Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book DX (2021) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book DX

The definitive edition of the Atelier "Mysterious" series at a new price, with brand new content and various DLCs! "Atelier Sophie" is the 1st instalment: a chance encounter between Sophie and a sentient book…

21 April 2021

What Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book DX is

Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book DX is an adventure game developed by Gust and released in 2021. 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 definitive edition of the Atelier "Mysterious" series at a new price, with brand new content and various DLCs! "Atelier Sophie" is the 1st instalment: a chance encounter between Sophie and a sentient book Plachta takes them on an adventure to recover Plachta's memories.

Description from the publisher · source

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.

Where it sits in the Atelier series

Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book DX is the 65th of 85 entries we hold in the Atelier series. The next entry was Atelier Mysterious Trilogy DX in 2021.

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What it launched against

Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book DX launched on 21 April 2021, within three weeks of Resident Evil Village, Returnal, NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139... and NieR Replicant v1.22474487139.... It arrived 8 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Resident Evil Village, Returnal, NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139..., NieR Replicant v1.22474487139....

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