Games like Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA
Closest overall match: Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age (★ 4.2). Highest rated: NieR:Automata at ★ 4.4. Quickest to finish: The Vagrant at about 3 hours.
These 12 games score highest on our similarity model for Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA — weighted by shared tags, genre overlap, rating proximity and release era. The strongest common threads are Anime, Full controller support and JRPG.
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67%
1. Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age
Shares JRPG, role-playing, Anime, Great Soundtrack and Full controller support and 4 more tags; same release year.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 87
- Playtime
- 8h
- Finish rate
- 67%
- Shared genres
- RPG
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63%
2. The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel
Shares JRPG, Cute, role-playing, Anime and Great Soundtrack and 5 more tags; same developer; about 5h longer.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 79
- Playtime
- 10h
- Finish rate
- 86%
- Shared genres
- RPG
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63%
3. Dragon Quest Builders 2
Shares JRPG, Cute, role-playing, Anime and Full controller support and 3 more tags; about 6h longer; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 85
- Playtime
- 11h
- Finish rate
- 63%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG
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63%
4. .hack//G.U. Last Recode
Shares JRPG, Anime, Great Soundtrack, Full controller support and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags; rated 0.8 lower; same release year.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 74
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 39%
- Shared genres
- RPG
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63%
5. Middle-earth: Shadow of War
Shares Action RPG, Anime, Great Soundtrack, Full controller support and steam-trading-cards and 3 more tags; rated 0.4 lower; about 8h longer; same release year.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 82
- Playtime
- 13h
- Finish rate
- 67%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG
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62%
6. NieR:Automata
Shares JRPG, Anime, Great Soundtrack, steam-trading-cards and Steam Cloud and 2 more tags; about 8h longer; same release year.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 86
- Playtime
- 13h
- Finish rate
- 76%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG
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62%
7. The Vagrant
Shares Anime, Full controller support, steam-trading-cards, Steam Cloud and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags; rated 0.6 lower; same release year.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 60%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG
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61%
8. Cat Quest
Shares Cute, role-playing, Full controller support, steam-trading-cards and Steam Cloud and 2 more tags; rated 0.5 lower; same release year.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 77
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 77%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG
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61%
9. Fairy Fencer F
Shares JRPG, Cute, Anime, Great Soundtrack and Full controller support and 4 more tags; same developer; rated 0.9 lower.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Metacritic
- 66
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 46%
- Shared genres
- RPG
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61%
10. Zwei: The Ilvard Insurrection
Shares role-playing, steam-trading-cards, Steam Cloud, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; same developer; rated 0.4 lower.
- Year
- 2008
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Playtime
- 4h
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG
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61%
11. Vikings - Wolves of Midgard
Shares Action RPG, role-playing, Full controller support, steam-trading-cards and Steam Cloud and 2 more tags; rated 1.2 lower; same release year.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.1
- Metacritic
- 66
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 42%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG
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60%
12. DRAGON QUEST XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age
Shares JRPG, Anime, Great Soundtrack, Full controller support and steam-trading-cards and 3 more tags; about 10h longer; same release year.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 91
- Playtime
- 15h
- Finish rate
- 70%
- Shared genres
- RPG
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA?
On our similarity model, Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age is the closest match to Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA — shares JRPG, role-playing, Anime, Great Soundtrack and Full controller support and 4 more tags; same release year.
Which game like Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA is rated highest?
NieR:Automata holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.4/5 from 2,186 players.
Are there games like Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA on Nintendo Switch?
Yes — we found 7 games like Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA on Nintendo Switch. See the dedicated list.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA 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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