Digimon Survive
Guide stranded youngsters and their monster partners through a visual novel with tactical battles, making choices that branch the story and influence your partner's evolution.
- AI score · out of 10
- 7.4 / 10
About this game
Digimon Survive follows a group of young people searching for a way home from another world. You progress by talking with companions and investigating locations, choosing responses and actions that lead the story down different branches. Those decisions also influence the evolution of your monster partner. The adventure gives more space to its visual novel than to combat. When battles occur, you move monster units across a grid and issue commands in turns. Free Battles also provide opportunities to converse with wild monsters and recruit them when the exchange succeeds. Relationships, decisions and monster evolution connect the narrative to the party you bring into battle, within a darker story of survival.
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AI review
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A fit for readers who want their decisions to shape both the story and a monster partner.
Linking choices to evolution can make dialogue decisions feel consequential beyond the next conversation. The visual-novel emphasis should suit players who enjoy reading between tactical encounters, while those seeking frequent battles may find the balance less appealing.
Strengths
- Choice-dependent evolution can give a partner's development a personal narrative meaning.
- Recruitment conversations offer a reason to engage with wild monsters beyond defeating them.
Weaknesses
- The emphasis on reading may leave combat-first players wanting more frequent tactical encounters.
Who it is for: Players interested in branching stories, monster partnerships and occasional grid-based tactical decisions.
Play notes: The darker survival framing may be uncomfortable for readers seeking a consistently lighthearted Digimon adventure.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension The visual-novel emphasis is a better match for sustained reading than for an expectation of near-continuous tactical combat. | Reviewed | 7.0 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension For players who enjoy shaping a character relationship, evolution influenced by choices can make narrative decisions especially engaging. | Reviewed | 7.1 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension The dark survival premise can lend weight to monster partnerships, provided that tone is part of the appeal. | Reviewed | 8.5 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Selectable battle difficulty offers a useful way to adjust combat demands for players chiefly interested in the story. | Reviewed | 7.5 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Developer
- HYDE
- Publisher
- Bandai Namco
- Release date
- Jul 29, 2022
- Platforms
- Nintendo Switch
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- Not provided
- Offline minimum players
- Not provided
- Offline maximum players
- Not provided
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
- Not provided
- Tags
- Story-driven3D GraphicsSolo-friendlyVisual NovelTurn-based TacticsBranching ChoicesCreature Collection and Training
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
- Not provided
- Age ratings
- Not provided
- Play modes
- Single player
- Perspectives
- Top-down
Release editions
- Nintendo SwitchWorldwideJul 29, 2022
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Sources
- www.bandainamcoent.comSource revision: 1
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