Perennial Dusk: Kinsenka
Industry veteran Yukito Urushibara and prolific illustrator Saine join forces for the first time to craft a stunning tale about a group of young people in an eerie world of endless twilight. Follow their story…
Perennial Dusk: Kinsenka is an adventure developed by Frontwing, released 29 May 2025 on Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Perennial Dusk: Kinsenka is
Perennial Dusk: Kinsenka is an adventure game developed by Frontwing and released in 2025. It was published by Bushiroad Games. It is available on Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on KiriKiri.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The human heart is but a vessel for pain. That’s what someone once whispered-a voice laced with loneliness, whispering directly into the soul. It’s an indescribable sadness, a love just beginning to bloom. It becomes an invisible pain that pierces the heart. And that’s what makes up life: a cyclical series of highs and lows. Tachibana Sai was born without the ability to feel pain in his heart. He spends his days eliminating any seeds of malice that sneak up on his sister, the one person he treasures, without drawing attention to himself. Sick of the never ending monotony he lives through, he chances upon a meeting with Benio Matsuri, a young girl whose aloof demeanor resembles that of a…
How it plays
It is played from a text perspective. Its themes are drama. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Perennial Dusk: Kinsenka launched on 29 May 2025, within three weeks of Doom: The Dark Ages, Dune: Awakening, The Alters and Elden Ring Nightreign. It arrived 8 years into the Nintendo Switch's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Doom: The Dark Ages, Dune: Awakening, The Alters, Elden Ring Nightreign.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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