Publisher qureate and co-developer IXILL have announced Sentimental Death Loop, a new “desperate time-travel adventure” game.

Sentimental Death Loop is launching for PC (via Steam) sometime this summer and for Switch on July 6th, with support for English, Japanese, and Chinese.

Here’s a rundown on the game, plus its debut gameplay:

ABOUT

Just as you begin to settle in for a fun day at your best friend’s house, something changes in her and she kills you. And not just once—she ends your life time and time and time again.Your goal is to escape from this endless loop of despair.

SYSTEM

Jump through time to change your destiny!

The investigation portions of the game are rendered in three-quarter view.

Work toward your escape by searching rooms for the items and clues needed to solve puzzles and disarm traps. Time travel to obtain new, useful information capable of changing your destiny.

Your goal is to use the methods available to you and escape the never-ending loop of death.

Your dear friend stalks toward you with a knife.Use the items at your disposal to escape!

Nemu may try to corner you while you’re investigating a room. Use the items around you to stop her and make your escape, otherwise you’ll be killed and sent back in time!

How many times must you be robbed of hope?!

Your actions will lead you to a number of different endings. However, it seems like only sadness and despair await you each and every time. Will you really manage to escape this cycle of death?!

CHARACTERS

・Noa Asahi (Voice: Honoka Kuroki）
・Nemu Tsukishiro　(Voice: Yuuki Takada）
・Akane Higuchi　 (Voice: Haruka Yamazaki）
・Suzuka Hayami (Voice: Satsumi Matsuda）STAFF
・Character Design:MIZU
・Scenario:Takayoshi Muto(Synthese)
・Planner/Producer:Yujiro Usuda