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Stray Children Releases Worldwide On October 30th

Attention all Onion Games fans, it’s actually happening! For real! Our new RPG — Stray Children — will be releasing worldwide on October 30th, on both Nintendo Switch and Steam!

Watch our new release date trailer here!

First released on Switch in Japan at the end of 2024, this new version of the game — in addition to being fully playable in English — comes with a number of new tweaks and updates to the original!

Over the past year, we’ve been working hard to make this new worldwide, English version of the game the most definitive version of Stray Children, and we think you’re going to love what you see, when you finally get to play on October 30th!

GO WISHLIST STRAY CHILDREN ON STEAM!

If this is the first you’ve hearing of it, a quick recap: Stray Children is a bittersweet fairytale RPG, created by many of the same people behind beloved cult-classics like Chulip, Little King’s Story, Rule of Rose, Super Mario RPG, and, of course, Moon: Remix RPG Adventure, the game we re-released in English in 2021.

Here’s a little more about what you can expect when you play:

Somewhere, in a secret room, in a secret place, a curious boy flips the switch of a dusty old console. He’s suddenly pulled through the screen into a very strange somewhere else: a never-released and long-forgotten retro RPG.

He blinks awake in a land where only Children live. Outside their stronghold’s walls lurk The Olders: monstrous adults carrying the heavy load of their own inadequacies, self-doubt, and the many other grievances that all grown-ups gather.

It’s here — in this funny, mysterious, and wildly dangerous domain — that your story begins.

As you explore the world of Stray Children, you’ll do turn-based battle with these oddball Olders. You can choose to fight, or to use your words as weapons, and land a crushing blow with just a well-worded whisper.

Dodge the barrage of their bottled-up emotions, and discover the secrets they keep hidden deep inside. By touching their heart with your words, you might just be able to save their souls.

What other mysteries await you in this weird new world? Find out in Stray Children — an unfamiliar place, with all-too-familiar troubles.

We hope you’re intrigued enough to go wishlist the game on Steam right now!

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We hope you’re as excited to enter the world of Stray Children as we are for you to finally play it on October 30th!


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KuraMANGA, NO. 30: World Debut?! (Oct)

[Ed. note: Read along from top-right to lower-left!!]

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KuraMANGA, NO. 29: Making The English Trailer (Sept)

[Ed. note: Read along from top-right to lower-left!!]

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KuraMANGA, NO. 28: Let’s Make Photo Cards! (August)

[Ed. note: Read along from top-right to lower-left! Also, Click right here to see what the stickers and illustrations look like!]

※ Summer has arrived… It’s the Summer of Stray Children!

※ Uggghhhhh…

※ The English version of the game is still underway…
※ But this summer, let’s do something cool for all the Stray Children fans!

※ Kurashima-sa~n! Five new drawings, please!
※ OK!

※ [arting furiously]

※ And so…
※ Starting on August 5th, you can get something new at Lawson Print: “Stray Children: Letters from the Lost Forest”, featuring five original illustrations, and a set of eight stickers!
※ Nice one!

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KuraMANGA, NO. 27: Let Me Go To Kyoto (July)

[Ed. note: Another dev diary you don’t have to read underneath! But, as usual, still read from top-right to lower-left, and then… GO WISHLIST STRAY CHILDREN ON STEAM!]

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