Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Children

Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Children,[a] also known as DemiKids, is a series of role-playing video games primarily developed by Multimedia Intelligence Transfer and published by Atlus.

The series follows demon-human hybrids called devil children, who journey from Japan to the demon world, and are joined by talking companion monsters who give them guidance.

The devil children are given weaponry, such as guns, and are joined by guiding companion monsters who can speak human language.

is a puzzle game in which the player pushes around boxes to make their way to the pentagram at the end of each screen.

Messiah Riser is a real-time strategy game in which the player battles by giving their demons commands.

[18] For the 2011 game, Yuji Himukai, known for his work on Atlus' Etrian Odyssey series, was tasked with creating new designs and illustrations of Mirai and Setsuna; they were designed to look older than in their original appearances in Black Book and Red Book.

[1][2][4][5][7][10][22] Writers at Famitsu commented that the series did not change much between installments, although one said they enjoyed the stability and reliability in that.

[23] Reviewing White Book, one writer at Famitsu said that the tempo of the game was good, allowing for a stress-free experience playing the game, while another thought that the enemies were too strong at the beginning, forcing the player to repeatedly fuse their demons to make any progress at all.

[4] Kalata and Snelgrove were critical of the Game Boy Color titles' visuals, and were disappointed in the updated music and graphics in the PlayStation remake, saying that it looked like "a subpar Super Famicom RPG".

[24] Chris Greening at VGMO said that the music fulfilled its purpose within the game, but that it was otherwise poor and "samey", with a few catchy compositions as exceptions.

[18] Kalata and Snelgrove thought that Puzzle de Call featured interesting ideas, but that there was not anything special about it.

The player battles enemy demons using their own allied demons, shown as icons at the bottom of the screen.
TMS Entertainment created the 2000–2001 DeviChil anime.