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Press release:
The Tokyo-based (Japan) indie games developer PLAYISM and indie games developer Lizardry, are today very proud and happy to announce that their anime-styled adventure/puzzle/VN “7 Days to End with You” is now available for the Nintendo Switch via the Nintendo Eshop.

Furthermore, Lizardry and PLAYISM has also just announced that they have released an updated PC version of “7 Days to End with You” via Steam (the updated PC version of the game include all additional content originally planned for the Switch version).

Nintendo Switch ver. Now Available & Additional Content for Steam

Originally released on PC (Steam) and smartphones in February 2022, 7 Days to End with You has steadily garnered attention and popularity for its unique take on the puzzle and novel genres, culminating in multiple awards and nominations, including

Japan Game Awards 2022, Game Designers Award: 2nd place
Indie Live Expo Award, Rules of Play Award: Winner
SQOOL GAME AWARD 2022 SUMMER, Grand Prize: Winner

The Switch version, as well as the Steam version (via major update), includes the following brand-new features:

Improved localizations for in-game text and UI text
New endings
New reactions and expressions for the red-haired character
Bug fixes
Clicking on a word from a conversation box will now open up that specific word in the word list
Gallery mode (unlocks after clearing game)
Full controller support (Steam ver.)

*the iOS and Android versions will not be receiving this update.
Improved Localizations

The concept of 7 Days to End with You is built upon the main theme of “Language”. Therefore, we’ve taken the decision to re-localize all languages except for Japanese and Korean, and add fully localized UI to allow for a more complete experience in the language of your choice.

Campaign 1: Follow & RT to Win Original Mug

To enter, simply follow @playismEN on Twitter and retweet our campaign tweet for a chance to be one of five lucky winners of an original 7 Days to End with You mug specially designed for this campaign!

Campaign 2: Follow & RT to Win Postcard Set

Just like the above, simply follow @playismEN on Twitter and retweet our campaign tweet for a chance to be one of three lucky winners of a set of five beautiful postcards illustrated by Japanese illustrator Minato Ootani.

Three of the five postcards contain spoilers of the game, so we’ll keep their designs hidden.

About 7 Days to End with You:
To know a language, know the world, and finally know you. You don’t know a single word in the language of this world.

Deduce the meanings of words the person before you uses to communicate with you. Then try to understand them like a puzzle, one piece at a time.

You are free to perceive the meaning of the words you read. The relationship between the two characters is built on the words you interpret.

And their story is also built on the words you interpret. Their world changes according to your understanding. Maybe their story is a short, ordinary story, or maybe it’s a long, peculiar story.

Or both stories could exist at the same time. There’s nothing wrong with that. The story is only complete with your interpretation. So certainly, every story your interpretation results in is correct.

Even if you don’t understand the story at first, you have the opportunity to repeat it over and over again. This is a short and long story, of only seven days.

Interact with various objects around the house and the person with you will provide an explanation. Study the symbols, deduce what each word means, and input the meaning of the word in the word list. When the same word appears in conversation again, the meaning you’ve attached to it will appear above the word. Of course, you can change the meanings of any word anytime you want. Only through repeated communication can you really gradually uncover the hidden story behind 7 Days to End with You.

7 Days to End with You

■ PLAYISM Page: https://playism.com/en/game/7daystoendwithyou/
■ Stores: Steam | Nintendo
■ Trailer: https://youtu.be/bF–XrOP9dU
■ Developer: Lizardry (Twitter)
■ Publisher: PLAYISM
■ Genre: Language deciphering, puzzle, novel
■ Platforms: Nintendo Switch, PC (Steam)
■ Release Date: January 26th, 2023 (Steam version will be updated at 12am PT)
■ MSRP: Switch – 11.99 USD, PC (Steam) – 7.99 USD
■ No. of Players: 1
■ IARC Rating: 12+
■ Supported Languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish (Spain), Portuguese, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean

About PLAYISM:
Bringing the cream of the crop of indie games to players worldwide.

There are games created by one person, or by small teams, simply because the creators wanted to. They are created because of the passion these people hold towards their art. This passion is not something that can be imitated with huge budgets and large teams. These are the games that we have supported for almost a decade. These, are Indie Games.

PLAYISM has, from the very beginning, been driven to deliver these games to as many players as possible. We began by creating a platform from which we could distribute indie games. From there we started localizing into multiple languages to overcome borders and then expanding into Steam and Console platforms.

Our hope, is for all gamers to play as many indie games as they can.