Atlus Retro Games Collection
12 total gamesAtlus is a Japanese video game developer renowned for its critically acclaimed role-playing games, most notably the stylish Persona and dark, challenging Shin Megami Tensei series.
About Atlus Games
Atlus is a Japanese game developer that has carved out a distinct niche for itself, primarily within the realm of role-playing games. For decades, they have been crafting experiences that often delve into mature themes, complex narratives, and distinctive art styles, setting them apart from many other studios.
The studio is perhaps best known for its Persona series, which masterfully blends dungeon crawling and turn-based combat with high school social simulation. Players juggle daily life, building relationships, and studying, all while venturing into supernatural realms to battle shadows and uncover mysteries. This formula has seen immense growth, with titles like Persona 5 showcasing a vibrant, jazz-infused aesthetic and intricate storylines that see high schoolers awakening to powerful abilities. Beyond Persona, Atlus is also the architect behind the Shin Megami Tensei lineage, a series that explores more somber, philosophical themes. In Shin Megami Tensei games, players often find themselves navigating war-torn worlds, negotiating with and recruiting demons, and fusing them to create more powerful allies for challenging, strategic battles. The gameplay in these titles often demands careful resource management and an understanding of elemental weaknesses.
Atlus has consistently delivered titles that appeal to players seeking deep narrative experiences and intricate gameplay mechanics. Their commitment to a particular brand of JRPG, often characterized by its psychological depth, unique presentation, and a willingness to explore darker subject matter, has fostered a dedicated following over the years. The development team at Atlus continues to explore these well-established themes and gameplay loops in their ongoing projects, maintaining a consistent quality that fans have come to expect from Atlus games.
All Atlus Retro Games
12 games available
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor
You must survive a week in Tokyo after a cataclysm by commanding a party of demon-possessed individuals in turn-based strategic battles, managing their skills and relationships to uncover the truth and influence the city's fate.
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2
In Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2, you navigate a week-long apocalypse in Tokyo, using a mysterious phone app to summon demons and engage in turn-based tactical battles to uncover the truth and save humanity.
Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey
You lead a UN-backed strike team investigating a vast, alien anomaly called the Schwarzwelt that is appearing in Antarctica, exploring its dangerous depths through first-person dungeons and recruiting demons to battle hostile forces and uncover its secrets.
Shin Megami Tensei
In Shin Megami Tensei, you navigate a demon-infested Tokyo by recruiting and conversing with demons to form a party, exploring dangerous labyrinths and engaging in turn-based combat to uncover a grand conspiracy.
Shin Megami Tensei II
You play as a hacker in a futuristic, oppressive Tokyo, recruiting demons and navigating a plot involving a new messiah and the ruling religious order through turn-based combat and negotiation.
Shin Megami Tensei if...
In Shin Megami Tensei if..., you navigate a school transformed into a demon-infested labyrinth, recruiting and fusing demons to survive and find a way back to reality.
Shin Megami Tensei
In Shin Megami Tensei, you navigate a post-apocalyptic Tokyo, recruiting demons through negotiation or fusion to form a party that battles hostile entities and other demons in turn-based combat to uncover the truth behind the world's collapse.
Shin Megami Tensei II
In Shin Megami Tensei II, you navigate a post-apocalyptic world as a chosen individual, recruiting demons through negotiation and combat, and making moral choices that determine humanity's future.
Kensei: Sacred Fist
In Kensei: Sacred Fist, you engage in one-on-one martial arts combat, executing precise strikes, blocks, and special moves to defeat opponents and become the ultimate warrior.
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Children - Book of Light
In Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Children - Book of Light, you command a team of demons you've recruited and fused to battle through a world threatened by angelic and demonic forces, uncovering ancient secrets to protect humanity.
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Children - Book of Dark
You explore a world where demons manifest, recruiting them through negotiation or by joining your cause, and then command your demon companions in turn-based combat to uncover a conspiracy that threatens both worlds.
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Children: Black Book/Red Book
You will guide young protagonists who can summon and command demons, exploring a world filled with supernatural threats, engaging in turn-based battles and dialogue to uncover secrets and influence the fate of both worlds.