{"rewrite":{"id":"r_9988b7fe07b3cc42e1d4def2","clusterId":"c_b8f151aee22f37fa6e114bd3","slug":"un-me-hands-on-build-reaches-tokyo-game-show-2026","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"UN:Me Hands-On Build Reaches Tokyo Game Show 2026","summary":"Shueisha Games is showing a playable build of UN:Me at Tokyo Game Show 2026, which runs from September 17 to September 21 at Makuhari Messe in Hall 5, booth 05-C10. The soul triage adventure is planned for release in 2026 on PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch 2, and PC, with a price still undecided. Planning and scenario are by Takuya Yamanaka, who worked on the Caligula series, and director Shun Sasaki of the studio Historia handled development on that same series. The protagonist is a girl who has lost her memories, and four souls labeled I through IV share her body, each claiming to be its real owner. Players explore a school-like mind world for items, talk with the souls, and must choose which souls to erase. The demo ends at a soul triage selection inside an elevator, and the full game continues until only one soul remains.","whyItMatters":"The developers say they aimed for a game with nothing to reference, and the hands-on build backs that up by making the fear come from having to judge which of four souls is telling the truth rather than from jump scares alone.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eShueisha Games and Historia developed the game together. The four souls are not only switched at will: they swap suddenly, like a yawn or a sneeze, when the girl sees something, meets someone, or when the surroundings change.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach soul brings its own threat. When Soul IV is on the surface, the nurse catching the girl is a game over, but Soul I or III can pass through without incident. As Soul I, a wall of bloodstains appears and a blood-soaked woman creeps closer. As Soul III, a middle-aged man in a jersey tries to cover her. The girl\u0026#39;s face never changes, but the acting, motion, and the screen\u0026#39;s color filter do, so the same corridor looks different depending on who is speaking.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe hands-on build drew other specific reactions:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eSoul II never appears during the demo, so the writer could not judge it at all.\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eThe dialogue screen shows a gauge in the upper right that drops as the girl takes damage.\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eThe selection books are labeled I, III, and IV and differ in size, thickness, and type.\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eErasing a soul burns that soul\u0026#39;s elevator, and the erased soul slams against the door.\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eOne writer rolled a die to pick Soul IV; another chose Soul III by elimination because he knew the least about her.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe booth has a special elevator production for entering the hands-on area and an \u0026#34;Anxiety Corridor\u0026#34; you can walk through.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"UN:Me gives four souls one body and forces the player to erase them one at a time. Historia and Takuya Yamanaka built Caligula on the same anxiety: a self that cannot hold everyone it carries.","twitterPost":"UN:Me makes soul erasure the core loop. Each choice in the elevator narrows who gets to be the girl.","threadsPost":"UN:Me, from Caligula planner Takuya Yamanaka and director Shun Sasaki at Historia, locks four souls inside one memoryless girl and asks the player to delete them one by one. The elevator choice in the demo shows how the full game ends: only one stays.","newsletterBlurb":"Shueisha Games is showing UN:Me hands-on at Tokyo Game Show 2026, and three previews agree the draw is not jump scares but the guilt of erasing a soul you have talked with. The Caligula team's soul triage adventure is planned for 2026 on PS5, Switch 2, and PC.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"4Gamer.net\",\"url\":\"https://www.4gamer.net/games/967/G096772/20260916015/\",\"title\":\"Kill Me and Leave Me? \\\"UN:Me\\\" Hands-On Preview Report: The \\\"Caligula\\\" Team Depicts Endless Anxiety and Soul Triage [TGS2026]\"},{\"source\":\"GAME Watch (Impress)\",\"url\":\"https://game.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/preview/2140703.html\",\"title\":\"Choosing the 'real' one from four souls... A first look at UN:Me, an ADV depicting mind-eroding horror [TGS2026]\"},{\"source\":\"Denfaminicogamer\",\"url\":\"https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/kikakuthetower/260917f\",\"title\":\"The game UN:Me pursues \\\"unease\\\" beyond horror, and the cry of a burning girl screaming \\\"No... No!!\\\" is too painful. 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