- 10th Anniversary & SHINRAI Saku Released! - 26 August 2026
On this day, exactly ten years ago, we released SHINRAI - Broken Beyond Despair, our very first visual novel. And today, in celebration of that, we’re excited to finally share with you our latest project:SHINRAI Saku - Blooming Beyond Despair is a direct continuation of the original SHINRAI, taking place one month after that dreadful Halloween night and focusing on its aftermath and how Raiko and the others are dealing with it. It’s a much shorter story that can be considered more of an additional epilogue episode rather than a brand-new standalone tale.We would also like to once again point out that Saku is not a murder mystery! It’s a character-driven, almost entirely kinetic experience, meaning that you won't encounter any gameplay elements, such as investigation segments or evidence presentation, this time around.That said, Saku does contain a lot of what was supposed to be addresse…
- Detective Fest & SHINRAI Saku Update - 12 January 2026
Since we're at the beginning of a brand-new year and Steam decided to kick it off with its Detective Fest, to which both SHINRAI and GENBA no Kizuna were invited, it felt like a good time to type up a little update summary regarding our next project: SHINRAI Saku - Blooming Beyond Despair.Should this be the first time you're hearing of it, we'd like to direct you towards the previous post with the official announcement. It briefly explains what exactly Saku is and what you can expect from it.Of course, you can also find more info on its sub page over on our website, along with some introduction cards for the new and recurring cast members.Now, with that out of the way, let's talk about...Saku's ProgressWe've been quite productive over the last few months, especially in the art department. At this point, there are only a couple more backgrounds missing and mostly facial expressions when…
- New Project: SHINRAI Saku - Blooming Beyond Despair - 26 August 2025
If you've been following us on social media or kept an eye on our development blog, you probably already know that we've been eagerly at work on our next visual novel project for a while now.But given that, today, we're celebrating the release anniversaries of SHINRAI - Broken Beyond Despair and GENBA no Kizuna, we thought it's about time to make an official announcement post here as well and not only share some more info on it, but even go ahead and publish its store page.There, you can now check out some first screenshots, read a bit about what to expect and, in case it does strike your fancy, add it to your wishlist!Over on our website, you can also find some intro cards for some of the cast, including both old and new faces, with the remaining characters getting revealed in the coming weeks.But with all that out of the way, let's talk a little more about SHINRAI Saku, shall we?What…
- GENBA no Kizuna Released! - 27 August 2024
As of yesterday, our new murder mystery GENBA no Kizuna is out! The OST is also available here! It has been a long and arduous development journey and it honestly still hasn't fully sunk in that, at long last, we have managed to arrive at our destination. It just feels too surreal! But we're very excited to have made it here and that we can finally welcome you at the Kaseki residence! We'd like to give a huge thank you to all of you who have been eagerly anticipating this moment and we are deeply sorry for all the delays (as well as for the initial launch hiccups, in case you're among the people who were right there for it and immediately ran into a rather unfortunate issue...). We truly appreciate your patience and are immensely grateful for your support! While very similar in many regards, GENBA is also rather different from SHINRAI, which kinda has us a bit worried about how you migh…
- GENBA Release Date & Upcoming SHINRAI Bugfix - 12 August 2024
https://i.imgur.com/q0uHShx.jpeg That's right, it's official: our next murder mystery visual novel GENBA no Kizuna will, at long last, release on August 26 (the very day of SHINRAI's anniversary) at 10:00 AM PST! In other words, you'll be able to play it in a little less than two weeks from now! We really wanted to make this announcement much sooner, but decided to wait until Valve would give us the definitive green light, so we'd have 100% certainty about everything working out. (You have no idea how long Gospel has been itching to use that Jurassic meme!) GENBA's store page has been updated with the final product information, a new gameplay video and you can even check out the GBA-style instruction booklet now. It contains some basic info on the story, characters and gameplay mechanics, as well as some potentially useful tips. So if you want to already start prepping yourself for the…
- New Project Update - 26 February 2024
Given that (due to its dinosaur thematic) our next murder mystery visual novel GENBA no Kizuna qualified for Steam's Dinos VS Robots Fest, we thought that this is a good time to post another quick little progress update regarding its development. The final one, in fact, as the next time we'll make an announcement post here on Steam, it will be to unveil all the release details. After all, we are very close now to, at long last, completing the project! Everything right up until the point where you need to pick the culprit is fully playable now, meaning that only the four endings, the credits and the extra content is missing. We aim to have all of this taken care of by the end of March. However! We also need to factor in some more time for testing, polish and release preparations, so even if the VN is nearing completion now, it'll unfortunately still be a bit longer before we can share it…
- Scream Fest & New Project Update - 26 October 2023
With Steam's Scream Fest in full swing now and SHINRAI being featured in it, we wanted to take the opportunity to provide another quick update on our next murder mystery GENBA no Kizuna. In case you haven't seen it yet, the store page for it has already been published, so be sure to check it out in order to get a good idea what it's going to be about, and maybe even add it to your wishlist if you want to get notified the moment it's out! Speaking of the moment it's out, the release is actually the primary topic we'd like to address here, so let's jump straight into it and get the bad news out of the way first: If you've seen the previous news post or checked out the store page before, you'll notice that the release date has changed. There's still too much left to do to fully wrap up before the end of the year, so as unfortunate as it may be, the date had to be set to 2024 after all. The…
- Visual Novel Fest - 7 August 2023
As you may have already seen, Steam's Visual Novel Fest has just begun! For an entire week, the spotlight shines on our personal favorite medium of interactive storytelling, which is why we thought that it's a good time to post a little update again, especially given that the anniversary of SHINRAI's release is also coming up later this month! First of all, in case you haven't seen it yet (the cross promo post seems to have gotten lost in the Steam ether of oblivion), the store page for our next murder mystery GENBA no Kizuna is up, featuring a trailer, some screenshots, a description and a feature list, which will hopefully give you a good idea as to what you can expect from it! And if you think it's something you'd enjoy delving into once it's out, be sure to add it to your wishlists! It'll only take one click, but provide us with tons of joy! Speaking of GENBA coming out, though, we…
- GENBA no Kizuna store page now live! - 25 January 2023
That's right, at long last, the store page for our next murder mystery visual novel is finally live! You can check out the trailer, a bunch of new screenshots and an updated feature list which now more closely reflects what you can expect in the final product. Currently, we're still busy with the penultimate chapter, so we don't feel confident enough to throw out an exact release date yet, but as you can see on its store page, we are definitely intending to release GENBA no Kizuna later this year, so be sure to add it to your wishlists to get informed when it becomes available! For more details on our plans, you can check out this blog post on our website. We also keep posting weekly updates over there regarding the development process. It's honestly been an unexpectedly long development journey and we're truly sorry for the wait. There are many reasons as to why it's been taking so lon…
- Anniversary Update - 26 August 2020
Today marks the 4th anniversary of SHINRAI's release and, in celebration of that, we've just released a little update for it! Although no new major content (such as additional scenes or diary entries) has been added, this update applies a number of tweaks and changes to the game, which will definitely provide a better experience. From simple bugfixes and typo eradication to the addition of new music tracks, as well as a much desired checkpoint system for the final chapter. But let's have a closer look at the changelog, shall we? (Note: It's advised to start a new game after updating, as the use of old save files might cause glitches) General Fixes: A number of minor issues such as typos, bugs and visual errors have been fixed. GUI Adjustments: The textbox design has been updated to better fit with the rest of the GUI. Sound Adjustments: With the help of our new composer, Solo Acapello,…
- SHINRAI Anniversary & New GENBA demo - 26 August 2019
Today is the anniversary of SHINRAI's release and we celebrate it by providing you with a fresh new look at our new project, the murder mystery visual novel GENBA no Kizuna! We have released an extended demo, which now introduces all of our main characters and offers some basic details about the case. The playtime lies somewhere between 2 - 3 hours, depending on your reading speed and how thorough you are. For more information about the project, please check out our website: http://gosatsu.com/genba/ For now, this demo is only available through external means, but will eventually be published on Steam as well. Content-wise, it is the final demo we will provide before the full release, but we want to gather some feedback and polish the experience a bit more, before we put it up here. I'd also like to get a better idea of when the full release is likely going to happen. (Unfortunately, we…
- New Project: GENBA no Kizuna (Demo) - 2 April 2018
If you've visited our website or any of our social media accounts over the past few months, this probably isn't anything new to you. However, we've been hard at work on two new projects, one of which has finally reached a stage where we can share a little more than just words and pictures! You can now download a demo for our next murder mystery visual novel GENBA no Kizuna and generally learn more about it here: http://gosatsu.com/genba/ The demo is pretty short and only serves to give you an early idea of the feel and direction of our newest project (and hopefully, it will also provide us with some useful feedback). If you do decide to check it out, please let us know what you think about it! We're naturally open to suggestions as well! Although it can be seen as more of a spin-off, GENBA does have quite a few connections to SHINRAI and will eventually tie into its actual sequel as wel…
- New Project: GENBA no Kizuna (Demo) - 2 April 2018
If you've visited our website or any of our social media accounts over the past few months, this probably isn't anything new to you. However, we've been hard at work on two new projects, one of which has finally reached a stage where we can share a little more than just words and pictures! You can now download a demo for our next murder mystery visual novel GENBA no Kizuna and generally learn more about it here: http://gosatsu.com/genba/ The demo is pretty short and only serves to give you an early idea of the feel and direction of our newest project (and hopefully, it will also provide us with some useful feedback). If you do decide to check it out, please let us know what you think about it! We're naturally open to suggestions as well! Although it can be seen as more of a spin-off, GENBA does have quite a few connections to SHINRAI and will eventually tie into its actual sequel as wel…
- Official Website & New Projects - 24 June 2017
Seeing as it's been almost half a year since the last one, we've decided that another news post is in order! As always, we'd first like to thank everyone who has bought SHINRAI since then, recommended it to others, or left us with their impressions in the form of comments, direct messages or even reviews. We're truly grateful, especially for feedback, as it helps a lot with the development of future titles! Speaking of which, we are actually working on two new projects at the moment. If you've been following us on social media, you might have even seen that we have finally started to reveal more about one of them! If you're curious, please head over to our new website to learn more: http://gosatsu.com/ As of right now, you will only find teaser pages, but more information will be added soon. From now on, you will also find our weekly blog posts there (posted every Saturday), which will…
- Official Website & New Projects - 24 June 2017
Seeing as it's been almost half a year since the last one, we've decided that another news post is in order! As always, we'd first like to thank everyone who has bought SHINRAI since then, recommended it to others, or left us with their impressions in the form of comments, direct messages or even reviews. We're truly grateful, especially for feedback, as it helps a lot with the development of future titles! Speaking of which, we are actually working on two new projects at the moment. If you've been following us on social media, you might have even seen that we have finally started to reveal more about one of them! If you're curious, please head over to our new website to learn more: http://gosatsu.com/ As of right now, you will only find teaser pages, but more information will be added soon. From now on, you will also find our weekly blog posts there (posted every Saturday), which will…
- Happy New Year! - 2 January 2017
With 2017 starting, I thought it's about time for another little post here. Mainly to once again say thank you to all of you who have decided to give SHINRAI a chance. If you have bought it during the recent Winter sale, we truly hope that it offered you some enjoyable Holidays and a fun start into the new year! If you have already finished it, please consider leaving us some feedback. You can do so either here or in the community hub's discussions thread, specifically created for this purpose. Or, if you find the time, we'd be even more delighted about a review. Those really help us out a lot! I've said it before but I'll say it again, because this is very important to us: Your feedback and comments are valued and very much appreciated. This was our first visual novel project and we still have a lot to learn. As we continue working on new projects, we are aiming to improve ourselves, s…
- Happy New Year! - 2 January 2017
With 2017 starting, I thought it's about time for another little post here. Mainly to once again say thank you to all of you who have decided to give SHINRAI a chance. If you have bought it during the recent Winter sale, we truly hope that it offered you some enjoyable Holidays and a fun start into the new year! If you have already finished it, please consider leaving us some feedback. You can do so either here or in the community hub's discussions thread, specifically created for this purpose. Or, if you find the time, we'd be even more delighted about a review. Those really help us out a lot! I've said it before but I'll say it again, because this is very important to us: Your feedback and comments are valued and very much appreciated. This was our first visual novel project and we still have a lot to learn. As we continue working on new projects, we are aiming to improve ourselves, s…
- Thanks & General Info Post - 27 September 2016
It’s been a month now since SHINRAI's release, so I thought it’s time for a little post here. First of all, I'd like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has decided to give SHINRAI a try. I hope that you have enjoyed it or are still enjoying it, in case you have bought it just recently! I would also like to give an even bigger thanks to those who went through the trouble of even giving us some feedback, whether it'd be in the form of simple comments or lengthy reviews. It is greatly appreciated and really helps us out a lot! We naturally want to improve ourselves in future projects, so this feedback is very valuable to us. If you’d like to add to it, feel free to contact us whichever way you prefer. You can leave a comment here, post into the discussions section of our community hub, or contact us via any of the following social media pages: Twitter, Facebook, YouTube. I will…
- Thanks & General Info Post - 27 September 2016
It’s been a month now since SHINRAI's release, so I thought it’s time for a little post here. First of all, I'd like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has decided to give SHINRAI a try. I hope that you have enjoyed it or are still enjoying it, in case you have bought it just recently! I would also like to give an even bigger thanks to those who went through the trouble of even giving us some feedback, whether it'd be in the form of simple comments or lengthy reviews. It is greatly appreciated and really helps us out a lot! We naturally want to improve ourselves in future projects, so this feedback is very valuable to us. If you’d like to add to it, feel free to contact us whichever way you prefer. You can leave a comment here, post into the discussions section of our community hub, or contact us via any of the following social media pages: Twitter, Facebook, YouTube. I will…
- Mac & Linux versions now available! - 1 September 2016
Just a quick little announcement: You might have already noticed or heard about it on our Twitter, but the Mac and Linux versions of SHINRAI have now been added as well. It took a little bit of testing to get them to run properly on Steam, but we were finally able to verify that everything's working now, thanks to the help of a very kind soul. If you are a Mac or Linux user and should still encounter any issues, please let us know, and we can work together in order to solve them. Take care and have a nice day! We hope you're all enjoying SHINRAI!
