Bonds of Yachiyo

Bonds of Yachiyo

Released Apr 2025

At sunset, darkness swallowed everything. Bonds of Yachiyo is a Japanese horror tale of two best friends getting separated in a strange version of their own world. Escape from evil spirits, explore and solve puzzles as you try to unravel the truth and reunite the two friends!

88% positive · 128 reviews
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All announced content has been released
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Evaluation

Bonds of Yachiyo is a Japanese horror adventure RPG that launched on April 18, 2025. The store description presents it as a complete, self-contained narrative experience — two friends get separated in a mysterious world, and the player works to reunite them and unravel the mystery. There is no mention of DLC, expansions, seasons, or ongoing content plans. Since launch, the developer has posted just two updates: a bug fix patch on April 23, 2025 (five days after release) that addressed lag and freezing issues, and a July 12, 2025 announcement for an entirely separate game — Living With a Little Fox Girl — from the publisher Saikey Studios. There are no news posts about future content for Bonds of Yachiyo, no unreleased DLC listed on the store, and no developer statements about plans to expand the game. The post-launch activity has been limited to a single maintenance patch, and the developer's attention has since moved to a new title. This is consistent with a game that launched as a finished, standalone product with no post-launch content cycle planned.
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Store description presents a self-contained horror narrative about two friends separated in a mysterious world, with no mention of DLC, expansions, or ongoing content.
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Publisher Saikey Studios announced a completely separate game (Living With a Little Fox Girl), with no mention of future content for Bonds of Yachiyo.
news post · Jul 12, 2025 source ambiguous
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Details

Developer
Publisher
Saikey Studios
Achievements
8
Platform
Windows
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player

About this game

When Chiyo and her best friend Akari were about to go home from university, a massive earthquake suddenly began to shake the entire building.

Moments later, the ground beneath them crumbled, plunging the two friends into bottomless darkness.

As Chiyo wakes up, their university has transformed into another world entirely. Now, she must find Akari and try to solve the mystery enshrouded in the demonic darkness.

Carefully explore your surroundings, always ready to hide and escape from monsters. Sometimes you will need to be stealthy, at other times you might need to run as fast as your feet can take you.

Aside from enemies, you will also have to avoid traps, find items, solve puzzles and even switch to another character to make further progress. You can switch between characters at will.

  • Customize your horror experience: You can adjust the intensity of horror events at any time. You can even select your preferred difficulty for escape events, changing the time you have to flee from enemies.

  • Hint system: You can enable hints to help with solving puzzles.

  • File system: An extensive database lists every character you have met alongside every important term, item and note that you have found.

  • Text log: Should you have missed or forgotten an important piece of dialogue, you can look it up in the text log.

Last evaluated Jun 16, 2026
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