Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma
The classic action-RPG and life-simulation gameplay, beloved by Rune Factory fans across the globe, is taken in a bold new direction in Guardians of Azuma. This all-new adventure takes place in the…
Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma is an adventure developed by Marvelous, released 5 June 2025 on Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and Nintendo Switch.
What Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma is
Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma is an adventure game developed by Marvelous and released in 2025. It is available on Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 5.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The Celestial Collapse—a calamity caused by a colossal object crashing into the eastern lands known as Azuma. The devastating impact sent fragments of terrain to the skies above and the seas below. With the earth shattered, the power provided by the runes ceased to flow. The gods of nature vanished soon after. Mountains crumbled and fields withered, leaving the people with nothing…not even hope. You awaken, startled by a dream of duelling dragons. You don’t remember how or why, but a voice resonates within you. “Accept the power of an Earth Dancer. Use this power to save the land."
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. There are 81 achievements to unlock.
Where it sits in the Rune Factory series
Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma is the 18th of 18 entries we hold in the Rune Factory series. It arrived 2 years after Rune Factory 3 Special: Another Episode Pack. It is the most recent released entry in the series. Its critic score of 81 is 5 points above the series average of 76. The highest-rated entry is Rune Factory 4 Special at 87.
How it was received
Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma holds a critic score of 81 out of 100. That places it above 73% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2025 averaged 78, so it scored 3 points above the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i5-10400, 8 GB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER. An 8GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 20GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma launched on 5 June 2025, within three weeks of Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, Doom: The Dark Ages, Dune: Awakening and The Alters. All of them reviewed better. 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: Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, Doom: The Dark Ages, Dune: Awakening, The Alters.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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Dlc
Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma - Super Digital Deluxe DLC Set
Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma - Digital Deluxe DLC Set
Rune Factory 4: Hero Outfit Bundle
Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma - Sakuna DLC
Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma - Rune Factory 4 Bachelorette Outfit Bundle
Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma - Story of Seasons Bundle
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