{"rewrite":{"id":"r_3cc642b949e38fe2d0b28402","clusterId":"c_452b2e1deec62b857a575abc","slug":"sheepdog-adventure-hubert-launches-on-steam-with-japanese-support","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Sheepdog Adventure Hubert Launches On Steam With Japanese Support","summary":"Brocap Studio released the sheepdog adventure Hubert for PC on Steam. Players control Hubert, a fluffy, confident dog who guards a flock and a young girl named Lily, guiding dozens of distracted sheep to pasture before the story moves into the northern wilderness. The game won the audience-voted Best Game award at the Game Access Conference 2026 in the Czech Republic in May 2026 and drew over 80,000 Steam wishlist registrations. It costs 2,800 yen, with a 10% discount through October 29. A PS5 version is planned for a later date.","whyItMatters":"A small studio's audience award at Game Access and its 80,000 wishlist registrations turned into a paid Steam launch with Japanese support and a discount window, with a PS5 release still to come.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe release follows an audience vote at the Game Access Conference 2026 in the Czech Republic, where Hubert took the Best Game award in May 2026. It had already drawn over 80,000 wishlist registrations on Steam before launch, which is the kind of number a two-person project does not usually see.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHubert runs on movement, scent, and instinct rather than a mission list. Lily, a resourceful girl who talked the valley\u0026#39;s most ill-tempered farmer into hiring her, works alongside him. The demo remains on Steam, and the discount runs through October 29.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Hubert's PS5 port is planned for later, so Brocap Studio's first Steam buyers absorb the launch price and the 80,000 wishlist crowd arrives without them.","twitterPost":"A PS5 port is planned later, so Brocap Studio asks PC buyers to fund Hubert's launch window alone.","threadsPost":"Hubert's PS5 version arrives later, which means Brocap Studio's Steam release carries the launch alone. The 80,000 wishlist registrations and the Game Access audience award go to a PC build while the console audience waits.","newsletterBlurb":"Brocap Studio released the sheepdog adventure Hubert for PC on Steam, with Japanese support. Players guide Hubert and a young girl named Lily as they move a flock of distracted sheep to pasture, and the story later shifts into the northern wilderness. It won the audience-voted Best Game award at the Game Access Conference 2026 in the Czech Republic in May and passed 80,000 Steam wishlist registrations before launch. The game costs 2,800 yen, with 10% off through October 29, and a PS5 version is planned for a later date.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Game Spark\",\"url\":\"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/10/15/173632.html\",\"title\":\"A Sheepdog That Speaks Its Inner Voice Explores Untamed Wilderness - Fluffy, Confident Dog Protects the Flock and Humans in ADV 'Hubert,' Released with Japanese Support\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4699,"outputTokens":701,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1792048934,"createdAt":"2026-10-15T07:16:31.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-15T07:21:05.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-15T07:21:05.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_452b2e1deec62b857a575abc","canonicalTitle":"心の声を喋る牧羊犬が未開の荒野を探索―フワフワで自信家の犬が群れと人間を守るADV『Hubert』日本語対応でリリース","representativeArticleId":"a_a05a158c298ae1161d9b1223","sourceCount":2,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":false,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Hubert\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"release\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-15T05:45:03.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-15T09:01:39.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-15T09:08:32.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Denfaminicogamer","url":"https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/news/2610153a","title":"人間の言葉を“ボヤく”「牧羊犬」になるゲーム『Hubert』Steamにてリリース。牧場の外では、匂いの追跡やマーキングといった犬らしいアクションで、何かが潜む森を探索"},{"source":"Game Spark","url":"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/10/15/173632.html","title":"心の声を喋る牧羊犬が未開の荒野を探索―フワフワで自信家の犬が群れと人間を守るADV『Hubert』日本語対応でリリース"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Hubert"],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"release","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}