{"rewrite":{"id":"r_f6805ba7ed8cbe07067712f3","clusterId":"c_1387bd06e1b2351551ee5c32","slug":"1999-tokoyo-building-horror-adventure-launches-on-steam-with-20-percent-launch-discount","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"1999 Tokoyo Building Horror Adventure Launches on Steam With 20 Percent Launch Discount","summary":"Kodansha Game Lab released the horror adventure game 1999 Tokoyo Building on Steam on November 10, 2026. The regular price is 1,420 yen, with a 20 percent launch discount bringing it to 1,136 yen through November 23. The game is set in December 1999 inside a shabby indoor amusement park rumored to be a place where people disappear. The protagonist, an amnesiac boy named Akira Hiruyuki, is caught burglarizing the park by owner Kazuto Yano and forced to work as a live-in employee. Play alternates between a point-and-click exploration part, where Akira picks locks to break into coworkers' private rooms, and a Live2D conversation part where a single wrong reply can trigger an immediate dead end. The development team Tokoyo Real Estate consists of scenario writer Mangetsu Nagase, illustrator and Live2D modeler Shingetsu Ogino, and game designer and engineer Aoi Minato. 1999 Tokoyo Building is the team's debut title.","whyItMatters":"Kodansha Game Lab is publishing a debut indie horror visual novel with a full merchandise and soundtrack rollout attached, treating a three-person team's first game as a multi-format product line rather than a single Steam release.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe soundtrack is a separate Steam release: 25 tracks by Yasuhiro Nakashima, who also scored \u0026#34;DareKare,\u0026#34; priced at 500 yen with the same 20 percent discount through November 23. Nakashima\u0026#39;s music changes interactively during dialogue, shifting with the characters\u0026#39; lines.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe second PV recreates a commercial for the park from its peak years, with 1990s-style narration and video effects. Video creator Kashika Shusshin made the in-game commercials and their music, including one for a fictional stress medicine called \u0026#34;Norack\u0026#34; that is advertised as one tablet, no water.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe coworkers Akira lives among each carry a listed profile:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCamellia, an always-grumpy fortune teller who makes dolls and has a short temper.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSamejima, a self-deprecating keeper who runs the building\u0026#39;s giant aquarium alone and eats heavily.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCount, a performer in Dracula costume who often skips his shows.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTokoyoman, a hot-blooded suit actor who fights the Count in hero shows and is described as the sanest resident.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHajime Kotobuki, a neurotic employee who helps owner Kazuto Yano run the building.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnimate stores nationwide take preorders from November 10 for merchandise due around January 8, 2027: acrylic stands, can badges, clear files, and T-shirts printed with the building\u0026#39;s exterior. A Chapter 1 demo (about two hours) and a browser digest of roughly 10 minutes are both available. An interview video with the three developers is set for YouTube on November 30, filmed and edited by Nakashima.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"1999 Tokoyo Building traps Akira in a live-in job where picking coworkers' locks is the only way to learn their secrets. Kodansha Game Lab built a horror loop where your leverage over people is also your survival.","twitterPost":"1999 Tokoyo Building makes lockpicking coworkers' rooms the core loop. Kodansha Game Lab ties your survival to the secrets you steal.","threadsPost":"1999 Tokoyo Building splits play between lockpicking coworkers' rooms and Live2D talks where one wrong reply is a dead end. Kodansha Game Lab built the horror around leverage: the secrets Akira steals are the same ones keeping him employed.","newsletterBlurb":"Kodansha Game Lab has released 1999 Tokoyo Building, a horror adventure set in a decaying indoor amusement park where the protagonist picks locks to uncover his coworkers' secrets. The Steam launch runs with a 20 percent discount through November 23, alongside a soundtrack and an Animate merchandise line planned for January 2027.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"4Gamer.net\",\"url\":\"https://www.4gamer.net/games/813/G081367/20261109028/\",\"title\":\"PC Horror Adventure \\\"1999 Tokoyo Building\\\" Launches on Steam; 2nd PV and Merchandise Info Also Revealed\"},{\"source\":\"Denfaminicogamer\",\"url\":\"https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/news/2611102j\",\"title\":\"Horror Visual Novel '1999 Tokoyo Building' Launches on Steam, Set in an Amusement Park Where People Disappear\"},{\"source\":\"Game Spark\",\"url\":\"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/11/10/174693.html\",\"title\":\"Set in 1999: Horror ADV '1999 Tokoyo Building,' Where You Burgle Rooms, Grasp People's Weaknesses, and Work for Free While Living Together With a Cast of Quirky Characters, Released on Steam\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":24168,"outputTokens":1474,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1794281596,"createdAt":"2026-11-10T03:31:27.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-11-10T03:32:10.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-11-10T03:32:10.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_1387bd06e1b2351551ee5c32","canonicalTitle":"「人が消える」遊園地で、危険すぎる同僚たちと住み込み生活を送るゲーム『1999トコヨビル』がSteamで発売。“空き巣”で同僚の秘密に迫り、弱みを握って生き延びるホラービジュアルノベル","representativeArticleId":"a_baa17a9072b628945bdc43e0","sourceCount":3,"writtenSourceCount":3,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":false,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"1999 Tokoyo Building\"],\"studios\":[\"Kodansha Game Lab\"],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"release\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-11-10T03:00:37.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-11-10T03:00:37.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-11-10T03:32:11.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"4Gamer.net","url":"https://www.4gamer.net/games/813/G081367/20261109028/","title":"PC向けホラーアドベンチャー「1999トコヨビル」，Steamで配信開始。2ndPVやグッズ情報も公開に"},{"source":"Denfaminicogamer","url":"https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/news/2611102j","title":"「人が消える」遊園地で、危険すぎる同僚たちと住み込み生活を送るゲーム『1999トコヨビル』がSteamで発売。“空き巣”で同僚の秘密に迫り、弱みを握って生き延びるホラービジュアルノベル"},{"source":"Game Spark","url":"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/11/10/174693.html","title":"舞台は1999年。空き巣して人の弱みを握り、クセありすぎキャラたちと共同生活からのタダ働きするホラーADV『1999トコヨビル』Steamでリリース"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["1999 Tokoyo Building"],"studios":["Kodansha Game Lab"],"people":[],"type":"release","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":["Kodansha Game Lab released 1999 Tokoyo Building on Steam on November 10, 2026.","1999 Tokoyo Building costs 1,420 yen, discounted 20 percent to 1,136 yen through November 23.","The development team Tokoyo Real Estate consists of Mangetsu Nagase, Shingetsu Ogino, and Aoi Minato.","Animate stores plan to release 1999 Tokoyo Building merchandise around January 8, 2027."],"pageLinks":{"healthSlugs":["1999-tokoyo-building","kodansha-game-lab"],"storySlugs":[],"entities":[{"slug":"1999-tokoyo-building","supported":1,"disputed":0,"contradicted":0,"unverified":4,"overall":"green","story_count":2,"has_dossier":false},{"slug":"kodansha-game-lab","supported":0,"disputed":0,"contradicted":0,"unverified":4,"overall":"unverified","story_count":5,"has_dossier":true}],"stories":[],"entitiesOk":true,"storiesOk":true}}