List of role-playing video games: 2002 to 2003

List of role-playing video games: 2002 to 2003

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This is a comprehensive index of commercial role-playing video games, sorted chronologically by year. Information regarding date of release, developer, publisher, operating system, sub-genre and notability is provided where available. The table can be sorted by clicking on the small boxes next to the column headings. This list does not include roguelikes, MUDs or MMORPGs. It does include action RPGs and tactical RPGs.

For more details on the history of roguelikes, see Chronology of roguelike video games.

For more details on the history of MMORPGs, see History of massively multiplayer online games.

For more details on the history of table-top role-playing games, see Timeline of role-playing games.

Legend

Video game platforms

APPII Apple II Arcade Arcade game CROSS Cross-platform DC Dreamcast DOS DOS / MS-DOS DS Nintendo DS FLA Adobe Flash FDS Famicom Disk System FM7 FM-7 FMT FM Towns GB Game Boy GBA Game Boy Advance GBC Game Boy Color GCN Nintendo GameCube GEN Sega Genesis / Sega Mega Drive INT Intellivision LIN Linux MAIN Mainframe computer MOBI Mobile phone MSX MSX MSX2 MSX2 N64 Nintendo 64 NES Nintendo Entertainment System / Famicom PC60 NEC PC-6001 PC88 NEC PC-8801 PC98 NEC PC-9801 PCD TurboGrafx-CD / PC Engine CD PCE TurboGrafx-16 / PC Engine PS1 PlayStation / PSone PS2 PlayStation 2 PS3 PlayStation 3 PSN PlayStation Network PSP PlayStation Portable OSX Mac OS X SAT Sega Saturn SCD Sega Mega-CD SG1K Sega SG-1000 SMS Sega Master System SNES Super NES / Super Famicom X1 Sharp X1 X68K Sharp X68000 VC Virtual Console (Wii) Wii Wii WIN Microsoft Windows WIN9X Windows 9x WINNT Windows NT / 2000 / XP / Vista / 7 XBOX Xbox X360 Xbox 360

Types of releases

Rerel The game was re-released on the same platform with no or only minor changes. Port The game first appeared on a different platform and a port was made. The game is like the original, with few or no differences. Remake The game is an enhanced remake of an original, released on the same or different platform, with changes to graphics, sound and/or gameplay. Compl A compilation, anthology or collection of several titles, usually (but not always) belonging to the same series. Limit A special release (often called "Limited" or "Collector's Edition") with bonus collector's material. Often provided to people who pre-order a game.

Genre notes

Action RPG Action role-playing game. Tactical RPG Tactical role-playing game. Roguelike Roguelike. MMORPG Massively multiplayer online role-playing game. MUD MUD. FPS/RPG First-person shooter / RPG hybrid (role-playing shooter). RTS/RPG Real-time strategy / RPG hybrid (real-time strategy RPG). Adventure RPG Adventure role-playing game. JRPG Japanese-style role-playing game. Eroge Japanese game featuring erotic content.

List

Year	Title	Developer	Publisher	Setting	Platform	Sub-genre	Series	Country of origin
2002 (JP) 2003 (NA)	RPG Maker 3	Run Time	Enterbrain Agetec	Fantasy	PS2	Sequel to RPG Maker 2.
2002 (JP) 2003 (NA) 2004 (EU)	.hack//Infection	CyberConnect2	Bandai	Sci-Fi Fantasy	PS2
2002 (JP) 2003 (NA) 2004 (EU)	.hack//Mutation	CyberConnect2	Bandai	Sci-Fi Fantasy	PS2	Sequel to .hack//Infection.
2002 (JP) 2003 (NA) 2004 (EU)	.hack//Outbreak	CyberConnect2	Bandai	Sci-Fi Fantasy	PS2	Sequel to .hack//Mutation.
2002 (JP)	Arc the Lad: Kijin Fukkatsu	Bandai	Bandai	Fantasy	WSC	Tactical RPG.
2002 (NA)	Arc the Lad Collection	Working Designs	Working Designs	Fantasy	PS1 (Rerel)	Tactical RPG. Re-release, compilation and English translation of Arc the Lad, Arc the Lad II and Arc the Lad III.
2002 (JP)	Atelier Judie: The Alchemist of Gramnad	Gust		Fantasy	PS2
2002 (NA) 2003 (EU)	Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance	Snowblind	Vivendi	Fantasy	GCN (Port)	Action RPG. Port of Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance for PS2. Spin-off of the Baldur's Gate series.
2002 (NA) 2003 (EU)	Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance	Snowblind	Vivendi	Fantasy	Xbox (Port)	Action RPG. Port of Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance for PS2. Spin-off of the Baldur's Gate series.
2002 (JP)	Black Black			Fantasy	GBA
2002 (JP)	Black/Matrix II	Flight-Plan	NEC	Fantasy	PS2	Tactical RPG. Sequel to Black/Matrix.
2002 (JP)	Black Matrix Zero	Flight-Plan	NEC	Fantasy	GBA	Tactical RPG. Prequel to Black/Matrix.
2002 (JP) 2003 (NA) 2003 (EU)	Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter	Capcom	Capcom	Fantasy	PS2	Sequel to Breath of Fire IV.
2002 (JP)	Card of Destiny: Hikari to Yami no Tougoumono	Abel	Abel	Fantasy	DC
2002 (JP) 2003 (NA) 2003 (EU)	Dark Chronicle Dark Chronicle 2	Level-5	SCE	Fantasy	PS2	Sequel to Dark Cloud.
2002 (JP) 2003 (NA)	DemiKids - Light Version	MIT	Atlus	Fantasy	GBA
2002 (JP) 2003 (NA)	DemiKids - Dark Version	MIT	Atlus	Fantasy	GBA
2002 (NA) 2002 (EU)	Deus Ex	Ion Storm	Eidos	Sci-Fi	PS2	Action RPG.
2002 (JP) 2002 (NA) 2002 (EU)	Digimon World 3	Bandai	Bandai	Sci-Fi Fantasy	PS1	Sequel to Digimon World 2.
2002 (JP) 2002 (NA) 2002 (EU)	Dragon Ball Z: Legendary Super Warriors	Banpresto	Banpresto Infogrames	Sci-Fi Fantasy	GBC	Tactical RPG.
2002 (NA) 2002 (EU)	Dragon Ball Z: The Legacy of Goku	Webfoot	Infogrames	Sci-Fi Fantasy	GBA	Action RPG.
2002 (JP)	Dragon Quest Monsters 1+2	TOSE	Enix	Fantasy	PS1 (Remake)	Remake of Dragon Quest Monsters, Dragon Warrior Monsters 2: Cobi's Journey and Dragon Warrior Monsters 2: Tara's Adventure.
2002 (NA) 2002 (EU)	Dungeons & Dragons: Eye of the Beholder	Pronto	Infogrames	Fantasy	GBA	Tactical RPG.
2002 (NA) 2002 (EU)	Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind	Bethesda	Bethesda ZeniMax Ubisoft	Fantasy	Xbox (Port)	Port of Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind for PC.
2002 (JP) 2002 (NA) 2003 (PAL)	Evolution Worlds	Sting	ESP Ubisoft	Sci-Fi Fantasy	GCN (Port)	Port and compilation of Evolution: The World of Sacred Device and Evolution 2: Far Off Promise for DC.
2002 (JP)	Final Fantasy	Square TOSE	Square Enix	Fantasy	PS1 (Port)	JRPG.[1] Port of Final Fantasy for NES.
2002 (JP) 2003 (EU) 2003 (NA)	Final Fantasy I & II Premium Package Final Fantasy Origins	Square TOSE	Square Enix	Fantasy	PS1 (Port)	JRPG.[1] Port of Final Fantasy and Final Fantasy II for NES.
2002 (JP)	Final Fantasy II	Square TOSE	Square Enix	Fantasy	PS1 (Port)	JRPG.[1] Port of Final Fantasy II for NES.
2002 (JP)	Final Fantasy IV	Square	Square	Fantasy	WSC (Port)	JRPG.[1] Port of Final Fantasy IV. Sequel to Final Fantasy III for SNES.
2002 (JP)	Final Fantasy Legend	Square	Square	Fantasy	WSC (Port)	JRPG.[2] Port of Final Fantasy Legend for Game Boy.
2002 (JP) 2004 (NA)	Final Fantasy XI Final Fantasy XI Online	Square	SCE	Fantasy	PS2	MMORPG.
2002 (JP)	Fire Emblem: Fūin no Tsurugi	Intelligent	Nintendo	Fantasy	GBA	Tactical RPG.
2002 (JP) 2002 (NA)	Forever Kingdom	From	Agetec	Fantasy	PS2	Prequel to Evergrace.
2002 (JP)	Front Mission	Square	Square	Sci-Fi	WSC (Remake)	Tactical RPG. Remake of Front Mission for SNES. Series debuts.
2002 (JP)	Fushigi Dungeon - Furai no Shiren Gaiden: Onnakenshi Asuka Kenzan	Sega	Sega	Fantasy	DC
2002 (JP)	Generation of Next Generation of Chaos II ジェネレーションオブカオスNEXT	Idea Factory	Idea Factory	Sci-Fi	PS2	Tactical RPG. Sequel to Generation of Chaos.
2002 (JP) 2003 (NA) 2003 (EU)	Golden Sun: The Lost Age	Camelot	Nintendo	Fantasy	GBA	Sequel to Golden Sun.
2002 (JP) 2002 (NA) 2002 (EU)	Grandia II	Game Arts	Sega Enix Ubisoft	Fantasy	PS2 (Port)	Port of Grandia II for DC. Sequel to Grandia.
2002 (JP) 2002 (NA)	Grandia Xtreme	Game Arts	Enix	Fantasy	PS2
2002 (NA) 2002 (PAL) 2002 (JP)	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	Eurocom	EA Warner Bros.	Fantasy	GCN PS2 Xbox
2002 (NA) 2002 (PAL) 2002 (JP)	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	Amaze	EA Warner Bros.	Fantasy	GBC
2002 (NA) 2002 (PAL) 2002 (JP)	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	Argonaut	EA Warner Bros.	Fantasy	PS1
2002 (JP)	Innocent Tears	Global A		Modern Fantasy	Xbox (Port)	Tactical RPG.[3][4] Port of Innocent Tears for DC.
2002 (JP) 2002 (NA) 2002 (EU) 2002 (AU)	Kingdom Hearts	Square	Square Square EA Disney SCEE	Fantasy	PS2	Action RPG. Features Walt Disney and Final Fantasy characters.
2002 (JP)	Kingdom Hearts Final Mix	Square	Square	Fantasy	PS2 (Rerel)	Action RPG. Re-release of Kingdom Hearts for PS2. Features Walt Disney and Final Fantasy characters.
2002 (JP) 2004 (NA) 2005 (EU) 2005 (AU)	La Pucelle: Tactics ラ・ピュセル 光の聖女伝説	Nippon Ichi	Nippon Ichi Mastiff Koei	Fantasy	PS2	Tactical RPG.
2002 (JP) 2002 (NA) 2002 (EU)	Lost Kingdoms Rune	From	Activision	Fantasy	GCN	Action RPG. Series debuts.
2002 (JP) 2003 (NA)	Lufia: The Ruins of Lore Estpolis Gaiden: Chinmoku no Iseki エストポリス外伝　沈黙の遺跡	Taito	Taito Atlus	Fantasy	GBA	Spin-off of the Lufia series.
2002 (JP) 2003 (NA) 2003 (PAL)	Mega Man Battle Network 3 - White Version	Capcom	Capcom	Sci-Fi	GBA	Sequel to Mega Man Battle Network 2.
2002 (??)	Phantasy Star Online Episode I & II			Sci-Fi	GCN Xbox	MMORPG.
2002 (JP)	Phantasy Star Collection			Sci-Fi	GBA (Port)	Port of Phantasy Star Collection for SAT, minus Phantasy Star IV.
2002 (JP) 2003 (NA) 2003 (EU) 2003 (AU)	Pokémon Ruby	Game Freak	Nintendo	Modern Fantasy	GBA
2002 (JP) 2003 (NA) 2003 (EU) 2003 (AU)	Pokémon Sapphire	Game Freak	Nintendo	Modern Fantasy	GBA
2002 (JP)	Popolocrois: Adventure of Beginnings	SCE	SCE	Fantasy	PS2
2002 (JP)	Riviera: The Promised Land	Sting	Bandai	Fantasy	WSC
2002 (JP) 2003 (NA)	RPG Maker 2	Kuusou Kagaku	Enterbrain Agetec	Fantasy	PS2	Sequel to RPG Maker.
2002 (JP)	Sakura Taisen 4: Koi Seyo, Otome	Red Overworks	Sega	Steampunk	DC	Tactical RPG. Sequel to Sakura Taisen 3.
2002 (JP)	Sakura Taisen Complete Box	Sega	Sega Red Ent.	Steampunk	DC (Port)	Tactical RPG. Port and compilation of Sakura Taisen 1 through Sakura Taisen 4.
2002 (JP)	SD Gundam G Generation: Monoeye Gundams SDガンダム GGENERATION モノアイ ガンダムズ	Bandai	Bandai	Sci-Fi	WS	Tactical RPG. Sequel to SD Gundam G Generation: Gather Beat 2 for WS.
2002 (JP)	Shin Megami Tensei II	Atlus	Atlus	Fantasy	PS1 (Remake)	JRPG.[5] Remake of Shin Megami Tensei II for SNES. Sequel to Shin Megami Tensei.
2002 (JP) 2003 (NA) 2003 (EU)	Shining Soul	Nex	Atlus	Fantasy	GBA	Part of the Shining Force series.
2002 (JP) 2003 (NA) 2003 (EU)	Skies of Arcadia Legends	Overworks	Sega	Fantasy	GCN (Remake)	Remake of Skies of Arcadia for DC.
2002 (JP) 2002 (NA)	Suikoden III	Konami	Konami	Fantasy	PS2	Sequel to Suikoden II.
2002 (NA) 2002 (EU)	Summoner 2	Volition	THQ	Fantasy	PS2	Sequel to Summoner.
2002 (JP)	Sunrise Eiyuutan 2 サンライズ英雄譚2	Sunrise		Fantasy	PS2	Sequel to Sunrise Eiyuutan.
2002 (JP) 2006 (NA)	Super Robot Wars: Original Generation	Banpresto Atlus	Banpresto Atlus	Sci-Fi	GBA	Tactical RPG. First game in the series to be published outside Japan.
2002 (JP)	Super Robot Wars Impact	Banpresto	Banpresto	Sci-Fi	PS2	Tactical RPG.
2002 (JP)	Super Robot Wars R	Banpresto	Banpresto	Sci-Fi	GBA	Tactical RPG.
2002 (JP) 2003 (CN)	Tales of Destiny 2	Telenet Japan Wolf Team	Namco	Fantasy	PS2	Action RPG. Sequel to Tales of Destiny.
2002 (JP)	Tales of Fandom Vol.1	Namco	Namco	Fantasy	PS2	Spin-off of the Tales series.
2002 (JP)	Tales of the World: Narikiri Dungeon 2	Wolf Team Alfa System	Namco	Fantasy	GBA	Sequel to Tales of Phantasia: Narikiri Dungeon.
2002 (JP)	Tomato Adventure	AlphaDream	Nintendo	Fantasy	GBA
2002 (JP) 2003 (NA) 2003 (EU)	Unlimited SaGa	Square	Square Square Enix Atari	Fantasy	PS2
2002 (JP)	Vantage Master: Mystic Far East VM Japan	Nihon Falcom	Nihon Falcom	Fantasy	PS2 (Port)	Tactical RPG. Port of Vantage Master: Mystic Far East for WIN.
2002 (JP) 2002 (NA) 2003 (EU)	Wild Arms 3	Media.Vision	SCE	Steampunk	PS2	Sequel to Wild Arms 2.
2002 (JP) 2003 (NA)	Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht	Monolith	Namco	Fantasy	PS2
2003 (JP) 2004 (NA) 2004 (EU)	.hack//Quarantine	CyberConnect2	Bandai	Sci-Fi	PS2	Sequel to .hack//Outbreak.
2003 (JP)	2nd Super Robot Wars Alpha	Banpresto	Banpresto	Sci-Fi	PS2	Tactical RPG. Sequel to Super Robot Wars Alpha Gaiden.
2003 (JP) 2003 (NA) 2004 (EU) 2004 (AU)	Arc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits Arc: Twilight of the Spirits	Cattle Call	SCE	Fantasy	PS2	Tactical RPG.
2003 (NA) 2004 (EU)	Arx Fatalis	Arkane	Dreamcatcher	Fantasy	Xbox (Port)	Port of Arx Fatalis for Windows.
2003 (JP)	Atelier Marie, Elie, and Anise	Gust		Fantasy	GBA (Port or remake)
2003 (JP)	Atelier Viorate: The Alchemist of Gramnad 2	Gust		Fantasy	PS2	Sequel to Atelier Judie: The Alchemist of Gramnad.
2003 (JP) 2004 (NA) 2005 (EU)	Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean	tri-Crescendo Monolith	Namco	Fantasy	GCN
2003 (JP)	Black Stone: Magic & Steel			Fantasy	Xbox
2003 (JP) 2003 (NA) 2004 (EU)	Boktai: The Sun Is in Your Hand	Konami	Konami	Fantasy	GBA
2003 (NA)	CIMA: The Enemy	Neverland	Natsume	Fantasy	GBA
2003 (JP) 2003 (NA) 2004 (EU)	Disgaea: Hour of Darkness 魔界戦記ディスガイア	Nippon Ichi	Nippon Ichi Atlus Koei	Fantasy	PS2	Tactical RPG.
2003 (NA) 2003 (EU)	Dragon Ball Z: The Legacy of Goku 2	Webfoot	Atari	Sci-Fi Fantasy	GBA	Action RPG. Sequel to Dragon Ball Z: The Legacy of Goku.
2003 (JP)	Dragon Quest Monsters: Caravan Heart	TOSE	Enix	Fantasy	GBA	Sequel to Dragon Warrior Monsters 2.
2003 (JP) 2004 (NA) 2004 (EU)	Drakengard	cavia	Square Enix Take-Two	Fantasy	PS2
2003 (NA) 2003 (EU) 2003 (AU)	Dungeons & Dragons: Heroes	Atari	Atari	Fantasy	Xbox	Action RPG.
2003 (??)	Elder Scrolls Travels, The: Stormhold		Bethesda	Fantasy	MOBI
2003 (NA) 2003 (PAL)	EverQuest Online Adventures	SOE	SOE	Fantasy	PS2	MMORPG.
2003 (NA)	EverQuest Online Adventures: Frontiers	SOE	SOE	Fantasy	PS2	MMORPG.Expansion to EverQuest Online Adventures for PS2.
2003 (JP) 2004 (NA) 2004 (EU) 2004 (NZ)	Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles	The Game Designers Studio	Square Enix Nintendo	Fantasy	GCN	Action RPG.
2003 (EU) 2003 (NA)	Final Fantasy Origins	TOSE	Infogrames Square Enix	Fantasy	PS1 (Port Re-release)	Re-release of Final Fantasy I & II Premium Package for PS1. Port and compilation of Final Fantasy and Final Fantasy II for NES.
2003 (JP) 2003 (NA) 2003 (PAL)	Final Fantasy Tactics Advance ファイナルファンタジータクティクスアドバンス	Square	Square Nintendo	Fantasy	GBA	Tactical RPG.
2003 (JP) 2003 (NA) 2004 (EU) 2004 (AU)	Final Fantasy X-2	Square	Square Square Enix	Fantasy	PS2	Sequel to Final Fantasy X JRPG.
2003 (JP) 2003 (NA) 2004 (EU)	Fire Emblem	Intelligent	Nintendo	Fantasy	GBA	Tactical RPG. Prequel to Fire Emblem: Fūin no Tsurugi. First game in the series to be released outside Japan.
2003 (JP)	Front Mission	Square	Square	Sci-Fi	PS1 (Remake)	Tactical RPG. Remake of Front Mission for SNES. Series debuts.
2003 (JP) 2004 (NA)	Front Mission 4	Square Enix	Square Enix	Sci-Fi	PS2	Tactical RPG. Sequel to Front Mission 3.
2003 (JP) 2005 (NA)	Fullmetal Alchemist and the Broken Angel	Racjin	Square Enix	Fantasy	PS2	Action RPG. Based on the Fullmetal Alchemist manga.
2003 (JP)	Generation of Chaos Exceed: Yami no Miko Rose ジェネレーション・オブ・カオスイクシード 闇の皇女ロゼ	Idea Factory	Idea Factory	Fantasy	GCN	Tactical RPG.[6]
2003 (JP)	Generation of Chaos III: Toki no Fuuin ジェネレーションオブカオスIII 〜時の封印〜	Idea Factory	Idea Factory	Fantasy	PS2	Tactical RPG.[6] Sequel to Generation of Next.
2003 (JP)	Giftpia ギフトピア	skip	Nintendo	Fantasy	GCN
2003 (NA) 2003 (EU)	Gladius	LucasArts	LucasArts Activision	Fantasy	GCN PS2 Xbox	Tactical RPG.
2003 (JP) 2004 (NA)	Growlanser Generations	CareerSoft Atlus	Atlus Working Designs	Sci-Fi	PS2 (Compl)	Tactical RPG.[7] Real-time. Compilation of Growlanser II and Growlanser III.
2003 (JP)	Growlanser IV: Wayfarer of Time グローランサーIV	Atlus	Atlus	Fantasy	PS2	Tactical RPG. Sequel to Growlanser III: The Dual Darkness.
2003 (??)	Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone	Warthog	EA	Fantasy	GCN PS2 Xbox
2003 (JP)	Kinnikuman Second Generation: Choujin Seisenshi キン肉マンII世 超人聖戦史	Bandai	Bandai	Fantasy	WSC
2003 (JP) 2003 (NA) 2003 (EU)	Lost Kingdoms II Rune II	From	Activision	Fantasy	GCN	Action RPG. Sequel to Lost Kingdoms.
2003 (JP)	Magic Pengel: The Quest for Color			Fantasy	PS2
2003 (JP) 2003 (NA) 2003 (EU)	Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga	AlphaDream	Nintendo	Fantasy	GBA	JRPG
2003 (JP) 2003 (NA) 2003 (PAL)	Mega Man Battle Network 3 - Blue Version	Capcom	Capcom	Sci-Fi	GBA	Action RPG. Sequel to Mega Man Battle Network 2.
2003 (JP) 2004 (NA) 2004 (PAL)	Mega Man Battle Network 4 - Red Sun	Capcom	Capcom	Fantasy	GBA	Action RPG. Sequel to Mega Man Battle Network 3.
2003 (JP) 2004 (NA) 2004 (PAL)	Mega Man Battle Network 4 - Blue Moon	Capcom	Capcom	Fantasy	GBA	Action RPG. Sequel to Mega Man Battle Network 3.
2003 (NA)	Morrowind: Game of the Year Edition	Bethesda	Bethesda ZeniMax Ubisoft	Fantasy	Xbox (Port Re-release)	Port and Re-release of Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind for PC.
2003 (JP) 2003 (NA) 2003 (EU)	Onimusha Tactics	Capcom	Capcom	Fantasy	GBA	Tactical RPG.Part of the Onimusha series.
2003 (JP)	Only You: The Decadent Juliets Only you -リ・クルス-	Alice Soft	Genex	Fantasy	PS2 (Remake)	Eroge. Remake of Only You: The Decadent Juliets for PC98.
2003 (JP)	Oriental Blue: Ao no Tengai	Red Ent.	Hudson Soft	Fantasy	GBA	JRPG.[8]
2003 (??)	Phantasy Star Online Episode I & II			Sci-Fi	Xbox	MMORPG.
2003 (JP) 2004 (NA)	Phantasy Star Online Episode I & II Plus			Sci-Fi	GCN	MMORPG.
2003 (JP) 2004 (NA) 2004 (EU)	Phantasy Star Online Episode III: C.A.R.D. Revolution	Sonic Team	Sega	Sci-Fi	GCN	MMORPG.
2003 (JP)	Phantasy Star Generation 1	Sega	Sega	Sci-Fi	PS2 (Remake)	Remake of Phantasy Star.
2003 (JP) 2004 (NA) 2004 (EU) 2004 (AU)	Pokémon Colosseum	Genius Sonority	Nintendo	Modern Fantasy	GCN
2003 (JP)	Sakura Taisen	Red Overworks	Sega	Steampunk	PS2 (Remake)	Tactical RPG. Remake of Sakura Taisen for SAT. Series debuts.
2003 (JP)	Sakura Taisen: Atsuki Chishio ni	Overworks	Sega	Steampunk	PS2 (Remake)	Tactical RPG. Remake of Sakura Taisen 2: Kimi, Shinitamou koto Nakare for SAT. Sequel to Sakura Taisen.
2003 (JP)	SD Gundam G Generation Advance	Bandai		Sci-Fi	GBA	Tactical RPG.[6]
2003 (JP)	Shin Megami Tensei II	Atlus	Atlus	Fantasy	GBA (Remake)	JRPG.[5] Remake of Shin Megami Tensei II for SNES. Sequel to Shin Megami Tensei.
2003 (JP) 2004 (NA) 2005 (EU)	Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne	Atlus	Atlus Ghostlight Ubisoft	Modern Fantasy	PS2	JRPG.[5] Sequel to Shin Megami Tensei II.
2003 (JP) 2004 (NA) 2004 (EU)	Shining Soul II	Sega Grasshopper	Sega Atlus THQ	Fantasy	GBA	Action RPG. Sequel to Shining Soul.
2003 (JP)	Shinseiki Genso: Spectral Souls 新紀幻想スペクトラルソウルズ	Idea Factory	Idea Factory	Fantasy	PS2	Tactical RPG.[9]
2003 (JP) 2004 (JP) 2004 (NA) 2004 (EU)	Star Ocean: Till the End of Time	tri-Ace	Enix Square Enix Ubisoft	Fantasy	PS2	Action RPG. Sequel to Star Ocean: The Second Story.
2003 (NA) 2003 (EU)	Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic	BioWare	LucasArts	Sci-Fi Fantasy	Xbox
2003 (JP)	Summon Night 3	Flight-Plan	Banpresto	Steampunk	PS2	Tactical RPG. Sequel to Summon Night 2.
2003 (JP) 2006 (NA)	Summon Night: Swordcraft Story	Flight-Plan	Banpresto Atlus	Steampunk	GBA	Action RPG.
2003 (NA) 2003 (EU)	Summoner: A Goddess Reborn	Volition	THQ	Fantasy	GCN (Port)	Port of Summoner 2 for PS2.
2003 (JP)	Sunrise World War	Sunrise		Fantasy	PS2	Tactical RPG. Spin-off of Sunrise Eiyuutan.
2003 (JP)	Super Robot Wars Compact 3	Banpresto	Banpresto	Sci-Fi	WSC	Tactical RPG. Sequel to Super Robot Wars Compact 2.
2003 (JP)	Super Robot Wars Destiny	Banpresto	Banpresto	Sci-Fi	GBA	Tactical RPG.
2003 (JP)	Super Robot Wars Scramble Commander	Banpresto	Banpresto	Sci-Fi	PS2	Tactical RPG.
2003 (JP) 2003 (NA) 2004 (EU)	Sword of Mana	Brownie Brown	Square Enix Nintendo	Fantasy	GBA (Remake)	Remake of Final Fantasy Adventure for GB.
2003 (JP) 2006 (NA) 2006 (EU)	Tales of Phantasia	Wolf Team Namco Tales	Namco Nintendo	Fantasy	GBA (Remake)	Action RPG. Remake of Tales of Phantasia for SNES. Series debuts.
2003 (JP) 2004 (NA) 2004 (EU)	Tales of Symphonia	Namco	Namco	Fantasy	GCN	Action RPG. Distant prequel to Tales of Phantasia.
2003 (JP)	Tales of the World: Summoners Lineage	Namco	Namco	Fantasy	GBA	Tactical RPG. Sequel to Tales of Phantasia: Narikiri Dungeon.
2003 (JP)	Tengai Makyō II: Manjimaru	Red Ent.	Hudson Soft	Fantasy	GCN (Remake)	JRPG.[8] Remake of Tengai Makyō II: Manjimaru for PCE. Sequel to Tengai Makyō: Ziria.
2003 (JP) 2003 (CN)	Venus & Braves: Majo no Megami to Horobi no Yogen ヴィーナス＆ブレイブス　～魔女と女神と滅びの予言～	Namco		Fantasy	PS2	Tactical RPG.[7] Real-time.
2003 (JP) 2005 (NA)	Wild Arms: Alter Code F	Media.Vision	SCE	Steampunk	PS2 (Remake)	Remake of Wild Arms for PS1.
2003 (JP)	Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord	Sting	Bandai	Fantasy	WSC (Port)	Port of Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord for Apple II. Series debuts.
2003 (JP)	Xenosaga: Episode I Reloaded	Monolith	Namco	Fantasy	PS2 (Rerel)	Re-release of Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht for PS2.
2003 (NA)	Yu Yu Hakusho: Spirit Detective	Sensory Sweep	Atari	Fantasy	GBA	Tactical RPG.
2002 (NA)	Aaron Hall's Dungeon Odyssey	Malfador	Shrapnel	Fantasy
2002 (DE) 2002 (NA)	Arx Fatalis	Arkane	JoWood Dreamcatcher	Fantasy	WIN
2002 (NA)	Avernum 3	Spiderweb	Spiderweb	Fantasy	MAC WIN	Sequel to Avernum 2.
2001 (NA) 2002 (EU)	Baldur's Gate II: The Collection	BioWare	Interplay	Fantasy	WIN (Compl)	Compilation of Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn and its expansion.
2002 (DE)	Black Isle Compilation	Black Isle	Interplay	Fantasy	WIN (Compl)	Compilation of Baldur's Gate, Icewind Dale, their expansions, and Planescape: Torment.
2002 (DE) 2002 (UK) 2002 (NA)	Divine Divinity	Larian Park	CDV	Fantasy	WIN	Action RPG. Series debuts.
2002 (NA)	Dungeon Siege	Gas Powered	Microsoft	Fantasy	WIN	Action RPG. Series debuts. Represents Chris Taylor's entry into the RPG market.
2002 (NA) 2002 (EU) 2004 (AU)	Elder Scrolls III, The: Morrowind	Bethesda	Bethesda Ubisoft 1C Company	Fantasy	WIN	Sequel to The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall.
2002 (NA) 2006 (EU)	Elder Scrolls III, The: Morrowind – Collector's Edition	Bethesda	Bethesda Ubisoft	Fantasy	WIN (Limit)	Rerelease of The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind for WIN. Sequel to The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall.
2002 (NA) 2003 (EU)	Elder Scrolls III, The: Tribunal	Bethesda	Bethesda	Fantasy	WIN	Expansion to The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind.
2002 (UK)	Fallout	Interplay	Sold Out	Post-apocalyptic	WIN (Rerel)	Rerelease of Fallout for WIN. Series debuts.
2002 (NA)	Fallout	Omni	MacPlay	Post-apocalyptic	OSX (Port)	Port of Fallout for DOS. Series debuts.
2002 (NA) 2002 (EU)	Fallout 2	Black Isle	MacPlay	Post-apocalyptic	OSX (Port)	Port of Fallout 2 for WIN. Sequel to Fallout.
2002 (NA) 2006 (UK)	Fallout: The Ultimate Collection	Black Isle 14° East Micro Forté	Interplay	Post-apocalyptic	WIN (Compl)	Compilation of Fallout, Fallout 2 and Fallout Tactics.
2002 (NA)	Freedom Force	Irrational	Crave EA MacPlay	Superhero	WIN OSX	Tactical RPG.[10][11] Series debuts.
2002 (INT)	Geneforge	Spiderweb	Spiderweb	Fantasy	WIN (Port)	Port of Geneforge for MAC. Series debuts.
2002 (DE)	Gorky 17 Odium	Metropolis	1C Company TopWare Monolith	Fantasy Sci-Fi	OSX (Port)	Tactical RPG. Port of Gorky 17 for WIN.
2002 (DE) 2003 (NA) 2003 (UK) 2003 (AU)	Gothic II	Piranha Bytes	JoWood	Fantasy	WIN	Sequel to Gothic.
2002 (DE) 2003 (NA)	Grom: Terror in Tibet[12]	Rebelmind	CDV	Historical Fantasy	WIN	Action RPG.
2002 (NA) 2002 (EU)	Icewind Dale	Black Isle	MacPlay	Fantasy	OSX (Port)	Port of Icewind Dalefor WIN. Series debuts.
2002 (NA) 2002 (UK)	Icewind Dale II	Black Isle	Interplay	Fantasy	WIN	Sequel to Icewind Dale. Black Isle Studios' final CRPG. Uses the D&D 3rd Edition ruleset.
2002 (NA)	Icewind Dale II: Collector's Edition	Black Isle	Interplay	Fantasy	WIN (Limit)	Rerelease of Icewind Dale II for WIN. Sequel to Icewind Dale.
2002 (NA)	Icewind Dale: The Collection	Black Isle	Interplay	Fantasy	WIN (Compl)	Compilation of Icewind Dale and its expansions for WIN.
2002 (EU)	Icewind Dale: Complete	Black Isle	Interplay	Fantasy	WIN (Compl)	Compilation of Icewind Dale and its expansions for WIN.
2002 (NA)	Jagged Alliance 2: Gold Pack	Sir-Tech	Strategy First	Modern	WIN (Compl)	Tactical RPG. Compilation of Jagged Alliance 2 and Jagged Alliance 2: Unfinished Business.
2002 (NA) 2002 (EU) 2002 (JP)	Might and Magic IX	New World	3DO	Fantasy	WIN	Sequel to Might and Magic VIII: Day of the Destroyer.
2002 (NA)	Might and Magic: Platinum Edition	New World	3DO	Fantasy	WIN (Compl)	Compilation of Might and Magic VI through Might and Magic IX.
2002 (NA) 2002 (AU)	Neverwinter Nights	BioWare	Atari MacSoft	Fantasy	WIN	Designed as essentially a PnP game to be played online with a dungeon master, it demonstrates the potential power of regular user-made content.
2002 (NA) 2002 (AU)	Neverwinter Nights: Collector's Edition	BioWare	Infogrames	Fantasy	WIN (Limit)	Rerelease of Neverwinter Nights: Collector's Edition for WIN.
2002 (RU) 2003 (UK) 2003 (NA)	Paradise Cracked	MiST Land South	Buka JoWood	Cyberpunk	WIN	Tactical RPG.[13][14][15]
2002 (NA)	Pyrrhic Tales: Prelude to Darkness	Zero Sum	Zero Sum	Fantasy	WIN	Released as freeware after a period of several years.
2002 (RU)	Space Rangers Космические рейнджеры	Elemental	1C Company	Sci-Fi	WIN	Adventure/RPG/Strategy hybrid.
2002 (JP)	Tir-nan-og III ティル・ナ・ノーグIII	SystemSoft		Fantasy	WIN	Tactical RPG. Sequel to Tir-nan-og II for PC98.
2002 (JP)	Vantage Master: Mystic Far East VM Japan	Nihon Falcom	Nihon Falcom	Fantasy	WIN	Tactical RPG. Sequel to Vantage Master V2.
2002 (CN)	Xuanyuan Jian 4: Hei Long Wu xi Yun Fei Yang	Softstar	Unistar	Fantasy	WIN	Sequel to Xuanyuan Jian 3: Beyond the Clouds and Mountains.
2003 (NA)	Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal	BioWare Black Isle	MacPlay	Fantasy	OSX (Port)	Port of Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal for WIN. Expansion for Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn.
2003 (NA)	Brave Soul	Crowd	Peach Press	Fantasy	WIN	Eroge.
2003 (JP) 2003 (EU)	Breath of Fire IV	Capcom	Capcom Sourcenext	Fantasy	WIN	Port of Breath of Fire IV.
2003 (NA)	Dungeon Siege	Westlake	MacSoft	Fantasy	OSX (Port)	Action RPG. Port of Dungeon Siege for WIN.
2003 (NA) 2003 (AU)	Dungeon Siege: Legends of Aranna	Gas Powered Mad Doc	Microsoft	Fantasy	WIN	Action RPG. Expansion to Dungeon Siege.
2003 (NA) 2003 (EU)	Elder Scrolls III, The: Bloodmoon	Bethesda	Bethesda Ubisoft 1C Company	Fantasy	WIN	Expansion to The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind.
2003 (EU)	Elder Scrolls III, The: Bloodmoon and Tribunal Duopack	Bethesda	Ubisoft	Fantasy	WIN (Compl)	Compilation of both expansions for The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind.
2003 (NA) 2004 (EU)	Elder Scrolls III, The: Morrowind – Game of the Year Edition	Bethesda	Bethesda Ubisoft CD Projekt	Fantasy	WIN (Compl)	Rerelease of The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind for WIN, including both expansions. Sequel to The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall.
2003 (UK)	Fallout 2	Black Isle	Sold Out	Post-apocalyptic	WIN (Rerel)	Rerelease of Fallout 2 for WIN. Sequel to Fallout.
2003 (CN)	Fantasia Sango	UserJoy Technology	Unistar	Fantasy	WIN	Series debuts.
2003 (INT)	Geneforge 2	Spiderweb	Spiderweb	Fantasy	MAC WIN	Sequel to Geneforge.
2003 (DE)	Gothic II: Night of the Raven	Piranha Bytes	JoWood	Fantasy	WIN	Expansion to Gothic II.
2003 (NA)	Icewind Dale: The Ultimate Collection	Black Isle	Interplay	Fantasy	WIN (Compl)	Compilation of Icewind Dale, its first expansion and Icewind Dale II for WIN.
2003 (NA) 2003 (UK)	Lionheart: Legacy of the Crusader	Reflexive Black Isle	Interplay	Fantasy Alternate history	WIN	Uses the SPECIAL system of Fallout and Fallout 2.
2003 (JP)	Mamanyonyo ままにょにょ	Alice	Alice	Fantasy	WIN	Tactical RPG. Eroge. Shares the same setting as the Mamatoto series.
2003 (NA)	Mistmare	Arxel Tribe	Strategy First	Fantasy	WIN	Action RPG
2003 (NA)	Neverwinter Nights	BioWare	MacSoft	Fantasy	OSX (Port)	Port of Neverwinter Nights for WIN.
2003 (NA)	Neverwinter Nights	BioWare	BioWare	Fantasy	LIN (Port)	Port of Neverwinter Nights for WIN.
2003 (NA) 2003 (AU)	Neverwinter Nights: Gold	BioWare	Atari	Fantasy	WIN (Rerel)	Rerelease of Neverwinter Nights, including the first expansion.
2003 (NA) 2003 (AU)	Neverwinter Nights: Hordes of the Underdark	BioWare Floodgate	Atari	Fantasy	WIN	Expansion for Neverwinter Nights.
2003 (NA)	Neverwinter Nights: Hordes of the Underdark	BioWare Floodgate	Atari	Fantasy	LIN (Port)	Port of Neverwinter Nights: Hordes of the Underdark for WIN. Expansion for Neverwinter Nights.
2003 (NA)	Neverwinter Nights: Shadows of Undrentide	BioWare Floodgate	Atari	Fantasy	WIN	Expansion for Neverwinter Nights.
2003 (NA)	Neverwinter Nights: Shadows of Undrentide	BioWare	Atari	Fantasy	LIN (Port)	Port of Neverwinter Nights: Shadows of Undrentide for WIN.
2003 (JP)	RPG Maker 2003	Enterbrain	ASCII	N/A	WIN	RPG construction tool. Sequel to RPG Maker 2000.
2003 (JP)	Sakura Taisen 3: Pari wa Moeteiru ka	Red Overworks	Sega Red Ent.	Steampunk	WIN (Port)	Tactical RPG. Port of Sakura Taisen 3: Pari wa Moeteiru ka for DC. Sequel to Sakura Taisen 2: Kimi, Shinitamou koto Nakare.
2003 (NA)	Septerra Core (Dual Jewel version)	Valkyrie	Monolith	Sci-Fi Fantasy	WIN (Rerel)	Rerelease of Septerra Core for WIN.
2003 (EU) 2004 (NA)	Silent Storm	Nival	1C Company JoWood Encore	Sci-Fi Historical	WIN	Tactical RPG.[13][16][17][18][19][20] Series debuts.
2003 (NA)	Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic	BioWare	LucasArts	Sci-Fi	WIN	Series debuts.
2003 (JP)	Tir-nan-og IV: King of the Valiant ティル・ナ・ノーグIV 〜紡がれし勇者たち〜	SystemSoft		Fantasy	WIN	Tactical RPG. Sequel to Tir-nan-og III for WIN.
2003 (NA) 2003 (EU) 2003 (AU)	Temple of Elemental Evil, The	Troika	Atari	Fantasy	WIN	Tactical RPG. Uses D&D 3.5 Edition rules, Greyhawk campaign setting.
2003 (NA)	Valhalla Chronicles	Paradox Oblivion	Big City	Fantasy	WIN	Action RPG.
2003 (TW) 2003 (CN)	Xianjian Qixia Zhuan 2	Softstar	Softstar	Fantasy	WIN	Sequel to Xianjian Qixia Zhuan'.
2003 (CN)	Xianjian Qixia Zhuan 3	Softstar	Unistar	Fantasy	WIN	Sequel to Xianjian Qixia Zhuan 2'.
2003 (JP)	Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim	Nihon Falcom	Konami	Fantasy	WIN	Action RPG. JRPG. Sequel to Ys V: Kefin, The Lost City of Sand.

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