Best School / Academy Games

Every School / Academy game The Belly has scored, ranked from the highest verdict down. Browse games with a School / Academy setting or subject and see where each one landed.

Games with a School / Academy theme, ranked by Belly Score. Theme tags capture the subject matter and setting of a game — distinct from genre — so this list pulls together titles that share a School / Academy world or aesthetic regardless of how they play. See which School / Academy-themed games earned The Belly's top marks and which fell short.

Best School / Academy Games rankings

9.9

Persona 5 Royal

RPG · Adventure · Simulation

PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 5 · Nintendo Switch · Xbox One · Xbox Series X/S · PC

ModernSchool / AcademyPsychological+1

ImmersiveStrategicAtmospheric+3

9.7

Persona 4 Golden

RPG · Adventure

PlayStation Vita · PC · PlayStation 4 · Nintendo Switch · Xbox One · Xbox Series X|S

ModernDetective / MysterySchool / Academy+1

ImmersiveMysteriousEmotional+3

9.6

The Hundred Line -Last Defense Academy-

Adventure · Visual Novel · Strategy

Nintendo Switch · Steam

Sci-FiSchool / AcademyPsychological+1

MysteriousIntenseStrategic+3

9.6

White Album 2

Visual Novel

Microsoft Windows · PlayStation 3 · PlayStation Vita

School / AcademyRomancePsychological+1

EmotionalMelancholicBittersweet+3

9.6

Persona 3

RPG · Adventure

PlayStation 2 · PlayStation Portable · Nintendo Switch · PlayStation 4 · Windows · Xbox One · Xbox Series X/S

School / AcademySupernaturalPsychological+1

MysteriousDarkEmotional+3

9.6

Fire Emblem: Three Houses

Strategy · RPG · Simulation

Nintendo Switch

FantasyMilitaryWar+1

StrategicTacticalEmotional+3

9.4

Doki Doki Literature Club!

Visual Novel · Horror · Simulation

Windows · macOS · Linux

School / AcademyPsychologicalSurreal+1

MysteriousCreepyUnsettling+3

9.4

13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim

Adventure · Strategy · RPG

Nintendo Switch · PlayStation 4

Sci-FiRobots / MechsDetective / Mystery+1

MysteriousCinematicThought-Provoking+2

9.4

Persona 4

RPG · Adventure · Simulation

PlayStation 2 · PlayStation Vita · Windows · Nintendo Switch · PlayStation 4 · Xbox One · Xbox Series X/S

Urban FantasyDetective / MysterySchool / Academy+1

ImmersiveMysteriousEmotional+3

9.4

Lost Judgment

Action-Adventure · RPG

PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 5 · Xbox One · Xbox Series X/S · PC · Amazon Luna

Detective / MysteryCrimeSchool / Academy+1

AtmosphericIntenseCinematic+2

9.1

Persona 2

RPG

PlayStation · PlayStation Portable

Urban FantasySupernaturalPsychological+1

MysteriousDarkAtmospheric+3

9.1

Persona 2: Innocent Sin

RPG

PlayStation · PlayStation Portable

Urban FantasySupernaturalPsychological+1

MysteriousDarkAtmospheric+3

8.9

Shin Megami Tensei if...

RPG

Super Famicom · PlayStation · i-Revo · iOS · Wii · Wii U · Nintendo Switch

School / AcademySupernaturalDark / Grim

DarkChallengingAtmospheric+2

8.9

Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth

RPG

Nintendo 3DS

Urban FantasySchool / AcademySupernatural+1

ExploratoryDiscovery-DrivenStrategic+3

8.7

DELTARUNE

RPG

Windows · macOS · Nintendo Switch · Nintendo Switch 2 · PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 5

FantasySchool / AcademyPsychological+1

MysteriousFunnyQuirky+3

8.4

Kindergarten

Adventure · Puzzle · Horror

Microsoft Windows · Linux · macOS · Nintendo Switch

School / AcademyComedySatire+1

CreepyFunnyQuirky+3

5.4

LOVESTRUCK

Simulation · Sandbox

Roblox

School / AcademyRomanceDark / Grim

SocialImmersiveAtmospheric+2