Digimon Story: Time Stranger launches on PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S

Digimon Story: Time Stranger, a new entry in the Digimon Story series from developer Media.Vision and publisher Bandai Namco Entertainment, launched on October 3, 2025 for PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. The time-travel roleplaying game places players in the roles of ADAMAS agents Dan or Kanan Yuki as they travel between modern Tokyo and the Digital World of Illiad to investigate anomalies and avert a future catastrophe. The title opened to a large audience on PC, registering roughly 84,000 peak concurrent players on Steam in its opening days.

Gameplay centers on collecting and raising more than 400 distinct Digimon, a deep Digivolution system, and multiple interconnected progression mechanics. Enemies are not captured outright; instead players increase a species’ Scan Rate through repeated battles and Convert a scanned Digimon once its meter reaches 100 percent. Converting at higher Scan Rates, up to 200 percent, yields stat bonuses and can affect future evolution potential. Digivolution and DeDigivolution are core power routes: evolved forms inherit cumulative stat bonuses that persist through reversion, allowing players to cycle evolutions to meet stat requirements...