{"rewrite":{"id":"r_dac748450334fcb73b1ad33f","clusterId":"c_2cfac984db9dd951b2f6d1e3","slug":"alice-nation-sets-october-16-steam-launch-with-cards-and-multiple-solutions","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"Alice Nation Sets October 16 Steam Launch With Cards And Multiple Solutions","summary":"Publisher 2P Games announced on September 14 that Hanamiriro's Alice Nation launches October 15 local time, which is October 16 in Japan. The narrative card game is coming to PC via Steam, supports Japanese display and subtitles, and is priced at $7.99 with a 10 percent discount for 14 days from release. A demo is available now.","whyItMatters":"The pitch is freedom of approach: the same encounter can be handled by observation, conversation, or an elbow strike, which puts the card system in charge of how the story resolves rather than a fixed script.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eAlice wakes in a world called The Beyond, and everything in it arrives as a card: landscapes, characters, items, actions. Players drag and drop cards to explore a town, combine materials to craft tools, and spend skill points on ability cards. Encounters are not locked to one answer. An enemy can be observed, talked to, or hit with a quick elbow strike, and different card combinations open routes the game did not script in advance.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBetween the soft palette and the town\u0026#39;s residents, including Merry, the March Hare, and a researcher named Noah, the story hides a darker side, with the scenery breaking down as it goes.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Alice Nation ships with a demo already live and a 10 percent discount running 14 days from release, so 2P Games is pricing the $7.99 game against the free sample rather than against other card games.","twitterPost":"Alice Nation launches with a demo already playable, so 2P Games is pricing the $7.99 game against its own free sample, not the Steam card-game shelf.","threadsPost":"Alice Nation arrives with a demo already live and a 10 percent discount for 14 days, which puts 2P Games in an odd spot: the free sample is the competition for a $7.99 game, and the discount window is the clock.","newsletterBlurb":"2P Games dated Hanamiriro's Alice Nation for October 16 on PC via Steam, priced at $7.99 with a 10 percent discount for 14 days from release. The game turns the story's landscapes, characters, items, and actions into cards, and lets players solve encounters by observing, talking, or throwing an elbow strike. A demo is already on Steam.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Automaton\",\"url\":\"https://automaton-media.com/articles/newsjp/20260915-467595/\",\"title\":\"Dreaming Alice's TRPG-Style Adventure Game 'Alice Nation' Launches October 16; Cards Guide Your Escape from a Wonderland, Through Conversation, Observation, or an Elbow Strike\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4624,"outputTokens":614,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1789448367,"createdAt":"2026-09-15T04:55:02.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-09-15T04:58:23.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-15T04:58:23.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_2cfac984db9dd951b2f6d1e3","canonicalTitle":"夢見るアリスの「TRPG風」冒険ゲーム『Alice Nation』10月16日配信へ。カードが導く不思議世界脱出、会話に観察、あるいは“肘打ち”か","representativeArticleId":"a_4d45af8ccf781b868faed022","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Alice Nation\"],\"studios\":[\"2P Games\",\"Hanamiriro\"],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"announcement\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-15T03:56:30.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-15T03:56:30.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-15T04:58:22.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Automaton","url":"https://automaton-media.com/articles/newsjp/20260915-467595/","title":"夢見るアリスの「TRPG風」冒険ゲーム『Alice Nation』10月16日配信へ。カードが導く不思議世界脱出、会話に観察、あるいは“肘打ち”か"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Alice Nation"],"studios":["2P Games","Hanamiriro"],"people":[],"type":"announcement","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}