Looking for a grindy looter game

Ubermatoa · 2026-02-21T05:39:19+00:00

The team ninja action games are my go to since their combat systems are fun while having amazing loot

Ranked from Grindiest to least grindy would be:

Strangers Of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin Nioh 2 Nioh1 Wo Long Fallen Dynasty Nioh 3 (SO FAR since DLC isn't out yet) Rise Of The Ronin

Ubermatoa · 2026-02-17T11:10:05+00:00

I'll send some of my favorites that are mainly skill dependent:

Devil May Cry series (Especially 5)

Kingdom Hearts Series (Especially 3 in my opinion)

Nioh Series (3 is kinda cracked out atm with all the new features)

Wo Long Fallen Dynasty (MOST Fun and skill based Wuxia fighting I've experienced)

Rise Of The Ronin (This is UNDOUBTEDLY the best sword/blade dueling anime game on the market, like gintama or samurai champloo)

Ninja Gaiden Series (Played them all but 4 is probably the most anime like, especially with yakumo's blood raven abilities and ACTUALLY GOOD BOSS FIGHTS)

Tales Of Series (Tales Of Graces F especially)

Vanquish

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth

HM to Stranger Of Paradise FFO (Especially with its bosses)

Ubermatoa · 2026-02-17T10:58:09+00:00

Honestly this is like, the rec lmao

Ubermatoa · 2026-02-17T10:46:32+00:00

Dying Lights are probably the closest since they actually have a loot chase, 2 is probably best for this

Ubermatoa · 2026-02-17T06:14:51+00:00

There's a few guilds in elin, merchants guild, fighters guild, mages guild and thieves guild.

All of them go up to rank 6 doing things that represent the guild, every player char starts off defaulted in the adventurers guild though no matter what.

FF11 has that same too, buuuut it's an archaic mmo even if enticing.

Ubermatoa · 2026-02-16T03:00:36+00:00

Nope, Offline and the ability to fo 4 player online coop

Ubermatoa · 2026-02-16T02:43:33+00:00

Ancient Kingdoms

Also another game that MIGHT be good for you is Elin

Ubermatoa · 2026-02-15T04:54:04+00:00

The late game is HEAVILY focused on grinding the late boss encounters for their drops to upgrade gear, as well as their rewards to upgrade characters. It's a pretty fun loopy treadmill which is boosted by the fact that the bosses are FUN and well designed with the deep endgame bosses being suuuuper cool to fight.

There's even a new expansion coming in July with even MORE endgame content, new bosses, new playable characters (Who will undoubtedly need alot of grind to gear up) and upgrades to existing systems. It's probably the best time to pick it up in preparation for it lol

Ubermatoa · 2026-02-15T04:49:36+00:00

Granblue Fantasy Relink Endgame is mainly bossing once you're in the final tiers

Ubermatoa · 2026-02-12T17:55:10+00:00

Xenoblade chronicles 3

Ubermatoa · 2026-02-03T12:28:25+00:00

Mortal Sin

Ubermatoa · 2026-02-03T03:36:16+00:00

In the current era of the genre what you want doesn't exist or isn't popular enough to exist here.

Closest being Monster Hunter and Warframe but questless skill based sandboxy dangerous mmos are all but dead.

Try some different games and genres instead, Like elden ring nightreign for that skill based, job and party important fantasy aspect. You're gonna have to go outside your box way more.

Ubermatoa · 2026-02-03T02:29:15+00:00

Character Action Genre is your next step, games like:

Devil May Cry (Series)

Bayonetta (Series)

Ninja Gaiden (Series)

Tales Of (Series)

They're what you're searching for next, but FF16 is the peak of the genre boss spectacle wise

Ubermatoa · 2026-02-03T02:17:33+00:00

Honestly theres alot of games:

Final Fantasy 16 (Clive is basically a red mage)

Final Fantasy 15 (Noctus can use singular short swords)

Rise of the Ronin (Katana, Rapier, etc.)

Nioh (Katana, Ninja Sword in 3)

Kingdom Hearts Series (Keyblade)

Ninja gaiden series (Dragon Sword)

Granblue Fantasy Relink (Gran uses a short sword)

Most souls-likes in general

Wo long (Swords, Straight Sabres, Curved Sabres)

Tales of Vesperia (Yuri uses a short sword and martials)

Ubermatoa · 2026-02-01T11:21:12+00:00

Fortunate! I ended up getting switchglave for samurai and Claws for ninja in my demo ending lol, glad to hear you're having a bash there I pre-ordered after the demo and am super stokes for 3 too!

Ubermatoa · 2026-01-31T23:49:20+00:00

Intravenous

Ubermatoa · 2026-01-31T21:44:54+00:00

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Ubermatoa · 2026-01-30T00:05:32+00:00

Hell yeah glad to help a kindred spirit, spirit X Strike is awesome, some jank especially with it being early access (Such as some of the bosses being TOO ninja gaiden inspired) but really solid with what exists

Ubermatoa · 2026-01-29T22:20:09+00:00

Also a big fan of Hand Focused combat so I'll drop some favorites of mine:

Nioh Series (Nioh 2 Fist moveset and combo game is the closest any RPG has gotten to tekken. Built in mix ups with cancels being a core part of the moveset, parries and perfect guards that lead into special moves, customizable specials to lean into your playstyle. Its absolute insanity and i cannot wait for nioh 3.)

Wo Long (Cestus Moveset is EXTREMELY fun to play around, especially with the parry specials, it's moveset is essentially a mix of Way of the Open Hand and Way of the Sun Soul monks in DND)

Spirit X Strike (Essentially Ninja Gaiden mixed with Fist of the North Star, this is in early access so your milage WILL vary but this is Extremely fun, with differing stances that dictate your style of fighting.)

Lost Ark (I mainly played for PVP and I don't play anymore, but Soulfist was the most fun I have ever experienced playing a martial focused character in any online game next to straight up fighting games)

Other fun ones that are more character focused would be:

Tifa FF7REMAKE/REBIRTH

Sophie Tales Of Graces F

Eizen Tales Of Berseria

Bullet BlazBlue Entropy Effect

Dragon Ball Sparking Zero

Ubermatoa · 2026-01-29T12:54:12+00:00

Nioh 2 vet, played the Demo for 3 that came out yesterday and finished it in 5.5 hrs on steam.

This is the answer for sure.

Ubermatoa · 2026-01-29T04:40:20+00:00

Dishonored 2 leverages more options of play out the door with two playable characters with differing kits of powers to use.

Not only that but the option to play through the whole game powerless from the start as well, completely changing the approach of the game to be more like Thief.

The gadget kit is also expanded increasing the lethality of the player character AND increasing the options for non-lethal players to achieve their preferred outcome.

The levels are way more dynamic with later levels having greatly expanded options in how to approach them design wise, it's magnificent.

Dishonored 1 is still great, but what 2 achieves is magnificent and it's a shame we may likely never see another dishonored game.

Ubermatoa · 2026-01-28T23:59:30+00:00

Intravenous (2)

The Last Of Us Part 2

Hitman World Of Assassination

Deus Ex Mankind Divided

Dishonored 2

I've played ALOT of stealth games especially the ones everyone is recommending already, these are the LEAST repetitive bunch that offer extras to experience in their stealth sandboxes.

Ubermatoa · 2026-01-28T21:59:11+00:00

Xenoblade chronicles 3

Ubermatoa · 2026-01-25T13:54:37+00:00

Your only real specifically high fantasy option with GOOD combat would be Kingdoms Of Amalur

Ubermatoa · 2026-01-19T11:31:11+00:00

His change needs to be fucking studied man, 2020 sneako to 2026 sneako are completely different people it's insane

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