The game's events starts three years before the events of Octopath Traveler and revolve around a single-player Gacha RPG experience concerning three main influences: wealth, power, and fame. Each summonable character (and major plotline) is associated with one of the main influences and one of the starting eight classes from the original game. While the original "break and boost" mechanics return, battles now allow for eight playable characters to fight at once, with half of them resting in the back row. "Path Actions" also return and can be used similarly on NPCs as in the base game. Likewise, the land of Orsterra is available to travel and new settlements have been added in addition to the previous settlements explored in the original game.