VTuber Rika Hanamiya Stars in New ASMR Visual Novel Rika Mode
This release is the latest in Rabbit Foot's strategy of building visual novels around VTubers as themselves, blending the interactive fiction format with ASMR to appeal directly to the talent's existing fanbase.
Reporting from 2 sources: 4Gamer.net, PANORA.
CyberStep released the visual novel "Rika Mode ♡" on May 28, 2026, for PC and Nintendo Switch under its Rabbit Foot brand. The game stars VTuber Rika Hanamiya, who appears as a childhood friend turned exclusive maid. It is a fully voiced visual novel with ASMR elements, including scenes recorded in binaural audio where Hanamiya approaches the player. The standard download version costs 3,960 yen. A digital bonus set priced at 6,710 yen includes an extra ASMR situation voice, illustration rough data, and wallpapers. A limited box with physical goods, a theme song CD, and a mini-novel epilogue costs 23,100 yen. The game supports Japanese, English, and Chinese. Illustrator Sese Nagi handled the character art and sprites. The scenario was composed by Hoshino Kanata and written by Morohoshi Takashi, both of Re,AER. The theme song "Alstroemeria no Kotoba" is performed by Hanamiya herself.
PANORA's coverage adds the game's full synopsis and character description. The story follows the protagonist, the only son of a kingdom noble, whose childhood friend Rika becomes his exclusive maid. She teases him at the mansion and at school, but a remark from the protagonist's father threatens to separate them. The synopsis asks whether "the fates of the two, separated by status, will intersect."
The theme song "Alstroemeria no Kotoba" has full credits. The music was composed by Kotobuki Mutsumi, with lyrics by Asakura Piyoi and mixing by YoP. Hanamiya herself performs the song.
PANORA also describes Hanamiya's VTuber persona in more detail. She is a "genius little devil maid VTuber who loves singing, games, and cats." She hosts a radio show, works as a game voice actor and vocalist, and has published an essay book.
The limited box, priced at 23,100 yen, includes a setting materials collection, the theme song CD, and a mini-novel epilogue to the main scenario, in addition to the digital bonus set contents. The standard digital bonus set (6,710 yen) adds an ASMR situation voice titled "Rika Mode ♡ Extra Edition: Mischief in the Dark," along with illustration rough data and wallpapers.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 2 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.