JAPAN GAMING & ENTERTAINMENT 
Every pixel in Rasterfall runs on physics and chemical reactions, and you can join its open beta on Steam through November 23.
Every Pixel Reacts in Rasterfall, With an Open Beta Through November 23
Ota Mato’s Rasterfall is in an open beta test through November 23. The open-world survival crafting game applies physics and chemical reactions to every pixel. You explore, synthesize new materials and set up automated production lines. Up to four players can team up online, with material changes and pixel movement synced between them. You can sign up via the playtest section of its Steam store page. It is due in 2027.
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Famitsu (November 9, 2026) / Steam: Rasterfall (accessed November 10, 2026)
El Shaddai: Zero Nine Reversi, Where Stones Have HP, Is Out on Steam
El Shaddai: Zero Nine Reversi, from crim, is a head-to-head reversi game set in the world of El Shaddai. A stone loses HP every time it is flipped, and at zero it is purified and disappears from the board. You choose from 48 characters, each with a unique ability. Online play offers 1v1, 2v2 and a four-player free-for-all, and in password-protected rooms, the board can grow up to 12×12.
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Famitsu (November 9, 2026) / Steam: El Shaddai: Zero Nine Reversi (accessed November 10, 2026)
Annihilated Is Out on Steam
Annihilated, developed by Death Kumiai and published by Flashlight Games, has launched on Steam. In this card-battle RPG, you rescue just one member of a hero’s party that has been wiped out. It has over 400,000 characters of text, more than 400 illustrations, over 100 weapons and items, and a 27-track soundtrack. English is among its supported languages.
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Famitsu (November 10, 2026) / Steam: Annihilated (accessed November 10, 2026)
Breed and Sell Monsters in Monsters & Banknotes, Now With a Steam Page
Monsters & Banknotes, from sasoriken-games, now has a Steam store page. It is a pixel-art management sim: you start in debt and open a monster shop in a rainy back alley. You pick parents from 141 monsters and breed them again and again, tracking lineage, stats and rarity. Rumors point you toward special pairings. You can sell raised monsters by haggling with customers, or enter them in one-on-one arena battles and a yearly auction. There are 69 mutations. It is due in the first quarter of 2027, and a trailer in English is out too.
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Famitsu (November 9, 2026) / Steam: Monsters & Banknotes (accessed November 10, 2026)
Argent Cocoon, a Fully English-Voiced Girls’ Love Adventure From China, Gets a Demo
A demo of Argent Cocoon, an adventure game about relationships between women, is out on Steam. Chinese studio WhiteIrisStudio is developing it. Humanity is gone, and an insect-like species called the Insecta lives in the aftermath. Evolution is treated as an unshakable law, and the protagonist has to decide within seven months whether to evolve. As exploration continues, the protagonist begins to question evolution itself. Your choices shape relationships with four love interests and lead to different endings. It has a script of over 200,000 words, 23 CGs and 8 original songs, with full English voice acting.
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4Gamer.net (November 9, 2026) / Steam: Argent Cocoon (accessed November 10, 2026)