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Fate/Stay Night

Fate/Stay Night is a Japanese visual novel, which was originally released as an adult game. A version of Fate/Stay Night rated for ages 15 and up titled Fate/Stay Night Réalta Nua was released later. Fate/Stay…

30 January 2004

Fate/Stay Night is an adventure developed by TYPE-MOON, released 30 January 2004 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Fate/Stay Night is

Fate/Stay Night is an adventure game developed by TYPE-MOON and released in 2004. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on KiriKiri.

The premise, in the publisher's words

----The one who obtains the Holy Grail will have any wish come true. The Holy Grail War. A great ritual that materializes the greatest holy artifact, the Holy Grail. There are two conditions to participate in this ritual: to be a magus, and to be a "Master" chosen by the Holy Grail. There are seven chosen Masters, and seven classes of Servants; beings akin to superhumans with incredible fighting abilities. There is only one Holy Grail. If you wish for a miracle, prove that you are the strongest with your powers. Emiya Shirou is a high school student who has learned rudimentary magic from his father and uses it to fix objects. He finds himself engaged in the Holy Grail war as he gets…
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are erotic and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Fate series

Fate/Stay Night is the first of 48 entries we hold in the Fate series. The next entry was Battle Moon Wars in 2005.

See all 48 Fate games in release order →

What it launched against

Fate/Stay Night launched on 30 January 2004, within three weeks of Pokémon FireRed Version, Metroid: Zero Mission, Pokémon FireRed, LeafGreen and Pokémon LeafGreen Version.

Released around the same time: Pokémon FireRed Version, Metroid: Zero Mission, Pokémon FireRed, LeafGreen, Pokémon LeafGreen Version.

Official trailer

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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

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Quick answers

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When did Fate/Stay Night come out?
Fate/Stay Night was released on 30 January 2004 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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