Atelier Karia: Build Bases, Share Meals With Your Party

Atelier Karia: The Night Kingdom & the Guide of Memories is the latest entry in the Atelier series of RPGs about gathering ingredients and synthesizing them. A special broadcast on November 9 revealed its base building, its Group Meals system for eating with your party, and details on the characters. Preorders opened the same day. It launches February 25, 2027 on Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC (Steam), with English support. The story is set two years after the previous game, Atelier Yumia.

You play alchemist Karia, traveling a world afflicted by mana withering, gathering ingredients in the field and synthesizing them at the atelier. One of the settings is Noctrem, an underground world that collapsed when its mana suddenly ran out.

Karia gains abilities from what she eats, and her appearance changes with it. Eat Uni, an ingredient familiar from the series, and a Uni sprouts on her head; another look has three tiers of jelly-like stuff stacked there. Depending on how she eats, her build also ranges from slim to plump.

You can build bases at spots across the field, placing furniture piece by piece or picking a template from a catalog to build it all at once. Facilities include a Rotisserie, an Ingredient Collector, and a Monster Statue that makes items easier to get from monsters of the same kind. Opening Sub Bases and relay bases across the regions strengthens the Main Base and also grants bonuses to combat and exploration.

In Group Meals, you cook in the atelier’s kitchen and eat with your party. Eating raises friendship, and serving a party member’s favorite dish adds an extra effect. Dishes can also boost abilities or improve the quality of the ingredients you gather. As friendship grows, character-specific events play out at night and lead to each party member’s own ending. Story choices branch the plot as well.

Among the characters shown in the broadcast, Viktor von Duerer is a knight who leads a pioneer expedition, and Ernest is an autonomous machine that manages the underground atelier. Masked alchemist Crave Fortis guards a giant dragon that produces seeds of mana withering. Lyvel Ventus, an alchemist who fights with blades on her legs, seems to be working toward the same goal as Crave. Meanwhile, a young man named Signa wants to take down a giant dragon that destroyed his hometown.

A single meal looks like it can improve your abilities and the quality of the ingredients you gather, while also leading to night events with your party.

Language: English
Players: Single-player
Age rating: ESRB RPM
As of November 10, 2026