Date A Live: Ren Dystopia (2020) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Date A Live: Ren Dystopia

Play as Shido and unravel the secrets of the mysterious spirit Ren in the visual novel follow-up to Date A Live: Rio Reincarnation, based on the acclaimed light novel and anime series.

24 September 2020

What Date A Live: Ren Dystopia is

Date A Live: Ren Dystopia is an adventure game developed by Compile Heart and released in 2020. It is available on PlayStation 4 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

A newly emergent spirit named Natsumi ends up in the crosshairs of Deus Ex Machina Industry. Shido defends Natsumi from Deus Ex Machina Industry and manages to seal her powers. Following the transformation and inversion caused by Origami, Shido manages to reshape the world to protect it, eventually sealing Origami. Enemies may still lurk about, but Shido and his friends savor the peace they’ve secured through their ordeals. After an ordinary evening spent among friends, Shido has an unusual dream. He hears a mysterious voice calling out from the shadows. Upon waking up the next morning, Shido discovers a peculiar container adorned with a snake pattern under his pillow. Thinking it might be…

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action, drama and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Date A Live series

Date A Live: Ren Dystopia is the tenth of 11 entries we hold in the Date A Live series. It arrived 2 years after Date A Live: Spirit Pledge. The next entry was Date A Live: Ren Dystopia - Limited Edition in 2020.

See all 11 Date A Live games in release order →

What it launched against

Date A Live: Ren Dystopia launched on 24 September 2020, within three weeks of Marvel's Avengers, Hades, Hades and Genshin Impact. It arrived 7 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Marvel's Avengers, Hades, Hades, Genshin Impact.

Official trailer