r/JRPG • u/Marinebiologist_0 • Apr 27 '25

News Clair Obscur has achieved the highest concurrent player rate ever for a JRPG on Steam.

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Incredible numbers, this doesn't even include the Xbox Gamepass player count. The last time I remember a JRPG getting this level of attention was Persona 5 and NieR Automata in 2017. It'll be interesting to see how massive Persona 6 will be, if it launches day 1 on all major platforms.

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u/Gharvar Apr 28 '25

The comments have been interesting to say the least. I've seen at least 3 different definition for JRPG.

  1. Solely based on country of origin.
  2. based on some list of game mechanics you can arbitrarily pick and choose from.
  3. Others saying it has nothing to do with game mechanics but Japanese culture and aesthetic.

What I got from all from this is that JRPG is a shit descriptive and we need better terms.

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u/naturalkillercyborg Apr 28 '25

It has been a stupid term for many years. It should only mean Japanese RPG, which is what it originally meant before people started to assume it meant specifically an RPG with specific style and systems