Showa American Story
Showa American Story is a brand new RPG and an enthusiastic love letter to the 80s' pop culture that features a strong taste of B-Movies. Follow Choko's journey of truth and revenge across North America as she…
Time until release
Showa American Story is an adventure developed by Nekcom, releasing 31 December 2026 on PlayStation 5 and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Showa American Story is
Showa American Story is an unreleased adventure game in development at Nekcom, currently scheduled for 31 December 2026. It was published by 2P Games. It is available on PlayStation 5 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 5.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Showa American Story is an upcoming action role-playing game developed by the Chinese studio Nekcom. The player assumes the role of the stuntwoman Choko Chigusa, who resurrects from the dead and navigates post-apocalyptic Showa America. The story explores an alternate history in which the United States has radically changed under Japanese economic and cultural influence. The developers drew inspiration from Japanese and American popular culture of the eighties and nineties, as experienced in Chinese society at the time.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for TBD, 8 GB RAM and TBD. An 8GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 50GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
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