{"id":50752,"date":"2025-08-06T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=50752"},"modified":"2025-08-05T18:39:37","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T09:39:37","slug":"japanese-live-action-romance-sim-lets-you-become-the-pampered-pet-hamster-of-three-sisters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/japanese-live-action-romance-sim-lets-you-become-the-pampered-pet-hamster-of-three-sisters\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese live-action romance sim lets you become the pampered pet hamster of three sisters\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Kodansha Game Creators\u2019 Lab announced an unusual new project on August 5. The Japanese publisher is collaborating with photo magazine FRIDAY to develop <strong>Sweet Hamster Days<\/strong>, a live-action interactive romance game in which the player assumes the role of a hamster. The game is slated for a Winter 2025 release on Steam with English language supported.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With a Japanese title that roughly translates to \u201cMy Sweet Days with Three Sisters After Reincarnating as a Hamster,\u201d this game follows the story of protagonist Kota, who in typical isekai anime fashion gets reincarnated following a traffic accident. Kota is reborn as a hamster after coming back to his hometown, where he was supposed to reunite with his childhood friends for the first time in six years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1058\" height=\"675\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1058px) 100vw, 1058px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250805-50752-002.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-50758\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250805-50752-002.jpg 1058w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250805-50752-002-380x242.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250805-50752-002-768x490.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As fate would have it, his childhood friends \u2013 the Shiratori sisters \u2013 become Kota\u2019s new owners. As Kota (or Hamta, his new name), you get to live the life of a pampered pet hamster while interacting with the three sisters \u2013 taking naps, getting cuddles and eating treats. Living as their pet, you\u2019ll notice that the sisters\u2019 relationship has become strained over the years, and you\u2019ll make choices that will help you find out what went wrong and solve the issues between them. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Being \u201cnothing more\u201d than a pet hamster, you\u2019ll also get a glimpse into the private lives of the girls, including sides of their personalities they only show at home. Furthermore, if you manage to make the sisters happy, you\u2019ll unlock \u201csexy and cute\u201d 4K videos of them as rewards. The game unfolds through a combination of live-action footage and dialogue choices, all through a hamster-eye perspective<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1263\" height=\"709\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1263px) 100vw, 1263px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250805-50752-header-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-50759\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250805-50752-header-1.jpg 1263w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250805-50752-header-1-380x213.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250805-50752-header-1-768x431.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1225\" height=\"706\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1225px) 100vw, 1225px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250805-50752-003.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-50760\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250805-50752-003.jpg 1225w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250805-50752-003-380x219.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250805-50752-003-768x443.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The three sisters \u2013 Himari, Futaba and Miyu \u2013 are played by Japanese gravure idol Sayaka Tomaru, actress Momoka Takatsuru, and Shiori Ikemoto of idol group Tera Tera respectively. Sweet Hamster Days&#8217; scenario was penned by Ken Shimomura of Onmyoji fame. The developers warn for \u201csome nudity&#8221; and &#8220;sexual content.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sweet Hamster Days is scheduled to launch in Q4 of 2025 for PC (<a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/3815800\/Sweet_Hamster_Days\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam<\/a>).&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cuddles, treats and naps.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":50757,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-50752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Japanese live-action romance sim lets you become the pampered pet hamster of three sisters\u00a0 - 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