World End Syndrome (2018)

Developer: Toybox Inc.
Publisher: Arc System Works
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Nintendo Switch
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Visual Novel
Rating: 4.5 of 5, 4 player ratings
Where to get it: Nintendo eShop

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How it feels

A quietly eerie visual novel steeped in small-town legend and the creeping unease of a returning local myth.

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About

Set in the sea town of Mihate when the protagonist moves there and begins to attend a new school. He hears of a local legend in which the dead come back to life every 100 years and are known as "Yomibito." A missing high school girl could signal the return of the Yomibito.

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