OMUSUBI

OMUSUBI

Released Aug 2024

One day, Hinako, a high school student, finds her path to school transformed into the Sanzu River, where she meets a strange-looking man named Issa. Will she be able to get through the mysterious devices of the mysterious mansion and return safely to her family?

93% positive · 109 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
Medium confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
Medium confidence

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Evaluation

OMUSUBI launched on August 1, 2024 as a self-contained Japanese-style horror adventure with a defined play time of 3–8 hours depending on how thoroughly players explore its multiple endings. On April 19, 2025, the developer shipped a major update that added a brand-new area, expanded the map, introduced additional story content, and added new illustrated stills. This appears to be the game's one post-launch content release. There are no unreleased DLC listings, no announced future content, no roadmap, and no developer communications indicating further updates are planned. With only a single major content drop since launch and no signals pointing to ongoing development, the game reads as a complete, finite experience — the April 2025 update representing the last notable expansion of its content.
Evidence
Major update released adding a brand-new area, expanded map, additional story content, and new illustrated stills
news post · Apr 19, 2025 source content shipped
high
Store description presents the game as a self-contained horror adventure with a defined play time of 3–8 hours and a fixed set of multiple endings — no mention of ongoing or planned content
description · Aug 1, 2024 source ambiguous
medium

Media

Details

Developer
Publisher
Vaka Game Magazine
Achievements
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Platform
Windows
Controller
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Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player

About this game



This multi-ending Japanese-style horror adventure was the only game awarded the Grand Prize in the Newcomer's Award sponsored by "Game Magazine", which has published masterpieces by individual creators such as “Tsugunohi,” “Angels of Death,” and “Noel the Mortal Fate“.

This horror game allows players to enjoy a checkered adventure between this world and the next while immersing themselves in the mysterious world of the underworld through beautiful pixel art expression that makes the most of Japanese charm.

◆Assumed play time
To complete the game: about 3 to 4 hours
To collect all ED branches: about 6 to 8 hours



1)Visual beauty of “Wa”

You can play games amidst beautiful Japanese visuals inspired by Kawase Hasui's new prints and other works.
Enjoy the beautiful ukiyoe-like landscapes and bold Kabuki-like illusions of the uniquely Japanese world of “death”.

2)Japanese-style horror scare experience

You will experience a horror story with a production style that incorporates old Japanese customs and folklore, such as the Oiran Yashiki and the Kitsune no Yomeiri.
Please join the main character, high school girl Hinako, and experience the horror of a world “between life and death” that is unique to Japan.

3)A multi-ED story about “death"

Facing the “death” of a relative, the artist impulsively started to create this work.
The story of the “irreplaceability” of life and the “connection with others” can be experienced by following several divergent routes through the centuries-long story of “love” between human beings and God in a small town in Japan.
Still illustrations and 2D animations drawn by the author himself are also found throughout the book.




A memory from the distant, distant past--
Hinako was crying in the forest,
A mysterious floating being gave her an "OMUSUBI" and .......

Time passed, and Hinako was living a peaceful life as a high school student.
However, her path to school suddenly turns into an eerie place,
The familiar riverbed has been transformed into the Sanzu River!

The river that Hinako is heading to is a hell, a place between this world and the next.
She encounters a crowd of bizarre creatures.
The girl's eyes are filled with the mysterious happenings of the heavenly world.
The girl and Issa, a man with a peculiar appearance, go through the mysterious devices of the mysterious mansion,
Will the girl be able to return safely to the “world” where her family awaits her?

The Japanese-style horror game, which won the only Grand Prize in the Newcomer's Award sponsored by "Game Magazine", is finally available on Steam.




日下部 一(KUSAKABE OSAMU)
In June 2019, this work, "OMUSUBI" won the 2nd Game Magazine Newcomer Award, sponsored by ”Game Magazine”, which has serialized “Tsugunohi” and “Angels of Death”. This work is her first commercial work.
Her favorite rice ball ingredient is pickled plum.



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Last evaluated Jun 20, 2026
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