Off the AppStore: Going digital AGAIN in Digital Tamers 2

• Return to an indie take on the digital world, once more!
• Raise your Digimon Tamagotchi style, then take them out into the world
• Battle, befriend, and build the best Digimon team

Welcome to Off The AppStore, a weekly feature with a twist. Namely, that while these - as with all the games we cover here - are games that you can play on your phone, they're ones that operate outside of the realms of the big two ways to play: The Google Play Store and the Apple AppStore.

That means that there might be a bit of work required in downloading alternative AppStores or APKs, or that the games can simply be played in your phone's browser. We'll make sure to detail that for each game, though. Anyway, read on to find a new game or experience to play Off The AppStore.

As long as Pokémon endures, the Digimon universe will continue to challenge it for dominance in the world of creature capture and battler games. The main difference is that Digimon will have you going into the digital world, where data and information become physical manifestations that interact with each other in various ways. As a human, you'll have the chance to be sucked into said world, where you can meet these digital monsters to befriend or battle as you see fit. It's a huge world to explore, and Dragon Rod is trying to etch out a little piece for itself and for us in the sequel, Digital Tamers 2.

There's always a reason to return to the digital world aside from getting to have fun with Digimon, and this time it's just that. You've decided to log on and enter the world to become the best Digimon tamer that you can. You'll start off with your very own Digimon that will hatch from an egg and start off as an adorable baby creature. It will bounce around safely in its own digital space where you can care for it in all manner of ways while also training it to explore the rest of the world.

The more you train your Digimon, the stronger it will get. From there, you can travel with it to fight other Digimon in the hopes of getting stronger, finding new treasures, and even taming new Digimon. The more Digimon you tame, the more situations and opponents you'll be able to take on. Of course, you can also spend a nice and relaxing time feeding, playing, training, and cleaning up after your Digimon friends as they grow and become more mature. Depending on how they're raised, they can evolve (digivolve) into one of several forms with differing stats and abilities. A Digimon is only as strong as its tamer.

Digital Tamers 2 is a 2D creature-caring and battling adventure that has refined a lot of its mechanics and gameplay to be smoother while also offering more content. It's not easy to be a tamer, especially when you start taming more Digimon, but those are the challenges and responsibilities that come with the territory… the digital territory.

Digital Tamers 2 is available to download and play from its itch.io page!