{"id":71356,"date":"2026-08-24T17:41:56","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T08:41:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=71356"},"modified":"2026-08-24T17:41:58","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T08:41:58","slug":"nekopara-sekai-connect-coming-to-steam-on-september-28-a-cafe-management-spin-off-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/nekopara-sekai-connect-coming-to-steam-on-september-28-a-cafe-management-spin-off-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Nekopara Sekai Connect coming to Steam on September 28. A caf\u00e9 management spin-off game"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Japanese publisher Good Smile Company&nbsp;and developer NEKO WORKs have announced that&nbsp;the free-to-play mobile&nbsp;gacha&nbsp;game,&nbsp;<strong>Nekopara&nbsp;Sekai Connect,<\/strong>&nbsp;will&nbsp;come&nbsp;to PC via&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/news\/app\/4437450?emclan=103582791475549496&amp;emgid=452201006698072544\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam<\/a>&nbsp;starting September 28. The publishers also mentioned&nbsp;that&nbsp;the Steam News section&nbsp;on&nbsp;the store page will&nbsp;post updates&nbsp;with various info, including the setting, cat girls, and various in-game systems right up to the release of the game.&nbsp;<\/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=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udc08\u200d\u2b1b\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\ud83c\udf0e<br>\u3000\u3000\u3000&quot;Nekopara Sekai Connect&quot;<br>\u3000\u3000Steam Release Date Confirmed!<br>\ud83c\udf0e\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\ud83d\udc08\u200d\u2b1b<br><br>Thank you for waiting, Masters!<br>The Steam release date for <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/NEKOCONNE?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NEKOCONNE<\/a> has been set! \ud83c\udf89<br><br>\u25bc Release Date<br>Mon, September 28, 2026<br><br>\u25bc Add to your\u2026<\/p>&mdash; Nekopara Sekai Connect (@nekoconne_en) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nekoconne_en\/status\/2091722522547171728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 24, 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\">Nekopara Sekai Connect on PC will launch with a cross-account linking feature, allowing players to link their mobile progress to the new Steam version once released.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the uninitiated,\u00a0Nekopara\u00a0Sekai Connect is a spin-off of the original\u00a0Nekopara\u00a0visual novel series. Unlike its original counterpart, the game is a sandbox-style caf\u00e9 management game with an emphasis on collecting\u00a0catgirls\u00a0via its\u00a0gacha\u00a0system.\u00a0Featuring a brand-new story written by series\u00a0creator\u00a0Sayori,\u00a0Nekopara\u00a0Sekai\u00a0Connect\u00a0leans toward exploring the broader implications of the series\u2019 worldbuilding, something longtime fans had only glimpsed in fragments.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1558\" height=\"872\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1558px) 100vw, 1558px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/20260624-71356-h001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-71359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/20260624-71356-h001.jpg 1558w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/20260624-71356-h001-380x213.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/20260624-71356-h001-768x430.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/20260624-71356-h001-1536x860.jpg 1536w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The&nbsp;news of the&nbsp;Steam release of&nbsp;Nekopara&nbsp;Sekai Connect&nbsp;coincided&nbsp;with&nbsp;the announcement that a&nbsp;new cat girl will be added to the roster. As a limited-time pickup&nbsp;gacha&nbsp;banner, Mayumi, a five-star new student&nbsp;hailing from Sakura Hills&nbsp;Nekos&nbsp;College,&nbsp;will be&nbsp;added to the game.\u202fThe&nbsp;gacha&nbsp;banner will launch&nbsp;in the mobile versions&nbsp;after the server maintenance scheduled for&nbsp;August 24, 2026, and will run until&nbsp;September 7,&nbsp;2026&nbsp;at 15:00 JST.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A story update is around the corner as well, adding the sixth and&nbsp;final chapter&nbsp;of the Sakura Hills&nbsp;Nekos&nbsp;College storyline to the game.&nbsp;To coincide with the new story chapter, Good Smile Company will be hosting&nbsp;a limited time login campaign&nbsp;that&nbsp;will launch alongside the event,&nbsp;offering&nbsp;gacha&nbsp;tickets for the&nbsp;aforementioned Mayumi&nbsp;banner.&nbsp;VR Cat Tower, which serves as the end-game content, will be seeing an update&nbsp;that&nbsp;unlocks floors 201F through 300F for all&nbsp;four&nbsp;cat types&nbsp;(main, sweet, pop, and passion cats).&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=\"\u3010\u597d\u8a55\u914d\u4fe1\u4e2d\u3011\u65b0\u4f5c\u30b2\u30fc\u30e0\u300e\u30cd\u30b3\u3071\u3089 \u30bb\u30ab\u30a4\u30b3\u30cd\u30af\u30c8\u300fTVCM | [Now available] New game &quot;Nekopara Sekai Connect&quot; TV commercial\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9pdXXNaE8gE?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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nekopara Sekai Connect&nbsp;is set to release on&nbsp;September 28, 2026, for PC (<a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/4437450\/Nekopara_Sekai_Connect\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam<\/a>).&nbsp;The game is currently available on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/nekopara-sekai-connect\/id6743923238\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">iOS<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=jp.goodsmile.nekoconne\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Android<\/a>.&nbsp;The game is available in English and Japanese, with&nbsp;additional&nbsp;Simplified Chinese language support&nbsp;coming in the future.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Related articles:<\/strong>\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/nekopara-series-new-catgirl-gacha-game-nekopara-sekai-connect-to-launch-in-both-english-and-japanese-in-april-with-steam-port-to-follow\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Nekopara series\u2019 new catgirl gacha game Nekopara Sekai Connect to launch in both English and Japanese in April, with Steam port to follow\u202f<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/nekopara-sekai-connects-new-interaction-mode-lets-you-literally-pet-and-get-personal-with-your-favorite-catgirls\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Nekopara Sekai Connect\u2019s new \u201cinteraction mode\u201d lets you literally pet and get personal with your favorite catgirls<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Progress from the mobile version will be transferable to the new PC version.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":71358,"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-71356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":7}},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Nekopara Sekai Connect coming to Steam on September 28. 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