres
- RPG
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69%
7. WORLD OF FINAL FANTASY
Shares JRPG, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; same developer; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 77
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 47%
- Shared genres
- RPG
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68%
8. Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age
Shares JRPG, Anime, Fantasy, Great Soundtrack and steam-trading-cards and 3 more tags; same developer; rated 0.7 higher; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 87
- Playtime
- 8h
- Finish rate
- 67%
- Shared genres
- RPG
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67%
9. DRAGON QUEST XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age
Shares JRPG, Anime, Fantasy, Great Soundtrack and steam-trading-cards and 3 more tags; same developer; rated 0.8 higher; about 11h longer; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 91
- Playtime
- 15h
- Finish rate
- 70%
- Shared genres
- RPG
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66%
10. MOBIUS FINAL FANTASY
Shares JRPG, Character Customization, Action RPG, Anime and Fantasy and 5 more tags; same developer; rated 1.0 lower; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 2.5
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 13%
- Shared genres
- RPG
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65%
11. Tyranny
Shares Nudity, Character Customization, Hack and Slash, Female Protagonist and Fantasy and 6 more tags; rated 0.5 higher; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 80
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 64%
- Shared genres
- RPG
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64%
12. .hack//G.U. Last Recode
Shares JRPG, Anime, Great Soundtrack, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 74
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 39%
- Shared genres
- RPG
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like LIGHTNING RETURNS: FINAL FANTASY XIII?
On our similarity model, Tales of Zestiria is the closest match to LIGHTNING RETURNS: FINAL FANTASY XIII — shares JRPG, Hack and Slash, Action RPG, Cute and Anime and 9 more tags; same release year.
Which game like LIGHTNING RETURNS: FINAL FANTASY XIII is rated highest?
DRAGON QUEST XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.3/5 from 377 players.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against LIGHTNING RETURNS: FINAL FANTASY XIII on five signals: weighted tag overlap (rare tags count more), genre overlap, platform family overlap, rating and playtime proximity, and release era. The list is recomputed nightly as ratings and new releases change.
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