El Shaddai: Zero Nine Reversi Adds Four-Player Online Mode And Steam Release
Crim released a major update for the smartphone app El Shaddai: Zero Nine Reversi on November 9, 2026, adding an online mode and a Steam version.
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Reporting from 2 sources: 4Gamer.net, Denfaminicogamer.
Why it matters
Crim timed the paid Steam port and the online mode to a fan-coined date rather than a platform anniversary, which turns a merchandising beat into a test of whether the El Shaddai name carries beyond free mobile play.
Key Facts
- Crim released the El Shaddai: Zero Nine Reversi major update and Steam version on November 9, 2026.
- The El Shaddai: Zero Nine Reversi online mode supports 1-on-1, 2-on-2, and 4-player free-for-all battles with 48 selectable characters.
- The Steam version of El Shaddai: Zero Nine Reversi costs 530 yen tax included, with a 10 percent sale price of 477 yen through November 16.
- El Shaddai: Zero Nine Reversi is free to play with ads on iOS and Android.
- Crim also launched the new smartphone title Nurinuri Oni Kakure on November 9, 2026 for iOS and Android.
The online mode supports 1-on-1, 2-on-2, and 4-player free-for-all battles, with 48 selectable characters whose abilities change how matches play out. Password rooms allow round-based matches on boards that expand from 8x8 to 10x10 and 12x12. The Steam version costs 530 yen tax included, with a 10 percent release sale at 477 yen through November 16. The iOS and Android versions are free to play with ads. The update is tied to November 9, which El Shaddai fans call Enoch Day, and it also adds El Shaddai-related books to the in-app archive, including The Man Who Wanted to Draw Angels.
Password rooms add a round-based format on top of the fixed online boards. The board grows from 8x8 to 10x10 and then 12x12 across rounds, a rules change the standard online match does not use.
The base game is a reversi adaptation of the 2011 action game El Shaddai. It gives each stone hit points: a flipped stone loses 1 HP, and at zero HP the stone is purified and vanishes from the board. Named rules include Lonely Enoch, Metatron's Wave, and Gabriel's Light. The AI runs five difficulty levels, from EASY to DEATH. Daily challenges refresh every 12 hours, and online rankings use a rating system shared across all platforms.
The online rule is called "BUMP & BURST." Flipping a stone cuts its HP by the opponent's attack power, and each character's abilities stack on top. Gold earned in matches unlocks characters, epithets, effects, and backgrounds.
Classic mode keeps the solo style, with big board changes and a Collapse Mode. The app supports 7 languages: Japanese, English, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), French, Italian, and Portuguese. A separate crim title, Nurinuri Oni Kakure, also launched on November 9 for iOS and Android, basically free with ads. Up to 10 players paint their characters to blend into the scenery and slip past the oni; players who are caught join the oni side, and CPU players fill empty slots.
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