Free Steam Puzzle Game The Apple Looks Up Lets Players Rewrite Reality
The release marks a rare free-to-play entry from Phoenixx, a publisher known for supporting indie creators, and it arrives alongside another free EASYHUMAN title, Cat Nyation, on the same day.
Key Facts
- The Apple Looks Up launched for free on Steam on August 17, 2026.
- The game is developed by EASYHUMAN and published by Phoenixx Inc.
- Players complete 13 trials by rewriting books to change gravity and object sizes.
- The game supports Japanese and English, with full Japanese voice support.
- EASYHUMAN also released Cat Nyation for free on Steam on the same day.
Reporting from 3 sources: Automaton, Denfaminicogamer, ASCII.jp.
Phoenixx Inc. began free distribution of the puzzle adventure game The Apple Looks Up on Steam on August 17, 2026. Developed by EASYHUMAN, the game is set in the Infinite Library, a place where all events of the present, past, and future are recorded. The player controls an amnesiac protagonist who receives 13 trials from Mimir, the angel librarian. The core mechanic involves reading books to collect words, then rewriting sentences to alter the laws of the world. For example, changing a book's text can modify gravity or the size of objects, allowing the player to solve puzzles and escape each room. The game supports Japanese and English, with full voice support in Japanese. It is priced at free, and the Steam store page is live. The publisher describes it as a new-sensation puzzle adventure where words are used as a weapon to bend physics. The game also includes a narrative layer, as the true purpose of the library and Mimir's motives are revealed as trials are cleared.
EASYHUMAN is the developer behind the release, and the publisher Phoenixx Inc. is led by President and CEO Kazunori Sakamoto. The game is a 3D escape puzzle title, and the protagonist is an amnesiac visitor to the Infinite Library who is guided by the angel Mimiru. The player starts each room with only one usable word, "apple," and must read books on the shelves to acquire new words for rewriting.
Automaton notes that the early sections progress smoothly and the difficulty is approachable rather than hardcore. The same day, EASYHUMAN also began free distribution of Cat Nyation, a game where a fish-headed alien collects cats, meaning two free titles from the developer launched together on Steam.
Phoenixx describes its mission as spreading Japanese creators to the world and world creators to Japan and Asia, with the stated goal of making the game and entertainment industry more exciting a decade from now. The publisher's slogan reads: "To inspire and nurture the human spirit, one creator, one game and one neighborhood at a time."
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 3 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.