Disgaea 6: Defiance of Destiny

The first new Disgaea game in six years is here! Meet Zed, a zombie that has risen above them all except one - a God of Destruction! Can a mere Netherworld zombie rise up and destroy a god? Find out in the…

76 28 January 2021 ESRB T

Role-playing (RPG) Strategy Tactical Comedy Fantasy

Disgaea 6: Defiance of Destiny is a role-playing (rpg) developed by Nippon Ichi Software, released 28 January 2021 on Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.

Verified 19 Oct 2026 Sources: IGDB , Wikipedia

What Disgaea 6: Defiance of Destiny is

Disgaea 6: Defiance of Destiny is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Nippon Ichi Software and released in 2021. It is available on Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4. It carries an ESRB T age rating.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Zed is a boastful zombie who wallows on the lowest rung on the Netherworld ladder alongside his sister Bieko. When a God of Destruction threatens their way of (un)life, Zed must harness his unique ability of Super Reincarnation to stand against the approaching menace. Along the way, he will unite with twisted and colorful denizens of different Netherworlds, face challenges around and within, and see if even an undying hooligan like himself can defy the odds!

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are comedy and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Disgaea series

Disgaea 6: Defiance of Destiny is the 20th of 27 entries we hold in the Disgaea series. It arrived 3 years after Disgaea 1 Complete. The next entry was Disgaea 6 Complete in 2022. Its critic score of 76 is almost exactly the series average of 78. The highest-rated entry is Disgaea: Hour of Darkness at 90.

See all 27 Disgaea games in release order →

How it was received

Disgaea 6: Defiance of Destiny holds a critic score of 76 out of 100. That places it above 51% of the 3,813 rated role-playing (rpg) games in our database, which average 73. Games released in 2021 averaged 74, so it scored 2 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Disgaea 6: Defiance of Destiny launched on 28 January 2021, within three weeks of Little Nightmares II, Hitman 3, Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury and The Medium. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. 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: Little Nightmares II, Hitman 3, Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury, The Medium.