Life of a Dispatch English Teacher in Japan
A visual novel about living through a sudden and chaotic job loss, and making tough choices about your future. Based on the real-life experiences of foreign teachers living in Japan.
Life of a Dispatch English Teacher in Japan is an indie developed by Yuri Kissaten, released 18 July 2025 on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Life of a Dispatch English Teacher in Japan is
Life of a Dispatch English Teacher in Japan is an indie game developed by Yuri Kissaten and released in 2025. It is available on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Ren'Py.
The premise, in the publisher's words
A visual novel about living through a sudden and chaotic job loss, and making tough choices about your future. Based on the real-life experiences of foreign teachers living in Japan.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are drama. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Life of a Dispatch English Teacher in Japan launched on 18 July 2025, within three weeks of Mafia: The Old Country, Donkey Kong Bananza, Wuchang: Fallen Feathers and Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound.
Released around the same time: Mafia: The Old Country, Donkey Kong Bananza, Wuchang: Fallen Feathers, Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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