Naniwa Underground Life Sim Opens Steam Page With Crime-Filled Osaka
The game leans on its Osaka setting, with the developer born and raised there, and includes an option for all NPCs to speak in thick Kansai dialect, grounding the criminal sandbox in local flavor.
Reporting from 1 source: Automaton.
Developer Kamei opened the Steam store page for Naniwa Underground on August 26, a life simulation game set in an Osaka where law and order have collapsed. Players live freely, work honestly or commit crimes like robbery and shoplifting. The game is planned for PC (Steam) and will be exhibited at Osaka Game Dungeon 2 on December 26.
Naniwa Underground puts the player in an anything-goes Osaka where public safety has broken down. The protagonist, an unemployed shut-in, is evicted for falling behind on rent and starts from homelessness, earning daily wages, eating, and sleeping while avoiding night attacks on the streets.
Crime is a core option: pickpocketing, burglary, shoplifting, robbery, vehicle theft, vandalism, attacking citizens, dark part-time jobs, and illegal drug deals all appear on the store page. Defeating residents sends them to the hospital for a few days, and apologizing while they are hospitalized preserves the relationship. A finishing blow is also possible.
Developer Kamei, born and raised in Osaka, modeled many scenes on real locations. A planned option lets all NPCs speak in thick Kansai dialect. The game is slated for PC (Steam) and will appear at Osaka Game Dungeon 2 on December 26.
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