Game developer Cherrymochi (the studio behind Square Enix’s Tokyo Dark) and publisher Bushiroad have announced DUSK INDEX: GION, set to launch on January 29, 2026 for PC (Steam), PS5, Switch and Xbox. A free demo is available on Steam.
Named after Japan’s most famous Geisha district, Dusk Index: Gion is a suspense murder mystery visual novel that spans two timelines – modern-day Kyoto and Meiji-era Kyoto (1868 to 1912). The story follows two pairs of investigators from the different eras as they pursue two chains of murders committed in a strikingly similar pattern.
In the present-day timeline, old-school detective Daiki Katsuki joins forces with Rio Quinn, a prodigious engineer known for designing “Echoes of Kyoto,” immersive AR technology that can simulate the city as it existed a century earlier. To investigate the case, they step into the artificial world created by the technology, but find the boundary between virtual and real beginning to blur.
Meanwhile, in Meiji-era Kyoto, the cool-headed Masayoshi Nagahama investigates a chain of brutal murders alongside Saki, a renowned geisha with hidden ties to the case. As the mystery unravels, you’re tasked with finding out whether the repeating murders are simply the work of a copycat criminal, or if the past has really started “invading” the present.
DUSK INDEX: GION releases on January 29, 2026 for PC (Steam), PS5, Nintendo Switch and Xbox. A free demo is available on the Steam store page.
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