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!

As you wait out these final weeks before you can get your hands on the game yourself, please:

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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)

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

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

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※ 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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Wishlist Stray Children On Steam Right Now!

Attention all Onion Games fans outside Japan… the time has actually come! You can now…

GO WISHLIST STRAY CHILDREN ON STEAM!

Over the past many months, we’ve not only been preparing an English version of the game for the rest of the world to play, we’ve also been preparing it for your desktop or Steam Deck! And it’s coming along great!

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 teaser from the Steam page description:

Somewhere, in our world, there’s a secret room, in a secret place, filled top to bottom with ancient technology.

When one young boy flips the switch on a curious old console, they’re suddenly whisked away, through the screen, into a very strange somewhere else: a long-since forgotten role playing game.

Blinking awake in this peculiar new place, they find themselves in a land of children.

Outside this stronghold’s walls lurk The Olders: monstrous adults, carrying the heavy load of their own inadequacies, self-doubt, and all of the grievances that grown-ups gather.

Rumor has it that these creatures are starving for something, and that — out there — no one and nowhere is safe.

Can you survive in this world where half-crazed adults lurk around every corner?

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

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

There’s still some work to be done and future details to give, so to stay on top of the latest news, please:

CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE TO THE SECRET ONION CELLAR

Our newsletter is the place where we post all new information about Stray Children, before you see it anywhere else!

We hope you’re as excited to enter the world of Stray Children as we are for you to see it!


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Come join us in the official Onion Games Discord to let us know how excited you are for Stray Children, and to meet other friendly onions, just like you!

KuraMANGA, NO. 26: English Localization Forest (June)

[Ed. note: The first 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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KuraMANGA, NO. 25: Launch Party (May)

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※ We finished preparing all of the fixes for the May update, and are feeling a wave of relief…
※ Then one day…

※ In April 2025, we finally had a launch party to celebrate the release of the game…
※ Okay! Let’s gather together everyone involved in the project!

※ Cheers, and great work everyone~!
※ Finally… we made it to the end!
※ The sound effects turned out great~
※ That’s great to hear~
※ I’m starting to feel stronger!
※ Great saké!
※ For real, thank you everyone…

[Beautiful PR Manager Ms. Tsukiyono]
※ Ha! Now it’s time for that special surprise!

※ A Stray Children celebration cake!
※ Whaaa— amazing!
[A special cake brought in by mic-san]
※ Seriously?

※ The party raged on until midnight…
※ Nice one!

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KuraMANGA, NO. 24: ⁣Thank You For Playing (February)

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※ …..

※ Ladies and Gentlemen, our humblest apologies!

※ And to everyone playing the game, thank you so much!

※ To everyone who has offered both encouraging words and critical feedback through our online survey, we have read every message.
※ We’ve addressed a number of bugs, and made improvements to better balance the game.

※ And now, we’ve just released a brand new update, with even more new fixes!

※ So, to everyone still playing! To everyone who might have already stopped! To everyone who still haven’t picked up the game!

※ We hope you’ll take this new opportunity to play!
※ Nice one!

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KuraMANGA, NO. 23: 12/26 Release Date ⁣⁣(December)

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※ Ladies and gentlemen… distribution has finally begun!

※ [the entire Onion Games team ‘Nice one!’s in unison]

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