Anime City

Early access since Dec 2024

Anime City is a Japanese high school simulator, focused on anime culture and aesthetics. Study, join school clubs, and make friends.

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Steam Updated 6 Oct 2026 $14.99

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Evaluation

Anime City is currently in Early Access on Steam. The developer has maintained a fast and consistent update cadence since the game's December 15, 2024 release, shipping major content updates roughly every 4–8 weeks. The nine major content updates visible in the news feed span from April 2025 through June 27, 2026 (version 0.7), with an additional feature patch (version 0.7.1) arriving on July 23, 2026 — just over a month before today's date. Each update adds meaningful new content: version 0.7 introduced an entirely new Temple of Seven Lucky Gods location, a new NPC (Satoru), a fish pool, and a camping tent system. Version 0.7.1 added cosmetic items, new food, and gameplay tweaks. The game continues to use "0.x" version numbers, and there are no developer statements indicating a 1.0 release is planned or that content development is slowing down. Development is clearly ongoing at a healthy pace.

Evidence

Version 0.7 major content update shipped, adding the Temple of Seven Lucky Gods location, Japanese history museum, fish pool, camping tent, and new NPC Satoru.

news post · Jun 27, 2026 source content shipped

high

Version 0.6 major content update shipped, adding a cooking class, an accessible school pool, and new food items.

news post · Mar 9, 2026 source content shipped

high

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Details

Developer

Shoujo City Developer

Publisher

Shoujo City Developer

Achievements

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Platform

Windows, macOS

Controller

partial support

Steam Deck

Playable

Players

Single-player

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About this game

Anime City combines gameplay of a survival simulator and classic anime visual novels. You will have to study in a Japanese high school, engage in after school activities, and try to make new friends.

ANIME SIMULATOR

The game is focused on anime culture, authentically recreating building designs, clothes, food, activities, and other essential elements of anime and manga about school life.

SCHOOL AND CLUBS

In addition to attending regular school classes (history, physical education, Japanese language, cooking) you can join one of after school clubs (gardening, tennis, drama, science, music) and perform tasks assigned by club leaders.

FRIENDSHIP

You can improve your relationships with your classmates and other characters by spending time together and inviting them to club events.

SKILLS

Your character's skills (fashion, cooking, science, sports, social, gardening, faith, arts) affect your personal stats, and your success of interactions with other characters. Improving these skills will require engaging in school activities or after-school clubs.

CUSTOMIZATION

You can start to play as a girl or a boy, with a range of parameters to customize, and 20+ equipment slots for clothes and accessories. You can also set up various furniture and decorations in your apartment.

SURVIVAL SIMULATOR

Your character has health, hunger, thirst, energy, and comfort stats. During the game, you'll have to balance limited resources and take care of your character's needs.