C#4R4CT3R released the Steam demo for Rain98 on October 17, 2026. The full version is scheduled for release in 2026 on PC via Steam.
C#4R4CT3R is a game label based in Shibuya, Tokyo, and its public record so far is one title: Rain98, a psycho-suspense adventure set in 1998 Tokyo. In September 2026 the studio brought a "MAJOR UPDATE DEMO" of the game to Tokyo Game Show 2026 at Makuhari Messe in Chiba, running September 17 to 21 with public days from the 19th at booth Hall 4 C08. That build was positioned as a step ahead of the trial version the studio targeted for release within 2026. The lead-up also disclosed scope: the project grew from a three-person effort into a 20-to-25 person one with over 10 hours of playtime, after the title slipped from its original schedule.
The demo reached Steam on October 17, 2026, and it contains more than the Tokyo Game Show build did. It covers the first two chapters of the story, in which a young man who time-slips from the present day shares a one-room apartment with Amahara Reina, a heroine who says she is Angolmois, the Great King of Terror from Nostradamus's prophecy. Reina wants to destroy the world in July 1999 and needs heat, the stirring of her heart, to do it. The player earns Angel Seals by interacting with her, pastes 100 of them into an Angel Passport, and completes the ritual.
A hands-on event around the game ran at UKIYO GAME BAR & CAFE in Yurakucho, where a collaboration cocktail called Melancholy Blue was served. The full version is scheduled for release in 2026 on PC via Steam. Across both stories, the studio has confirmed a demo, a show floor presence, and a full release window, and little else about itself.
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Oct 16
C#4R4CT3R, a game label based in Shibuya, Tokyo, released the Steam demo for Rain98 on October 17, 2026. The psycho-suspense adventure is set in 1998 Tokyo, where a young man who time-slips from the present day shares a one-room apartment with Amahara Reina, a heroine who says she is Angolmois, the Great King of Terror from Nostradamus's prophecy. Reina wants to destroy the world in July 1999, and needs heat, the stirring of her heart, to do it. The player earns Angel Seals by interacting with her, pastes 100 of them into an Angel Passport, and completes the ritual. The demo covers the story's first two chapters. It adds playable content beyond the build shown at Tokyo Game Show 2026. A hands-on event ran at UKIYO GAME BAR & CAFE in Yurakucho, where a collaboration cocktail called Melancholy Blue was served. The full version is scheduled for release in 2026 on PC via Steam.
Sep 14
Shibuya studio C#4R4CT3R will bring a "MAJOR UPDATE DEMO" of Rain98 to Tokyo Game Show 2026, playable ahead of the trial version targeted for release within 2026. The demo runs September 17 to 21 at Makuhari Messe in Chiba, public days from the 19th, at booth Hall 4 C08. Three limited goods appear at the venue.