Ys X: Proud Nordics
Stand Proud for a new adventure in Ys X: Proud Nordics! Experience Adol and Karja's unforgettable journey across Obelia Gulf with new quality of life improvements, then discover the new story centering around…
Ys X: Proud Nordics is an adventure developed by Nihon Falcom, released 31 July 2025 on Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5 and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Ys X: Proud Nordics is
Ys X: Proud Nordics is an adventure game developed by Nihon Falcom and released in 2025. It was published by Clouded Leopard Entertainment Inc.. It is available on Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Falcom Developer Kit.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Aland Island is a massive island located to the north of Obelia Gulf. In the midst of battling the immortal creatures known as Griegr, the red-haired adventurer Adol and the pirate princess Karja visit the island and encounter countless ruins on its unexplored lands. What happened on this island…?
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 56 achievements to unlock.
Where it sits in the Ys series
Ys X: Proud Nordics is the 49th of 51 entries we hold in the Ys series. The next entry was Ys vs. Trails in the Sky: Alternative Saga in 2025. Its critic score of 86 is 11 points above the series average of 75. That makes it the highest-rated entry in the series.
How it was received
Ys X: Proud Nordics holds a critic score of 86 out of 100. That places it above 86% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2025 averaged 78, so it scored 8 points above the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for AMD Ryzen 5 1600, 8 GB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050. An 8GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 8GB. 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
Ys X: Proud Nordics launched on 31 July 2025, within three weeks of Mafia: The Old Country, Donkey Kong Bananza, Wuchang: Fallen Feathers and Sword of the Sea. It reviewed better than 3 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: Mafia: The Old Country, Donkey Kong Bananza, Wuchang: Fallen Feathers, Sword of the Sea.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Ys X: Proud Nordics yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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