Marvelous saysRune Factory 5is still coming in 2020 in Japan on Switch, surprisingly.Marvelous, like many other Japanese game companies, published anew financial reporta few days ago. Now, my paycheck isn’t big enough to give you a full summary of the report with the actual numbers, but as you can guess with the Covid-19 pandemic: Marvelous' revenue coming from its activities like stage plays, arcade games such asPokemon Gaole(which is now shutting down), anime, and music, have been dwindling. Meanwhile game sales and revenue have increased.
All the online and mobile games such asSenran Kagura New LinkandIkkitousen Extra Burstare reported to be doing well too. Mobile games in Japan is a far bigger market than console games. That’s also why the twoFate/Extellagames just got ported to mobile.
The financial report also mentions again howTencent invested in Marvelous.
The biggest shock though is the report listingRune Factory 5for a 2020 release on Nintendo Switch.
Rune Factory5 was first announced alongsideRune Factory 4 Specialon February 2019. The Switch exclusive was slated for a release sometime after March 2020 back then. However, the official Twitter account of theRune Factoryseries hasn’t even tweeted once since 2020 started. The last tweet dates from August 25, 2025:
As such, I’ve been personally expecting Marvelous to announceRune Factory 5is delayed due to the pandemic and work from home conditions slowing down development.Like many other Japanese studios did. And yet it still hasn’t happened, and seems like it won’t.Rune Factory 5is really coming in 2020. We should hear about the game soon. you’re able to be sure we’ll cover it here, just as we fully covered the series' live streams in the past.
Be sure to check our our review ofRune Factory 4 Specialon Switch. You can also read aboutwhyRune Factoryis so nicewith its mix of farming, crafting, Action RPG and Japanese dating simulators.
Everything we know so far onRune Factory5 can be found viaour previous coverage.Most notably, 2 guest characters fromRune Factory 4 Specialwill appear in your playthrough if you link the games' saves.
