Rune Factory 5 (2021)

HAKAMA, Marvelous

Nintendo Switch · PC (Microsoft Windows)

3.51 from 69 ratings

351 members have it in their collection · 45 playing now · 147 backlogged · 161 wish listed

How long? Main story 98h · with extras 55h · 100% 150h (from 4 logged playthroughs)

Set off on a grand adventure in a fantasy world with the latest entry in the Rune Factory simulation RPG series. After losing their memory, the hero lands in a small town blessed by nature. There, they are recruited into a band of peacekeeping rangers, and their new life begins. In addition to their normal duties, the hero can farm … Read more
Set off on a grand adventure in a fantasy world with the latest entry in the Rune Factory simulation RPG series. After losing their memory, the hero lands in a small town blessed by nature. There, they are recruited into a band of peacekeeping rangers, and their new life begins. In addition to their normal duties, the hero can farm the land, cast a line into the nearby river, and so much more! Team up with townsfolk to battle monsters and unleash powerful combination attacks - just one of the features new to the series. The stage is set, and the curtain rises on an exciting new adventure in Rune Factory 5! Read less
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Release dates

  • May 20, 2021 (Japan) Nintendo Switch
  • Sep 02, 2021 (Korea) Nintendo Switch
  • Sep 02, 2021 (China) Nintendo Switch
  • Mar 22, 2022 (North_America) Nintendo Switch
  • Mar 25, 2022 (Europe) Nintendo Switch
  • Jul 13, 2022 (Worldwide) PC (Microsoft Windows)

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liketheaward

Status liketheaward May 9, 2025

Was juggling this with Blue Prince for about a week but then ended up playing nothing but Blue Prince for the last few weeks. As I'm winding down that game, rather than come back to this one now I'm officially putting it on pause until my Switch 2 arrives, and hoping the load times won't be so interminable there...

scaredofspiders

Review scaredofspiders 4/5 · Nov 26, 2022

Rune Factory, again!

This was just what it said it would be and I loved that. The format is golden. I got to see pretty art, enjoy a story, save the world, chat up a stable of potential mates and eventually woo a succubus, befriend monsters then subjugate them, grow planties, craft things, be the most important person in a small village.

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This was just what it said it would be and I loved that. The format is golden. I got to see pretty art, enjoy a story, save the world, chat up a stable of potential mates and eventually woo a succubus, befriend monsters then subjugate them, grow planties, craft things, be the most important person in a small village.

Criticisms:

  • There's a fair amount of cumbersome mechanics that could really use updates
  • I wanted to marry at least 2 people who turned out ineligible before I met my in game spirit animal/soulmate. I found that annoying. If they're not married they're avaliable, darn it all....

Those two points lose stars for this game but I'm giving one back for my overall enjoyment of it. Basically if you love a farming/dating/light-action-adventure SIM this is the game for you.

I've beaten the story and selected my spouse but I have to secure her and I have a million farm things I haven't completed. I was in the middle of leveling up my fields (second crop of vegetables) when I ran into wanting to beat the story. I might never come back to do these things but that does not diminish my appreciation that I can and there's so much more to the game than I've even touched.

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VivCousland

Status VivCousland May 29, 2022

After 65 hours I'm done with Rune Factory 5 main story.
I liked it a lot and it's better than Rune Factory 4 in some ways (bless the remove of RNG for characters event), but at the same time they have been lazy with some features such as the furniture system and the terribile framerate.

I still have many things …

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After 65 hours I'm done with Rune Factory 5 main story.
I liked it a lot and it's better than Rune Factory 4 in some ways (bless the remove of RNG for characters event), but at the same time they have been lazy with some features such as the furniture system and the terribile framerate.

I still have many things to do such as marry Martin, other post game activities and take care of my vegetables whenever I want to relax, but I hope the next Rune Factory game will do more than repeat the good things RF4 gave us.

The game has its own charm and Alice/Areas are a kind of MC I would like to see more in RPGs. You can choose some things for them, but at the same time they have a personality and dialogues on their own.

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scaredofspiders

Status scaredofspiders Mar 22, 2022

I got to start at 11 pm the day before release. Fufufu... but then I couldn't stay awake and had to shelf it for sleep.