Aksys Games announced otome visual novel Tengoku Struggle: Strayside releases on April 4, 2024 for Nintendo Switch in the west. Pre-orders for the physical edition is now available as well.
Tengoku Struggle: Strayside takes place in an alternate universe set in the Reiwa era. The Human and Hell Realms reached an agreement to transform Asakusa into a tourist attraction where the living may meet the dead. However, one incident causes many of Hell’s prisoners to escape, leading to the events of the otome visual novel.
Tengoku Struggle: Strayside Physical Pre-Order
Tengoku Struggle: Strayside is available to pre-order right now at the Aksys Games Online Store ahead of its April 4 release. The physical edition will be sold for $59.99 with an exclusive soundtrack CD. Additional fees apply for shipping, however. Moreover, it’s worth noting that the physical edition is exclusive to the Aksys Games Online Store.


Lastly, Tengoku Struggle: Strayside is available now for Nintendo Switch in Japan. Here’s an overview of Tengoku Struggle: Strayside, via Aksys Games:
It is year XX of the Reiwa era. Through an agreement between the Human Realm and the Hell Realm, Asakusa was transformed into a tourist attraction where the living can meet the dead. One day, the Spider’s Thread was dropped from Heaven down into Hell, allowing many of Hell’s prisoners to escape.
King Enma thus orders his novice Hell Guardian daughter, Rin, to capture the escapees along with Goemon Ishikawa and a few other trustworthy prisoners. When they descend to the Human Realm for their mission, their investigation leads them to an event held by a former prisoner of Hell, Shinobikuni, where she reveals a pardoning app that will forgive people for their sins. What is Shinobikuni’s goal? And what will become of the humans who were promised entry into Heaven?
This is a story that encompasses Heaven and Earth—what fate awaits this world?