Kogado Studio Announces New ADV 'Sugar Lies' for Steam and Switch
The announcement pairs a downloadable and physical release schedule with a playable TGS demo and a dedicated stream, giving potential buyers a chance to sample the game months before either version ships.
Key Facts
- Kogado Studio announced the visual novel "Sugar Lies" on August 27, 2026.
- The Steam version of "Sugar Lies" is scheduled for release at the end of 2026, and the Nintendo Switch version in spring 2027.
- Download versions of "Sugar Lies" for Steam and Switch cost 2,860 yen (tax included), and the Switch physical version costs 4,000 yen.
- A playable prologue demo of "Sugar Lies" will be available at Tokyo Game Show 2026 from September 17 to 21 at the Konami Digital Entertainment booth.
- "Sugar Lies" is produced by Kogado Studio's team "S:OWLS," which previously made "To the Fading Mirror Flower."
Reporting from 3 sources: 4Gamer.net, Denfaminicogamer, Game Spark.
Kogado Studio announced on August 27, 2026, its new visual novel "Sugar Lies," a short-form ADV themed around lies that depicts a summer boy-meets-girl story. The Steam version is scheduled for release at the end of 2026, with the Nintendo Switch version arriving in spring 2027. Download versions for both platforms are priced at 2,860 yen (tax included), while the Switch physical version costs 4,000 yen. The game is produced by the team "S:OWLS," which previously made "To the Fading Mirror Flower." The protagonist, Akito Nagatsuki, is a university freshman who despises lies and has a peculiar constitution that makes him ill, sometimes vomiting, when he senses others' acting or lies. The heroine, Yui Sakuramiya, is a former child prodigy actress who always plays the image others desire; she is voiced by Ikumi Hasegawa. Also appearing is Akari Yukihira, a laid-back childhood friend and stage actress since childhood, voiced by Hikaru Iida. A playable prologue demo will be available at Tokyo Game Show 2026 from September 17 to 21 at the Konami Digital Entertainment booth, and a special stream featuring the producer and Hikaru Iida will air on September 18.
- Production credits: planning and producer is Kawashounin 49, who held the same role on the team's previous work; character design is by Ringopon and Omoti; music is by Ryusei. Executive producer is Ippei Tani, with Takanori Kitagawa as co-producer.
- Two additional characters appear beyond the main pair: Mari Nakagawa is voiced by Kazuki Asami, and Rin Yamanishi is voiced by Aika Wakuno.
- Yui Sakuramiya was raised under strict elite training from her actor father, a detail behind her child prodigy past.
- Akari Yukihira, voiced by Hikaru Iida, is a hardcore otaku who especially loves "works of wisdom"; Iida previously played Kotone Fujita in "Gakuen Idolmaster."
- Hasegawa, voicing Yui, previously played Ikuyo Kita in "Bocchi the Rock!" and Setsu in the anime "GNOSIA."
- The genre is billed as a "youth ADV that begins with a lie."
- The tagline reads "That love tastes like sweet lies," and Akito's opening line is "That's why, the moment I saw her, I thought she was disgusting."
- Supported languages are Japanese, English, and Chinese (Simplified and Traditional).
- The Steam store page and official website are already live; the stream runs September 18 from 12:00 to 13:00 on KONAMI's official YouTube channel.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 3 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.