Bandai Namco Entertainment’s upcoming title Digimon Story: Time Stranger has been rated in Singapore by the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA), offering new insight into the game’s setting, themes, and content. Developed by Media.Vision, this role-playing game is set to release in 2025 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Windows. It marks the seventh entry in the Digimon Story series and the first since 2017’s Hacker’s Memory, as well as the series’ debut on Xbox platforms and the first entry to include an official English dub.
Set in a fictional version of Tokyo, Time Stranger places players in the role of an agent from a covert organization. Alongside several companions, the protagonist undertakes a mission to uncover the hidden truth behind their world’s impending collapse. The narrative unfolds across two distinct realms: the human world and the Digital World of Iliad, a new setting introduced for this installment. Players can move between these interconnected realms as they pursue answers to their world’s mysterious downfall.
Gameplay is presented from a third-person perspective and centers on traditional role-playing mechanics. Players will capture and train Digimon, raising them to fight in strategic, turn-based battles against enemy Digimon. Combat includes visual effects such as flashing lights, hit-point indicators, and health bars. Defeated Digimon will fall backward and vanish after receiving a final blow, in keeping with the genre’s visual conventions. IMDA has noted that while the game includes combat, the violence is considered mild and suitable under its Advisory 16 classification.
In addition to combat, players will engage with various Digimon communities to accept quests that further the storyline and enrich the game’s world-building. Notably, the IMDA classification also mentions the presence of suggestive content, with some Digimon depicted in revealing humanoid forms. This includes female Digimon designs that expose cleavage and other parts of the body, though such portrayals fall within the permitted scope of Singapore’s Advisory 16 rating, which allows for “mildly suggestive” imagery.
