Kyuuyaku Megami Tensei was released in Japan on March 31, 1995.
The first available recorded speedrun was done by めし太郎 on 2013/08/11 with a time of 4:05:29.
On 2018/01/01, Darko uploaded a run with a time of 2:11:44, close to halving the time of the previous record.
On 2018/01/11, ten days later, equi completed a run with his riskier route and achieved a time of 1:28:23. This time stood as the world record for 4 years.
On 2022/11/13, accomplished megaten runner mulsqi achieved a new world record with a time of 1:19:27.
Mulsqi further improve the record on 2023/09/06 to a time of 1:05:06. On 2025/08/17, mulsqi finally achieved the first sub 1 hour time with a 59:14.
On 2025/08/18, a day later, mizusima40 stole the world record from mulsqi for the first time in 3 years, achieving a time of 57:02 with his risky Odin route.
Achieved on September 1st 2025, mulsqi updated the record with a time of 56:45.
With the introduction of a route that uses casino, mizusima40 developed a much faster and riskier router and achieved a new world record with a time of 47:43.
Kyuuyaku Megami Tensei was released in Japan on March 31, 1995.
The first run was done by めし太郎, uploaded on 2013/06/22 with a time of 7:58:22
The current world record is held by mizusima40 with a time of 3:20:48, having developed a new route that makes use of the casino.