Digimon Story: Time Stranger Gets New Trailer, 3 Starters Revealed

Bandai Namco revealed more about Digimon Story: Time Stranger during the recent Digimon Con 2025, with a new trailer showing off special moves of various fan-favorite Digimon.

Preview the video below to see some beloved Digimon coming into action.

At the start of Digimon Story: Time Stranger, players will choose from Patamon, Gomamon, or DemiDevimon as their first companion. As mentioned by Producer Ryosuke Hara, new fans can hop on this game without having to play previous Digimon Story titles.

This time around, there will be around 450 Digimon to train, which is more than what Cyber Sleuth and Hacker’s Memory offered. Check out more details below, with the full transcript available at Gematsu.

Digimon Story: Time Stranger Overview

The story begins in Tokyo, Japan.

The protagonist is an agent of ADAMAS, a secret organization that specializes in investigating and solving anomalous phenomena.

In the course of their investigation, they encounter an unknown creature called a “Digimon” in Shinjuku, an area sealed off by the government, and are caught up in a mysterious explosion.

They then reawaken eight years in the past…

The protagonist then pursues the mystery of the impending world’s collapse, while searching for a way to stop it. Players can experience an epic story that depicts the bonds and conflicts arising from the complex intertwining of two opposing elements: ‘Past and Future,’ ‘The Human World and The Digital World,’ and ‘Humans and Digimon.’ Experience an epic story of bonds and conflicts between humans and Digimon!

Two Worlds: Human World and Digital World

The setting of this story will be split between the Human World and the Digital World: Iliad.

On the Human World side, the story will mainly be centered on Shinjuku and Akihabara. The previous Cyber Sleuth titles featured various areas from within Tokyo, but in this new title, instead of deliberately narrowing things down, we decided to prioritize recreating the city with a greater sense of scale and detail to maximize the sense of immersion in the story. Especially in Shinjuku, where we recreated part of the underground mall. To be honest, I can hardly remember the entire map. Even in the game, there might be times where you leave through the wrong exit and find yourself at a bus stop or something.

Now, let me introduce the other side of the game, the Digital World: Iliad. This is Central Town, which will be at the center of the adventure. It’s packed with all sorts of Digimon, and also home to a number of shops that will be of great use to the protagonist. Everywhere you turn in this city, there are Digimon of course, and all sorts of trendy bars and whatnot. The city gives the strong impression that it’s a place where Digimon live their lives.

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A Greater Sense of Immersion

As I mentioned while introducing the Human World, we really paid attention to the sense of immersion in the story. We took extra care to enhance this, and tried to avoid making any choices that might inhibit it. We’ve especially dedicated our efforts to developing the story. I believe that the overall setting, the construction, and appearance of each area, and so on, are all important parts of setting the stage to enhance the story. After all, if the setting is haphazard or messy, it makes it hard to appreciate the story itself, so we’re taking extra care to depict everything that needs to be depicted.

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Digimon Story: Time Stranger Screenshots

A decade after the launch of Cyber Sleuth, the series returns with Digimon Story: Time Stranger, releasing in 2025 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam. Stay tuned here at RPGFan as we await further announcements, as well as the official release date of this title!

Source: Gematsu