Bushiroad has announced that the ROAD59 A Yakuza’s Last Stand visual novel will arrive on Steam and Switch globally on September 25. The Switch version will only be available as a digital title for global audiences.
The game’s opening movie was also released.
ROAD59 A Yakuza’s Last Stand was announced last December. The visual novel is developed by ROCKET STUDIO and has character designs from illustrator Gidora, who is also the lead graphic artist. Bushiroad describes it as:
ROAD59 is a character-driven crime drama set in Tenkai Ward, a sleepless city floating in the Tokyo Bay of the near future.
The story follows modern-day yakuza who possess a supernatural power known as JINGI, passed down through the Grail of Blood ritual. Within this dark world of betrayal, desire, and turf wars, a reluctant young successor, Shou Himuro, is forced to take on the role of boss of the Hakurou Family. While burdened by a title he never asked for, Shou races through the dangerous underworld of Tenkai in order to protect the people he holds dear.
With its fusion of mythical elements like the Grail of Blood and JINGI, and the intense factional conflicts rooted in classic yakuza narratives, ROAD59 offers a gripping tale of honor, legacy, and survival.
According to ROAD59 A Yakuza’s Last Stand‘s description, the story’s second half will see the protagonist becoming a bartender at the titular ROAD59, “working to save Hakurougumi while interacting with various characters and gathering intel.”
Source: Press release
