{"rewrite":{"id":"r_243e91e21cf1608e39e76051","clusterId":"c_d61b3283e566e908c5ebb054","slug":"free-steam-release-of-deck-building-card-battle-novel-kuroyuri-wa-hitomi-ni-saku","model":"deepseek-v4-flash:free","headline":"Free Steam Release of Deck-Building Card Battle Novel Kuroyuri wa Hitomi ni Saku","summary":"Indie developer Saku Mochizuki released Kuroyuri wa Hitomi ni Saku -Koto to Shinpi to Shoukan Sensou- for free on Steam on August 10, 2026. The deck-building, turn-based card battle novel follows protagonist Ichi Ju Tokimiya as he battles other summoners for seven wish-granting bells. A roguelike mode focuses solely on card battles.","whyItMatters":"The free release brings a full card battle novel with story and roguelike modes to Steam, expanding access beyond the browser-based Novel Game Collection version.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eIndie developer Saku Mochizuki released Kuroyuri wa Hitomi ni Saku -Koto to Shinpi to Shoukan Sensou- for free on Steam on August 10, 2026. The deck-building, turn-based card battle novel follows protagonist Ichi Ju Tokimiya as he wakes from a dream to find a mysterious bell and battles other summoners who hold bells. The goal is to defeat other mages, collect all seven bells, and have a wish granted.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn card battles, players summon two cards, a main and a support, for an auto battle, with the first to defeat three main cards winning. Cards have effects such as stat manipulation or field-wide effects, and players and enemies can use unique special abilities. The ability battles of a legendary novel are incorporated into the card battles. Besides story mode, a roguelike mode focuses solely on card battles, where various items become usable. The game is available for free on PC via Steam, and a Novel Game Collection version is playable on various browsers.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Kuroyuri wa Hitomi ni Saku's free launch keeps the card battle novel's monetization off the table, but the seven wish-granting bells setup invites a narrative where cost is the real summoning price.","twitterPost":"Kuroyuri wa Hitomi ni Saku is free, yet its seven bells plot turns every battle into a bargain with cost.","threadsPost":"Kuroyuri wa Hitomi ni Saku drops free on Steam, but the story's seven wish-granting bells frame every duel as a transaction. The roguelike mode strips the novel out, leaving pure card play: a clean split between narrative and mechanics in one package.","newsletterBlurb":"Indie developer Saku Mochizuki released Kuroyuri wa Hitomi ni Saku -Koto to Shinpi to Shoukan Sensou- for free on Steam. The deck-building card battle novel features a story mode and a roguelike mode, with a browser version also available.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Game Spark\",\"url\":\"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/08/10/170464.html\",\"title\":\"[Free Release] Deck-building \\u0026 Turn-based Card Battle \\u0026 Novel 'Kuroyuri wa Hitomi ni Saku -Koto to Shinpi to Shoukan Sensou-' Now Available on Steam\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4770,"outputTokens":667,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1786424098,"createdAt":"2026-08-11T04:40:39.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-08-11T04:46:44.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-11T04:40:39.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_d61b3283e566e908c5ebb054","canonicalTitle":"【無料公開】厨二現代ファンタジーな京の街を舞台にしたデッキ構築＆ターン制カードバトル＆ノベル『黒百合は瞳に咲く -古都と神秘と召喚戦争-』Steam配信開始","representativeArticleId":"a_25fd41e05ec526ccf37e9e46","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"黒百合は瞳に咲く -古都と神秘と召喚戦争-\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"release\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-08-10T04:30:03.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-08-10T04:30:03.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-11T04:46:44.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Game Spark","url":"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/08/10/170464.html","title":"【無料公開】厨二現代ファンタジーな京の街を舞台にしたデッキ構築＆ターン制カードバトル＆ノベル『黒百合は瞳に咲く -古都と神秘と召喚戦争-』Steam配信開始"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["黒百合は瞳に咲く -古都と神秘と召喚戦争-"],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"release","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}