Anima: Gate of Memories

Anima Gate of Memories is a third person action RPG that tells the story of two beings bound by an unwilling pact, an ancient monster and a girl who lost her past... Anima is mostly focused on combat and…

67 3 June 2016 ESRB T

Adventure Role-playing (RPG) Action Fantasy

Anima: Gate of Memories is an adventure developed by Anima Project, released 3 June 2016 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Linux.

Verified 20 Oct 2026 Sources: IGDB , Steam

What Anima: Gate of Memories is

Anima: Gate of Memories is an adventure game developed by Anima Project and released in 2016. It was published by BadLand Publishing. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity. It carries an ESRB T age rating.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Anima Gate of Memories is a third person action RPG that tells the story of two beings bound by an unwilling pact, an ancient monster and a girl who lost her past... Anima is mostly focused on combat and exploration, but it also has deep roleplaying elements.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 25 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Anima: Gate of Memories holds a critic score of 67 out of 100. That places it above 29% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2016 averaged 68, so it scored about average for its year.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Dual Core processor, 4 GB RAM and Compatible with DirectX9 with 512 MB RAM or better (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 / ATI Radeon HD 5850 ). At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 6GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

Anima: Gate of Memories launched on 3 June 2016, within three weeks of Mirror's Edge Catalyst, Overwatch, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Blood and Wine and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Blood and Wine. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 3 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Mirror's Edge Catalyst, Overwatch, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Blood and Wine, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Blood and Wine.

Official trailer

Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

Screenshots

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Anima: Gate of Memories gameplay screenshot

Quick answers

Anima: Gate of Memories — frequently asked questions

When did Anima: Gate of Memories come out?

Anima: Gate of Memories was released on 3 June 2016 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

What are the minimum PC requirements for Anima: Gate of Memories?

At minimum, Anima: Gate of Memories needs Dual Core processor, 4 GB RAM, Compatible with DirectX9 with 512 MB RAM or better (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 / ATI Radeon HD 5850 ) graphics, 6 GB available space of storage.

How many GB is Anima: Gate of Memories?

The PC version needs about 6 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("6 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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