PSP Turn-Based Games
This video games list reveals the best PSP Turn-Based Games ever to be released on the PlayStation Portable, listed in order of popularity.
1 Disgaea: Afternoon of Darkness - PSP

Disgaea: Afternoon of Darkness for the PSP is a deep strategy RPG experience with an exceptional story, a fantastic script, and a host of loveable characters and settings. Upgraded graphics and art for the high resolution widescreen PSP Display. Geo Cubes add special effects in the battlefield, completely shifting the balance in the blink of an eye. The first time for multiplayer in the Disgaea series.
2 Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of The Lions - PSP

Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions is a traditional role-playing game that differs from other Square Enix titles in a few important respects. In this updated version for PSP, the storyline is brought to life through anime-like animations that, in contrast to other Final Fantasy cinematics, boast a gorgeous hand drawn style. This, when combined with an audio score composed by Hitoshi Sakimoto, makes The War of the Lions enrapturing. The combat plays out upon a grid system. This adds movement, range, facing and, for area effect spells and abilities, grouping and dispersal of your party to your tactical considerations.
3 Jeanne D'arc - PSP

In Jeanne D'arc on the PSP, players will enter the 15th century as France and England battle during the Hundred Years' War. A mysterious and powerful armlet appears on the wrist of a young crusader named Jeanne. Commanded by an oracle from above, Jeanne wields the armlet to turn back the dark invading army to save her homeland once and for all. Players will command up to 7 characters at a time and embark on a crusade in a 15th century fantasy setting of ogres, dragons and magical powers. Take a trip and explore ransacked villages and battlefields with visuals and cinematics that bring the world to life.
4 Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together - PSP

In Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together on the PSP, you will experience a lost tale of political intrigue, conquest, and rebellion. It is your choices through a branching storyline that determine the fate of the Walister Resistance, characters in the game, and the story as a whole. Your rebellion is enhanced with reworked visuals, effects, a re-arranged soundtrack by the original composers, new character growth mechanics, and a new Wheel of Fortune system that adds even more replay value to the game. Get ready for an evolved 'tactics' gameplay experience.
5 Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters GX: Tag Force 3 - PSP

In Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Tag Force 3, the game's 3500 cards are sampled from the most recent Trading Card Game packs, including 'The Duelist Genesis' set, and offer a wide range of traps, monsters and spells for the user to amass. Players can also use the hardware's online capabilities to download additional content, including entire decks or individual cards. Every aspect of Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Tag Force 3 has been enhanced, with all-new AI routines adapting to the way the game flows, while the social aspect of the Trading Card Game is showcased as up to four players duel together via the PSP Ad-hoc LAN mode. A new Gallery feature is also introduced, and provides a visual record of defeated monsters and key events.
6 Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Tag Force 5 - PSP

In Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Tag Force 5, six months have passed since the fight against the Dark Signers. New Domino City and Satellite have finally been reunited and now live in peace and harmony. Until the arrival of 3 mysterious people who claimed to be from Yliaster and a new mysterious Turbo Duelist called Ghost arrives. Now, only Yusei can stop him. Battle through Story Mode for full emersion in the world of the Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's animated series and interact with more than 100 characters. Compete against opponents in one-on-one Free Duels or team up with a partner to defeat opponents using more than 4,500 cards in the biggest Yu-Gi-Oh! game ever! Full 3D animation and 4 player ad-hoc game play makes Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Tagforce 5 a force to be reckoned with.
7 Disgaea 2: Dark Hero Days - PSP

In Disgaea 2: Dark Hero Days, poor Adell has found himself in a bit of a fix after the powerful Overlord Zenon cursed his home of Veldime, the teenager was left as the only human in the realm while everyone else had been transformed into demons. Adell sets out to find and defeat Zenon with the help of some unlikely companions, but also Zenon's daughter Rozalin, who was accidently summoned by Adell's mother.
8 Metal Gear Acid 2 - PSP

Metal Gear Acid 2 features 3D visuals for the first time on the PSP system. Utilizing the innovative new Solid Eye technology, key areas of the game's comic book style cell-shaded graphics explode off the PSP system screen in 3-D. To ensure that the 3D effects are the most technologically advanced available in the marketplace, each game will be packaged with a state-of-the-art 3D viewing peripheral that is designed to make the effects realistic and eye-popping. The pioneering visuals are complemented by a card based strategic gameplay structure that is enhanced across the board with a complete tutorial mode, intuitive interface incorporating card based strategy and real-time gameplay.
9 Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Tag Force 4 - PSP

In Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Tag Force 4, the game reignites the story of the Dark Signers. The Dark Signers, derived from the Underworld, have been reborn with incredible abilities, a lust for revenge and a desire for complete power. These Earthbound Immortals were sealed in the Earth by the Crimson Dragon or the God of the Signers. The battle rages between good and evil for total domination of New Domino City and the fate of Satellite in story mode. Or battle opponents in one-on-one free duels or team up with a partner to defeat your opponents with more than 3,500 cards. Duel with more than 3,500 playable cards, more than any other Yu-Gi-Oh! title to date. Ad-hoc gameplay allows up to 4 players to compete against each other at one time through cooperative gameplay or battle in one-on-one duels.
10 Valkyria Chronicles II - PSP

Valkyria Chronicles II on the PSP takes place two years after the conclusion of the original game and takes you back to the epic adventure set in 1930’s fictitious Europe. In this sequel, you play as a group of young Gallian Military Academy cadets who find themselves plunged into a bitter civil war when the newly formed Gallian Revolutionary Army stages a coup. As the drama and battle unfold, you will experience stories of friendship, love and growing pains during a time of war and revolution. This latest title will power over 20 new distinct and visually stunning environments where you will have over 200 different missions to explore. For the first-time ad-hoc Versus and Co-op multiplayer gameplay will now be available.
11 Worms: Open Warfare 2 - PSP

Worms: Open Warfare 2 on the PSP builds upon the success of last year's Worms: Open Warfare. In addition to the classic Deathmatch mode, the game also includes robust new single and multiplayer modes such as Rope Race, Fort, Puzzle and Campaign modes that challenge players to use new strategies and teamwork to defeat their enemies. The new Firing Range allows gamers to test their weapons skills, including 11 new weapons like the Bunker Buster and Buffalo of Lies as well as classics such as the Super Sheep, Concrete Donkey and the Holy Hand Grenade.
12 Invizimals: Shadow Zone - PSP

Invizimals: Shadow Zone begins its story in the sun-drenched splendour of Barcelona, where you meet up with your old friends Keni, Doctor Dawson and Jazmin, before criss-crossing the globe on the trail of the Invizimals, the tiny creatures that can only be seen using the power of PSP. Tracking down 100 new Invizimals and discovering their impact upon history is no easy task, yet fans and newcomers alike will quickly be drawn into this tale of international intrigue.
13 Metal Gear Acid - PSP

The legendary Metal Gear series comes crashing onto the PSP in Metal Gear Acid. Players will experience a whole new gameplay system that focuses on deep tactical strategy with an entirely new Metal Gear storyline. As the role of top-secret agent, Solid Snake, players will make calculated decisions to plan out their infiltration strategy and accomplish the mission in a turn-based style of game. Through the use of strategic battle cards, players are given different abilities and stealth tactics to achieve the mission objectives. Metal Gear Acid delivers the trademark stealth-action experience in a completely new game for the portable gaming audience to enjoy.
14 Field Commander - PSP

In Field Commander on the PSP, you`ll take charge of military movement across land, skies and sea. You are the Field Commander for the ATLAS, established by the Allied Nations to defend the world against the Shadow Nation. Outwit your powerful and clever enemy at every turn, and gain the respect it takes to become a heroic Field Commander! Create your own missions and uploading them to be enjoyed by all players.
15 Wild Arms XF - PSP

Wild Arms XF on the PSP is the newest installment in the long-running role-playing series which marks a couple first for the franchise; the first one containing tactical strategy gameplay, as well as the first Wild ARMs game to appear on a handheld system. Wild ARMs XF offers a unique strategy role-playing experience with a hex-based grid system producing more tactical positioning options, a large number of job classes allowing vast party customization, and a wide range of mission objectives making it one of the deepest strategy games on the PSP.
16 Growlanser: Wayfarer of Time - PSP

Growlanser: Wayfarer of Time for the PSP was never before released outside of Japan and widely considered the best entry in the long running franchise for this PSP, the system iteration of the fourth chapter in the Growlanser saga delivers visuals remastered for PSP system's 16:9 widescreen, a vastly expanded script with tons of new characters to meet and quests to complete, a wealth of new ending possibilities, and much more, making it the first and only version of the game North American fans will ever want. New characters, scenarios, and events are complemented by a host of visual and technical improvements, dramatically improved loading times, and a message skip option that lets players rapidly advance the story. Players can also spend time getting to know the characters in their party, even going on a vacation with them apart from the game's main quest.
17 Worms: Open Warfare - PSP

Worms: Open Warfare is the ideal quality gaming experience whilst on the move and is perfectly placed to make its debut on the PSP. The processing power of the new handhelds means Worms contains the best of aspects of all previous Worms games whilst at the same time offering the best Worms AI and most balanced weapons system to date. Plus, with the introduction of a whole raft of unique features and laugh-out-loud comedy Worms engages the player with streamlined gameplay especially suited to the smaller screen and shorter play time of a handheld device. Heralding a return to the classic 2D turn based gameplay the easy to play yet hard to master gameplay makes Worms on PSP a match made in heaven. Classic Worms gameplay updated improved and designed specifically for handheld.
18 Blazing Souls: Accelate - PSP

In Blazing Souls: Accelate on the PSP, players will enter the world of Neverland, a war-weary world whose long-fought-for peace is being threatened by Human Genomes, a species created by a long-dead god to be the successors to humanity. Join Zelos, an amoral mercenary with a shadowy past and access to almost unlimited power, as he and a group of adventurers who insist on calling him a friend embark on an epic quest of redemption and salvation. On his travels, he begins to encounter the Human Genomes - new creatures created by God to replace mankind. One thirsts for power, one desires only for the eradication of mankind and one hopes to retrieve what he has lost. To get what they desire, each one appears before our protagonist. Through his battles against the Human Genomes, our protagonist finally begins to learn the truth of his existence.
19 Invizimals - PSP

In Invizimals on the PSP, one of our top Japanese engineers, Keni Nakamura, has discovered a way to see things that are hidden from the human eye. An entire new species has been revealed, made up of strange little animals that live among us in every country, town and home across the globe. Keni calls them Invizimals and he needs your help to complete his research. Try to catch and learn about as many Invizimals as possible and let them go head-to-head in battles. But beware: other people are after this amazing discovery, too.
20 Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Tag Force - PSP

Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Tag Force lets you begin your next Yu-Gi-Oh! adventure by entering one of the three dorms, Ra Yellow, Obelisk Blue, or Slifer Red. This school year is highlighted by an event like no other, something brand new to the world of Yu-Gi-Oh! The school has decided to hold a tournament with one catch, you now have a tag team partner to help you duel! Practice dueling with your friends, find the best partner, and the winner of the competition will be allowed the use of Duel Academy Island for a day! Brand new characters, monsters, and cards from the Yu-Gi-Oh! GX world All new tag team dueling Create your own duel puzzles.
21 Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Tag Force 2 - PSP

In Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Tag Force 2, a new year at the Duel Academy has begun and the Tag Duel Tournament is the year`s most anticipated event. Champion duelists from all around the world have accepted invitations to this tournament. Explore the Duel Academy and find your perfect partner to combine your decks to become an unstoppable fighting machine. The game is based on the top-rated Yu-Gi-Oh! GX series from Cartoon Network. More cards than ever before, download new cards and deck recipes, 4 Players can duel each other in Ad Hoc Mode, Connect to GX Destiny of Heroes (PS2) to battle more characters and collect more cards. Each game includes three exclusive trading cards.
22 Phantom Brave: The Hermuda Triangle - PSP

Phantom Brave: The Hermuda Triangle for the PSP is known for its unique free‐roaming battle fields and innovative “CONFINE” unit summoning system. This latest title comes with added features and content, and an expanded story. Colorful, witty, and addictively challenging, Phantom Brave delivers incredibly intricate, finely ‐balanced strategic gameplay that compliments a fantastical tale of courage and duty. Already one of the highest reviewed strategy RPGs of all‐time, this PSP release is certain to win over a whole new host of fans. Players will be able to explore a different dungeon every time they enter. The layout of the battle map and the types of enemies, objects, and items you'll come across can all change by chance. This gives incredible replay value for those who want to "master" the game.
23 R-Type Command - PSP

R-Type Command on the PSP will see players enter a desperate war against the mysterious alien race known as the Bydo, humanity sends wave after wave of fighters into Bydo space – none of which are ever heard from again. Mankind’s main hope now resides with a lone commander, sent to lead a small armada on a perilous mission into the heart of the Bydo Empire. Low on fuel and forced to scavenge resources and equipment from his surroundings, the commander must use all his cunning and wits if he hopes to succeed, let alone make it home alive.
24 Ragnarok Tactics - PSP

Ragnarok Tactics takes place centuries after holy war, two nations engaged in an ferocious battle for control of the Grantria Peninsula. The war ground to a halt and an uneasy truce was made. It was against this backdrop that the protagonists begin their fight against rival factions, hordes of ravening monsters controlled by enigmatic puppet masters, and even their own dark impulses. Ragnarok Tactics, based on Ragnarok Online, blends classic Strategy RPG with inspiration from the original series. Choose up to fourteen job classes and battle your way through the hordes of monsters! Will you bring everlasting peace or total destruction to the Grantria Peninsula - that fate, lies within you.
25 Generation of Chaos - PSP

Generation of Chaos on the PSP takes you into a fantasy world for incredible role-playing action. Enter a strange new world where magic and legends mix and the political future of your land in uncertain. Take up a sword or the magic arts, then use your skills to defend and expand your kingdom. In the ancient history of Dravania, Gods and Dragons went to war. The Dragons won, and the Gods were extinct; in their fear, the mortals began to revere the Dragons. After a revolution leaves the country in ruins, a new leader emerges. He leads Dravania out of the ashes and into war, as the people restore peace and prosperity to an ancient land called the Lost Grounds. Will you help Dravania conquer the surrounding lands destroying enemies as you go? Or will you play as one of the other nine kingdoms in their bid to win regional control?
26 Gungnir - PSP

Gungnir's can be considered a strategy RPG that offers a number of fresh twists on an expertly honed formula. The classic balance of risk and reward, a staple of Sting titles, enriches Gungnir's deep strategic battles and gives the player critical decisions to partake in a land ravaged by disparity where the impoverished must battle for survival, the fate of all is thrust into uncertainty when rebels happen upon custody of a young female noble - and a magical spear of immeasurable power falls from the heavens. Now, hunted by incumbent powers desperate to reclaim the girl and armed with a weapon capable of reshaping the realm, the Resistance must wage war to deliver themselves from the tyranny of their oppressors.
27 The Lord of the Rings: Tactics - PSP

The Lord of the Rings Tactics will put players in the universe of Middle-earth from the books and films and allow them to lead the Fellowship or take control of the forces of Shadow. The tactical RPG game features a rich system of items, upgrades and skills for the player to customise their heroes. Players can guard their heroes, which include Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli, Frodo, Gandalf and Sauron, among others. They can also seize high ground, set ambushes and trap enemies while fighting battles across famous locations of the books and films to determine the future of Middle-earth. The Lord of the Rings Tactics will feature a multiplayer mode that will allow up to four players to pit their customised heroes via WiFi. A unique, simultaneous turn-taking system allows for fast-paced play.
28 Mytran Wars - PSP

Mytran Wars is set in the 23rd century: The earth's natural resources are virtually exhausted and the ruling multinational conglomerates are searching for new raw material deposits in space in order to avert the impending catastrophe. One planet turns out to be a real El Dorado in this respect, the planet Phytar. But, as the human conquerors in their armed mecha’s encounter the former peaceful inhabitants, a dreadful war breaks out. The player can research more than 250 items in 7 different tech-trees, and continue to rearm his mecha in Mytran Wars. The story-driven battles filled with different objectives are fought in wonderful 3D landscapes - against the merciless AI or other human opponents in various multiplayer modes.
29 Aedis Eclipse: Generation of Chaos - PSP

Aedis Eclipse: Generation of Chaos on the PSP combines team customizing and item crafting with multi-unit battle, for a more in-depth gaming experience. In a world where angels and demons lived together in peace, tragedy strikes. The king of demons is assassinated by a radical group of angels. Now a war has broken out between the 2 factions and you must stop them from destroying the world. On the surface world, a knight must save his comrades from a ruthless king. Nearby, a school is bombed and a child is pulled into battle. These events come together in this challenging game. The PSP format allows gamers to briefly pick up their hand-held to enjoy strategic thinking anytime, anywhere. Extensive tutorial scenario which will teach you how to play the game is included should you need it.
30 NeverLand Card Battles - PSP

NeverLand Card Battles is a card-based RPG action comes to PSP and brings an innovative mix of genres—RPG plus turn-based card battles. With Ad-hoc head-to-head multiplayer mode and card trading, there's tons to do. Wield great powers with over 200 cards at your disposal. Use cards to summon powerful allies such as warriors, wizards, mages, and more. Build defending walls and healing fountains. Boost your army’s strength and speed to gain the advantage. Earn more powerful cards as you complete each boss battle and assemble the ultimate deck. Strategic and unique mana collecting system means battles take place on grids made up of squares.
31 Disgaea Infinite - PSP

Disgaea Infinite on the PSP (PlayStation Portable) is a single player game set in the Digaea universe in which players must travel through time to catch a suspect in a potentially heinous crime. Unlike earlier Digaea games, Disgaea Infinite is not a strategic RPG, instead it is created as a "visual novel," in which players have full control of the story, taking full control of characters, choosing how they will act in order to get to the bottom of the mystery at hand.
32 Warhammer 40,000: Squad Command - PSP

Warhammer 40,000 universe comes to PSP as a turn-based strategy game with an engaging storyline. Play as the elite Ultramarines chapter of Space Marines and strive to combat the encroaching evil of the ruthless and daemonic influenced Chaos Space Marines. Through 13 cinematically-tied missions you will stand against the forces of Chaos to retain the Imperium. With a robust multiplayer mode featuring nine unique missions, you can team up and go head-to-head with other players as either the Imperium of Man or the vile Chaos Space Marines.
33 Spectral Souls: Resurrection of the Ethereal Empires - PSP

Spectral Souls is intense role-playing strategy where you must battle to unite your homeland. A vicious circle of violence has erupted, as the battle torn continent of Neverland is caught up in a great war between good and evil. Three young soldiers will rise to put an end to this madness once and for all. The player will switch between the three opposing kingdoms to play the Royal Demon Kingdom, the Imperial Army, or the Rebel Army. Depending on how you progress through the game with each of the forces, the story of the game will change.
34 Dungeons & Dragons Tactics - PSP

Dungeons & Dragons: Tactics brings the excitement of fantasy battle and role-playing to the PSP system for the very first time. All of the core races and classes will be available to the player, including two Psionic classes, the Psion and the Psychic Warrior. Players will be able to customise their characters and store as many as their memory stick can handle. Faithfully utilizing the Dungeons & Dragons 3.5 rule-set, Dungeons & Dragons: Tactics allows players to take a party of six adventurers into a wide variety of dangerous environments to experience deep and exciting turn-based action. All core races and classes are available, plus the addition of Psionics Deep and exciting turn-based gameplay using the D&D 3.5 rule-set.
35 Marvel Trading Card Game - PSP

Marvel Trading Card Game is set in the Marvel Universe and based on the bestselling trading card game from Upper Deck, the game lets you collect over 1,000 cards and compete in online play. Players will assemble your own deck drawing upon iconic characters such as Spider-Man, The Incredible Hulk, the X-Men, the Avengers, the Fantastic Four and Ghost Rider. Follow from either a hero or villain perspective, with detailed comic book scenes telling the game's story in-between card play. Using your upper Deck's Vs. System, a flexible game engine that represents massive Super Hero battles in trading card game format can be unleashed, each player begins the game with their own team of Marvel characters, and tries to defeat the cards of their opponent.
36 Scarface: Money. Power. Respect. - PSP

Scarface: Money. Power. Respect. on the PSP combines turn based strategy and real time action enabling you to experience what it took for Tony Montana to rise to power in the streets of Miami. Take on the role of Tony Montana to complete a series of scenarios based on scenes from the movie as he takes over the drug trade in Miami. In multi-player mode, take control of one of the cartels battling to control business and territory. Earn as much money as possible by managing the production and selling of product and build up enough strength to take over the Miami from your opponents.
37 Warhammer: Battle for Atluma - PSP

Warhammer: Battle for Atluma delivers an extensive card game experience on the PSP, the game is based on the collectible card game set in the Warhammer world. Players will enter the old world and battle your way through the armies of the Grand Alliance or the evil Hordes of Darkness. Discover the secrets of Atluma as you collect more than 450 cards, but be quick - you'll have to use all your wits and strategy to beat your opponent to the ultimate goal, the Atluma Crystal. Players will live the struggle of battle through life and death decisions and choosing the right or wrong battle can lead your army to victory or defeat.
38 Steel Horizon - PSP

Steel Horizon on the PSP is inspired by pulp fiction stories set during World War II, Steel Horizon puts you in control of Naval fleets in a series of fictional battles. Against the real world backdrop of the war, the game depicts a shadowy third party responsible for orchestrating the conflict, who uses futuristic technology to advance the carnage for their own ends. In addition to the involving solo campaign, where you take charge of an ultra-secret US Navy vessel, Steel Horizon lets you compete against a rival via Wireless multiplayer. Ten bonus missions open up new challenges and even enable you to amass a fleet that can be used in the main campaign.
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