History VideoGame / AtelierSophieTheAlchemistOfTheMysteriousBook

The first ''Atelier'' title to be released on the UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 and for UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} as well as the last for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation3 (in Japan). Much like ''VideoGame/AtelierShallieAlchemistsOfTheDuskSea'' before it, ''Atelier Sophie'' has no time limit unlike the previous ''Dusk'' and ''Arland'' titles. Instead, the game has five-day weeks, three weekdays and two weekend days, that control events in the town and affect the locations and events of characters in the town of Kirchen bell. In addition, each day now has a day/night cycle allowing for events to shift throughout each day and change shop listings, enemies, and harvest locations.

The game was released in Japan on November 19, 2015 for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation3, UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita. The UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 and UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita versions were released in North America on June 7, 2016 and Europe on June 10, 2016, followed by a later worldwide release on Steam on February 7, 2017. An UpdatedRerelease featuring a brand new episode came out on April 22, 2021 as part of a CompilationRerelease of the ''Mysterious'' trilogy, which also brought game to the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch for the first time.

On October 2, 2021, a direct sequel, ''VideoGame/AtelierSophie2TheAlchemistOfTheMysteriousDream'', was announced. It was released on February 2022 worldwide[[labelnote:*]]24th for Japan, the 25th for North America and Europe[[/labelnote]] for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch and PC via Steam. It is set some time [[{{Interquel}} between the events of the first game]] and ''VideoGame/AtelierFirisTheAlchemistAndTheMysteriousJourney''.

* BonusBoss: Most bosses in the game are bonus bosses, usually unlocked through Rumors. Some become available after the end of the game, both inside and outside the BonusDungeon, and several recipes require you to defeat some of them.

* UnintentionallyUnwinnable: The BonusBoss Tormented Beast can be this. Tormented Beast has a very high HealingFactor, but cannot kill the entire party in one round. If the party have strong resurrection items it is possible to get stuck in a loop where the boss cannot kill the party, but the party cannot harm the boss faster than he heals himself. You cannot run away from boss fights, so the only way out is to force close the game. Hint: level up your weapons first and give them the No Heal trait.

''Atelier Sophie'' is the seventeenth main game in the ''VideoGame/{{Atelier}}'' series and the first game in the ''Mysterious'' subseries. Taking place in the town of Kirchen Bell, novice alchemist Sophie with a reputation for being rather poor at her craft due to having no guidance or teacher. After finally succeeding at synthesizing a common medicine, Sophie goes to write the recipe down in a reference book inherited from her grandmother, only for the book to suddenly come to life after she writes the recipe inside its pages. The book only remembers her name: Plachta. Sophie and Plachta discover that as Sophie records recipes in Plachta's pages, her memories return, causing Plachta to tell her about a cauldron that can allow ''anyone'' to perform fantastic alchemy. As Sophie wants to become an alchemist on the level of her grandmother, she eagerly works to restore Plachta's memories to eventually claim it for herself with Plachta mentoring the fledgling alchemist in her craft. Sophie is aided by her close friends, Monika Ellmenreich and Oskar Behlmer along with a colorful cast of companions who join Sophie as her allies as her quest to find the cauldron and restore Plachta brings the whole world into peril...