Shin Megami Tensei V
Shin Megami Tensei V, the fifth numbered game of the Shin Megami Tensei series, is a role-playing video game set in modern-day Tokyo. It will feature returning gameplay elements from previous games, such as…
Shin Megami Tensei V is an adventure developed by Atlus, released 12 November 2021 on Nintendo Switch.
What Shin Megami Tensei V is
Shin Megami Tensei V is an adventure game developed by Atlus and released in 2021. It is available on Nintendo Switch only. It runs on Unreal Engine 4.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The protagonist, a high school student living an ordinary life, wanders into another world called Da'at. He then fuses with a mysterious man and becomes a Nahobino, a forbidden being, throwing himself into a battle between gods and demons. The ambitions of god and human clash amidst the horror of a dying world. Neither human nor demon, the newly-forged Nahobino and his friends must decide what is worth saving... and prepare to sacrifice everything in its name. In a world without its Creator, which path will you choose?
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Megami Tensei series
Shin Megami Tensei V is the 138th of 151 entries we hold in the Megami Tensei series. The next entry was G-Mode Archives+: Megami Tensei Gaiden - Shinyaku Last Bible in 2022. Its critic score of 82 is almost exactly the series average of 80. The highest-rated entry is Persona 5 at 94.
How it was received
Shin Megami Tensei V holds a critic score of 82 out of 100. That places it above 76% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2021 averaged 74, so it scored 8 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 85, across 51 votes.
What it launched against
Shin Megami Tensei V launched on 12 November 2021, within three weeks of Age of Empires IV, Forza Horizon 5, Unpacking and Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It arrived 4 years into the Nintendo Switch's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Age of Empires IV, Forza Horizon 5, Unpacking, Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Shin Megami Tensei V yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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