Rune Factory 5: Earthmate Edition
Set off on a grand adventure in a fantasy world with the latest entry in the Rune Factory simulation RPG series. After losing their memory, the hero lands in a small town blessed by nature. There, they are…
Rune Factory 5: Earthmate Edition is a role-playing (rpg) developed by HAKAMA, released 22 March 2022 on Nintendo Switch.
What Rune Factory 5: Earthmate Edition is
Rune Factory 5: Earthmate Edition is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by HAKAMA and released in 2022. It was published by XSEED Games. It is available on Nintendo Switch only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
In the Kingdom of Norad, a girl wanders in the forest by herself. She is nearly attacked by a Wooly and screams. Lying on the ground nearby, the player wakes up without memories but realizes they to help the girl. They defeat the monsters and are escorted back to the girl's town, but collapses at the gate. While attempting to take a step out of town, Priscilla and Lucy witness this and rush over to help. The player wakes up at the clinic and meets Simone and Murakumo, revealing to both of them that they suffer from amnesia. Lucy is not sure if they should allow the player to stay, but her mother suggests they try the Soul Sphere. She goes to Seed Station and introduce them to Livia. As the…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Rune Factory series
Rune Factory 5: Earthmate Edition is the 11th of 18 entries we hold in the Rune Factory series. It arrived 10 months after Rune Factory 5: Premium Box Limited Edition. The next entry was Rune Factory 5: Digital Deluxe Edition in 2022.
What it launched against
Rune Factory 5: Earthmate Edition launched on 22 March 2022, within three weeks of Tunic, Ghostwire: Tokyo, LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga and Gran Turismo 7. It arrived 5 years into the Nintendo Switch's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Tunic, Ghostwire: Tokyo, LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, Gran Turismo 7.
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