Rain98 Adds Loose Socks Interaction, Stays on Track for 2026 Release
The new interaction and continued demo presence signal that Rain98 is still in active development and refining its specific fetish-driven tone after the delay.
Reporting from 1 sources: Game Spark.
Developer C#4R4CT3R showed a new demo of the psycho-suspense ADV Rain98 at BitSummit PUNCH, adding a loose socks wearing interaction. Director Sean T. confirmed the game is still targeting a 2026 release after its delay last year. The demo also features voice actress Rio Tsuchiya and ASMR-style mixing.
At BitSummit PUNCH in late May, developer C#4R4CT3R showed a new demo of Rain98 that includes a freshly added interaction: the heroine Raina Amahara, voiced by Rio Tsuchiya, hands over washed socks from a coin laundry and entrusts her bare feet to the protagonist. Director Sean T. described the addition as another layer of the game's deliberate fetish appeal, which he previously said was designed to 'pierce someone's specific fetish.' The demo also keeps the ASMR-style audio mixing and lo-fi soundtrack that defined earlier builds. Sean T. told Game Spark that the game remains on track for a 2026 release, following the delay announced late last year. Rain98 is a psycho-suspense visual novel set in end-of-century Tokyo from 1998 to 1999, following a gloomy high school girl and a world-destruction plot. The game has accumulated 45,000 wishlists on Steam.
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