Despite its name, Madou Monogatari on the Saturn is an entirely different and unique game in Compile's Madou Monogatari series, being a third-person RPG (that is to say, it is not the same game as Madou Monogatari I or Madou Monogatari I: 3tsu no Madoukyuu, which are first-person dungeon-crawlers). The overworld is rendered in an isometric perspective, while battle scenes are played side-on.