{"rewrite":{"id":"r_698af8fa2c197545dfbadd6d","clusterId":"c_4203629fe48cb554bd7d72ae","slug":"reality-drift-launches-on-steam-with-courses-by-katamari-s-keita-takahashi","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Reality Drift Launches on Steam with Courses by Katamari's Keita Takahashi","summary":"Reality Drift, a roguelike racing game about delivering packages to god-like beings, launched on Steam on Thursday, November 12. It costs 2,100 yen, with a 15% launch discount to 1,785 yen through Sunday, November 22, and a free demo is available. Keita Takahashi, known for Katamari Damacy, joined as a guest artist and designed courses including one set inside a human body.","whyItMatters":"Takahashi's guest course work puts his surreal style inside a 100-car roguelike racer, a pairing the release makes available to Steam players now rather than a distant announcement.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe Steam page lists more of Takahashi\u0026#39;s contributions than the human body course. According to the developer\u0026#39;s announcement on Steam, he produced artworks for worlds with giant sheep, pigeons, bats, skeletons, and giant legs growing from the ground. Those sit alongside the game\u0026#39;s own settings of heaven, hell, and the cat kingdom.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRaces put 100 cars on course at once, the player\u0026#39;s among them. Between runs, players pick the next course and choose upgrades, so route and ability decisions carry as much weight as driving. The 15% discount runs through Sunday, November 22.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Keita Takahashi designed Reality Drift courses, including one set inside a human body. That detail matters more than the Steam launch: the game's draw is a Katamari artist's spatial logic applied to delivery routes.","twitterPost":"Reality Drift's pull is Keita Takahashi's course design, including one set inside a human body, not the delivery premise alone.","threadsPost":"Reality Drift's pitch is delivering packages to god-like beings, but Keita Takahashi's guest courses are the draw. One is set inside a human body, which is the Katamari Damacy artist's spatial logic turned into a race track rather than a rolling ball.","newsletterBlurb":"Reality Drift, a roguelike racer about delivering packages to god-like beings, is out on Steam at 2,100 yen with a 15% discount through November 22 and a free demo. Keita Takahashi designed courses for it, including one set inside a human body. The developer's Steam announcement also lists worlds with giant sheep, pigeons, bats, skeletons, and giant legs.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"KAI-YOU\",\"url\":\"https://kai-you.net/article/97128\",\"title\":\"Reality Drift, the racing game about delivering packages to God, is released; Keita Takahashi of Katamari Damacy designs courses\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":5387,"outputTokens":739,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1794451697,"createdAt":"2026-11-12T02:43:34.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-11-12T02:47:10.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-11-12T02:47:10.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_4203629fe48cb554bd7d72ae","canonicalTitle":"神様に荷物を届けるレースゲーム『Reality Drift』リリース 『塊魂』高橋慶太がコースをデザイン","representativeArticleId":"a_ff536d10b26a3ee7ab0d3135","sourceCount":2,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":false,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Reality Drift\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"Keita Takahashi\"],\"type\":\"release\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-11-12T02:05:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-11-12T03:15:54.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-11-12T03:22:33.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"4Gamer.net","url":"https://www.4gamer.net/games/057/G105777/20261112007/","title":"超現実ローグライクレース「Reality Drift」，Steamで本日発売。「塊魂」の高橋慶太氏が，人間の体内を走るコースをデザイン"},{"source":"KAI-YOU","url":"https://kai-you.net/article/97128","title":"神様に荷物を届けるレースゲーム『Reality Drift』リリース 『塊魂』高橋慶太がコースをデザイン"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Reality Drift"],"studios":[],"people":["Keita Takahashi"],"type":"release","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":["Reality Drift released on Steam on Thursday, November 12.","Reality Drift costs 2,100 yen, discounted 15% to 1,785 yen until Sunday, November 22.","Keita Takahashi, known for Katamari Damacy, joined Reality Drift as a guest artist.","Takahashi designed a Reality Drift course that runs through the inside of a human body.","Races in Reality Drift put 100 cars against each other to deliver packages to god-like beings."],"pageLinks":{"healthSlugs":["reality-drift","keita-takahashi"],"storySlugs":[],"entities":[{"slug":"reality-drift","supported":0,"disputed":0,"contradicted":0,"unverified":6,"overall":"unverified","story_count":2,"has_dossier":false},{"slug":"keita-takahashi","supported":0,"disputed":0,"contradicted":0,"unverified":1,"overall":"unverified","story_count":2,"has_dossier":false}],"stories":[],"entitiesOk":true,"storiesOk":true}}