Devil May Cry 5

Devil May Cry 5 is an action-adventure hack and slash game that Capcom both developed and published. It came out on PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One in March 2019, and it runs on the RE Engine that Capcom first used for Resident Evil 7: Biohazard. Counting all entries it is the sixth game in the Devil May Cry series, and it is the fifth in the main numbered line.

The story picks up after Devil May Cry 4. A hooded stranger tears off Nero’s demonic arm and leaves with it, and soon after a man called V hires Dante’s agency to stop a demon named Urizen. The trail leads to Red Grave City, where a giant demonic tree, the Qliphoth, has taken root and is draining the blood of its residents. Capcom based the city on London and drew on English locations such as Canterbury and Leeds Castle in Kent.

Combat centers on fast, flashy fights against groups of demons, with a style rank that rises as attacks vary, combos lengthen, and hits are avoided, and the music reacts to that performance. Each mission is played as one of three characters. Nero equips swappable mechanical arms called Devil Breakers, Dante switches between fighting styles and a wide set of weapons, and V commands three demon familiars before finishing enemies off with his cane. New abilities are bought from Nico or at statues, and the Bloody Palace survival mode arrived as a free update on April 1, 2019.

Devil May Cry 5: Special Edition launched on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S in November 2020. It adds Vergil as a playable character, ray tracing options, a Legendary Dark Knight mode with larger enemy groups, and a Turbo mode that speeds the game up, and Vergil is also sold as downloadable content for the original release. A Nintendo Switch 2 version called Devil May Cry 5: Devil Hunter Edition was released on June 23, 2026, bundling earlier downloadable content without Turbo mode or Legendary Dark Knight.

Hideaki Itsuno directed the game, with Bingo Morihashi writing the story, and the team aimed for photorealistic visuals by basing each character on a real person. Critics gave it generally favorable reviews according to Metacritic, with particular praise for the three different fighting styles. It won Best Action Game at The Game Awards 2019, passed two million sales within two weeks of release, and has become the best-selling entry in the series.