RULES OF RESIDENCE is a PC political simulation from Toydium, planned for release within 2027. A playable build ran at Tokyo Game Show 2026, where the demo was used to test how much of an underexplained system players could grasp in minutes.
RULES OF RESIDENCE is a PC political simulation announced by Toydium, with release planned for 2027. The premise puts the player in a collective housing complex ruled by a dictatorial board chairman, where the residents' association holds enormous authority. The player takes out a 35-year mortgage on a home there and is chosen as a board member of the management association.
Play is organized around weekly turns. One turn is one week, and each week the player allocates limited actions across information, funds, and connections with residents. As a director of the management association, the player can act once a week, balancing resources either toward abusing power or toward cooperating with residents to reform the rules. The outcome branches into multiple endings tied to that choice.
Toydium brought a playable build to Tokyo Game Show 2026. At the show, 4Gamer played the PC version. The stated goal of the demo was to test how much of a deliberately underexplained system players could grasp in minutes, making the exhibition an instrument for tuning difficulty rather than a simple sales pitch.
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Sep 19
At Tokyo Game Show 2026, 4Gamer played the PC title RULES OF RESIDENCE, planned for release within 2027. The protagonist takes out a 35-year mortgage on a home in a collective housing complex, then finds it governed by a dictatorial board chairman and a residents' association with enormous authority, and is chosen as a board member. One turn is one week; players allocate limited actions across information, funds, and connections with residents.
Sep 7
Toydium announced RULES OF RESIDENCE, a political simulation for PC set in a condominium ruled by a dictatorial chairman. Players act as a director of the management association, able to act once a week, balancing resources to either abuse power or cooperate with residents to reform rules. Release is planned for 2027, with a playable build at Tokyo Game Show 2026.