This week’s most anticipated Japanese video game releases are Kingdom’s Return: Time-Eating Fruit and the Ancient Monster, available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, Switch 2, Switch, and PC, and PRAGMATA, which is coming to the Switch 2.
This week also brings new releases including Kiln for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and PC, Dragon Quest Smash/Grow for iOS and Android devices, and Tides of Tomorrow for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and PC.
Here’s a complete list of Japanese games released this week. Just so you know, Gematsu earns a small commission on purchases made through Play-Asia links. Plus, you can save 5% using the coupon code GEMATSU2025.
Physical and Digital
- Elminage ORIGINAL: Priestess of Darkness and The Ring of the Gods (Switch)
- FRONT MISSION 3: Remake (PS5, PS4) – Already available digitally worldwide.
- GIGASWORD (PS5, Switch) – Already available digitally worldwide.
- Kingdom’s Return: Time-Eating Fruit and the Ancient Monster (PS5, Switch) – Launching digitally worldwide.
- Limited Edition (PS5, Switch)
- Asian Version
- Standard Edition (PS5, Switch)
- Limited Edition (PS5, Switch)
- Matsurika no Kei -kEi- Tenmei kashokuden (Switch)
- Special Edition (Switch)
- Otomate Sweet Box (Switch)
- Monochrome Mobius: Rights and Wrongs Forgotten New Price Edition (PS5, PS4)
- PRAGMATA (Switch 2) – Already available worldwide.
- Deluxe Edition (Switch 2)
- Asian Version (Switch 2)
- SHUTEN ORDER – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition (Switch 2) – Already available digitally. Physical edition launching worldwide.
- North American Version (Switch 2, Switch)
- European Version (Switch 2)
- Asian Version (Switch 2)
Digital-Only
- Albion Online (Xbox Series) – Launching worldwide.
- ARTDINK GAME LOG: Aquanaut’s Holiday (Switch, PC [Steam]) – Launching worldwide.
- Combat Kart (PS5, Xbox Series, Switch) – Launching worldwide.
- Causal Loop (PS5, Xbox Series, PC [Steam, Epic Games Store, GOG]) – Launching worldwide.
- Dark Hours (PS5, Xbox Series) – Launching worldwide.
- Dialoop (PC [Steam]) – Launching worldwide.
- DIMENSIONS 2 (Xbox Series, PC [Microsoft Store]) – Launching worldwide.
- Dragon is Dead (PS5, Xbox Series, Switch) – Launching worldwide.
- Dragon Quest Smash/Grow (iOS, Android) – Launching worldwide.
- Drop Duchy: Complete Edition (PS5, Switch) – Launching worldwide.
- Farm Manager World (Xbox Series) – Launching worldwide.
- Fruit Mountain Party (Switch 2, Switch, PC [Steam]) – Launching worldwide.
- GluMe (PS5, Xbox Series, PS4, Xbox One, Switch) – Launching worldwide.
- Jay and Silent Bob: Chronic Blunt Punch (PS5, Xbox Series, PS4, Switch, PC [Steam, Microsoft Store]) – Launching worldwide.
- Kiln (PS5, Xbox Series, PC [Steam, Microsoft Store]) – Launching worldwide.
- Kingdom’s Return: Time-Eating Fruit and the Ancient Monster (Xbox Series, PC [Steam]) – Launching worldwide.
- Kristala (PS5, Xbox Series, PC [Steam]) – Launching worldwide.
- Kumitantei: Old-School Slaughter (PC [Steam]) – Launching worldwide.
- Nagi no Koi (PS4, Switch) – Launching worldwide.
- OBLITACRATER (PS5, Xbox Series, PC [Steam, Microsoft Store]) – Launching worldwide.
- Our Metal Bowl (Xbox Series, PC [Microsoft Store]) – Launching worldwide.
- Party Club (PS5, Xbox Series, Xbox One, Switch, PC [Microsoft Store]) – Launching worldwide.
- Puzzle Bobble Everybubble! (PC [Steam]) – Launching worldwide.
- Rumbral (PS5, Xbox Series, Switch, PC [Steam]) – Launching worldwide.
- Saint Slayer: Spear of Sacrilege (PS5, Xbox Series, PS4, Xbox One, Switch, PC [Steam]) – Launching worldwide.
- Save My Scrap (PC [Steam]) – Launching worldwide.
- Shy Cats Hidden Orchestra 2 (Xbox Series, Xbox One, PC [Steam, Microsoft Store]) – Launching worldwide.
- Star Fire: Eternal Cycle (PS5, Xbox Series, PC [Microsoft Store]) – Launching worldwide.
- Sudden Strike 5 (Xbox Series, PC [Steam, Epic Games Store]) – Launching worldwide.
- PlayStation 5 version launches May 20 in Japan.
- Tides of Tomorrow (PS5, Xbox Series, PC [Steam]) – Launching worldwide.
- Until Then (Xbox Series) – Launching worldwide.
- Urban Jungle (Xbox Series, PC [Microsoft Store]) – Launching worldwide.
- Vampire Crawlers: The Turbo Wildcard from Vampire Survivors (PS5, Xbox Series, Switch 2, Switch, PC [Steam, Microsoft Store]) – Launching worldwide.
- Wild Arms 4 (PS5, PS4) – Launching worldwide.
You can buy PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and Switch games from the Japanese PlayStation Network and Nintendo eShop using prepaid cards.
- PlayStation Store cards (yen): 1,100 / 3,000 / 5,000 / 10,000
- Nintendo eShop cards (yen): 1,000 / 1,500 / 3,000 / 5,000 / 9,000
Additionally, direct top-ups for gacha games are available here, including:
- Blue Protocol: Star Resonance
- Genshin Impact
- Honkai: Star Rail
- Love and Deepspace
- Marvel Rivals
- Where Winds Meet
- Zenless Zone Zero
Demos, DLC, Updates, etc.
- Age of Mythology: Retold Downloadable Content “Obsidian Mirror” (PS5, Xbox Series, Xbox One, PC)
- Dragon Ball FighterZ Downloadable Content Character Goku (Super Saiyan 4, DAIMA) (PS5, Xbox Series, PS4, Xbox One, Switch, PC)
- Honkai: Star Rail Version 4.2 Update “So Laughed the Masses” (PS5, PC, iOS, Android)
- Petit Planet “Stardrift Test” (PC, iOS, Android)
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