Some great experiences that won’t hurt your wallet (unless you let them).

A great job system is flexible and fun, rewarding your creativity with ultra-powerful movesets.

And these games have some of the best job systems of them all.

16 RPGs With Great Job Systems

Updated February 22, 2025by Jacob Whaling: We’ve added a few more RPGs with amazing job systems.

Each character has a default job, called an Archetype, but can swap to any others you unlock.

Leveling a job earns you the skills associated with it and can also unlock more advanced jobs.

Two characters with dark hair from Soul & Blade looking to the left, a character from Wakfu grabbing their friends' arms and grinning at the viewer, and a character with glowing blue eyes and a skeletal nose from Neverwinter looking at the viewer

Gunbreaker, Black Mage, Summoner, and more fill out this impressive catalogue.

This system lets you change your setup for different situations, encouraging experimentation and creativity.

The Djinn create a game full of opportunities for unique strategies.

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These RPGs take you back to the medieval period.

Yakuza: Like A Dragon’s punny title immediately indicates what it’s all about.

“Like a dragon,” you know, like Dragon Quest?

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This creates a fun system that you might totally exploit if you make the right choices.

Infinite Wealth establishes itself as a heavy hitter in the genre, with exciting new jobs in tow.

Sink hundreds of hours into an adventure you never heard of.

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Fantasy Life also has an incredibly charming story with memorable characters and tons of content to explore.

Fell Seal: Arbiter’s Mark is one of the best examples.

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Key art from Golden Sun, showing the party members posing on a mysterious, colorful background

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The Crystal project title screen featuring four characters.

Eivor from AC Valhalla, Ralof from Skyrim, and a knight from Darkest Dungeon 2.

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Yakuza: Like a Dragon, known internationally as Yakuza 7, introduces a new cast of characters and an entirely new battle system. It also marked the first time a Yakuza game was available with both the original Japanese cast, and a localized English version.

A screenshot from Blue Dragon, showing the party running from an explosion behind them

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Fantasy Life official art showing a knight on a horse overlooking fields with animals and plants.

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15 Best Obscure JRPGs Banner showing three RPGs.

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