Today Kadokawa Games announced the Steam release of its visual novel/adventure game √Letter (Root Letter), that was initially launched on PS4 and PS Vita, and received a PC release only for Japan via DMM Game Player back in March.
The game tells the story of a man in his thirties living in Tokyo, traveling to Shimane Prefecture in order to find an old penpal, but things are much more complicated than they seem, and mysteries pile onto each other revelation after revealtion. The character design by LovePlus artist Mino Taro gives Root Letter a charming look.
The Steam page can be found here, marking the release window as "coming soon, 2017." It also includes a feature list and system requirements.
Root Letter Features:
- An intense murder mystery set in a gorgeous, real-word, rural Japanese setting.
- Stunning Visual Novel artwork from the renowned artist Minoboshi Taro.
- Increased gameplay elements - search for clues, present evidence and explore environments.
- Travel freely around Shimane, visiting real world locations and interviewing suspects.
- Interrogation mode allows you to present evidence to characters and catch them out in lies.
- Unravel the truth from your pen-friend's letters - was she telling the truth, was she even real?
- Make difficult choices as you straddle an investigation spanning 15 years.
- Five different endings with wildly different routes - for a huge level of replayability.
- Incredible Soundtrack from composer Takashi Nitta and lead voice actor role for Noriko Hidaka (Ranma)
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- OS: Windows 7
- Processor: Intel Celeron G540
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: Intel HD Graphics
- DirectX: Version 9.0c
- Storage: 4 GB available space
- Sound Card: HD audio
- Additional Notes: Windows Media Player 11
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- OS: Windows 7
- Processor: Intel Core i5-4590
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4600, VRAM 2GB, 1920x1080
- DirectX: Version 9.0c
- Storage: 4 GB available space
- Sound Card: HD audio
- Additional Notes: Windows Media Player 11