Kowloon High-School Chronicle (2020) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Kowloon High-School Chronicle

Take on the role of a young man who appears as a transfer student at Kamiyoshi Academy in Shinjuku, Tokyo. While he seems like a normal student, he is actually a treasure hunter. His mission is to discover a…

4 June 2020

What Kowloon High-School Chronicle is

Kowloon High-School Chronicle is an adventure game developed by Shout! Designworks and released in 2020. It was published by Arc System Works. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Take on the role of a young man who appears as a transfer student at Kamiyoshi Academy in Shinjuku, Tokyo. While he seems like a normal student, he is actually a treasure hunter. His mission is to discover a mysterious ruin hidden deep beneath the school. Accompanied by his new friends from school, he sets out to discover the mysteries of a super ancient civilization. However, numerous traps, monsters called “Kehito” that lurk within the ruins, and the clutches of the “student council” stand in his way! Build your relationship with friends, solve puzzles, dodge traps, defeat enemies, and discover the great mysteries and treasure sealed beneath the school!

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are drama and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Kowloon High-School Chronicle launched on 4 June 2020, within three weeks of The Last of Us Part II, Valorant, Desperados III and Tetris Effect: Connected. It arrived 7 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: The Last of Us Part II, Valorant, Desperados III, Tetris Effect: Connected.

Official trailer