Bandai Namco has removed the Denuvo anti-tamper tech from Digimon Story Time Stranger. Digimon Story Time Stranger was released on PC in September 2025. This means that it took 9-10 months for the publisher to remove it.
Digimon Story Time Stranger is an RPG where you solve a big mystery that takes place in both the real world and the Digital World. You will collect, raise, and train many different Digimon to help save both worlds. The game uses turn-based battles, where you and your Digimon take turns fighting enemies.
From what I know, the game uses a custom engine from Media.Vision. Since I haven’t tested it, I don’t know whether it suffered from any performance issues or stutters. Looking at its Steam page, the game has Very Positive reviews. There is also a demo you can download and try. So, if you are a Digimon fan, you should give it a go.
Digimon Story Time Stranger is not the only game from Bandai Namco that no longer has Denuvo. The publisher has also removed it from Tekken 7 and NARUTO TO BORUTO: SHINOBI STRIKER.
Bandai Namco is not the only publisher that has removed Denuvo from its latest PC release. Take, for instance, Square Enix. SE has removed it from DRAGON QUEST I & II HD-2D Remake. In December 2025, they also removed it from Just Cause 3. Not only that, but they have removed it from The Diofield Chronicle, VALKYRIE ELYSIUM, TRIANGLE STRATEGY, LIVE A LIVE, and Forspoken. Moreover, both Octopath Traveler and its sequel no longer use it. And that’s not all. In May 2024, SE removed it from Star Ocean The Second Story R. Finally, in March 2025, the publisher removed it from Final Fantasy 16.
Capcom is another publisher that has removed Denuvo from a lot of its games. In November 2025, they removed it from Onimusha 2: Samurai’s Destiny. Monster Hunter Rise, Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin, and Resident Evil Village are also Denuvo-free as we speak. Similarly, Resident Evil 2 Remake and Resident Evil 3 Remake no longer use it. In July 2025, the Japanese team also removed it from Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess. Plus, Capcom has recently removed it from Resident Evil 4 Remake.
In March 2023, KRAFTON removed Denuvo from The Callisto Protocol. NEOWIZ has also removed it from its Souls-like game, Lies of P. In October 2024, Gearbox removed it from Homeworld 3, too. Finally, Warner Bros has removed it from Gotham Knights, Back 4 Blood, and Mortal Kombat 11.
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