It’s official: the otome game Over RequiemZ (or should I be writing that as Over Requiemz after all?) will be out on August 20!
Up until now, we only had a Summer 2026 release window, so it’s good to have an actual date.
I’ve been excited for Over RequiemZ ever since its localization was announced, and I even named it one of my most-anticipated games of 2026.
It’s a dark fantasy otome game loosely based on the Wizard of Oz about a heroine who is sentenced to death and ordered to investigate mysterious ruins alongside four other convicted murderers on death row. It looks so promising, and I’m really curious about how the routes split to have a whole “dark” path.
2026 turned out to be a pretty stacked year for otome games. I, of course, am keeping up with my backlog, so I’ll be all ready to play it when it comes out (blatant lies).
I woke up today looking forward to Idea Factory’s promised otome game announcement, so when I got online and immediately saw Over Requiemz localization news, my first thought was that we’d misread the signs and it wasn’t the Birushana fandisc after all.
Then I took a closer look and realized the announcement wasn’t from IFI, but from Aksys!
Yes, instead of waiting for a special event or live stream like usual, Aksys randomly announced a new otome game localization this morning, so you never know when exciting news will come.
(Maybe they didn’t want IFI to have the only otome news today?)
I’ve been curious about Over Requiemz ever since it was announced for Japan and I saw people talking about it. It seems to be some sort of dark Wizard of Oz inspired story, and the love interests are murderers? It looks really interesting, so I was hoping this one would be localized.
Over Requiemz will be out in Summer 2026!
And of course, that wasn’t the only announcement for today, because we still had Idea Factory’s live stream to look forward to!
As expected (it would have been crushing if all the hints were false leads), they announced Birushana: Winds of Fate!
I loved Birushana, and I’ve been looking forward to the fandisc ever since. This is one that will not sit in my backlog for long, I assure you.
Birushana: Winds of Fate will be out in 2026!
(They’ve announced a standard edition and a “plus” edition, so I think it’s pretty clear we’re no longer getting limited editions. It’s a shame, because IFI’s limited editions are fantastic.)
I’m so excited for Birushana, and you know what? 2026 is starting to look pretty solid for otome games!
IFI has Temirana, Homura, and Birushana all set for 2026, Aksys has Otome Daoshi and Over Requiemz, EastAsiaSoft is bringing over the Hakuoki spin-off, and there are a few others from smaller companies as well.
…It wasn’t that long ago I was worried the otome localization market was slowing down, but maybe I misjudged. My backlog is in trouble!
Meanwhile, yesterday’s State of Play Japan didn’t have too much exciting at all, aside from a handful of nice trailers for games we already knew about, so I was even happier to get some great otome news today! Are you planning to get Over Requiemz and Birushana: Winds of Fate?
It’s official: the otome game Over RequiemZ (or should I be writing that as Over Requiemz after all?) will be out on August 20!