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Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout

The next game in the Atelier franchise and the start of a new series of games. The collection system has been redesigned, the items found are the same but different tools or actions will be required to find…

77 26 September 2019

Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout is an adventure developed by Gust, released 26 September 2019 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 37 hrs to finish.

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What Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout is

Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout is an adventure game developed by Gust and released in 2019. It was published by Koei Tecmo. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Katana Engine.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The game follows the story of Reisalin Stout, a girl living on Kurken Island seeking adventure. One summer day, she finds an abandoned rowboat and ventures to the mainland with her friends Lent Marslink and Tao Mongarten. Along the way, save the daughter of a traveling merchant and meet the alchemist Empel Vollmer with his companion Lila Decyrus, which starts Ryza on the path of learning alchemy and her interlining adventures and soon discover the real truth about her home.
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 49 achievements to unlock.

Where it sits in the Atelier series

Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout is the 53rd of 85 entries we hold in the Atelier series. It arrived 6 months after Atelier Lulua: The Scion of Arland. The next entry was Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout - Limited Edition in 2019. Its critic score of 77 is 5 points above the series average of 72. The highest-rated entry is Atelier Meruru: The Apprentice of Arland at 90.

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How it was received

Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout holds a critic score of 77 out of 100. That places it above 56% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2019 averaged 69, so it scored 8 points above the year average.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 37 hrs.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Core i5 2.7GHz (4 core) or over, 8 GB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce GTX1050 or over. An 8GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 15GB. 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

Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout launched on 26 September 2019, within three weeks of Disco Elysium, Borderlands 3, GreedFall and The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (2019). It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It arrived 6 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Disco Elysium, Borderlands 3, GreedFall, The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (2019).

Cheats and codes

We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.

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Official trailer

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Quick answers

Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout — frequently asked questions

When did Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout come out?
Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout was released on 26 September 2019 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout?
At minimum, Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout needs Core i5 2.7GHz (4 core) or over, 8 GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce GTX1050 or over graphics, 15 GB available space of storage.
How long does it take to beat Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout?
The main story of Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout takes around 37 hrs.
How many GB is Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout?
The PC version needs about 15 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("15 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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