Kakehashi Games announces deck-building JRPG Serial World, coming to PC in 2026
Announced at the Future Games Show, Serial World is made by veteran JRPG developers and is launching exclusively for PC in 2026
Tokyo, Japan – August 20, 2025 – Kakehashi Games and Japanese indie developer Serial Project have announced a publishing partnership at tonight's Future Games Show for the upcoming deck-building JRPG adventure game, Serial World, launching for PC in 2026.
Serial World is a fantastical, genre-bending experience that fuses playful storytelling, exploration and puzzle mechanics in a richly stylized, dreamlike world where players team up with mysterious creatures known as Anima to uncover strange happenings in their hometown.
With deck-building mechanics and DNA drawn from cult classic JRPGs and anime, Serial World stars a young boy named Milo, exploring whimsical and colorful worlds, raising Anima through and diving into a loop of battles and exploration. As the debut title from veteran developer duo Serial Project, Serial World will be published internationally by Kakehashi Games (Hirogami, SONOKUNI, Sagres).
Serial World Features
- Roguelike Dungeons Meet JRPG Mechanics - Explore Bricktown to unlock new areas, chat with townsfolk, and collect useful items, then tackle the dungeons with your chosen trio of Anima. Hone your strategy with each consecutive loop as you navigate the ever-changing map system armed with your newest skills and traits!
- Choose Your Anima - There are eight Anima in total for Milo to meet and battle with, and each Anima have different strengths! Vary your team to test out new tactics, whether it's an all-out attack, a patient defense, or a strategic status effect sabotage.
- Strategic Turn-Based Battles - Put the powers of your Anima to the test and face off against quirky foes in turn-based combat! Each Anima on your team can learn and use a personalized variety of skills - mix-and-match to brainstorm endless battle strategies. As combat intensifies, your Anima's talisman will fill with power - use it to trigger their evolution, grow even stronger, and expand the depth of battles!
- Friends and Foes Await - Encounter a colorful cast of characters as you venture into the unknown. Befriend cheerful neighbors, battle oddball enemies, and meet merchants, masters, and more! From bouncing dragons to baby donuts, you never know who you'll meet next.
- Unravel the Mystery Within - When Milo discovers a monstrous door on the outskirts of Bricktown, he's thrown into a strange new world full of fantastical creatures, zany enemies, and seemingly-endless dungeon mazes. Each time he finds an exit, he suddenly wakes up at home in bed, and the journey begins again. Little by little, things in Bricktown begin to change, and as the days repeat, Milo slowly begins to unravel the truth of these otherworldly experiences.
Serial World will be available for PC on Steam at launch. Players can add it to their wishlist today and prepare to step into the unknown.
About Kakehashi Games
Founded in Tokyo in 2013, Kakehashi Games is a boutique publishing team that strives to build bridges between the East and the West. Over the last decade they have helped release over 300 of the most acclaimed indie titles in Japan, including Hollow Knight, Sea of Stars, Dead Cells, Eastward, and more. As of 2023, Kakehashi Games has become a worldwide publisher as well, with a focus on bringing the best indie games from Asia to the rest of the world. Check their website for more information, or follow them on X and Bluesky.
