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Digimon Story Time Stranger

A turn-based RPG about raising and digivolving hundreds of Digimon through a time-travel story.

PlayStation 5 PC
Release dateOct 3, 2025
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Digimon Story Time Stranger, Media.Vision's RPG, a sourced analysis

Digimon Story Time Stranger is a turn-based RPG developed by Media.Vision and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. A summary of official information and two reviews of the PS5 version; this is not a hands-on TricknFix review.

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Saving the world across time

Released on 3 October 2025 on PS5 according to the French PlayStation Store and on 2 October 2025 on PC according to Steam, Digimon Story Time Stranger follows the Cyber Sleuth games. Players control an agent who travels through time to stop a catastrophe affecting the digital world. The core of the game is still collecting, raising and digivolving hundreds of Digimon, with turn-based battles.

What the press says

On PS5, Push Square (6/10) praises fantastic monster taming, an addictive digivolution system, a beautiful Digital World and hundreds of unique Digimon, but criticises frustratingly linear design, dull characters, flat localisation, basic side quests, tedious boss battles and a 30fps cap with frequent drops. PlayStation Universe (9.5/10) calls it a must-play for fans, thanks to deep combat, an addictive digivolution system, a compelling time-travel story and helpful quality-of-life features such as auto-battling.

Editions and prices

Checked on 12 November 2026: on the PlayStation Store the game costs €69.99, the Deluxe Edition €99.99 and the Ultimate Edition €119.99, with no sale. On Steam the game costs €69.99 with no sale. Costume packs, music packs and the season pass (add-on content) are not counted here.

Who is it for?

Digimon fans and lovers of monster-raising RPGs. Players looking for open exploration or a smooth frame rate may be disappointed.

Press average

The score block above shows the press average calculated from original reviews of the PS5 version, checked on 12 November 2026: Push Square 6/10 and PlayStation Universe 9.5/10. Each score is converted to /20 and averaged with equal weight. The two verdicts are far apart. This summary is not a hands-on review.

What to know

An excellent Digimon-raising system that splits critics over its linearity and technical issues.

Strengths

  • Fantastic monster taming, says Push Square.
  • An addictive digivolution system, says Push Square.
  • A beautiful Digital World and hundreds of unique Digimon, says Push Square.
  • Deep combat and a compelling time-travel story, says PlayStation Universe.
  • Helpful quality-of-life features such as auto-battling, says PlayStation Universe.

Things to consider

  • Frustratingly linear design, says Push Square.
  • Dull characters and flat localisation, says Push Square.
  • Basic side quests and tedious boss battles, says Push Square.
  • A 30fps cap with frequent frame rate drops, says Push Square.

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Game details

Developer
Media.Vision
Publisher
Bandai Namco Entertainment
Release
Oct 3, 2025
Genres
RPG
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