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MAGES. Unveils Occult Suspense Adventure 'Shikai' for PS5 and Switch

The game builds its horror from a ghost story MAGES. has already seeded publicly on YouTube since 2024, meaning the publisher is treating its own earlier content as the entry point into a new franchise rather than a standalone marketing asset.

Key Facts

  • MAGES. announced 'Shikai' on August 27, 2026, for release this winter on PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch.
  • The story is triggered by the ghost story 'The House with the Red Roof,' published on MAGES.'s YouTube channel since 2024 and narrated by voice actor Mariko Honda.
  • The game carries a CERO rating of D, meaning ages 17 and up; the price is undecided.
  • Fumihiro Kitahara handles planning and original concept, Ryo Yasumoto writes the scenario, Go Abo composes the music, and Tatsuya Matsubara and Naotaka Hayashi supervise.
  • The teaser site and teaser movie released alongside the announcement include the warning 'Do not peek into the house with the red roof.'

Reporting from 4 sources: 4Gamer.net, GAME Watch (Impress), Automaton, Game Spark.

MAGES. Unveils Occult Suspense Adventure 'Shikai' for PS5 and Switch

MAGES. announced on August 27 that the new occult suspense adventure game 'Shikai' will launch this winter for PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch. The game is a completely new original work from the staff behind the Science Adventure series, including 'STEINS;GATE' and 'CHAOS;CHILD.' Where those titles used logic and science to explore the world's mysteries, 'Shikai' moves into the supernatural, a realm science cannot explain. The story begins with a ghost story titled 'The House with the Red Roof,' which MAGES. published on its YouTube channel in 2024 as part of a 'Corpse Party II Darkness Distortion' launch special, narrated by voice actor Mariko Honda. The game is designed so that players who read the ghost story become tainted by the supernatural, drawing the person on the other side of the screen into the events. The teaser site and teaser movie released alongside the announcement carry warnings like 'Do not peek into the house with the red roof.' Planning and original concept are by Fumihiro Kitahara, who served as art director on the Science Adventure series; the scenario is by Ryo Yasumoto, known for 'STEINS;GATE 0' and 'CHAOS;CHILD.' Music is by Go Abo, with series producer Tatsuya Matsubara and scenario writer Naotaka Hayashi supervising. The CERO rating is D (ages 17 and up).

  • The ghost story "The House with the Red Roof" is narrated in full on the Automaton piece, and recounts an experience by a person called S: as a child in the Tokyo suburbs, S visited a red-roofed ruin with a friend named A, who vanished while S watched the roof. S later found the house's interior clean, climbed a staircase that should not exist in what was a single-story building, and saw a large bloodshot eye in a mirror that shattered on its own.
  • After the incident, A moved away with her family. Ten years on, S's great-uncle said the ruin was a shrine to a deity called Ōgamisama, and that the house had no second floor.
  • The teaser movie includes the words "異界" (another world) and "遺骸" (remains), according to Automaton.
  • The teaser site carries the warning line "赤い屋根の家を覗くな。" ("Do not peek into the house with the red roof.").
  • 4Gamer notes the ghost story is still watchable on YouTube and suggests checking it alongside the game announcement.
  • The Automaton piece ties the reveal to "STEINS;GATE RE:BOOT," released on August 20, with an Xbox Series X|S version due October 29, and links to a column on why STEINS;GATE drew attention.
  • Game Spark lists MAGES.'s prior output as the Science Adventure series, the "Memories Off" romance ADV series, and original titles.
  • Music composer Go Abo is credited in the sources with work on both the "STEINS;GATE" and "Memories Off" series.

Synthesized by Yomimono from the 4 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.

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