Akatsuki Games Inc., TOHO CO., LTD., and Production I.G, Inc. have announced that Kaiju No. 8 THE GAME will launch on Steam for PC on October 1, 2025. The game is already available on iOS and Android since August 31 and has quickly become a hit, reaching #1 on the App Store charts for role-playing, adventure, and free-to-play games, with over three million downloads.
Key Features:
- Choose from Three Different Story Modes: The game offers an original “Main Story” branching from the manga and anime, “Memories” which allows players to revisit classic moments, and “Character Stories” to explore the relationships and interactions between team members. Each mode has its own unique appeal, allowing both longtime fans of Kaiju No. 8 and new fans to enjoy the experience fully.
Main Story: Follow original characters from the Closing Order with Zero Restrictions (CLOZER), a special unit led by Sagan Shinomiya, the non-blood-related older sister of Kikoru Shinomiya. She moved to the United States and enlisted in the US Defense Force after being adopted into the Shinomiya family.
Memories: Relive iconic scenes from the Kaiju No. 8 anime and manga.
Character Stories: Highlights the daily lives and interactions of individual Defense Force officers in original scenarios.
- Action-Packed Turn-Based Battles: In KAIJU NO. 8 THE GAME, players assemble squads of their favorite Japan Anti-Kaiju Defense Force officers and face down deadly Kaiju in an intuitive, turn-based combat system. Utilize officers’ unique skills and Ultimates, expose the Kaiju’s cores, and deliver a finishing blow!
Iconic officers join forces, including Kafka Hibino, Mina Ashiro, Reno Ichikawa, Kikoru Shinomiya, Soshiro Hoshina, Isao Shinomiya, and more.
Players form squads of four characters, so balance the characters’ strengths and abilities to create a well-rounded team. When characters fight together as battle buddies, they can coordinate to provide powerful support for one another in combat.
While the game’s controls are simple, characters’ and Kaiju’s abilities and unique traits introduce deeper layers of strategy to combat.
- Character Development: In the game, players can nurture their favorite characters through a variety of growth systems, including enhancing attributes, skills, and equipment.
The game also features an equipment crafting system called “Unipart R&D,” where each crafted item has randomly generated stats. This adds depth to both selection and development, offering a gameplay style suited for long-term engagement.
Collect materials through specific quests to develop and strengthen the characters you love.
New Key Visual:
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Based on the popular manga series by Naoya Matsumoto, currently serialized on Shonen Jump+ (Shueisha) since 2020, the anime Kaiju No. 8 portrays intense battles between the Japan Defense Force, tasked with eliminating Kaiju, and the monstrous creatures that routinely threaten human lives. The original manga has surpassed 18 million copies in circulation (including digital editions), and the series has accumulated over 700 million views on Shonen Jump+ as of April 2025.
The anime aired from April to June 2024 and quickly gained massive popularity, reaching No. 1 on domestic daily rankings across major streaming platforms in Japan. A theatrical compilation of Season 1, including the side story Hoshina’s Day Off, premiered in Japan on March 28, 2025. Generating excitement since then, Season 2 has been airing every Saturday at 11:00 p.m. on TV Tokyo and is streamed worldwide on Crunchyroll and in real time via the official X account, drawing strong global reactions.
Kaiju No. 8 THE GAME – STORY:
Mysterious gates known as the Kaiju Dimensional Gates have suddenly appeared due to the actions of a certain Kaiju. In this new Kaiju No. 8 world, where Kaiju with unknown powers appear not only in Japan but across the globe, Identified Kaiju that were once thought to be defeated now confront the Defense Force by passing through these Kaiju Dimensional Gates.
On top of that, unknown Kaiju possessing special abilities—and seemingly responsible for the creation of these Kaiju Dimensional Gates—continue to cross over the boundary between dimensions to launch their attacks. Their appearance has led to a series of battles against colossal Kaiju.
Source: Press Release
© JAKDF 3rd Division © Naoya Matsumoto/SHUEISHA
© Akatsuki Games Inc./TOHO CO., LTD./Production I.G
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