JAPAN GAMING & ENTERTAINMENT 
The team behind TurretGirls has announced a dungeon RPG that reimagines characters from classic literature as girls. Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse now has a demo.
LitGirls reimagines Alice, Juliet and Dante as girls in a four-row dungeon party
LitGirls: Bookbound Dungeons, a dungeon-crawling RPG developed by NANAIRO ENTERPRISE and published by DANGEN Entertainment, has been announced. It’s the new game from the team behind TurretGirls, and it launches on Steam in the first half of 2027. Your party is built from girls based on classic literature: Alice, Juliet, Dante, Raven and others. Battles are turn-based, with your party lined up in four rows from front to back, and you track a mental stat separate from HP. The LOGOS system has you collect words that build passive effects and in-battle buffs. On expeditions you bring resources back to improve your base, but unless the whole party makes it back alive, none of it counts.
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Famitsu (October 1, 2026) / Steam store page “LitGirls: Bookbound Dungeons” (accessed October 1, 2026) / Games Press “The Developers of TurretGirls Turn the Page on a New Adventure With LitGirls: Bookbound Dungeons” (October 1, 2026)
Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse demo is out, with the opening chapter playable
Konami has released a free demo of Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PC (Steam). It covers the game’s opening chapter. As Rose Belmont, you explore and fight your way through Paris in 1499. Demo save data carries over to the full game on the same platform and account, as long as the latest update is installed for the full game. The full game launches October 15. Evil Empire developed it, with advisory support from Motion Twin, known for Dead Cells.
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Famitsu (October 1, 2026) / KONAMI official “Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse” demo page (accessed October 1, 2026) / KONAMI official “Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse Releases October 15” (June 8, 2026)
River City Survivors: Downtown of the Dead arrives on Apple Arcade
Arc System Works has released River City Survivors: Downtown of the Dead as an Apple Arcade exclusive. You cut down hordes of zombies to collect XP, and every level-up offers a random selection of upgrades to pick from as you shape your build. Special Moves from the River City series grow in both visuals and power as you level up. The roster has more than 20 characters, including Kunio and Riki, and you can bring up to two AI partners. You can trigger moves with buttons, or steer movement only and leave attacks on auto.
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AUTOMATON (October 1, 2026) / Arc System Works official “River City Survivors: Downtown of the Dead Arrives on Apple Arcade” (accessed October 1, 2026)
Abyss Ring, a roguelike where you cook what you kill, launches October 25
Abyss Ring, a roguelike from a solo developer, launches on Steam on October 25. You explore randomly generated dungeons in first person and cook the monsters you defeat into dishes like Seared Orc, which restore HP and MP. Stay in the dungeon too long and hunger starts draining your HP. XP resets with each run, but skill points carry over to the next one. It has more than 200 pieces of equipment and more than 200 recipes. A demo is available on Steam.
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AUTOMATON (October 1, 2026) / Steam store page “Abyss Ring” (accessed October 1, 2026)
Limbus Company hits 151,455 concurrent players on Steam as Canto X wraps up
Limbus Company, the turn-based RPG from South Korea’s ProjectMoon, reached 151,455 concurrent players on Steam on October 1, the day the final part of Canto X went live. The all-time peak is 157,444, set in July. Canto X rolled out in three parts starting September 17, adding top-down exploration alongside the visual novel format. ProjectMoon said it staged the rollout so that new players who have finished Chapter 1 can reach the new gameplay sooner. The game is free to play on Steam, iOS and Android, and English subtitles are available.
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Game*Spark (October 1, 2026) / Steam store page “Limbus Company” (accessed October 1, 2026)