Digimon Story Time Stranger gets a demo before October release

Bandai Namco’s next entry in the long-running Digimon franchise, Digimon Story Time Stranger, arrives this autumn and is already available to test in a playable demo ahead of the game’s full release in early October, the publisher and the game’s producer said. The turn based creature-collecting RPG will launch around October 2 and October 3, depending on platform reports, and the demo offers players a taste of the opening chapter with some progress carrying over to the full game, officials said.

Producer Ryosuke Hara told a Japanese outlet that a demo would be released "soon," and the game’s official social account announced a timed PlayStation 5 demo in September. Bandai Namco subsequently made a demo available for PS5, Xbox Series X and S, and PC via Steam, with company statements and platform listings indicating that save data created in the demo can be transferred into the retail release. Several reports also noted that completing the demo unlocks an Adventure Trial Mode in Central Town of the Digital World Iliad, which allows players to explore extra dungeons and areas though progress in that mode does not carry over.

Time Stranger is being positioned as a deep,...