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We filtered the 33 games similar to Digimon Story: Time Stranger down to the 7 that fit the “Sci-Fi” category. Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII, Xenoblade Chronicles and Xenoblade Chronicles 3 top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Digimon Story: Time Stranger.

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Year 2025Dev Media.Vision

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Within the “Sci-Fi” category, the closest game to Digimon Story: Time Stranger is Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII — scoring 67/100 on our similarity scale. Xenoblade Chronicles and Xenoblade Chronicles 3 follow close behind.

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The best games with a sci-fi setting like Digimon Story: Time Stranger

7 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Digimon Story: Time Stranger. Each one has been evaluated across 3 real attributes — from combat style and progression mechanics to world structure and visual perspective — so every recommendation is based on how the game actually plays, not just its genre label.

#1Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII
Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII
RPG
SoloSci-FiThird Person
IGDB89· 2
Year 2007Dev Square Enix Product Development Division 1 · Square Enix

✓ If you enjoyed Digimon Story: Time Stranger, expect deep RPG systems, setting scifi and single-player focus

≠ Its own twist: adventure storytelling and visual third person

It predates Digimon Story: Time Stranger by 18 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Game mode100Setting100
Xenoblade Chronicles
RPG
SoloSci-FiOpen WorldFantasyExploration
IGDB91· 6
Year 2010Dev Monolith Soft · Nintendo

✓ Shared with Digimon Story: Time Stranger: deep RPG systems, setting scifi and single-player focus

≠ Stands apart with adventure storytelling, open world exploration and fantasy world

It predates Digimon Story: Time Stranger by 15 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Game mode100Setting69
Xenoblade Chronicles 3
RPG
SoloSci-FiNarrativeOpen WorldFantasy
IGDB90· 6OC88· 130
Year 2022Dev Monolith Soft · NintendoOn Switch

✓ If you enjoyed Digimon Story: Time Stranger, expect deep RPG systems, setting scifi and single-player focus

≠ Where it differs: brings adventure storytelling, strong narrative focus and open world exploration

Genre100Game mode100Setting69
Xenoblade Chronicles 2
RPG
SoloSci-FiFantasyThird Person
IGDB85· 14OC83· 107
Year 2017Dev Monolith Soft · NintendoOn Switch

✓ Like Digimon Story: Time Stranger, it's known for deep RPG systems, setting scifi and single-player focus

≠ Stands apart with adventure storytelling, fantasy world and visual third person

It predates Digimon Story: Time Stranger by 8 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Game mode100Setting69
Final Fantasy VII Remake
RPG
SoloSci-FiFantasyPost-ApocalypticThird Person
IGDB89· 10OC88· 186
Year 2020Dev Square Enix Creative Business Unit I · Square EnixOn Xbox · PS4 · Switch

✓ Shared with Digimon Story: Time Stranger: deep RPG systems, setting scifi and single-player focus

≠ Stands apart with adventure storytelling, fantasy world and post-apocalyptic world

Genre100Game mode100Setting51
Wuthering Waves
RPG
SoloSci-FiCo-opOpen WorldFantasy
Steam👍 89%· 46KOC76· 10
Year 2024Dev Kuro GamesOn Xbox · Android · PC

✓ Shared with Digimon Story: Time Stranger: deep RPG systems, setting scifi and single-player focus

≠ Its own twist: adventure storytelling, open world exploration and fantasy world

Where it drifts furthest from Digimon Story: Time Stranger: game mode.

Genre100Setting69Game mode47
Finding Paradise
RPGJRPGAction JRPG
SoloSci-FiNarrativeDarkCozy
Steam👍 98%· 20KRAWG👍 87%· 248IGDB93· 1OC85· 16
Year 2017Dev X.D. NetworkPlaytime ~5hOn PC · iOS · Apple Macintosh

✓ Like Digimon Story: Time Stranger, it's known for deep RPG systems, setting scifi and single-player focus

≠ Its own twist: JRPG narrative and systems, adventure storytelling and puzzle design

Dr. Rosalene and Dr. Watts have peculiar jobs: They give people another chance to live, all the way from the very beginning... but only in their patients' heads. Due to the severity of the operation, the new life becomes the last thing the patients remember before drawing their last breath.

It predates Digimon Story: Time Stranger by 8 years, with what that implies technically.

Game mode100Setting100Genre50

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