IzanagiGames has announced AKIBA LOST, a new live-action mystery-thriller game featuring actors from Nippon TV and AX-ON.
AKIBA LOST is set to launch later across Windows PC (via Steam), Switch, Switch 2, and PS5 sometime in 2026.
Here’s a rundown on the game:
With approximately 20 hours of gameplay to reach the ending, over 100,000 still images, and more than 20 hours of filmed footage, AKIBA LOST is a large-scale live-action title. Players will switch perspectives (“zapping”) between the protagonist Shinjo and six female characters to uncover the truth behind the story in this authentic multi-angle suspense game.
IzanagiGames—known for creating cinematic game experiences such as Death Come True—now teams up with Nippon TV and AX-ON, leaders in Japanese drama production, to take on the challenge of a feature-length live-action game. Starring Hiromitsu Kitayama.
Alongside this announcement, the official website for AKIBA LOST has launched. Characters and cast members other than Daiki Shinjo, portrayed by Hiromitsu Kitayama, will be revealed one by one in the coming months. Updates will also be shared on the official X (formerly Twitter) and Instagram accounts.
Story
13 years ago, six girls mysteriously vanished in Akihabara—An unsolved case known as “Akiba’s Spirited Away.”
At the annual Game Show, Daiki Shinjo (played by Hiromitsu Kitayama), once hailed as a “genius creator,” boldly announces the development of a new game inspired by this very incident: AKIBA LOST. But the moment he does, strange disappearances begin again.
The cast of the game includes his sister Aoi Shinjo, who works at a maid café, underground idol Kokone Nagato, food writer Moe Kurosu, shrine maiden Chihiro Jimbo, cosplayer Wakana Yusa, and game streamer Yukimi Kurahashi—each a colorful icon of Akihabara’s vibrant subculture.
Yet, the story they were supposed to perform soon begins to bleed into reality. It all begins with a threatening phone call—and the sudden disappearance of Aoi. “Cancel the game’s development—or the tragedy will repeat itself.”
Can Shinjo finish developing the game? Can he protect his friends? Who is behind it all? And what really happened thirteen years ago? The choice that determines the ending of this story is now in your hands.
