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Phantom Brave: The Lost Hero

Join Marona and her Phantom friends on a mission to defeat the sinister Shipwreck Fleet! Recruit Phantoms, bind them to objects, combine them with Gadgets, and even merge them with Marona herself in this…

83 30 January 2025

Phantom Brave: The Lost Hero is an adventure developed by Nippon Ichi Software, released 30 January 2025 on PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Phantom Brave: The Lost Hero is

Phantom Brave: The Lost Hero is an adventure game developed by Nippon Ichi Software and released in 2025. It was published by NIS America. It is available on PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Join Marona and her Phantom friends on a mission to defeat the sinister Shipwreck Fleet! Recruit Phantoms, bind them to objects, combine them with Gadgets, and even merge them with Marona herself in this Play-It-Your-Way RPG.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 50 achievements to unlock.

Where it sits in the Disgaea series

Phantom Brave: The Lost Hero is the 27th of 27 entries we hold in the Disgaea series. It arrived a year after Disgaea 7: Vows of the Virtueless - Limited Edition. It is the most recent released entry in the series. Its critic score of 83 is 5 points above the series average of 78. The highest-rated entry is Disgaea: Hour of Darkness at 90.

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How it was received

Phantom Brave: The Lost Hero holds a critic score of 83 out of 100. That places it above 78% of the 7,531 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2025 averaged 78, so it scored 5 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i3-10100, 4 GB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030. 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 6GB. 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

Phantom Brave: The Lost Hero launched on 30 January 2025, within three weeks of Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, Avowed, Sid Meier's Civilization VII and Lost Records: Bloom & Rage. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4. It arrived 5 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, Avowed, Sid Meier's Civilization VII, Lost Records: Bloom & Rage.

Cheats and codes

We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Phantom Brave: The Lost Hero 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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Quick answers

Phantom Brave: The Lost Hero — frequently asked questions

When did Phantom Brave: The Lost Hero come out?
Phantom Brave: The Lost Hero was released on 30 January 2025 for PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Phantom Brave: The Lost Hero?
At minimum, Phantom Brave: The Lost Hero needs Intel Core i3-10100, 4 GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 graphics, 6 GB available space of storage.
How many GB is Phantom Brave: The Lost Hero?
The PC version needs about 6 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("6 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.
Does Phantom Brave: The Lost Hero have controller support?
Yes. Steam lists full controller support for Phantom Brave: The Lost Hero, including PlayStation controllers.
Can you play Phantom Brave: The Lost Hero on Mac?
Steam does not sell a macOS version of Phantom Brave: The Lost Hero; the Steam release is for Windows.
Is Phantom Brave: The Lost Hero on Linux?
Steam does not list a native Linux version of Phantom Brave: The Lost Hero. Windows games can often run on Linux and Steam Deck through Proton, but that is a different question from native support.

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