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Ys: The Oath in Felghana

PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation Portable, Legacy Mobile Device • 2012

Should you play it?

An Action RPG driven by fast-paced combat and paired with an intricate puzzle-filled world.

What works

  • Challenging and rewarding boss fights
  • Fast-paced and precise combat
  • Excellent soundtrack
  • Multiple difficulty levels and replayability
  • Tight controls and polished gameplay

Things to keep in mind

  • Steep difficulty spikes requiring grinding
  • Limited story depth
  • Small game world and linear progression
  • Some frustrating platforming sections
  • Lack of multiplayer or cooperative features

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Blade of Darkness

  • Skautfold: Shrouded in Sanity

  • WarriOrb: Prologue

  • Chantelise - A Tale of Two Sisters

  • FOUNTAINS

  • There Is No Light: Enhanced Edition

More relaxing

Games that feels like Ys: The Oath in Felghana but with a more relaxing feel

  • Ys Origin

  • Gurumin: A Monstrous Adventure

  • Wigmund

  • Sands of Aura

  • Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas

  • Svarog's Dream

More expressive

Games that feels like Ys: The Oath in Felghana but with more self-expression and customization

  • Heretical

  • Lost in Random: The Eternal Die

  • Xanadu Next

  • Realm of Ink

  • Drova - Forsaken Kin

  • SaGa Frontier Remastered

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim

  • Ys Origin

  • Ys I & II Chronicles+

  • Ys SEVEN

  • 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: The Oath in Felghana: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Relaxation, Expression, Leadership.

Last update: 03/08/2026