Digimon Story Time Stranger - The game based on the popular anime about digital monsters

Digimon Story Time Stranger is the latest installment in the story series. Here you can catch and collect numerous Digimon.

Developer: Bandai Namco Studios / Media.Vision | Platform: PC, PS5, Xbox Series, Switch, Switch 2 | Release date in Germany: October 3, 2025 | Steam rating: 89 % from over 15,000 ratings

What kind of game is this? In Digimon Story Time Stranger, we are an agent of the secret organization Adamas. Our home Tokyo is devastated by a mysterious catastrophe. To avert the impending apocalypse and change fate, we travel through time and explore parallel worlds where the so-called Digimon live. 

The game is unrelated to the anime and tells its own story. In turn-based battles, we fight our way through the Digi-world and encounter the mighty Olympian Twelve. 

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Digimon Story Time Stranger – The game based on the popular anime about digital monsters

How many monsters are there to collect? Although the title is a standalone game, a staggering 475 monsters can be collected. Many of the creatures are known from the Digimon anime. 

Pros
  • Fights are enjoyable with the fast-forward feature
  • Collecting different Digi-evolutions is fun
  • Cities are particularly beautifully designed
  • Very beginner-friendly, even for newcomers to the series 
Cons
  • Outside the cities, the visuals suffer
  • Custom character can only be minimally adjusted with a shirt
  • Story is average
  • Slow Digi-farm management

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