Bandai Namco and Media.Vision have announced that their turn-based RPG Digimon Story Time Stranger has been updated across all platforms.
Players can now benefit from Bond-related improvements and various fixes. You can view the quoted patch notes below:
Bond
To enhance the importance of Bond in battles, the following effects have been added and adjusted:
- Increased the activation rate of Extra Strikes based on Bond beyond previous values.
- Added a new effect: higher Bond increases CRT Rate.
- Added a new effect: higher Bond increases Item Drop and Rare Drop Rates.
※ Only the Digimon with the highest Bond among battle members will affect Item Drop Rates.
Fixes
- Fixed an issue on certain Steam environments where missing or corrupted system data from the demo caused save data transfer to the full version to malfunction.
- Fixed a bug in the “Factorial Area” where crane states were not saved correctly, potentially causing progression to be blocked.
- Fixed an issue where trophies/achievements could not be unlocked under specific conditions.
- Fixed a bug in the boss battle against “Greymon (Blue)” where progression was blocked unless all in-battle dialogue events were viewed.
- Fixed a crash that could occur when repeatedly opening and closing the Digivice menu.
- Fixed a crash that could occur in certain “Outer Dungeon” when performing DigiAttack under specific conditions.
- Fixed an issue where enemy HP gauges were not displayed during battle under certain conditions.
- Fixed a bug where Aegiomon’s attachment skill reverted to its previous state under specific conditions.
- Fixed an issue where Aegiomon’s HP/SP did not recover properly under certain conditions.
- Fixed a bug in specific areas of “The In-Between Theater,” “Gear Forest,” and “Abyss Surface” where movement was restricted, preventing progression.
- Fixed an issue in the final boss battle where progression was blocked or unintended behavior occurred if Aegiomon was incapacitated under specific conditions.
- Fixed a bug where non-guest Aegiomon equipped with items like “Crimson Dragon Data Fragment” appeared as Aegiochusmon only during battle.
- Various usability improvements and fixes to backgrounds, models, and text.
About Digimon Story Time Stranger
Digimon Story Time Stranger continues to explore the bonds between humans and Digimon, with this latest installment detailing the mystery of the world’s collapse. Players will collect and raise various Digimon for turn-based battles in a journey that spans the human and digital worlds, the latter being the “Iliad where Digimon reside.” This game is also designed to be a “perfect entry point to the series” for RPG fans.
In the Human World, the story will primarily focus on Shinjuku and Akihabara. Within the Digital World: Iliad, Central Town will be the core of the adventure. The narrative follows the protagonist as an agent of the secret organization ADAMAS, leading to them being caught up in an explosion and awakening eight years ago.
Moreover, Digimon Story Time Stranger will feature a symbol encounter system, meaning that battles will start when you touch an enemy on the map instead of being randomized. Further, over 450 Digimon will be available.
Digimon Story Time Stranger will be released on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam on October 3, 2025. A free demo is also live.
Check out our review and the launch-day patch notes.
