Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book

Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book is an upcoming Japanese role-playing video game. It is the 17th main game in the "Atelier" series. The game features a completely reformed world view from…

76 19 November 2015

Adventure Role-playing (RPG) Fantasy

Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book is an adventure developed by Gust, released 19 November 2015 on PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 3 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book is

Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book is an adventure game developed by Gust and released in 2015. It was published by Koei Tecmo. It is available on PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 3 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

"Lush trees rustle in the wind. Birds sing their songs with the morning sun, and the light shines upon flowers growing along the roads. The atmosphere on the edge of town is warm and gentle. The sunlight filtering through trees spreads out like a tapestry of light and shade down a single path. It leads to a small house where a girl lives. She's cheerful and bright, though somewhat absentminded. An ordinary girl you might find anywhere. However, she possesses one special power that the townspeople do not have. The mysterious power to mix several materials and create something entirely different: "Alchemy"... Unfortunately, she continues to fail at an essential skill, Synthesis. She reaches…

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. There are 45 achievements to unlock.

Where it sits in the Atelier series

Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book is the 42nd of 85 entries we hold in the Atelier series. The next entry was Atelier Shallie Plus: Alchemists of the Dusk Sea in 2016. Its critic score of 76 is 4 points above the series average of 72. The highest-rated entry is Atelier Meruru: The Apprentice of Arland at 90.

See all 85 Atelier games in release order →

How it was received

Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book holds a critic score of 76 out of 100. That places it above 54% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2015 averaged 69, so it scored 7 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Core i5 2.6GHz, 4 GB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce GTX550Ti. 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 5GB. 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 Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book launched on 19 November 2015, within three weeks of Fallout 4, Rise of the Tomb Raider, Star Wars Battlefront and Just Cause 3. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It arrived 2 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Fallout 4, Rise of the Tomb Raider, Star Wars Battlefront, Just Cause 3.

Cheats and codes

We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book 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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Screenshots

All media

Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book gameplay screenshot

Dlc

Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book DX

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Quick answers

Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book — frequently asked questions

When did Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book come out?

Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book was released on 19 November 2015 for PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 3 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

What are the minimum PC requirements for Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book?

At minimum, Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book needs Core i5 2.6GHz, 4 GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce GTX550Ti graphics, 5 GB available space of storage.

How many GB is Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book?

The PC version needs about 5 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("5 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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