PROJECT ZIRCON is a PC deck-building roguelike card game from Konami Digital Entertainment with a live Steam store page accepting wishlist registrations. A demo play was presented at the Konami booth at Tokyo Game Show 2026 on September 19, showing the nation Brave up to the first-year objective.
PROJECT ZIRCON has moved from a 2023 Web3 co-creation announcement to a conventional PC game. Konami Digital Entertainment opened Steam wishlist registration during its KONAMI PRESS START program that aired worldwide on September 4, 2026, and the Steam store page is live. The game is a deck-building roguelike card game where the player is a head of state who recruits character cards as allies and builds facilities to develop a nation over five in-game years, with a final battle against the Dragon of Calamity in the fifth year. A developer commentary trailer released with the announcement described two phases: a Strategy Phase for expanding territory and acquiring cards and facilities, and a Governance Phase where placing cards near facilities earns points. The story branches based on player choices and events and leads to multiple endings.
The most recent look at ZIRCON came at Tokyo Game Show 2026 on September 19, when a stage event at the Konami booth showed a demo play. Producer Shiro and MC Akane Fujikawa presented the demo, which used the nation Brave and ran up to just before the first-year objective, Defeat the Griffin. That demo put concrete systems in front of an audience for a title that has been public since 2023 without an announced release. No release date or window has been stated in either story.
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At the Konami booth at Tokyo Game Show 2026 on September 19, a stage event for the PC title PROJECT ZIRCON showed a demo play. Producer Shiro and MC Akane Fujikawa presented the dark fantasy deck-building roguelike, which has a Steam store page. The demo used the nation Brave and ran up to just before the first-year objective, Defeat the Griffin.
Konami Digital Entertainment began accepting Steam wishlist registrations for PROJECT ZIRCON, a deck-building roguelike card game, during its KONAMI PRESS START program that aired worldwide on September 4, 2026. The game casts the player as a head of state who recruits character cards as allies and builds facilities to develop a nation over five in-game years, with a final battle against the Dragon of Calamity in the fifth year. A developer commentary trailer released alongside the announcement introduces the two-phase gameplay: a Strategy Phase for expanding territory and acquiring cards and facilities, and a Governance Phase where placing cards near facilities earns points. The story branches based on player choices and events, leading to multiple endings. PROJECT ZIRCON originated as a Web3 co-creation project first announced in 2023, allowing anyone to contribute characters and worldbuilding while permitting derivative works under published guidelines. The Steam store page is now live for wishlisting.