Shin Megami Tensei V

Shin Megami Tensei V is the latest entry in the Shin Megami Tensei series, being the first to be completely set in a semi-open world which encourages to player to explore.

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Speedrun History

Hard TNE

1. Shin Megami Tensei V was released worldwide on November 11, 2021.
2. The first completed run was done on 2021/12/31 by romulostx with a time of 12:40:45. This time would be improved to a time of 9:53:27
3. On 2022/05/28, Shaggy3311 improved the record to a time of 9:29:02 and brought it down to a time of 8:24:14
4. On 2022/11/25, asapaska improved the world record to a time of 8:10:56
5. On 2023/01/02, Shaggy3311 improved the world record with a time of 7:25:44
6. Following the release of the Nintendo Switch 2 on 2025/06/05, on 2025/06/07, asapaska improved the world record with a time of 7:10:48

Safety Any%

1. Shin Megami Tensei V was released worldwide on November 11, 2021.
2. The first completed run was done on 2021/11/27 by secretbunnyninja with a time of 5:09:22
3. On 2021/1203, Engiki improved to a time of [3:05:45]. The vod is no longer available.
4. 5 days later, sioneus improved the record to a time of 2:41:55
5. 8 days later, Engiki reclaimed the record to a time of 2:40:34
6. On 2022/01/22, sioneus reclaimed the record to a time of 2:32:22
7. 1 day later, DarkRedDove set a new record of 2:30:30
8. At ESA Summer 2022, sioneus achieved a new time with some route improvements and reached a time of 2:22:28
9. The current world record is held by asapaska with a time of 2:17:53

Categories

True Neutral Ending

Any%

All Bosses

Demifiend%

Glitches & Tricks

• Video Tutorial for Student Skip
• Video Tutorial for Empyrean Early

Notes

• Normal - TNE by shaggy
• Hard - TNE by shaggy
• Safety - TNE by ToxicTT
• Normal - Any% - Futsunushi route by sioneus
• Hard - Any% by sioneus
• Safety - Any% by ToxicTT
• Hard - Demifiend% by shaggy

Resources

• Demon King Castle Guide Maps by shaggy
• Temple of Eternity Guide Maps by shaggy
• SMTV General Resource Sheet by ChampionBeef
• Mechanics Calculations Sheet
• atwiki