{"rewrite":{"id":"r_4afabde9a70ecf7701e1b44e","clusterId":"c_e48f81d39eb3fb03783fcad2","slug":"psycho-sleuth-demo-playable-at-tgs-2026-ahead-of-november-5-pc-release","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"Psycho-Sleuth Demo Playable At TGS 2026 Ahead Of November 5 PC Release","summary":"Smilegate's STOVE platform will show Psycho-Sleuth at Tokyo Game Show 2026, held at Makuhari Messe from September 17 to September 21. The psychological mystery visual novel is developed by Phosepo and co-published by Thermite Games and Smilegate STOVE. A demo will be playable at the STOVE booth. The game launches November 5 on PC via STOVE and Steam, with Korean, English, Japanese, and Chinese support.","whyItMatters":"STOVE is using a hands-on TGS demo to put its co-published visual novel in front of players roughly seven weeks before the November 5 PC launch.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe game starts with 13 people who have cognitive impairments locked in a life-or-death death game. Their individual conditions double as abilities, and the culprit uses that power to distort what the player sees during investigation. Players enter a debate mode to break down contradictions while moving through characters whose cognition is compromised.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhosepo developed the title, with Thermite Games and Smilegate STOVE co-publishing. The booth will also have the 2D action RPG Detained: Too Good for School on hand.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Psycho-Sleuth carries four language options at launch, and the demo at TGS 2026 is the first place players can test whether the mystery reads the same in Korean, Japanese, Chinese, and English.","twitterPost":"Psycho-Sleuth ships with Korean, English, Japanese, and Chinese support, so the TGS 2026 demo doubles as a localization test.","threadsPost":"Psycho-Sleuth is co-published by Thermite Games and Smilegate STOVE, and the demo at TGS 2026 runs on STOVE's own booth. For a visual novel, that setup decides which audience the mystery reaches first.","newsletterBlurb":"Smilegate's STOVE platform will bring Psycho-Sleuth to Tokyo Game Show 2026 with a playable demo at its booth. The psychological mystery visual novel comes from developer Phosepo and co-publishers Thermite Games and Smilegate STOVE. It releases November 5 on PC through STOVE and Steam, with Korean, English, Japanese, and Chinese support.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"ASCII.jp\",\"url\":\"https://ascii.jp/elem/000/004/435/4435088/?rss\",\"title\":\"【Smilegate STOVE】Co-published new title \\\"Psycho-Sleuth\\\" revealed at TGS 2026!\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4439,"outputTokens":611,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1789465474,"createdAt":"2026-09-15T09:39:17.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-09-15T09:43:22.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-15T09:43:22.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_e48f81d39eb3fb03783fcad2","canonicalTitle":"【Smilegate STOVE】TGS 2026にて共同パブリッシング新作『病能探偵』公開！","representativeArticleId":"a_5d1de074ebf2638454aa9ef8","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"病能探偵\"],\"studios\":[\"Smilegate STOVE\"],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"announcement\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-15T07:17:02.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-15T07:17:02.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-15T09:43:20.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"ASCII.jp","url":"https://ascii.jp/elem/000/004/435/4435088/?rss","title":"【Smilegate STOVE】TGS 2026にて共同パブリッシング新作『病能探偵』公開！"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["病能探偵"],"studios":["Smilegate STOVE"],"people":[],"type":"announcement","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}