Catgirl Rage: Claws of Fury Brings Belt-Scroll Action to Osaka Indie Games Summit 2026
Minimum Studio is trading Catgirl Survivor's roguelike shooter loop for belt-scroll action with parries, aerial combos, and per-character magic, betting its series identity on a genre shift rather than a sequel.
Reporting from 1 source: 4Gamer.net.
Minimum Studio exhibited a playable demo of Catgirl Rage: Claws of Fury at OSAKA INDIE GAMES SUMMIT 2026, held in Osaka Umeda on October 3 and 4. The title moves the series from the top-down survivor style of Catgirl Survivor to side-scrolling belt-scroll action, set after the defeat of Dark Ego, with stages modeled on Tokyo, Times Square, the Alps, and Mexico.
The demo at the Osaka Umeda venue put a gamepad in visitors' hands and centered on AKANE, a striking-type character whose moves chain an uppercut into an aerial rush and an axe kick. Her flame-wreathed finisher is fighting spirit, not magic. Parries break enemy stance, which the report calls the key to boss fights, and combo count feeds the coin drops that fund stat rerolls, skill unlocks, and continues.
Continues start at 50 coins and rise to 100, so repeated deaths get expensive. Character growth survives a game over, and progress can be reset from the settings.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 1 cited source below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.