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Ys X: Proud Nordics

Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5 • 2025

Should you play it?

Embark on a new adventure with pride in your heart! The action RPG Ys X:Nordics returns to Steam® with a massive upgrade—introducing new story content, new adventure areas, and a host of new features in Ys X: Proud Nordics!

What works

  • Fast and engaging dual-character combat system
  • Rich exploration with varied mana traversal abilities
  • Strong character relationships and narrative immersion
  • Extensive content including new areas, bosses, and ng+ modes
  • Solid soundtrack and voice acting

Things to keep in mind

  • Initial technical issues and optimization problems
  • Repetitive enemy designs and some tedious exploration segments
  • Controversial business model with expensive re-release
  • Graphical fidelity considered outdated by some
  • Some players find certain mechanics (e.g., mana grab) frustrating

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feel the closest overall

  • Ys X: Nordics

  • Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA

  • Ys IX: Monstrum Nox

  • The Legend of Heroes: Sen no Kiseki II KAI -The Erebonian Civil War-

  • Granblue Fantasy: Relink

  • GOD EATER 3

  • Tales of Xillia Remastered

  • Tales of Graces f Remastered

  • Tales of Berseria™

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Hidden Gems

Less popular games with surprisingly high similarity

  • Oceanhorn 2: Knights of the Lost Realm

  • First Dwarf

  • Stray Blade

If you liked…

Recommendations by what you enjoyed most

  • Fantasy

    Visions of Mana
  • Competence

    Onimusha: Warlords
  • Cooperation

    Ys X: Nordics

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • Ys X: Nordics

  • Ys IX: Monstrum Nox

  • Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA

  • Sora no Kiseki the 1st

  • The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel

Similarity map

Explore nearby similar games and see why they’re close.

How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game. They are arranged from the game’s motivation profile. Closer dots usually mean more similar reasons to play (exploration, competition, relaxation, etc.)—not that one game is “better” than another.

  • Purple star: this page’s game — everything on the map is relative to it.
  • 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 out and see more games.

Why don’t the axes read like a score? This view uses t-SNE: it only keeps who is close to whom. The scales are not “good to bad” or hours played—they separate groups on the map. Read distance between dots, not the axis numbers (hidden on purpose).

Ys X: Proud Nordics: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Intimacy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Value, Leadership.

Last update: 25/07/2026