{"id":54359,"date":"2025-11-27T17:31:38","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T08:31:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=54359"},"modified":"2025-11-27T17:31:40","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T08:31:40","slug":"overwhelmingly-positive-action-platformer-sanabi-gets-free-dlc-with-expanded-story-new-playable-character-and-unique-gameplay-mechanics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/overwhelmingly-positive-action-platformer-sanabi-gets-free-dlc-with-expanded-story-new-playable-character-and-unique-gameplay-mechanics\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Overwhelmingly Positive&#8221; action platformer Sanabi gets free DLC with expanded story, new playable character, and unique gameplay mechanics\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The first free DLC of the <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20231120-23519\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">well-received Korean indie game<\/a> <strong>Sanabi<\/strong> has finally been released. Titled Sanabi: A Haunted Day, this prequel story takes place 13 years before the events of the main game and stars Major Isun Song \u2013 an ally of the Brigadier General.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"[SANABI: A Haunted Day] |\u200b Release Date Announcement Trailer\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ontZGBpnJlU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Whereas the main game takes place primarily in the high-tech Mago City, A Haunted Day is set in a large robot scrapyard outside of Hanyang, Korea. Sent by her unreasonable superior to solve a crime, Major Song soon finds herself beset by numerous hostile robots and other strange phenomena.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1429\" height=\"809\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1429px) 100vw, 1429px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251126-54359-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-54362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251126-54359-001.jpg 1429w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251126-54359-001-380x215.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251126-54359-001-768x435.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Unique to Song is Burst Mode, which serves as a defensive tool as well as an amplification device that boosts the power of her actions. Whereas the Brigadier General heavily relied on his chain arm prosthesis for movement and combat, Song makes use of her shotgun, double jump, and Burst Mode to get to the bottom of the scrapyard mystery.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To commemorate the launch of A Haunted Day, Wonder Potion is conducting a 35% sale of Sanabi on <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/1562700\/SANABI\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam<\/a> until December 11. Dorae, who provided Sanabi and A Haunted Day\u2019s artwork, also created a new piece to celebrate the base game\u2019s second anniversary earlier this month.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ko\" dir=\"ltr\">&lt;\uc0b0\ub098\ube44&gt; 2\uc8fc\ub144 \uc815\ub9d0 \ucd95\ud558\ub4dc\ub9bd\ub2c8\ub2e4!!\ud83e\udd73\ud83e\udd73\ud83e\udd73<br>\uccab\ubc88\uc9f8 \uc678\uc804 \uc2dc\ub098\ub9ac\uc624 &lt;\uc0b0\ub098\ube44: \uadc0\uc2e0 \uc50c\uc778 \ub0a0&gt; \uc8fc\uc778\uacf5&#8230; \uc1a1 \uc18c\ub839\uc744 \uc560\uc815\uc744 \ub2f4\uc544 \uadf8\ub824\ubd24\uc2b5\ub2c8\ub2e4\u2764\ufe0f\u200d\ud83d\udd25 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hDxkH4sG0D\">https:\/\/t.co\/hDxkH4sG0D<\/a><\/p>&mdash; 12\uc11c\ucf54\u2022DORAE\/\ub3c4\ub77c\uc5d0\ud83d\udd76\ufe0f\ud83d\udc19 (@dorae_s) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dorae_s\/status\/1988068747073237078?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 11, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Now that A Haunted Day is out, fans can look forward to the <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/overwhelmingly-positive-action-platformer-sanabi-to-get-two-free-side-story-dlcs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">second, Mari-focused DLC<\/a>, as well as the much-anticipated Sanabi 2.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sanabi is available on PC (<a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/1562700\/SANABI\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam<\/a>).&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sanabi&#8217;s new &#8220;A Haunted Day&#8221; 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