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Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim

PlayStation Portable • 2015

Should you play it?

Adventurer Adol Christin has washed ashore in yet another mysterious, isolated new land, inhabited by a people who sport long ears and bushy tails...and are none too fond of humans. Experience the very first 3D Ys game as never before, with a whole new gameplay mode unique to this release!

What works

  • Engaging combat and boss fights
  • Great soundtrack
  • Nostalgic and immersive fantasy setting
  • Multiple difficulty modes including catastrophe mode
  • Fast travel and quality of life improvements in pc version

Things to keep in mind

  • Dash jump mechanic is difficult and frustrating
  • Mandatory grinding for progression
  • Some labyrinthine level design and backtracking
  • Shorter length compared to other ys games
  • Lack of voice acting and some missing content from other versions

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Epic Conquest 2

  • The Vagrant

  • Touhou: Scarlet Curiosity

  • Ys I & II Chronicles+

  • Xanadu Next

  • Eternal Edge+ Prologue

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • Ys I & II Chronicles+

  • Zwei: The Arges Adventure

  • Ys: The Oath in Felghana

  • Ys SEVEN

  • Zwei: The Ilvard Insurrection

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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 VI: The Ark of Napishtim: 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 Violence. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Leadership, Strategy.

Last update: 04/08/2026