Go For A Punch! Saki Sanobashi
Released Sep 2023
Four students find themselves trapped in the restroom of an abandoned school; the door is locked. Without a way of escaping, they can only cling to their remaining shreds of hope or come face to face with their inevitable ruin.
79% positive · 258 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
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Steam $5.99
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Evaluation
Go For A Punch! Saki Sanobashi is a completed visual novel that launched on September 14, 2023. In the weeks following release, the developer shipped several small patches addressing translation quality, expanding the "last words" character limit, adding Japanese language support, and adding content warnings for sensitive themes — all of which indicate a studio actively polishing a freshly launched product. A standalone soundtrack DLC was released on January 13, 2024, which is the only paid add-on and is now available. There are no unreleased DLC entries on the store, no announcements of future content, and no developer communications of any kind after October 1, 2023. The game was clearly shipped as a self-contained narrative experience with a defined scope, and all post-launch activity was limited to polish and the soundtrack release. No further content has been announced or is expected.
Evidence
Standalone soundtrack DLC released. The only DLC for the game, and it is fully released with no unreleased entries.
Final developer update: added content warnings for sensitive themes and guidance for players. Last official communication from the developer.
Content
1 of 1 released · no outstanding content
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
Veratrum
Achievements
13
Platform
Windows, Linux
Controller
—
Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player
About this game

Years ago, a dark legend spread through the deepest corners of the Internet, specifically on the /x/ board of 4chan. There, an anonymous user first spoke about an old and unknown anime called "Go for a Punch." Despite the efforts of those interested in recovering this anime since 2011, the original video never saw the light of day.
The plot of the video was as follows:
"A group of school teenagers finds themselves locked inside a closed room, a public restroom with no doors or windows to escape from. As they debate the possibility of never being able to leave that restroom, they progressively lose their sanity to the point of resorting to suicide due to desperation and hunger..."
The Visual Novel will pick up on the mentioned plot, introducing slight twists and changes to the story, following the pattern usually found in Lost Media discoveries.
It is a realm where human memory often falters, allowing for diverse interpretations to emerge from those imperfect recollections. These variations add depth and originality to the unfolding narrative, creating a captivating and ever-evolving experience.
Witness firsthand the events that these young people will face until the end of their days, reliving the experiences of the lost video and also discovering the reasons behind their suffering.
Features
- Over 20 different backgrounds.
- 20 original soundtracks.
- Immersive sound effects.
- All characters are animated (blink).
- Detailed deaths.
- Your last words are stored and uploaded to Twitter/X.
- Interactive visual novel.
- Mini-game.
Art
While an original drawing style is used, diverging from the aesthetics of 80s/90s anime, the art respects the appearance of the retro style. It embodies the look of something forgotten somewhere, for a long time, damped with mold and with missing pixels after has being a copy of a copy, of an original no longer traceable.

Last evaluated Jun 20, 2026
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