October 3 is Going to Be a Big Day for Digimon Fans

Summary

Digimon Story: Time Stranger launches on October 3, 2025, featuring over 450 Digimon for players to recruit.
Players can choose between starting partners Patamon, Gomamon, and DemiDevimon, and customize Digimon move sets.
The game’s plot involves time anomalies, wild Digimon swarms, and an organization trying to restore balance to the worlds.

Digimon fans might want to mark their calendars for October 3, as this is when Digimon Story: Time Stranger will finally launch. This latest foray into the Digital World of gaming and anime fame was first revealed earlier this year at a PlayStation State of Play livestream in February, with an action-packed trailer filled with classic Digimon creatures. Digimon Story: Time Stranger will task players with journeying between dimensions to save all of existence from a mysterious entity. Digimon Story: Time Stranger is set in the Iliad version of the Digital World that was previously featured in the now-defunct Digimon Heroes mobile game.

In the months to follow Digimon Story: Time Stranger’s initial unveiling, Bandai Namco has been slowly sharing more information on the upcoming turn-based RPG and the many Digimon players will be able to recruit. Like the previous Digimon Story games, players will have a choice between three starting Digimon partners, this time being Patamon, Gomamon, and DemiDevimon. There will be a total of roughly 450 Digimon to train and collect in Digimon Story: Time Stranger, as well as a choice between male and female protagonists.

How Digimon Evolved Into Digimon Story: Time Stranger

Digimon Story: Time Stranger Has a Clear Digivolution Line [RETROSPECTIVE]

Digimon Story: Time Stranger is the latest in a long line of Digimon RPGs, and it wouldn’t be where it is today without them laying its foundation.

Another Digimon Story: Time Stranger trailer was shown off during the June 4 PlayStation State of Play livestream, confirming that the game will launch on October 3. More plot information was revealed as well, namely that Digimon Story: Time Stranger’s main protagonist has been sent back in time eight years to prevent Shinjuku from being overrun by a swarm of wild Digimon. There are also strange time anomalies threatening the balance of the worlds, and it falls to the player and the ADAMAS organization to uncover the cause before it is too late.

Digimon Story: Time Stranger Release Date

More Digimon are shown in this latest Digimon Story: Time Stranger trailer, as well as the human characters the player will meet along the way. There are also some snippets of gameplay footage detailing how the player can customize their partner Digimons’ move sets, Digivolve them into more powerful forms, and even ride some of them as mounts across the diverse landscapes of the Digital World.

So far, Digimon Story: Time Stranger looks to retain the turn-based RPG gameplay and emotionally gripping storytelling of the previous Digimon Story games, which are well-regarded among fans of the Digimon franchise. Now, these fans have an exact release date for Digimon Story: Time Stranger, which launches across all major platforms this October.