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Games like Contact

2006

Contact is an offbeat DS role-playing game where you use the stylus and touch screen for combat and puzzles. Its quirky, slightly surreal story sets it apart from typical JRPGs.

  • Turn-based combat
  • Strong character progression
  • Puzzles and brain teasers
  • Strong, story-driven narrative

In short: Games like Contact

Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Contact special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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Wild Arms 2

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1999PlayStation

Brings what grabs you about Contact: turn-based combat, deep character progression and a strong story.

A classic PlayStation JRPG set in Filgaia, blending Old West, steampunk and fantasy. Turn-based battles with Guardian summons and puzzle-heavy dungeons built around each hero's tools define the experience.

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Anachronox

Turn-based combat

A comedic sci-fi RPG following washed-up private eye Sly Boots and his ragtag crew on a decaying alien world. It blends JRPG-style turn-based combat with quirky dialogue and a cinematic, story-driven adventure.

Ticket to Earth

Puzzles and brain teasers

Ticket to Earth blends turn-based tactical combat with tile-matching puzzles, where matching tiles on a grid powers your attacks. It wraps this in a sci-fi story about four heroes defending exploited colonists.

99 Spirits

Puzzles and brain teasers

A Japanese indie RPG built around Tsukumogami folklore, where you must deduce an enemy's true identity before you can defeat it. Its puzzle-driven battle system blends classic JRPG structure with deduction.

Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes

Puzzles and brain teasers

A puzzle RPG where you line up colored units in rows to build attacks and defenses on a grid. Five heroes, each with their own campaign in a fantasy world, deliver tactical depth and variety.

Tsukumogami

Puzzles and brain teasers

A Japanese indie RPG built around folklore of tsukumogami, everyday objects that come alive after 100 years. Battles are puzzles: you must work out an enemy's true identity before you can defeat it.

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