We’re halfway through 2024, but there’s still lots of games coming up. Frontline Gaming Japan has compiled a list of Japanese games to look out for in the second half of this year!
(This list is in release order, with games that have already been released in Japan but have not yet been released elsewhere also included.)
The Legend of Heroes: Trails Through Daybreak
Release date: 5 July 2024
Platforms: WW: PS4/PS5/Switch/PC
Princess Maker 2 Regeneration
Release date: 11 July 2024 (Switch/PC), 8 August 2024 (PS4/PS5)
Platforms: PS4/PS5/Switch/PC
Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown Deluxe Edition (Switch)
Release date: 11 July 2024
Platforms: Switch (Previously released on PS4/XB1/PC)
Master Detective Archives: RAIN CODE Plus
Release date: 18 July 2024 (JP), 1 October 2024 (WW)
Platforms: PS5/XBXS/PC
Dokapon! Sword of Fury (Dokapon! Ikari no Tekken)
Release date: 1 August 2024 (JP)
Platforms: Switch
Revue Starlight El Dorado
Release date: 8 August 2024
Platforms: Switch/PC
Visions of Mana
Release date: 29 August 2024
Platforms: PS4/PS5/XBXS/PC
KAMiBAKO – Mythology of Cube –
Release date: 29 August 2024
Platforms: PS4/PS5/Switch/PC
Gundam Breaker 4
Release date: 29 August 2024
Platforms: PS4/PS5/Switch/PC
Go Hell Go: Tsukiotoshiteko
Release date: 29 August 2024 (JP)
Platforms: PS4/Switch
Umamusume: Pretty Derby – Party Dash
Release date: 30 August 2024
Platforms: PS4/Switch/PC
Ace Attorney Investigations Collection
Release date: 6 September 2024
Platforms: PS4/XB1/Switch/PC
Death end re;Quest Code Z
Release date: 19 September 2024 (JP)
Platforms: PS4/PS5/Switch
Kamaitachi no Yoru x3
Release date: 19 September 2024 (JP)
Platforms: PS4/Switch/PC
Eiyuu Densetsu: Kai no Kiseki -Farewell, O Zemuria-
Release date: 26 September 2024 (JP)
Platforms: PS4/PS5
The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
Release date: 26 September 2024
Platforms: Switch
Lollipop Chainsaw RePOP
Release date: 26 September 2024
Platforms: PS5/XBXS/Switch/PC
Silent Hill 2
Release date: 8 October 2024
Platforms: PS5/PC
Metaphor: ReFantazio
Release date: 11 October 2024
Platforms: PS4/PS5/XBXS/PC
Card-en-Ciel
Release date: 24 October 2024
Platforms: PS4/PS5/XB1/XBXS/PC
Romancing SaGa 2: Revenge of the Seven
Release date: 24 October 2024, 25 October 2024 (PC)
Platforms: PS4/PS5/Switch/PC
Sonic X Shadow Generations
Release date: 25 October 2024
Platforms: PS4/PS5/XB1/XBXS/PC
Ys X: Nordics
Release date: 25 October 2024 (WW)
Platforms: PS4/PS5/Switch/PC
Farmagia
Release date: 2 November 2024
Platforms: PS5/Switch/PC
Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake
Release date: 15 November 2024
Platforms: PS5/XBXS/Switch/PC
Corpse Party II Darkness Distortion
Release date: Autumn 2024
Platforms: PS4/Switch/PC
FANTASIAN Neo Dimension
Release date: Winter 2024
Platforms: PS4/PS5/XBXS/Switch/PC
Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater
Release date: 2024
Platforms: PS5/XBXS/PC
Maid Cafe on Electric Street
Release date: 2024
Platforms: PC
