{"id":65791,"date":"2026-04-25T21:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T12:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=65791"},"modified":"2026-04-25T21:06:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T12:06:53","slug":"japanese-live-action-dating-sim-where-you-reincarnate-as-a-pet-hamster-and-get-spoiled-rotten-by-three-sisters-is-finally-coming-back-after-steam-store-page-rem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/japanese-live-action-dating-sim-where-you-reincarnate-as-a-pet-hamster-and-get-spoiled-rotten-by-three-sisters-is-finally-coming-back-after-steam-store-page-rem\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese live-action dating sim where you\u00a0reincarnate as\u00a0a\u00a0pet\u00a0hamster\u00a0and get spoiled rotten by\u00a0three sisters is finally coming back after Steam\u00a0store page\u00a0removal\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Kodansha has announced\u00a0that its unusual live-action romance sim<strong>\u00a0Sweet Hamster Days\u00a0<\/strong>is set to release on July 2026 for PC\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/4390720\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam<\/a>, Epic Games Store and\u00a0DLsite).\u00a0This is the title\u2019s second release date\u00a0announcement, as the first one (<a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/japanese-live-action-romance-sim-lets-you-become-the-pampered-pet-hamster-of-three-sisters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">from back in August 2025<\/a>) was followed by\u00a0the unfortunate news that the game&#8217;s\u00a0Steam store page\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/fmvkodansha\/status\/1983015768922173703?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">got\u00a0delisted<\/a>\u00a0due to\u00a0\u201cvarious circumstances.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Half a year later, Sweet Hamster Days is&nbsp;set to come back. The title is a collaboration between Kodansha Game Lab and domestic&nbsp;photo magazine FRIDAY,&nbsp;casting Japanese&nbsp;actress&nbsp;and&nbsp;gravure idol Sayaka&nbsp;Tomaru,&nbsp;model and&nbsp;ballerina&nbsp;Momoha&nbsp;Takatsuru, and Shiori Ikemoto of idol group&nbsp;Teratera&nbsp;as Himari,&nbsp;Futaba&nbsp;and Miyu&nbsp;(aka the Shiratori sisters).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1424\" height=\"872\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1424px) 100vw, 1424px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260424-65791-001.jpg\" alt=\"Sweet Hamster Days\u00a0\" class=\"wp-image-65798\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260424-65791-001.jpg 1424w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260424-65791-001-380x233.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260424-65791-001-768x470.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You will be&nbsp;encountering&nbsp;these beautiful girls not as a person, but as a&nbsp;silly little&nbsp;hamster. The story follows protagonist Kota, who gets reincarnated following a traffic accident. Kota&nbsp;is&nbsp;isekai\u2019d&nbsp;into&nbsp;a hamster&nbsp;right&nbsp;after coming back to his hometown, where he was supposed to reunite with&nbsp;the&nbsp;Shiratori&nbsp;sisters&nbsp;(who are&nbsp;his&nbsp;childhood friends),&nbsp;for the first time in six years.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From there, Kota gets adopted by the sisters and becomes their pampered pet,&nbsp;Hamta.&nbsp;As Hamta,&nbsp;you\u2019ll&nbsp;be&nbsp;interacting with the three sisters&nbsp;either from your cage or the palms of their hands&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;taking&nbsp;naps, getting cuddles, and eating treats.&nbsp;Living as their pet,&nbsp;you\u2019ll&nbsp;notice that the sisters\u2019 relationship has become strained over the years&nbsp;for some reason, and&nbsp;you\u2019ll&nbsp;make choices that will help you&nbsp;unravel the mystery&nbsp;and solve the issues between them.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/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<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1195\" height=\"669\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1195px) 100vw, 1195px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260424-65791-header.jpg\" alt=\"Sweet Hamster Days\u00a0\" class=\"wp-image-65799\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260424-65791-header.jpg 1195w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260424-65791-header-380x213.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260424-65791-header-768x430.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>With a story penned by Ken Shimomura of Chain Chronicle and&nbsp;Onmyoji&nbsp;fame,<em>&nbsp;<\/em>Sweet Hamster Days is set to launch in July 2026 for PC&nbsp;(<a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/4390720\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam<\/a>, Epic Games Store and DLsite). The game will support Japanese, English, Simplified&nbsp;Chinese&nbsp;and Traditional Chinese.&nbsp;Ahead of the full release,&nbsp;Sweet Hamster Days&nbsp;will also&nbsp;participate&nbsp;in the Steam Next Fest starting June 16.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kodansha&#8217;s Sweet Hamster Days, originally announced in August 2025, is back on track after a temporary Steam removal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":65800,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-65791","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 dating sim where you\u00a0reincarnate as\u00a0a\u00a0pet\u00a0hamster\u00a0and get spoiled rotten by\u00a0three sisters is finally coming back after Steam\u00a0store page\u00a0removal\u00a0 - 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