Ys SEVEN similar games & best alternatives

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Ys SEVEN

PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation Portable • 2017

Should you play it?

Experience the first “modern-era” Ys game, now off the small screen for its worldwide PC debut! Features a full party system, dozens of unique combat skills, and a massive overworld to explore. Uncover the secret of the Five Great Dragons, and help Adol Christin save the day once again!

What works

  • Fast and fluid combat
  • Engaging boss fights
  • Great soundtrack
  • Deep character and skill customization
  • Long playtime with exploration

Things to keep in mind

  • Dated graphics from psp origin
  • Some ui and control quirks
  • Party ai can be unhelpful
  • Skill leveling and crafting can be grindy
  • Story pacing slow in first half

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Zwei: The Ilvard Insurrection

  • Ys: Memories of Celceta

  • KINGDOM HEARTS -HD 1.5+2.5 ReMIX-

  • ASTLIBRA Revision

  • Spirit Hunters: Infinite Horde

  • Gurumin: A Monstrous Adventure

More leadership-focused

Games that feels like Ys SEVEN but with more leadership over others

  • Stickman Strikes: Conquer Fantasy World

  • GRANDIA II HD Remaster

  • DRAGON QUEST® XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age™ - Definitive Edition

  • Dark Deity 2

  • Gordian Quest

  • Summoner

Less social

Games that feels like Ys SEVEN but with less teamwork and cooperation

  • Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim

  • Blazing Aries

  • Ys I & II Chronicles+

  • Touhou Blooming Chaos 2

  • Xanadu Next

  • Dungeons of Aether

More intimate

Games that feels like Ys SEVEN but with more focus on close relationships

  • FALL IN LABYRINTH

  • Atelier Escha & Logy: Alchemists of the Dusk Sky DX

  • Ys X: Nordics

  • Baldr Sky

  • Sword and Fairy 2

  • 天外武林 (Traveler of Wuxia)

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • Ys: Memories of Celceta

  • Zwei: The Ilvard Insurrection

  • Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim

  • Ys I & II Chronicles+

  • Zwei: The Arges Adventure

Similarity map

How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Ys SEVEN: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Cooperation, Fantasy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Creativity.

Last update: 03/08/2026