{"rewrite":{"id":"r_45bfedb0f0c96aa426032e32","clusterId":"c_28bcd64ee8de9633142eb03c","slug":"hypnosync-sets-october-28-free-to-play-launch-on-steam-ios-and-android","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"HYPNOSYNC Sets October 28 Free-to-Play Launch on Steam, iOS and Android","summary":"BASED KICK will release HYPNOSYNC on October 28 at 19:00 as a free-to-play title on PC via Steam, iOS, and Android. Players manage an arcade specializing in music games and use hypnosis, carried out through rhythm gameplay, to make customers spend more or become obedient employees. Daze Tickets earned through the Daze Challenge feed a gacha for characters. A Steam playtest open to anyone runs until October 25.","whyItMatters":"The studio is committing to a same-day free-to-play launch across Steam, iOS, and Android, and says it will not sell paid songs, so the monetization rests on in-game currency, items, and the gacha.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe Steam playtest closes three days before launch, on October 25, and is open to anyone. After that, the free-to-play title arrives at 19:00 on October 28 on Steam, iOS, and Android.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHypnosis is the core loop. Each song brings a character to hypnotize, and clearing the rhythm chart above a set score counts as success. Tickets from the Daze Challenge go into a gacha, and recruited characters work as partners who support hypnotizing other customers.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"HYPNOSYNC's core loop fuses rhythm play with hypnosis that raises customer spending and creates obedient staff, with Daze Tickets from the Daze Challenge feeding a character gacha rather than being a straight reward.","twitterPost":"HYPNOSYNC's rhythm hypnosis is framed around extracting money and obedience from customers, with Daze Tickets gacha tied to the Daze Challenge.","threadsPost":"HYPNOSYNC builds a music game around hypnosis used to make arcade customers spend more or become obedient employees. Daze Tickets earned through the Daze Challenge drop into a character gacha, so the rhythm layer and the spending loop are built to feed each other.","newsletterBlurb":"BASED KICK has dated HYPNOSYNC for October 28 at 19:00, free-to-play on Steam, iOS, and Android. Players run a music game arcade and hypnotize customers by clearing rhythm charts, with Daze Tickets feeding a character gacha. The Steam playtest ends October 25, and the company says it has no plans to sell paid songs.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Denfaminicogamer\",\"url\":\"https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/news/261020h\",\"title\":\"Music game HYPNOSYNC, in which cute girls are \\\"hypnotized\\\" to the rhythm, set for release on October 28; free-to-play on Steam, iOS, and Android\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4360,"outputTokens":621,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1792466528,"createdAt":"2026-10-20T03:17:22.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-20T03:21:05.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-20T03:21:05.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_28bcd64ee8de9633142eb03c","canonicalTitle":"かわいい女の子たちをリズムに合わせて「催眠」する音楽ゲーム『HYPNOSYNC』10月28日にリリース決定。基本プレイ無料でSteam、iOS、Android向けに展開","representativeArticleId":"a_6617dfaca13fb828cfc52000","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"HYPNOSYNC\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"release\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-20T02:29:16.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-20T02:29:16.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-20T03:21:06.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Denfaminicogamer","url":"https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/news/261020h","title":"かわいい女の子たちをリズムに合わせて「催眠」する音楽ゲーム『HYPNOSYNC』10月28日にリリース決定。基本プレイ無料でSteam、iOS、Android向けに展開"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["HYPNOSYNC"],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"release","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}