Qureate and developer IXILL announced horror time-travel mystery game Sentimental Death Loop launches July 6 for Nintendo Switch. A PC (Steam) version is coming soon, and eager Qureate fans may wishlist the game right now.
In Sentimental Death Loop, protagonist Noa Asahi is killed after visiting her best friend’s house. Time begins to loop, causing the protagonist to relive the same events leading to her demise at the hands of her best friend. Players must find a way to escape this death loop by investigating the house, uncovering clues, and finding useful items.
The Japanese Nintendo eShop page and English Steam page for Sentimental Death Loop is now live. Steam confirms English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese language support with full Japanese voice-overs. The upcoming horror title will be sold for 2,480 yen, and a 10% pre-order discount is live until July 5 at 10:59 JST.
Here’s an overview of Sentimental Death Loop, via the official Steam page:
About Sentimental Death Loop
Just as you begin to settle in for a fun day at your best friend’s house, something changes in her and she kills you. And not just once—she ends your life time and time and time again. Your goal is to escape from this endless loop of despair.
System
- Jump through time to change your destiny! – The investigation portions of the game are rendered in three-quarter view. Work toward your escape by searching rooms for the items and clues needed to solve puzzles and disarm traps. Time travel to obtain new, useful information capable of changing your destiny. Your goal is to use the methods available to you and escape the never-ending loop of death.
- Your dear friend stalks toward you with a knife. Use the items at your disposal to escape! – Nemu may try to corner you while you’re investigating a room. Use the items around you to stop her and make your escape, otherwise you’ll be killed and sent back in time!
- How many times must you be robbed of hope?! – Your actions will lead you to a number of different endings. However, it seems like only sadness and despair await you each and every time. Will you really manage to escape this cycle of death?!
Characters
- Noa Asahi (Voice: Honoka Kuroki）
- Nemu Tsukishiro (Voice: Yuuki Takada）
- Akane Higuchi (Voice: Haruka Yamazaki）
- Suzuka Hayami (Voice: Satsumi Matsuda）
Staff
- Character Design: MIZU
- Scenario: Takayoshi Muto(Synthese)
- Planner/Producer: Yujiro Usuda
