KOTOR 2 considering how it contextualized RPG concepts like EXP and gathering together a party of disparate personalities in-universe. Also Barkley, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden.

og nier and nier automata probably count? guess it depends how strict you're being with the term RPG

you have to pick commands and see numbers go up/down and shit like that

Does Yakuza 7 not qualify? Are there anti-Yakuza 7 rules in this list?

must be y2k