

Splatterworld: Rick to Kyōfu no Daiō (Splatterworld: Rick vs. the Great King of Terror) is an RPG on the Famicom. It is a direct sequel to Splatterhouse: Wanpaku Graffiti. Originally set to release in Q1 of 1993 in Japan, it was later cancelled. The game was eventually posted online on Halloween 2025, and was given an English fan translation soon after.

Platform / Role-playing (RPG) / Adventure / Action / Horror
Having been awoken from his eternal slumber by the reappearance of Castlevania, Alucard must once again face the evil minions of darkness. Use your vampiric powers, along with weapons, potions, and other magical relics to change the tide of battle. A mixture of platform and role-playing action with many hidden areas and secrets. Can you discover them all?

Role-playing (RPG) / Adventure / Horror
Corpse Party: Sweet Sachiko's Hysteric Birthday Bash is a different type of adventure in the Corpse Party series that stars the violent and murderous Sachiko Shinozaki, who has decided to invite her victims to Heavenly Host Elementary School to celebrate her birthday. However, this isn’t the type of party where the guests leave with a smile on their faces. Instead, Sachiko plans to force the students to participate in twisted games for her amusement. Will the students survive Sachiko’s celebration, or will they meet a Wrong End once again?

Role-playing (RPG) / Fantasy / Horror
Persona 2: Innocent Sin is a Japanese role-playing video game developed and released by Atlus It is the second entry in the Persona series and acts as a sequel to the original Persona. The original version was not localized for western territories, but the PSP version was released in North America and Europe under the title Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 2: Innocent Sin. Innocent Sin takes place in the fictional Sumaru City, focusing on a group of high school students from Seven Sisters High School. The main protagonist, Tatsuya Suou, and a group of friends must confront a villainous figure called the Joker, who is causing the spread of reality-warping rumors through the city. The group are aided in their quest by their Personas, personified aspects of their personalities. The gameplay features turn-based battle gameplay, where characters use their Personas in battle against demons, and a separate Rumor system, where rumors spread around the city can influence events in the characters' favor.

Puzzle / Role-playing (RPG) / Adventure / Horror
A group of friends unknowingly perform an occult ritual that traps them in an otherworldly elementary school. Here, the vengeful spirits of young children threaten their lives and their sanity, and the only hope of survival is to uncover the chilling details behind the murders of those trapped before them...

Role-playing (RPG) / Adventure / Horror / Survival
Thirty years prior to the story in 1959, famous artist Ichirō Mamiya hid several precious frescos in his huge mansion before he mysteriously disappeared. In the present day, a team of five documentary filmers seek to recover the paintings from the abandoned, dilapidated mansion. Upon entering, they are trapped inside by the ghost of an unknown woman, who threatens to kill all trespassers. The team decides to split up and find a way out, but the mansion is both in danger of collapsing and is occupied by countless monsters.

Role-playing (RPG) / Action / Horror
Zombie Hunter is an action RPG exclusively published in Japan. It was developed by a Japanese gaming magazine known as Hi-Score. The player must complete six sidescrolling levels and in each level, the player is presented with a number of fights that prevent you from making progress until all of the enemies have been defeated or chased away.

Role-playing (RPG) / Fantasy / Horror
A short, story-focused ROM hack of Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky that depicts the surreal and off-kilter tale of an amnesiac Smeargle and a doll named Amber on a journey to free the world from suffering. The game integrates more deliberately designed levels alongside the randomly generated dungeons of the original game and has an added emphasis on puzzle solving.

Shooter / Role-playing (RPG) / Action / Science fiction
The Screamer is a 1985 cyberpunk-horror action RPG taking place in a post-apocalyptic, sci-fi setting. It was released by Magical Zoo, for the PC-8801 in 1985 and for the PC-9801 and X1 in 1986. An English fan translation was released in January 2015.