Byounou Tantei is out on PC. On Steam it held a Very Positive rating four days after its November 5, 2026 launch, with more than 450 user reviews and 91 percent positive.
Byounou Tantei released on November 5, 2026 for PC through Steam, the Epic Games Store, and STOVE. Indie studio PHOSEPO developed it, with Thermite Games and Smilegate publishing. The premise is a death-game mystery built around 13 Byono-sha, patients whose cognitive abnormalities create murder tricks, and the deduction turns on evidence that can be transmitted from one suspect to another and distort what witnesses perceive.
The Steam standard edition costs 2,800 yen and the Deluxe Edition 5,035 yen. A two-week launch sale cut 10 percent from the standard edition and 15 percent from the Deluxe Edition.
Four days after launch, the Steam rating stood at Very Positive: more than 450 user reviews, 91 percent of them positive. That threshold usually decides whether a Steam release keeps selling past launch week. The early record rests on review volume and rating, and the launch storefronts are the only confirmed platforms.
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