{"rewrite":{"id":"r_7d759948fb6a0e77318b6016","clusterId":"c_59f2ec7b4abcaa4a94c991ef","slug":"asleep-act-1-is-free-on-steam-until-november-3","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Asleep: Act 1 Is Free On Steam Until November 3","summary":"CriticalLeap is giving away Black Hole Games' point-and-click psychological horror Asleep: Act 1 on Steam free until 3:00 on November 3. The game normally costs 1,200 yen and is built for Windows, Mac, and Linux. Its Steam page shows 91 percent of 316 reviews as positive. A demo based on the final chapter, Asleep - Final Act, whose store page opened on October 28, is also live.","whyItMatters":"The giveaway lands days after the final chapter's store page went up, so the free window doubles as a push for a game whose later acts are already sold as DLC.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe free period covers the first act only. Asleep - Act 2 is sold separately as DLC, and the store page for the closing chapter, Asleep - Final Act, went up on October 28 alongside an update. A demo drawn from that final chapter is also available on the main store page.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe setting is northeastern Brazil in the 1990s, and the lead is a lonely girl named Ana Lucia caught in a nightmare. Play is point and click, with puzzles, a flashlight and surrounding lights used to slip past enemies, stealth, and a sanity meter that drains in prolonged darkness. The store listing does not include Japanese among its supported languages.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Asleep: Act 1 carries 91 percent positive from 316 Steam reviews, and its free window closes November 3. The demo is drawn from the final chapter, so newcomers can sample the ending before the beginning.","twitterPost":"Asleep: Act 1 is free until November 3, and the demo is built from its final chapter, not its opening.","threadsPost":"Asleep: Act 1 holds 91 percent positive across 316 Steam reviews, and CriticalLeap is waiving the 1,200 yen until November 3. The demo is the odd part: it adapts Asleep - Final Act, the closing chapter, so the free sample hands players the ending first.","newsletterBlurb":"CriticalLeap is giving away Asleep: Act 1 on Steam until 3:00 on November 3. The point-and-click psychological horror, set in 1990s northeastern Brazil, normally sells for 1,200 yen and holds a 91 percent positive rating across 316 Steam reviews. Asleep - Act 2 is sold as DLC, and the closing chapter's store page went up on October 28.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Game Spark\",\"url\":\"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/10/31/174340.html\",\"title\":\"【1,200円→0円】90年代ブラジル舞台の\\\"非常に好評\\\"サイコホラーADV『Asleep: Act 1』11月3日まで無料配布中\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":6358,"outputTokens":805,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1793434621,"createdAt":"2026-10-31T08:13:19.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-31T08:15:56.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-31T08:15:56.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_59f2ec7b4abcaa4a94c991ef","canonicalTitle":"【1,200円→0円】90年代ブラジル舞台の“非常に好評”サイコホラーADV『Asleep: Act 1』11月3日まで無料配布中","representativeArticleId":"a_83b241f645311e129c7346bf","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Asleep: Act 1\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"release\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-31T07:30:02.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-31T07:30:02.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-31T08:15:57.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Game Spark","url":"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/10/31/174340.html","title":"【1,200円→0円】90年代ブラジル舞台の“非常に好評”サイコホラーADV『Asleep: Act 1』11月3日まで無料配布中"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Asleep: Act 1"],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"release","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null,"pageLinks":{"healthSlugs":["asleep-act-1"],"storySlugs":[],"entities":[{"slug":"asleep-act-1","supported":0,"disputed":0,"contradicted":0,"unverified":4,"overall":"unverified","story_count":1,"has_dossier":false}],"stories":[],"entitiesOk":true,"storiesOk":true}}