| Digimon Story: Time Stranger | ||||
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| Release Date | Gameplay & Story | DLC & Pre-Order | Demo Review | Full Review |
| Release Date | |
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| October 3, 2025 PC, PS5, XBXS July 10, 2026 NSW2, NSW More Details |
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| Genre | |
| Monster-Taming, JRPG | |
| Platforms | Price (MSRP) |
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$69.99 |
| Developer | Publisher |
| Media.Vision Inc. | Bandai Namco Entertainment |
| Number of Players | Age Rating |
| 1 | ESRB Teen IMDA 16 |
| Time to Finish | Cross Platform Play |
| 40-50 Hours | No |
| Official Website | Official Website for Digimon Story: Time Stranger |
Digimon Story: Time Stranger Latest News
⚫︎ Bandai Namco and Media.Vision have announced that the "Additional Digimon & Episode Pack 3: Anti-ParadoX" DLC for Digimon Story: Time Stranger will launch on March 12. This third expansion includes a brand-new story episode and additional Mega Digivolution routes for players to explore.
⚫︎ The "Anti-ParadoX" DLC for Digimon Story: Time Stranger is set to launch in March 2026. This third expansion features a new story episode centered on the X Program
and introduces several X-Antibody Mega Digivolution routes.
⚫︎ Bandai Namco announced that the RPG Digimon Story: Time Stranger will launch for the Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2 on July 10, 2026. This version of the monster-taming adventure will offer enhanced technical options on the Nintendo Switch 2, including a 4K Quality Mode and a 60FPS Performance Mode.
⚫︎ Bandai Namco announced that the "GAKU-RAN" DLC for Digimon Story: Time Stranger launches on January 22. This DLC adds new digivolutions to the game, including , BanchoStingmon, BanchoGolemon, BanchoMamemon and Omnimon: Merciful Mode, and a new questline featuring these Digimon.
⚫︎ Following the commercial success of Digimon Story: Time Stranger, Bandai Namco is expanding its development team to ensure more frequent game releases for the franchise. Producer Ryosuke Hara confirmed the team is actively exploring new projects and prioritizing collaborations to avoid the eight-year development cycle seen with the previous title.
⚫︎ The second DLC for Digimon Story: Time Stranger, titled "GAKU-RAN," will launch in January 2026. This expansion introduces five new Mega-level Digivolution routes from the "Bancho" group of Digimon and features a new questline centered on the character Hiroko Sagisaka.
Digimon Story: Time Stranger Overview
Digimon Story: Time Stranger is an RPG published by Bandai Namco Entertainment and developed by Media.Vision, the developers of Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth (2015) and Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth - Hacker's Memory (2017). Released on October 3, 2025 for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S, and later on July 10, 2026 for the Nintendo Switch 2 and Nintendo Switch, it will be the seventh installment in the Digimon Story series.
Time Stranger follows a male or female protagonist (Dan Yuki or Kanan Yuki), an agent of the secret organization ADAMAS, which investigates anomalous phenomena. After encountering a mysterious Digimon in Shinjuku, they are caught in an explosion and wake up eight years in the past. They are now tasked with uncovering the mystery behind the impending collapse of the world while exploring the interplay between the past and future, the human and digital worlds, and the relationships between humans and Digimon.
Players can assemble a diverse roster of Digimon and nurture them into powerful allies for turn-based battles. They can collect, train, and customize these creatures, with deeper customization options providing "limitless ways to approach the challenges of battle." Digimon can evolve into stronger forms as they grow in experience and meet specific criteria, such as achieving certain stat thresholds. The bond players share with their Digimon also plays a crucial role in their evolution and overall strength.
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Digimon Story: Time Stranger Gameplay
Digimon Story: Time Stranger is a monster-taming RPG. Players traverse both the human and the Digital World, specifically the Iliad server, and encounter hostile Digimon in diverse environments, including hubs where Digimon live ordinary lives. Much like previous games in the series, wild Digimon encountered in the field have a "scan rate": defeating or encountering them repeatedly increases this percentage, and at 100%, you can recruit them; recruiting at 200% grants stat and level-cap bonuses.
During combat, players bring three Digimon into active battle, with a fourth slot reserved for a guest party member, plus three more in reserve that level up passively. The classic Data-Vaccine-Virus rock-paper-scissor type matchup remains, layered with elemental affinities and status mechanics discovered through trial and error. Battles include options such as targeting specific body parts on bosses and applying buffs to active party units, though buffs don’t carry over to reserves. Players can also adjust combat speed up to 5x.
Moreover, each Digimon has innate "special" skills, and players can purchase additional "attachment" abilities in shops. Equippable items, stat enhancements, and level thresholds support branching evolutions that can be chosen via a column interface. With over 450 Digimon to train—surpassing the combined roster of Cyber Sleuth and Hacker’s Memory—Time Stranger offers the largest Digimon selection in the series. The player inventory caps at a generous 999 Digimon, all of which gain experience, albeit at a reduced rate if not in active use.
Digimon Story: Time Stranger Characters
Dan and Kanan Yuki
Dan and Kanan Yuki are the male and female protagonists of Digimon Story: Time Stranger. They are elite "Operators" for ADAMAS, investigating supernatural anomalies, which includes "phase electron life forms," better known as Digimon. Whichever character players don't pick becomes their partner, providing tactical support and radio communication throughout the game.
Inori Misono
Inori Misono is a compassionate high-schooler who is one of the key characters in the story. In the original timeline, her death is a catalyst for the world's collapse. She befriends the protagonist and Aegiomon, unaware of the tragic fate the group is trying to rewrite.
Aegiomon
A mysterious, humanoid Digimon with amnesia, Aegiomon is the central figure of the game's time-travelling mystery. He was rescued by Inori during a catastrophic event in the human world and quickly became attached to her. As the story unfolds, his personal journey of self-discovery becomes inextricably linked to the "Time Loop" phenomenon and the shifting hierarchy of the Olympos XII.
Digimon Story: Time Stranger Trailer
Digimon Story Time Stranger | Anime Short | Prelude
Digimon Story Time Stranger – Announcement Trailer
Digimon Story: Time Stranger System Requirements
PC System Requirements
| System Specs | Minimum | Recommended |
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| Operating System | Windows 10 / Windows 11 | Windows 10 / Windows 11 |
| Processor | Intel Core i5-8400 /AMD Ryzen5 3600 | Intel Core i7-11700K /AMD Ryzen7 3700X |
| Memory | 8 GB RAM | 16 GB RAM |
| Graphics | Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 [4 GB] / AMD Radeon RX 580 [8 GB] /Intel Arc A580 [8 GB] | Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 [4 GB] / AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 [8 GB] / Intel Arc A770 [16 GB] |
| DirectX | Version 12 | Version 12 |
| Storage | 27 GB available space | 27 GB available space |
PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S
| System Specs | PlayStation 5 | Xbox Series X|S |
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| Resolution | PlayStation 5 and Pro: 3840×2160 | Xbox Series X: 3840×2160 Xbox Series S: 2560x1440 |
| 4k Support | Yes | Yes*Xbox Series S up to 2K |
| HDR Support | No | No |
| Frame Rate | 30fps | 30fps |
| Required Game Data Capacity and Number of Saved Data | Data Capacity: Approx. 19GB + Additional Data Autosave 1 Any Save 15 |
Data Capacity: Approximately 25GB + Additional Data Autosave 1 Any Save 15 |
Nintendo Switch 2 and Nintendo Switch
| System Specs | Nintendo Switch 2 Quality Mode | Nintendo Switch 2 Performance Mode | Nintendo Switch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Screen Resolution | TV Mode: 3840x2160 Handheld Mode: 1920x1080 |
TV Mode: 1920x1080 Handheld Mode: 1920x1080 |
TV Mode: 1920x1080 Handheld Mode: 1280x720 |
| 4k Support | Yes | No | No |
| HDR Support | Yes | No | No |
| Frame Rate | 30fps | 30fps | 30fps |
Digimon Story: Time Stranger Trivia
⚫︎ Though officially announced in 2025, the game was teased as far back as 2017. Producer Ryosuke Hara noted that the development team remade almost all 450+ Digimon models from scratch to meet modern hardware standards, retiring models used since the PS2/PSP era.
⚫︎ If players choose the male protagonist (Dan), the female protagonist (Kanan) becomes their radio support, and vice-versa. They are fully voiced during missions, providing a constant buddy
dynamic similar to Hacker's Memory.
⚫︎ Certain Digimon can be used as rideable mounts to travel faster (like Beelzemon on his motorcycle or MetalGarurumon), but evolving can actually lose them this ability. For example, players can ride a Growlmon, but once it evolves into the massive WarGrowlmon, it is too large/unstable to mount.
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