Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor

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Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor is a tactical role-playing game developed by Atlus, released in 2009 for the Nintendo DS and later the Nintendo 3DS. Set in a locked-down Tokyo overrun by demons, the game follows a group of teenagers who come into possession of handheld devices called COMPs, which allow their users to forge contracts with demons and deploy them in combat. The core gameplay blends turn-based tactical battles with visual novel-style storytelling, as players navigate a city descending into chaos. Other demon tamers with their own COMPs pursue conflicting agendas — justice, domination, or survival — adding moral complexity to the conflict. Central to the narrative are questions about the demons' origins, the true purpose of the COMPs, and the identity of those who engineered the crisis. The answers carry consequences far beyond the protagonists' immediate survival.