Pincool Opens Steam Page For NOYAKI - CONTROLLED BURN, A Controlled-Burn Puzzle Game
Pincool, the studio led by former Dragon Quest producer Ryutaro Ichimura, is staffing its Tokyo Game Show 2026 booth with a title built from scratch after its parent company's games could not be exhibited, so the store page arrives as both a 2027 release plan and a TGS stopgap.
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Pincool Inc. opened the Steam store page for NOYAKI - CONTROLLED BURN on September 16. The controlled-burn puzzle game is planned for PC (Steam) in Q1 2027. Players set fires across grassland, reading terrain and wind, digging limited firebreaks, and protecting houses, protection forests, cows and sheep. It is one of the titles Pincool will exhibit at Tokyo Game Show 2026.
The Steam page for NOYAKI - CONTROLLED BURN went live on September 16, with an overview and screenshots and a release window of Q1 2027 on PC (Steam).
The game turns noyaki, the practice of burning dry grass outdoors, into a puzzle: flames follow terrain and wind, racing up slopes and spreading in a fan shape downwind, while cliffs, rivers and roads halt them. Houses, protection forests, cows and sheep sit on the same grassland, and fire reaching a building fails the run. Firebreaks can be dug in advance, and a limited number are available. After the burn, the game scores achievement rate, ignitions, firebreaks and time.
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