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Digimon UP Arrives July 15 for iOS and Android

The free-to-play monster-raising RPG launches worldwide with pre-registration rewards, Digivolution, and six-on-six battles.

The free-to-play monster-raising RPG launches worldwide with pre-registration rewards, Digivolution, and six-on-six battles.

Digimon UP is a free-to-play monster-raising RPG for mobile that leans on the series’ Tamagotchi roots. You hatch a partner from a Digitama, feed and train it through several Digivolution stages, and then take it into battle backed by a squad of support Digimon. It also folds in familiar franchise pieces like Digivices and the Digimon Card Game.

Quick answer: Digimon UP releases worldwide on July 15, 2026 for iOS and Android as a free download. Pre-registered accounts receive their milestone characters, currency, and summon tickets at launch.

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Digimon UP release date and platforms

The launch lands the same day across every region. Producer Kimi-P confirmed the date early through a video message on the game’s official channel, saying the team could no longer hold it back after community demand. The game was first shown during Digimon Con 2026.

DetailInformation
Release dateJuly 15, 2026 (Japan, United States, Europe)
PlatformsiOS and Android (smartphone)
PriceFree-to-play
LanguagesJapanese, English, Korean, Chinese
PublisherBandai Namco

How raising a Digimon works

You start by picking one of the Digi-Eggs on the “Choose a Partner” screen. Each egg corresponds to a specific Digimon, and the one that hatches follows a fixed evolution path from the Baby stage up to Ultimate. Choosing the Agumon egg, for example, traces the line Botamon, Koromon, Agumon, Greymon, MetalGreymon, and WarGreymon.

Growth is driven by two systems you manage between fights. Training assigns your Digimon to courses, such as a “Dash” treadmill run, and unlocks nodes on a hexagonal skill tree. Feeding raises an Eat level that boosts stats, with a sample Food Effect lifting Critical Damage from 3.370% to 6.1% and further slots that open at Eat levels 3, 5, 8, and 13.

Fifteen different Partner Digimon are available to raise at launch. The confirmed roster includes Agumon, Gabumon, Biyomon, Tentomon, Palmon, Gomamon, Patamon, Gatomon, Veemon, and Guilmon, with Renamon and Terriermon added as partners as well.

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Support Digimon and battles

A battle team is built around one Partner Digimon plus up to five Support Digimon, so each side can field six units. Support Digimon are collected separately and fight alongside your partner. In practice, a team might pair a MetalGreymon partner with supports like Hagurumon, ToyAgumon (Black), Monzaemon, Gotsumon, and Meramon.

Stage battles play out against wild Digimon across areas such as Kainone Coast, which runs past Stage 100. Skills fire automatically during standard play. For competitive modes, the PvP menu opens into the Battle Terminal and the D-1 Grand Prix, with a ranked podium tracking top players.

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Skill Cards and Digivices

Skills are modeled after the classic Digimon Card Game. During normal fights, cards like “Bandage of Love,” “A Blazing Storm of Metal!,” “Ice Wall!,” and “Underwater Attack!” activate on their own rather than being played manually. Digivices and D-3 style toys also appear as power-up elements pulled from across the franchise’s history, so the card and device collections both feed into strengthening your team.

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Pre-registration rewards and the 1 million goal

Pre-registration milestones stacked up ahead of launch. The community cleared the Gekkomon tier at 100,000 sign-ups, Numemon at 500,000, and the Patamon Pajamas avatar cosmetic at 800,000. Passing 800,000 left the count within 200,000 users of the top tier.

Reaching 1,000,000 pre-registrations unlocks a final reward built around Taichi Yagami and Agumon. Based on the game’s systems, Taichi is expected to arrive as a selectable player sprite and Agumon as a playable Digimon.

MilestoneReward
100,000 pre-registrationsGekkomon (character)
500,000 pre-registrationsNumemon (character)
800,000 pre-registrationsPatamon Pajamas (cosmetic)
1,000,000 pre-registrationsTaichi Yagami & Agumon (characters)

Alongside the milestone characters, every pre-registered player receives a bundle of starter items and gacha vouchers at launch.

ItemAmount
DigiEmerald (premium currency)3,000
bit (in-game currency)1,000
Supporter Summon Ticket450
Skill Card Summon Ticket450
Hologram Ticket1,000
Good Digimeat Seed10
Great Digimeat Seed3

These rewards are distributed to accounts that pre-registered before launch. You confirm they landed by checking your in-game mailbox or Presents inbox after your first login, where the tickets, currency, and unlocked characters appear ready to claim.

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Getting Digimon UP at launch

The game is available as a free download from the App Store and Google Play on release day. You can find launch details and links through the official Digimon UP site.

Once installed, the first-time flow moves through avatar customization, where you set skin, eye color, and face shape, before you choose your Digi-Egg and create your partner. From there, the raising loop of feeding, training, and Digivolving carries you into stage battles and PvP.