{"rewrite":{"id":"r_949e42ac8699e9f2c3c78e00","clusterId":"c_ffb1b22bf1ff67b008f61393","slug":"world-end-economica-spice-and-wolf-author-s-sf-finance-visual-novel-gets-steam-spotlight","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"WORLD END ECONOMiCA: Spice and Wolf Author's SF Finance Visual Novel Gets Steam Spotlight","summary":"Automaton's Steam discovery series spotlights WORLD END ECONOMiCA, a three-part visual novel by dōjin circle Spicy Tails, written by Isuna Hasekura of Spice and Wolf fame. Set on the Moon, it follows Haru, a boy who turns to stock trading to fund his dream of reaching uncharted territory. The series launched as a dōjin work in 2011, with episodes hitting Steam in 2014, 2015, and 2016. A complete bundle and a Nintendo Switch version are available.","whyItMatters":"Automaton's feature frames the stock market as an adventure stage where price swings test characters' humanity, turning what could be a dry finance lesson into a personal youth drama driven by a single dream.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eAutomaton\u0026#39;s ongoing series on overlooked domestic Steam titles turns its attention to WORLD END ECONOMiCA, the Moon-set visual novel from the circle Spicy Tails. The scenario comes from Isuna Hasekura, the writer behind Spice and Wolf, and it is a three-part story that began as a dōjin release in 2011.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first episode landed on Steam in 2014, the second in 2015, and the third in 2016, with a complete bundle and a Nintendo Switch version also on offer. The setting is a lunar city sixteen years into humanity\u0026#39;s migration, where a boy named Haru chases his dream of standing on uncharted territory by trading stocks. The market here is not a numbers game but a stage where desire, fear, and impatience test each character, and Haru\u0026#39;s personal quest for money ties directly into that larger system.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"WORLD END ECONOMiCA's Steam spotlight rests on Isuna Hasekura's name, yet the work itself is a dōjin circle's three-part release. The Moon-set finance premise is the draw, not the Spice and Wolf pedigree.","twitterPost":"WORLD END ECONOMiCA gets Steam attention on Hasekura's name, but its real pull is a dōjin circle's three-part Moon-set stock drama.","threadsPost":"WORLD END ECONOMiCA's Steam spotlight leans on Isuna Hasekura's Spice and Wolf fame, yet the game is a dōjin circle's three-part release. The premise, a boy trading stocks on the Moon to fund an uncharted dream, is the hook that outshines the author's reputation.","newsletterBlurb":"Automaton's discovery series highlights WORLD END ECONOMiCA, a Moon-set visual novel by Spicy Tails with scenario by Spice and Wolf author Isuna Hasekura. The three-episode finance drama, released as dōjin in 2011 and on Steam through 2016, treats the stock market as an adventure stage where human desire is the real enemy. A complete bundle and Switch version are available.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Automaton\",\"url\":\"https://automaton-media.com/articles/special-column/20260830-464075/\",\"title\":\"Earning Through Stocks to Reach 'Uncharted Territory.' Have You Played 'WORLD END ECONOMiCA,' the SF Financial Youth Tale by the Author of 'Spice and Wolf'?\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4648,"outputTokens":712,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1788072829,"createdAt":"2026-08-30T06:42:07.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-08-30T06:46:47.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-30T06:42:07.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_ffb1b22bf1ff67b008f61393","canonicalTitle":"「前人未到の地に立つ」ために株で稼ぐ。「狼と香辛料」作者のSF金融青春譚『WORLD END ECONOMiCA』をもう遊んだか","representativeArticleId":"a_e38d17b85dcbe6a64b89f499","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[\"Spice and Wolf\"],\"work_titles\":[\"WORLD END ECONOMiCA\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"Isuna Hasekura\"],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-08-30T05:58:56.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-08-30T05:58:56.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-30T06:46:47.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Automaton","url":"https://automaton-media.com/articles/special-column/20260830-464075/","title":"「前人未到の地に立つ」ために株で稼ぐ。「狼と香辛料」作者のSF金融青春譚『WORLD END ECONOMiCA』をもう遊んだか"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":["Spice and Wolf"],"work_titles":["WORLD END ECONOMiCA"],"studios":[],"people":["Isuna Hasekura"],"type":"news","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}