{"rewrite":{"id":"r_5a5326f42d22ad99548916c9","clusterId":"c_8faf39ea1be34fbdbcedd035","slug":"hr-human-remains-launches-on-steam-with-10-percent-off","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"HR: Human Remains Launches On Steam With 10 Percent Off","summary":"Black Lantern Collective released HR: Human Remains on September 29, 2026. The first-person puzzle adventure costs 1,450 yen including tax, with a 10 percent release sale dropping it to 1,305 yen through October 13. Developer dennisCorner built the game around an ordinary office worker who takes orders from a demon boss and completes duties to keep the right to survive. Humanity lost a war against monsters and faces extinction, with the future holding outcomes such as being food, sacrifices, or slaves. Work yields Survival Tickets, described as the only means of avoiding becoming prey. Players talk with survivors and monsters, learn the rules of the new society, and explore a ruined city. A demo is available on the Steam store page, and the game supports Japanese.","whyItMatters":"The release notes state the project began as a low-budget ghost horror game and became a rules-driven survival world only after the setting was expanded, which makes the two-year development history the clearest look at how the final structure took shape.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eOn the Steam page, the game is listed with a multi-ending structure that changes based on player choices, and the collapsed city holds hidden locations and information to find. Items can be collected and used to decorate a rest room. The trailer shows puzzle solving, conversations with monster workers, gunfights, and a scene of sacrificing an arm, and the monsters range from near-human appearances to large enemies.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edennisCorner developed the title and Black Lantern Collective published it. The Steam page news puts the development period at about two years. It also states the original plan was a low-budget horror game with only ghosts, and that rules and ideas specific to this world appeared as the setting was explored further. The 1,305 yen price applies until October 13.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"HR: Human Remains prices survival as labor: Survival Tickets are earned by taking a demon boss's orders. The 10 percent sale is incidental next to that economy.","twitterPost":"HR: Human Remains makes survival a payroll. Survival Tickets only come from obeying the demon boss.","threadsPost":"HR: Human Remains turns survival into a payroll. Work for the demon boss, earn Survival Tickets, avoid becoming prey. Black Lantern Collective's release sale is the easy part; the game's economy of obedience is what the demo already asks players to accept.","newsletterBlurb":"Black Lantern Collective has released HR: Human Remains, a first-person puzzle adventure about holding down a company job in a world ruled by demons. It is 1,305 yen during a launch sale that runs through October 13, and a demo is up on Steam. The Steam page news says the two-year project began as a low-budget ghost horror game before the survival rules took over.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"4Gamer.net\",\"url\":\"https://www.4gamer.net/games/924/G092499/20260929031/\",\"title\":\"Puzzle Adventure \\\"HR: Human Remains,\\\" About Working as a Company Employee in a World Ruled by Demons, Launches\"},{\"source\":\"Denfaminicogamer\",\"url\":\"https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/news/260929z\",\"title\":\"Game About Working as a \\\"Company Employee\\\" in a World Ruled by Monsters, 'HR: Human Remains,' Launches on Steam Today; Win \\\"Survival Tickets\\\" While Unraveling the Rules of a Desperate World\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":5501,"outputTokens":940,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1791053056,"createdAt":"2026-10-03T18:38:10.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-03T18:38:21.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-03T18:38:21.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_8faf39ea1be34fbdbcedd035","canonicalTitle":"悪魔に支配された世界で会社員として働くパズルアドベンチャー「HR: Human Remains」，配信開始","representativeArticleId":"a_741a7a49d4de69220a8fed94","sourceCount":2,"writtenSourceCount":2,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":false,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"HR: Human Remains\"],\"studios\":[\"Black Lantern Collective\"],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"release\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-29T10:25:22.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-29T10:25:22.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-03T18:41:57.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"4Gamer.net","url":"https://www.4gamer.net/games/924/G092499/20260929031/","title":"悪魔に支配された世界で会社員として働くパズルアドベンチャー「HR: Human Remains」，配信開始"},{"source":"Denfaminicogamer","url":"https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/news/260929z","title":"魔物に支配された世界で“会社員”として働くゲーム『HR: Human Remains』Steamで本日発売。「生存チケット」を勝ち取りながら絶望的な世界のルールを紐解いていく"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["HR: Human Remains"],"studios":["Black Lantern Collective"],"people":[],"type":"release","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":["HR: Human Remains launched on Steam on September 29, 2026.","HR: Human Remains costs 1,450 yen including tax, with a 10 percent release sale price of 1,305 yen through October 13, 2026.","HR: Human Remains is developed by dennisCorner and published by Black Lantern Collective.","HR: Human Remains is a first-person puzzle adventure where the player works as a company employee under a demon boss in a world ruled by monsters.","A demo version of HR: Human Remains is available on its Steam store page, and the game supports Japanese."]}