The Fable: Manga Build Roguelike

The Fable: Manga Build Roguelike

Released Nov 2025

The Fable: Manga Build Roguelike combines manga, tactical puzzles, and roguelike gameplay into one thrilling experience. Enjoy stylish pixel-art action while testing your flexible thinking and precise strategy!

91% positive · 243 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
Medium confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
Medium confidence

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Steam $9.99
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Evaluation

The Fable: Manga Build Roguelike launched on November 5, 2025. The developer shipped two minor bug-fix patches shortly after launch (November 6 and November 17, 2025) addressing text corrections, balance fixes, and a freeze bug. There have been no developer communications since November 17, 2025 — over seven months ago as of today. The game launched with a defined, complete feature set (three playable characters, Normal Mode, and Puzzle Mode), and no post-launch content — no DLC, expansions, roadmaps, or future content announcements — has ever been communicated. The only post-launch activity has been maintenance patches. With no history of major content updates, no announced future content, and a sustained period of developer silence well beyond what post-launch maintenance would suggest, this game appears to have launched as a complete, finished product.
Evidence
Full version launched on November 5, 2025, described as a complete game with three playable characters, Normal Mode, and Puzzle Mode.
news post · Nov 5, 2025 source content shipped
high
Bug fix patch ver.1.0.7.2 released, correcting text and fixing a balance issue in Puzzle Mode. Last developer communication on record.
news post · Nov 17, 2025 source development ongoing
low

Media

Details

Publisher
Kodansha
Achievements
40
Platform
Windows
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player

About this game

The Fable: Manga Build Roguelike combines manga, tactical puzzles, and roguelike gameplay into one thrilling experience. Enjoy stylish pixel-art action while testing your flexible thinking and precise strategy!

Collect manga “panels” and arrange them on a page to fight!
Each turn, you receive new panels. Placing them on the page creates your action sequence. Place panels according to the situation, build the ultimate page, and defeat your enemies!

Experience three unique characters, each with their own style:
Akira – A genius hitman who masters gunfire and melee.
Yoko – Akira’s partner who uses mobile attacks to outsmart enemies.
Suzuki – A cold-blooded assassin who uses traps and bullets to defeat enemies.

Damage during battles is represented as holes in the page.
You cannot place panels in areas where there are holes.
Carefully evaluate each situation and defeat all enemies within the turn limit!

Between tense battles, relax with surreal little mini-game events.
Score high, and you’ll have a chance to earn powerful new panels!

For players who want to push their wit to the limit, there’s Puzzle Mode.
Use the given panels to defeat all enemies within a single page.
(Even the developers don’t know how much thought and time the hardest puzzles will take to solve. But don’t give up—there’s always a solution!)

And of course, it wouldn’t be The Fable without him—Yuki, the playboy. At the bar, he challenges the beautiful Yoko to a drinking match. Can this reckless, foolish man impress the Drunk Queen Yoko, or will he just crash and burn?

Last evaluated Jun 19, 2026
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