Suikoden Star Leap Chapter 3 Arrives September 24
By confirming a Steam release and event revivals alongside the Chapter 3 date, Konami is treating the mobile title's content schedule and its late-arriving players as things the same announcement has to serve at once.
Key Facts
- Chapter 3 of Suikoden Star Leap will be released starting September 24, 2026, Konami Digital Entertainment announced on September 20, 2026.
- The Chapter 3 update adds a location called Shampia and showed characters named Rachana, Sasuke, Kasumi, and Tsubaki in streamed footage.
- Suikoden Star Leap is the first free-to-play mobile game in the Suikoden series and is currently distributed for iOS and Android.
- The Suikoden anime will air on 32 stations nationwide starting October 3, with its story delivered across two consecutive cours through March 2027.
- A stage adaptation of Suikoden II runs at Theater H in Tokyo from July 3 to July 19, 2026, and at Sky Theater MBS in Osaka from July 24 to July 25, 2026.
Reporting from 3 sources: 4Gamer.net, GAME Watch (Impress), Denfaminicogamer.
Konami Digital Entertainment said on September 20 that Chapter 3 of Suikoden Star Leap will be released starting September 24. The announcement came during the Suikoden Live at TGS 2026.9.20 streaming program, broadcast at noon from Tokyo Game Show 2026, held at Makuhari Messe and TKP Tokyo Bay Makuhari Hall from September 17 to September 21. The update adds a location called Shampia, and footage shown during the stream featured characters named Rachana, Sasuke, Kasumi, and Tsubaki. Suikoden series IP producer Rui Naito also said a Steam version and an overseas version are in development, and that the Steam release will support controller play. He said events will be revived for players who start later so that characters cannot be missed. A collaboration with the Suikoden anime is planned to begin in late November, and a collaboration with Gokurakuyu runs from October 1 to October 20.
Rui Naito, the Suikoden series IP producer, tied the Steam and overseas versions together at the same stream. Suikoden Star Leap is free to play, distributed now for iOS and Android, and it is the Suikoden series' first free-to-play mobile game. Its story is set in Solar Calendar Year 453, four years before the 1995 release of the original Suikoden, and it fills in gaps across Solar Calendar eras.
- Suikoden anime: broadcast on 32 stations nationwide starting October 3, with the story delivered in two consecutive cours through March 2027.
- Stage adaptation of Suikoden II: Theater H in Tokyo from July 3 to July 19, then Sky Theater MBS in Osaka from July 24 to July 25.
- Gokurakuyu collaboration: the "Suikoden STAR LEAP Instruction Manual" handed out at the Tokyo Game Show 2026 venue will also be distributed at participating Gokurakuyu stores.
The stream came from noon on September 20 as part of Tokyo Game Show 2026, held September 17 to September 21 at Makuhari Messe and TKP Tokyo Bay Makuhari Hall.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 3 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.