{"rewrite":{"id":"r_d621bd3fa00c6cf953d0027c","clusterId":"c_201354d5a27ae2322862c4d9","slug":"thank-you-for-your-application-launches-on-steam","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"Thank You for Your Application Launches on Steam","summary":"Publisher No More Robots and developer IceLemonTea Studio released the interview simulation game Thank You for Your Application on PC via Steam on June 19. Players take the role of an interviewer at a megacorporation in the fictional Sorashima City in 2066, deciding applicants' fates while managing their own precarious finances and housing. The game features branching storylines and includes a new demo alongside the full release.","whyItMatters":"The game's focus on the stress and moral weight of corporate hiring, combined with a dystopian near-future setting, offers a pointed commentary on real-world job hunting and workplace pressures.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eIn Thank You for Your Application, players become an interviewer for the largest company in Sorashima City, a dystopian near-future metropolis where global disasters and economic decline have intensified an \u0026#39;employment war.\u0026#39; The protagonist, one of the few who landed a job, must balance their own bills and rent against the power to hire or reject applicants. The gameplay cycles through preparation, interview, and rest phases: reading news and manuals, conducting interviews with options including electric shock interrogation, and returning home to manage finances and mental health via email and shopping.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeveloper IceLemonTea Studio, an indie studio based in Hong Kong, released this as its first title. The full version arrives about a year after the initial demo from April 2025. A new demo is also available on Steam alongside the launch.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Thank You for Your Application asks players to inflict dystopian interview tactics while barely scraping by themselves. The game makes the interviewer, not the applicant, the one with no safety net.","twitterPost":"Thank You for Your Application puts the interviewer in a dystopian system where they are also a precarious worker. The power fantasy is the trap.","threadsPost":"Thank You for Your Application flips the interview sim genre: you are the HR agent at a megacorp, but your own rent and bills are on the line. The game's tension is that cruelty at work does not protect you from the same system.","newsletterBlurb":"Thank You for Your Application, a dystopian interview simulation from IceLemonTea Studio and No More Robots, launched on Steam. Players act as a corporate interviewer in 2066 Sorashima City, weighing applicants' lives against their own rent and bills. A new demo is also available.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Automaton\",\"url\":\"https://automaton-media.com/articles/newsjp/20260619-450769/\",\"title\":\"Black Society Interviewer Sim 'Thank You for Your Application' Launches. Hyper-stressful Interviews with 'Electric Shock' Also OK, a Harsh SF Corporate Slave Life When You Return Home\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4180,"outputTokens":579,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1781873598,"createdAt":"2026-06-19T12:44:11.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-06-19T12:48:15.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-06-19T12:48:15.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_201354d5a27ae2322862c4d9","canonicalTitle":"ブラック社会面接官シム『ご応募ありがとうございます』配信開始。「電気ショック」付きハイパー圧迫面接もOK、家に帰ればひもじいSF社畜生活","representativeArticleId":"a_7c612f60642277b7511e4438","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"ご応募ありがとうございます\"],\"studios\":[\"No More Robots\"],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"release\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-06-19T12:00:08.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-06-19T12:00:08.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-06-19T12:48:15.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Automaton","url":"https://automaton-media.com/articles/newsjp/20260619-450769/","title":"ブラック社会面接官シム『ご応募ありがとうございます』配信開始。「電気ショック」付きハイパー圧迫面接もOK、家に帰ればひもじいSF社畜生活"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["ご応募ありがとうございます"],"studios":["No More Robots"],"people":[],"type":"release","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":["Thank You for Your Application launched on PC via Steam on June 19.","The game is set in Sorashima City in 2066, where players act as an interviewer at a megacorporation.","Players manage the protagonist's finances and housing while deciding applicants' fates.","The game includes branching storylines and a new demo alongside the full release.","Developer IceLemonTea Studio is an indie studio based in Hong Kong, and this is its first title."]}