雀姬/姫麻雀

雀姬/姫麻雀 has been in Early Access on Steam since August 5, 2019 and remains explicitly marked as such. The game is an anime-style mahjong title built around a live service model featuring rotating gacha character banners, seasonal events, ranked competitive seasons, and regular content updates — by design, it operates as a continuously running service with no defined endpoint. The store description celebrates seven years of operation and frames the developer's relationship with players as an ongoing long-term journey: "In this long-distance race called 'companionship,' we are always here." Developer activity through August 2026 is continuous and very recent. A maintenance update on August 13, 2026 introduced a new limited character banner (不知火瑠衣), new trials, limited-time events, and cosmetic rotations. Prior to that, major updates landed on July 30, July 23, July 9, June 18, and June 5, 2026 — roughly every two to three weeks — each introducing new character banners, limited-time events, cosmetic items, and gameplay fixes. A feature patch on July 23, 2026 added fully implemented special-hand animations across all major hand types. The game's monetization structure — gacha character banners, limited-time trials, seasonal events, ranked competitive seasons, and cosmetic purchases — confirms this as a service designed to receive new content indefinitely, with no indication of a planned end to updates or an exit from Early Access.