CHRONO TRIGGER® similar games & best alternatives

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CHRONO TRIGGER®

2018

Should you play it?

The timeless RPG classic returns loaded with upgrades! Journey to the forgotten past, to the far future, and to the end of time. A big adventure to save the planet, now begins…

What works

  • Timeless story and characters
  • Innovative time travel gameplay
  • Memorable soundtrack
  • Multiple endings and replayability
  • Accessible combat system

Things to keep in mind

  • Buggy and unstable pc port
  • Some tedious side quests
  • Graphical filter issues in hd mode
  • Lack of modern ui polish
  • Random crashes reported

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Penny Arcade's On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 4

  • Rise of the Third Power

  • Kingdoms of the Dump

  • Guild Saga: Vanished Worlds

  • FINAL FANTASY III

  • Shadows of Adam

Less leadership-focused

Games that feels like CHRONO TRIGGER® but with less leadership over others

  • Crown Trick

  • Rogue Empire: Dungeon Crawler RPG

  • Drova - Forsaken Kin

  • Ara Fell: Enhanced Edition

  • There Is No Light: Enhanced Edition

  • Dandara: Trials of Fear Edition

Choose your own criteria ->

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Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with CHRONO TRIGGER®. Swipe sideways to move between games. Titles already listed in What to play next are left out.

  • Cover and title: open that game’s page.
  • What works / keep in mind: the same highlights as the desktop comparison panel.
  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
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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).

Swipe to compare nearby games with CHRONO TRIGGER®. These titles are not in What to play next.

CHRONO TRIGGER®: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Leadership, Story, Relaxation.

Last update: 21/08/2026