{"rewrite":{"id":"r_cee3cd37cc7dfc9484944e40","clusterId":"c_e797455690cdb92a0a9529b2","slug":"tidy-till-dawn-launches-on-steam-october-5","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Tidy Till Dawn Launches On Steam October 5","summary":"Independent developer KK WORKS will release the first-person tidy-up puzzle game \"Tidy Till Dawn\" on Steam on October 5, 2026, for 700 yen, or $4.99, with a 10% discount for seven days after launch. The Japanese title is \"Yoake Made no Okatazuke.\" The game takes place in a late-night convenience store. The player arrives for a well-paying night shift and finds the store empty. A note at the register from the store manager explains that rowdy customers knocked over shelves during a fight the night before, and the manager injured his back while repairing the damage. The floor is covered with 372 types and roughly 4,000 products. Players return each item to its correct shelf, with a translucent indicator turning white when the item is placed correctly and red otherwise. A single playthrough runs about three hours. Japanese and English are supported. Steam lists that generative AI was used for some asset production.","whyItMatters":"The game's timing puts a roughly three-hour, 700 yen tidy-up puzzle against the same October window as the season's larger releases, on a store page that openly discloses generative AI use for some assets.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe game\u0026#39;s store page carries a layout map that color-codes shelves by product category, with matching color rails along each shelf edge. Finished shelves turn green on the map. When the player holds a product toward a shelf, a semi-transparent ghost appears at the slot it belongs in, and the click and sound when it lands is the main feedback loop.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKK WORKS is a solo developer. The press release credits the studio name \u0026#34;KK WORKS (Kojima)\u0026#34; but names no other staff, voice cast, or composer. Its developer posts the game on X as @KKWORKS_games.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBelow the three-hour main run, cleared players get two extras:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eTimelapse replay of that night\u0026#39;s tidying\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eTime attack mode, with products scattered in the same layout each run for personal-best attempts\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProficiency earned from shelving products feeds a skill tree. The abilities the release lists include dash, basket expansion, product radar, sales floor navigation, summoning, and rapid shelving, which loosen up the later stages. Between tidying stretches, follow-up notes from the manager arrive, and in-store announcements and a midnight blackout break up the work. Tidying drives the window view from late night to dawn; once every product is placed, the store opens in the morning sun. All 372 product names and packages are fictional, written with parody mixed in. The story is deliberately minimal.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Tidy Till Dawn ships with Steam's generative AI disclosure on the page. KK WORKS prices it at 700 yen for a three-hour game, so the disclosure sits next to the value pitch rather than hidden behind it.","twitterPost":"Tidy Till Dawn carries a Steam generative AI disclosure. KK WORKS sells a three-hour game at 700 yen with it visible on the store page.","threadsPost":"Tidy Till Dawn's Steam page carries a generative AI disclosure for some asset production. KK WORKS is charging 700 yen for a game that runs about three hours, which puts the disclosure on the same store page as the value pitch instead of buried elsewhere.","newsletterBlurb":"KK WORKS will launch Tidy Till Dawn on Steam on October 5, 2026. The first-person puzzle drops players into an empty late-night convenience store, where a note from the manager explains that a fight wrecked the shelves and left 372 types and roughly 4,000 products on the floor. A run takes about three hours, and the store page states that generative AI was used for some asset production.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"4Gamer.net\",\"url\":\"https://www.4gamer.net/games/046/G104616/20260929015/\",\"title\":\"Returning 372 types, roughly 4000 products to their correct places: Late-night convenience store tidying puzzle \\\"Tidy Till Dawn\\\" launches on Steam on October 5\"},{\"source\":\"Denfaminicogamer\",\"url\":\"https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/news/2609293e\",\"title\":\"Game 'Tidy Till Dawn' About Returning 'Roughly 4,000' Products Scattered Around a Late-Night Convenience Store to Shelves Looks Like a Relaxing Time; Launches on Steam October 5\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":10856,"outputTokens":1372,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1791050675,"createdAt":"2026-10-03T18:03:12.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-03T18:03:26.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-03T18:03:26.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_e797455690cdb92a0a9529b2","canonicalTitle":"372種，約4000個の商品を正しい場所に戻していく。深夜のコンビニを舞台にした片付けパズル「Tidy Till Dawn」，10月5日にSteamで発売","representativeArticleId":"a_f82b73dd125266ee32555599","sourceCount":2,"writtenSourceCount":2,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":false,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Tidy Till Dawn\"],\"studios\":[\"KK WORKS\"],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"release\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-29T06:28:25.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-29T13:03:13.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-03T18:03:21.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"4Gamer.net","url":"https://www.4gamer.net/games/046/G104616/20260929015/","title":"372種，約4000個の商品を正しい場所に戻していく。深夜のコンビニを舞台にした片付けパズル「Tidy Till Dawn」，10月5日にSteamで発売"},{"source":"Denfaminicogamer","url":"https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/news/2609293e","title":"深夜のコンビニに散らばった“約4000個”の商品を棚に戻すゲーム『Tidy Till Dawn』がまったり遊べそう。Steam向けに10月5日より発売"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Tidy Till Dawn"],"studios":["KK WORKS"],"people":[],"type":"release","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":["KK WORKS will release \"Tidy Till Dawn\" on Steam on October 5, 2026.","The game costs 700 yen, or $4.99, with a 10% discount for seven days after release.","A single playthrough of \"Tidy Till Dawn\" takes about three hours.","The store floor holds 372 types and roughly 4,000 products for players to shelve.","\"Tidy Till Dawn\" supports Japanese and English and lists generative AI use for some assets on its Steam page."]}