{"id":65772,"date":"2026-04-24T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=65772"},"modified":"2026-04-24T17:29:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T08:29:41","slug":"kugayama-shioris-death-diary-a-horror-comedy-visual-novel-about-a-high-school-girl-ghost-whose-soul-refuses-to-move-on-to-launch-on-steam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/kugayama-shioris-death-diary-a-horror-comedy-visual-novel-about-a-high-school-girl-ghost-whose-soul-refuses-to-move-on-to-launch-on-steam\/","title":{"rendered":"Kugayama\u00a0Shiori&#8217;s Death Diary, a horror comedy\u00a0visual novel\u00a0about a high school girl\u00a0ghost\u00a0whose soul refuses to move on, to launch on Steam as soon as\u00a0build\u00a0review\u00a0concludes. Switch version\u00a0to\u00a0release\u00a0on\u00a0July 30\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Imagine this: you wake up as a ghost with no memory of your past, except for\u00a0your name. In a desperate attempt, you\u00a0repeatedly\u00a0kill yourself, hoping that the next death will\u00a0be your last.\u00a0That\u2019s\u00a0<strong>Kugayama\u00a0Shiori&#8217;s Death Diary<\/strong>\u00a0in a nutshell, only instead of playing as the titular deceased\u00a0Shiori\u00a0Kugayama, you take on the role of the only living person who can see and talk to ghosts.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1517\" height=\"852\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1517px) 100vw, 1517px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260424-65772-001.jpg\" alt=\"Kugayama\u00a0Shiori's Death Diary\u00a0\" class=\"wp-image-65775\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260424-65772-001.jpg 1517w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260424-65772-001-380x213.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260424-65772-001-768x431.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Together with Shiori, you work to uncover what ties her\u00a0soul\u00a0to the land of the living, recover her lost memories, and\u00a0ultimately find\u00a0the truth behind her death.\u00a0While the\u00a0subject\u00a0matter is heavy and includes scenes of violence, frightening imagery, and suicide, the game wraps it\u00a0in\u00a0a vibrant, colorful art style\u00a0(the developers\u00a0at Laplacian\u00a0disclose that generative AI was used to help create\u00a0some background assets)\u00a0and\u00a0a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/laplacian_info\/status\/2047239052127015196?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">catchy soundtrack<\/a>\u00a0that makes you second-guess its intentions.\u00a0Those who find in-game depictions of blood to be unsettling can turn on the Blood Filter, which changes the color of blood from red to something more alien-like (this does not remove or change any of the other sensitive content, however).\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kugayama&nbsp;Shiori&#8217;s Death Diary&nbsp;features choice-based gameplay.&nbsp;In addition to learning more about Shiori\u2019s death and past regrets,&nbsp;you\u2019ll&nbsp;also&nbsp;interact and discover&nbsp;more about other ghosts. These include&nbsp;Gyaruko-san, a female&nbsp;high school&nbsp;ghost who spends her time chatting up other spirits, and Ms. Librarian, so-called because of her penchant for staying in the local library (unlike other ghosts,&nbsp;the latter&nbsp;retains&nbsp;her memories from when she was alive).&nbsp;As you learn more about the world and its inhabitants, you will&nbsp;acquire&nbsp;archive entries that will fill out your Urban Legend Encyclopedia, bringing you ever closer to the truth.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1517\" height=\"848\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1517px) 100vw, 1517px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260424-65772-002.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-65776\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260424-65772-002.jpg 1517w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260424-65772-002-380x212.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260424-65772-002-768x429.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>With an estimated playtime of 10 hours and multiple endings,&nbsp;Kugayama&nbsp;Shiori&#8217;s Death Diary&nbsp;will have you making every&nbsp;possible decision&nbsp;to find out&nbsp;just what happened to Shiori.&nbsp;The game is set to release on Windows (<a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/4141950\/Kugayama_Shioris_Death_Diary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam<\/a>) as soon as the Steam review process is complete, while a Nintendo Switch version is scheduled for July 30.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Laplacian&#8217;s occult visual novel Kugayama\u00a0Shiori&#8217;s Death Diary is set to launch on Steam as soon as it finishes review, with the Switch version coming on July 30.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":65774,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-65772","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>Kugayama\u00a0Shiori&#039;s Death Diary, a horror comedy\u00a0visual novel\u00a0about a high school girl\u00a0ghost\u00a0whose soul refuses to move on, to launch on Steam as soon as\u00a0build\u00a0review\u00a0concludes. 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