{"id":70755,"date":"2026-08-07T17:11:32","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T08:11:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=70755"},"modified":"2026-08-07T17:11:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T08:11:34","slug":"saya-no-uta-creator-gen-urobuchis-debut-visual-novel-phantom-of-inferno-coming-to-steam-on-september-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/saya-no-uta-creator-gen-urobuchis-debut-visual-novel-phantom-of-inferno-coming-to-steam-on-september-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Saya no Uta creator Gen Urobuchi&#8217;s debut visual novel Phantom of Inferno coming to Steam on September 4"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nitroplus has announced that Gen Urobuchi\u2019s debut visual novel, Phantom of Inferno, will be released for Windows (<a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/3639590\/Phantom_PHANTOM_OF_INFERNO_NITRO_ARCHIVE\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam<\/a>) on September 4. The upcoming version, titled &#8220;Phantom PHANTOM OF INFERNO NITRO ARCHIVE,\u201d features the same content from the 2013 remake for the Xbox 360 and PC, such as elements from the 2009 anime adaptation Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u300ePhantom(\u30d5\u30a1\u30f3\u30c8\u30e0) PHANTOM OF INFERNO\u300fPC(Steam)\u7248\u30019\/4(\u91d1)\u767a\u58f2\u6c7a\u5b9a\uff01<br>\u65e5\u672c\u8a9e\u30fb\u82f1\u8a9e\u30fb\u4e2d\u56fd\u8a9e(\u7c21\u4f53\u5b57)\u306b\u5bfe\u5fdc\uff01<br>\u203bTV\u30a2\u30cb\u30e1\u306e\u8981\u7d20\u3092\u8ffd\u52a0\u3057\u305fPC\u9006\u79fb\u690d\u7248(2013\u5e74\u767a\u58f2)\u3068\u540c\u3058\u5185\u5bb9\u3067\u3059\u3002<br>\u203b\u30dc\u30a4\u30b9\u306f\u65e5\u672c\u8a9e\u306e\u307f\u3067\u3059\u3002<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UaCJtWCiwO\">https:\/\/t.co\/UaCJtWCiwO<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/%E3%83%8B%E3%83%88%E3%83%AD%E3%82%AA%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B8%E3%83%B3?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u30cb\u30c8\u30ed\u30aa\u30ea\u30b8\u30f3<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/Phantom?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Phantom<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PEbjcJQlsQ\">pic.twitter.com\/PEbjcJQlsQ<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u30cb\u30c8\u30ed\u30aa\u30ea\u30b8\u30f3 (@NitroOrigin) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NitroOrigin\/status\/2085561930643620263?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 7, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Originally released in 2000 for Japanese PC players, Phantom of Inferno is a neo-noir visual novel that follows a young Japanese tourist in the United States who witnesses an assassination executed by the mysterious organization known as Inferno. After being kidnapped and stripped of his memories through drugs and hypnotherapy, the young boy is given the name \u201cZwei\u201d and trained to become an assassin. Along with the organization\u2019s deadliest assassin, Phantom, Zwei becomes proficient in the art of killing while learning more about Inferno and its secret agenda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/20260807-459072-002-1080x608-1.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-70758\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/20260807-459072-002-1080x608-1.webp 1080w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/20260807-459072-002-1080x608-1-380x214.webp 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/20260807-459072-002-1080x608-1-768x432.webp 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nitroplus (under its Nitro Origin brand) first announced plans to release the Steam version of Phantom of Inferno <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NitroOrigin\/status\/2006379831886291212?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">in an X post on December 31, 2025<\/a>. It also revealed plans to port other titles to Steam in the same post. Now that one of those promises is set to be fulfilled, fans of the studio\u2019s works have a lot to look forward to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Phantom PHANTOM OF INFERNO NITRO ARCHIVE is set to release for Windows (<a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/3639590\/Phantom_PHANTOM_OF_INFERNO_NITRO_ARCHIVE\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam<\/a>) on September 4. The game will support three languages: Japanese, English, and Simplified Chinese. All voice acting will be exclusively in Japanese.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Related:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/saya-no-uta-author-gen-urobuchi-thinks-audiences-no-longer-crave-poison-from-fiction-but-an-antidote-to-reality\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Saya no Uta author Gen Urobuchi thinks audiences no longer crave \u201cpoison\u201d from fiction, but an \u201cantidote\u201d to reality<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/nitropluss-identity-is-rooted-in-its-origins-as-an-adult-game-developer-says-mojika-and-steinsgate-writer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Nitroplus\u2019s identity is rooted in its origins as an adult game developer, says Mojika and Steins;Gate writer<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Phantom of Inferno is a dark, neo-noir visual novel set in the criminal underworld.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":70757,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","autoblue_enabled":false,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","autoblue_publish_document":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-70755","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 v28.0 - 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