Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse (2016) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse

Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse is a post-apocalyptic role-playing video game developed and published by Atlus for the Nintendo 3DS. It is set in the same universe as Shin Megami Tensei IV and forms part of…

85 10 February 2016

What Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse is

Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse is an adventure game developed by Atlus and released in 2016. It is available on Nintendo 3DS only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

"2038, Tokyo. When a young Hunter cadet is killed by a sudden demon attack, he strikes a deal with the demon Dagda. In exchange for being resurrected, he must serve as Dagda's Godslayer. Now possessing new demonic power, the boy quickly finds himself embroiled in an adventure that will lead him to the very edge of the apocalypse and beyond."

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy, horror and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Megami Tensei series

Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse is the 115th of 151 entries we hold in the Megami Tensei series. The next entry was Shin Megami Tensei: The Reborn World in 2016. Its critic score of 85 is 5 points above the series average of 80. The highest-rated entry is Persona 5 at 94.

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How it was received

Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse holds a critic score of 85 out of 100. That places it above 82% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2016 averaged 68, so it scored 17 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse launched on 10 February 2016, within three weeks of Stardew Valley, The Witness, Firewatch and SuperHot. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.

Released around the same time: Stardew Valley, The Witness, Firewatch, SuperHot.

Cheats and codes

We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.

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Official trailer