Deck-Building Roguelite Sangokushi BOND Launches This Summer
Nishiyama's return to the Three Kingdoms setting with a fair, one-purchase competitive game signals a deliberate break from the gacha and action trends that dominate the genre.
Reporting from 2 sources: GAME Watch (Impress), ASCII.jp.
Gerappa will release Sangokushi BOND on Steam in summer 2026 for 800 yen. The deck-building roguelite army battle, from Yasuhiro Nishiyama of Sangokushi Taisen and Chain Chronicle, removes action controls and pay-to-win elements for a 10-minute pure brain battle. It will exhibit at BitSummit PUNCH.
Yasuhiro Nishiyama, known for the Sangokushi Taisen series and Chain Chronicle, is behind Sangokushi BOND. The game uses a complete draft system: each match randomly presents generals to recruit, making fixed lineups from strategy sites useless. Over 100 newly drawn generals from multiple illustrators appear, with more planned via updates. The 10-minute matches come in synchronous and asynchronous versus modes. Gerappa plans SNS communities and official tournaments. The game will be playable at BitSummit PUNCH before release.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 2 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.