1999 Tokoyo Building Horror Adventure Launches on Steam With 20 Percent Launch Discount
Kodansha Game Lab released the horror adventure game 1999 Tokoyo Building on Steam on November 10, 2026. The regular price is 1,420 yen, with a 20 percent launch discount bringing it to 1,136 yen through November 23.
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Reporting from 3 sources: 4Gamer.net, Denfaminicogamer, Game Spark.
Why it matters
Kodansha Game Lab is publishing a debut indie horror visual novel with a full merchandise and soundtrack rollout attached, treating a three-person team's first game as a multi-format product line rather than a single Steam release.
Key Facts
- Kodansha Game Lab released 1999 Tokoyo Building on Steam on November 10, 2026.
- 1999 Tokoyo Building costs 1,420 yen, discounted 20 percent to 1,136 yen through November 23.
- The development team Tokoyo Real Estate consists of Mangetsu Nagase, Shingetsu Ogino, and Aoi Minato.
- Animate stores plan to release 1999 Tokoyo Building merchandise around January 8, 2027.
The game is set in December 1999 inside a shabby indoor amusement park rumored to be a place where people disappear. The protagonist, an amnesiac boy named Akira Hiruyuki, is caught burglarizing the park by owner Kazuto Yano and forced to work as a live-in employee. Play alternates between a point-and-click exploration part, where Akira picks locks to break into coworkers' private rooms, and a Live2D conversation part where a single wrong reply can trigger an immediate dead end. The development team Tokoyo Real Estate consists of scenario writer Mangetsu Nagase, illustrator and Live2D modeler Shingetsu Ogino, and game designer and engineer Aoi Minato. 1999 Tokoyo Building is the team's debut title.
The soundtrack is a separate Steam release: 25 tracks by Yasuhiro Nakashima, who also scored "DareKare," priced at 500 yen with the same 20 percent discount through November 23. Nakashima's music changes interactively during dialogue, shifting with the characters' lines.
The second PV recreates a commercial for the park from its peak years, with 1990s-style narration and video effects. Video creator Kashika Shusshin made the in-game commercials and their music, including one for a fictional stress medicine called "Norack" that is advertised as one tablet, no water.
The coworkers Akira lives among each carry a listed profile:
- Camellia, an always-grumpy fortune teller who makes dolls and has a short temper.
- Samejima, a self-deprecating keeper who runs the building's giant aquarium alone and eats heavily.
- Count, a performer in Dracula costume who often skips his shows.
- Tokoyoman, a hot-blooded suit actor who fights the Count in hero shows and is described as the sanest resident.
- Hajime Kotobuki, a neurotic employee who helps owner Kazuto Yano run the building.
Animate stores nationwide take preorders from November 10 for merchandise due around January 8, 2027: acrylic stands, can badges, clear files, and T-shirts printed with the building's exterior. A Chapter 1 demo (about two hours) and a browser digest of roughly 10 minutes are both available. An interview video with the three developers is set for YouTube on November 30, filmed and edited by Nakashima.
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