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Games like Digimon Story Time Stranger

If you like Digimon Story Time Stranger (turn-based rpg, monster collecting and anime), these 10 games are similar in what you do and how you play. They go from most to least similar.

  1. 01 · Very similar

    FINAL FANTASY IV

    JRPG · Turn-based · Classic

    • In common: progression and story

    When you want a short classic JRPG at your own pace: you can switch off random encounters and multiply the experience you earn.

  2. 02 · Very similar

    Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth: Complete Edition

    Turn-based RPG · Monster collecting · Anime

    • In common: progression and long sessions

    When you want an RPG to last you weeks: across the two games, reviews talk of 70 to 90 hours.

  3. 03 · Very similar

    DRAGON QUEST XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age – Definitive Edition

    JRPG · Turn-based · Fantasy

    • In common: long sessions and progression

    When you want a long, laid-back adventure to last several weeks: seeing the whole story through takes around a hundred hours.

  4. 04 · Very similar

    FINAL FANTASY VI

    JRPG · Turn-based · Classic

    • In common: progression and long sessions

    When you want a classic story at your own pace: you can switch off random encounters and multiply the experience you earn.

  5. 05 · Very similar

    FINAL FANTASY V

    JRPG · Turn-based · Classic

    • In common: progression and long sessions

    When you fancy a classic JRPG of around 34 hours, with autosave and the option to switch off random battles.

  6. 06 · Very similar

    FINAL FANTASY

    JRPG · Turn-based · Classic

    • In common: progression and long sessions
    • Difference: less story

    When you want to discover the origin of the series and a classic JRPG to return to unhurriedly, in hour-long stints.

  7. 07 · Very similar

    FINAL FANTASY III

    JRPG · Turn-based · Classic

    • In common: progression and long sessions

    When you want a classic JRPG at your own pace: you can turn off random encounters and earn up to four times the experience.

  8. 08 · Similar

    Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance

    JRPG · Turn-based · Demons

    • In common: progression and long sessions
    • Difference: harder

    When you want a long, demanding JRPG: Atlus puts a playthrough at around 80 hours, and you can save anywhere.

  9. 09 · Similar

    OCTOPATH TRAVELER II

    JRPG · Turn-based · Pixel art

    • In common: progression and long sessions

    When you want a long JRPG you can play chapter by chapter: one rarely runs past two hours.

  10. 10 · Similar

    Final Fantasy IX

    JRPG · Turn-based · Classic

    • In common: long sessions and progression

    When you fancy a long, classic adventure to come back to every day, unhurriedly.

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About Digimon Story Time Stranger

A turn-based monster-collecting RPG: as a secret agent you travel eight years into the past to stop a catastrophe in Shinjuku, explore the digital world of Iliad and gather over 450 Digimon that digivolve along branching paths.

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