Akiba Lost

Akiba Lost is a live-action suspense game set in Akihabara, Tokyo. You switch between characters to follow the same timeline from different perspectives, make choices that branch the story and can affect other characters’ fates, and look around through each character’s eyes with a 360° camera.

The Akiba Vanishing

Thirteen years ago, six girls disappeared in Akihabara in a series of unsolved cases known as “The Akiba Vanishing.” One of them was Ruri, the youngest sister of game creator Daiki Shinjo. After his debut game became a hit, Shinjo’s later works failed to match its success. At a low point in his life, he announces that he will make a comeback with AKIBA LOST, a game based on the incident that took Ruri away.

Soon after Shinjo’s announcement at the annual Tokyo Game Expo, strange disappearances begin again. A threatening phone call warns him to stop developing the game or the tragedy will repeat, and Aoi, his other younger sister, disappears. Shinjo must try to finish the game and protect those around him as the story they were meant to perform begins to bleed into reality. Your decisions shape how the story ends.

The people of Akihabara

The story follows seven people whose destinies intertwine. Shinjo’s sister Aoi manages an Akihabara maid cafe. After Ruri vanished, she often clashed with Shinjo over his focus on game development, and they have barely seen each other in 13 years. She is usually detached but sometimes shows a tsundere side that appeals to her customers.

The other women are Yukimi Kurahashi, a Shirosawa Games designer and game streamer who moved to Tokyo to work for Shinjo; Moe Kurosu, a food writer who explores Akihabara’s restaurants and cafes; Kokone Nagato, an ambitious underground idol in the group Baby☆Macaron; Chihiro Jimbo, a part-time shrine maiden at Kanda Shrine who believes in gods and loves difficult action games; and Wakana Yusa, a cheerful cosplayer who has spent over ten years devoted to playing Lilica from Magical Schoolgirl Lilica. Colorful buddy characters also accompany the cast throughout the story.

Character switching and choices

You can switch freely between characters to experience the same timeline from different perspectives. A choice made by one character can change another’s fate, and decisions can ripple across the cast and alter the ending. When a character’s story reaches a dead end, another character’s path may unlock a way forward through the FREEZE & ACTIVATE system.

Live-action perspective

The game combines a multi-perspective visual novel with live-action cinematics. Its 360° camera lets you look around freely from each character’s point of view.