Planned Release Date: Q4 2025

About This Game

Gather clues, collect treasures and unlock over 40 real-life locations in an authentic recreation of Tokyo spanning 1935 to 2025. Learn the history of the Imperial Capital through antique postcards, modern photos and cryptic clues that are randomized each time you play.

Inspired by the CD-ROM "multimedia experiences" of the 1990s like Encarta '96 and Cosmology of Kyoto, as well as modern detective games like The Roottrees are Dead and the Golden Idol series, Mysteries of Old Tokyo takes a set of postcards printed in 1930s Tokyo from the author's collection and brings them, hand-scanned, to your personal computer in full 1024x768 resolution.

Travel to over 40 real-life Tokyo locations, based on authentic antique postcards, while solving cryptic clues and chasing down treasure for Rare Items Acquisitions (Tokyo) Ltd. You'll learn something new every time you play.

Put your research skills to the test to assemble a database of Tokyo's most famous landmarks for your mysterious employers. Then, use that data to uncover inconsistencies and arrive at the truth.

Interact with a wacky cast of wandering spirits, from the flirty Kasuga-dono to the paranoid Nakamura-san, all with their own secrets to reveal - or not.

Brand new photography from 2025, aligned and matched with the original postcards, lets you see these postcards in a modern context. Plus, learn all about each location with the original 1930s postcard description (translated for the first time from Japanese) complemented by a present-day update covering the last 90 years of Japanese history.

As an agent for Rare Item Acquisitions, you'll come to know Tokyo like the back of your hand, while managing both time and money on your quest for the treasure. Your expense account is not bottomless!

As you play, unlock new locations to visit, together with a set of stunning low-poly 3D-rendered artifacts which you can browse at your leisure in the 3D Viewer.

Features

• Solve cryptic clues in 1930s Tokyo with a lively cast of characters and a host of real-world locations.

• Manage time and money as you acquire priceless artifacts for your employer, Rare Items Acquisitions (Tokyo) Ltd.

• Track down 10 delightful low-poly 3D treasures and unlock over 40 authentic antique postcards as you play.

• Step through over 90 years of history with matched and aligned photos from 2025.

• Learn as you play with the original postcard descriptions translated from Japanese and brand-new updates covering the full history of each location.