Marvelous has dated two major 2027 releases: Oboromuramasa Kaikitan for February 4, 2027 and ETERNAL ANIMA for March 4, 2027, and is developing a new Story of Seasons game and Rune Factory 6. Its most recent release push is Shinobi Nexus: Senran Kagura, which is scheduled to launch this year for iOS, Android, and PC via DMM Games.
Marvelous heads into 2027 with two dated releases from the June 9 Nintendo Direct. Oboro Muramasa Kaikitan, the combined version of Oboro Muramasa and its Genroku Kaikitan DLC developed by Vanillaware, was announced for early 2027 and later set for February 4, 2027 on PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, and Nintendo Switch 2, with a Steam version on February 5 published by Marvelous USA. ETERNAL ANIMA, a new RPG announced during the September 9 Nintendo Direct, is set for March 4, 2027 on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, and PC, with the Steam version following on March 5.
The company is also working from its farm and life-simulation core. On August 28 it showed new footage of its next Story of Seasons title and the first footage of Rune Factory 6, which it had announced in 2023, during a livestream marking Story of Seasons' 30th anniversary and Rune Factory's 20th. Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar, released in August 2025, ran a Nintendo Switch Online trial from August 24 to August 30, 2026 with a 40 percent discount through September 6 and save data transfer to the full version.
On the mobile side, Marvelous and subsidiary Honey∞Parade Games announced Shinobi Nexus: Senran Kagura for iOS, Android, and PC via DMM Games, scheduled for this year, with pre-registration open on DMM Games and the App Store. The game is free to play with optional paid items and is set three years after Shinobi Master Senran Kagura New Link, which ended service in May 2025 and moved to an offline version. Honey∞Parade Games was established in May 2017 to focus on the series.
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Marvelous announced Story of Seasons: Your Wonderful Life, a virtual reality farming game built on Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life. Marvelous and Grounding will release it for Meta VR Glasses, Meta Quest 3, and Meta Quest 3s in spring 2027. Players water crops and tend animals without a controller, with new minigames for milking cows and shearing sheep. A trailer streamed alongside the announcement.
Marvelous announced on September 24, 2026 that Story of Seasons: Your Wonderful Life will be released in spring 2027. The price is undecided. The game will run on Meta VR Glasses, the headset Meta announced on September 23, 2026 (US time), along with Meta Quest 3 and Meta Quest 3S. Marvelous describes it as the company's first MR title. The game is based on Story of Seasons: Welcome! Wonderful Life, released in 2023, and carries over its farm work: fields, cows and sheep, shipping, shopping, fishing, excavation, and time with villagers. All operations support full hand tracking, so players can pick up buildings and trace fields without a controller. The official Story of Seasons account quoted the announcement and pointed to a store page. The rating is IARC 3+ and the rights notice reads 2026 Marvelous Inc. Screenshots shown so far come from a game still in development.
Marvelous announced on September 10, 2026 that Oboromuramasa Kaikitan, a Japanese-style action RPG developed by Vanillaware, will launch on February 4, 2027 for PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, and Nintendo Switch 2. The PC version arrives on Steam one day later, on February 5, published by Marvelous USA. The standard edition costs 6,578 yen including tax. A limited special edition is priced at 8,778 yen, and a Digital Deluxe Edition at 7,678 yen. Pre-orders for the physical edition are opening progressively. The game combines the PlayStation Vita title Oboromuramasa and its downloadable content Genroku Kaikitan into one package, with high-resolution graphics and new features. Six protagonists are featured, each with separate stories and goals, and the order they are played is left to the player. The official website has been renewed with each protagonist and story detailed.
Marvelous announced a new RPG, ETERNAL ANIMA, during the Nintendo Direct streamed on September 9, 2026. The game is set for release on March 4, 2027, for PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, and PC, with the Steam version following on March 5. Set in a world where civilization and wisdom have been lost, the protagonist uses a Mind-Reading Art to evoke the memories of heroes and inherit their powers, and must sense enemy hostility to anticipate actions in battle. Other sources describe the setting as one where hoping for a better future is a felony, with the protagonist pursued as a heretic traveling between the past and present of four lost continents. The game is described as a completely new JRPG centered on the theme of inheritance across eras. Marvelous has opened the official website for the title.
Marvelous showed new footage of its next Story of Seasons title and the first footage of Rune Factory 6 during a livestream marking the 30th anniversary of Story of Seasons and the 20th of Rune Factory. The company had announced Rune Factory 6 in 2023.
Marvelous announced on August 21 that the latest entry in the Story of Seasons series, Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar, will be the next title in Nintendo's simultaneous trial event for Nintendo Switch Online members. The trial runs from August 24 at 12:00 to August 30 at 17:59, letting subscribers play the full game for free during that window. The game, released in August 2025, is a farm management simulation set in Soyokaze Town, a community known for its weekly bazaar that has fallen into decline. Players grow crops, care for animals, and sell goods at the bazaar to revive the town and aim for the world's greatest bazaar. It is based on the 2008 Nintendo DS game Story of Seasons: Welcome! Wind Bazaar, with updated graphics and systems for current consoles. Alongside the trial, a sale runs from August 24 to September 6, offering 40% off the Switch version at 3,960 yen and the Switch 2 version at 4,620 yen. Save data from the trial can transfer to the purchased full version.
Marvelous and its subsidiary Honey∞Parade Games announced the title and a promotional video for their previously revealed new Senran Kagura smartphone game on Friday. The game is titled Shinobi Nexus: Senran Kagura and is scheduled to launch this year for iOS, Android, and PC via DMM Games. Pre-registration is currently open for DMM Games and the App Store, with Google Play registration expected in the coming days. The game is described as a "hyper shinobi battle" title featuring character designs by Nan Yaegashi. It will be free to play with optional paid in-game items. The story is set three years after the events of the previous mobile game, Shinobi Master Senran Kagura New Link, and introduces a new cast of shinobi girls at a new school. Shinobi Master Senran Kagura New Link launched in November 2017 and ended service in May 2025, transitioning to an offline version. Marvelous established Honey∞Parade Games in May 2017 to focus on the Senran Kagura series. The latest console entry in the franchise is the crossover with Compile Heart's Hyperdimension Neptunia, titled Neptunia x Senran Kagura: Ninja Wars, which launched in October 2021 for PlayStation 4, followed by Switch and PC releases in 2022.
Marvelous and Vanillaware announced Muramasa: Revenant Blades, an enhanced edition of Muramasa: The Demon Blade and Muramasa: Rebirth, during a Nintendo Direct livestream. The game launches for Nintendo Switch 2, Switch, PlayStation 5, and PC via Steam in early 2027. It features 4K visuals, new English voiceover and localization, and new modes. This marks Vanillaware's first PC release.
Marvelous announced during the June 9 Nintendo Direct that Oboro Muramasa Kaikitan, a combined version of the original game and its Vita DLC Genroku Kaikitan, will release in early 2027 on Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, and PC via Steam. The game features high-resolution graphics and six playable protagonists.
During the June 9 Nintendo Direct broadcast, Marvelous and Vanillaware announced Oboro Muramasa Kaitan, a new entry in the Japanese-style action RPG series. The game is scheduled for an early 2027 release on Nintendo Switch. Oboro Muramasa originally launched on Wii in 2009 and later on PS Vita in 2013. Vanillaware, the developer behind titles such as 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim and Dragon's Crown, is handling development, with Marvelous publishing. The announcement was accompanied by images captured from the stream, though no gameplay footage or further details were shown. The title revives a franchise that has not seen a new mainline release in over a decade, positioning it as a notable return for the studio's action RPG lineage.