Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance was one of the notable games on sale for Amazon Prime Day 2024. The significantly expanded definitive edition of Atlus’ excellent turn-based RPG released in June, but numerous major retailers dropped the price to $40 (was $60). That deal has stuck around at all major retailers, including Best Buy, Walmart, Amazon, GameStop, and Target. You can even get the launch edition with a steelbook case at this price. It’s unclear when the deal will end at this point, but since retailers refresh on-sale products on Sundays, it’s certainly possible Vengeance will go back up to $60 on July 21.
Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance Steelbook Launch Edition for $40 ($60)
Vengeance offers far more than the average “definitive” edition. A little ways into the story, you are given a choice whether to continue on through the original storyline or head down an entirely different path dubbed Canon of Vengeance. Though it varies by player, Vengeance adds roughly 75 hours of new content to the SMT V experience. And if you’ve never played it before, you’re essentially getting two games in one package.
Shin Megami Tensei V was originally a Nintendo Switch exclusive, but Vengeance brought the turn-based RPG to PlayStation, Xbox, and PC. It earned a 9/10 in our Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance review.
“Everything that made Shin Megami Tensei V such a memorable and engaging experience remains in Vengeance, just tweaked and massaged into an even better game,” critic Heidi Kemps wrote. “It’s easier to connect to the narrative–having the other human characters in your party and engaging in small talk with them go a long way to making the events happening around them feel more impactful–and the various adjustments to navigation, combat, and demon-herding let you focus more on savoring the dark atmosphere and the strategies of battle. If you didn’t enter the tunnel to the underworld the first time around, this is the perfect opportunity to do so–and if you’re a veteran of the war for the throne, there’s plenty here to bring you back.”
