RE0: VTuber Life

RE0: VTuber Life is a pixel-art simulation game in which you manage Viona’s daily life, livestream schedule, friendships, gossip intake and interactions with fans. Viona is an introverted girl who lacks confidence but loves to sing. Her father, a prominent hydraulic engineer, expects her to study hydraulic engineering; she wants a career in music. They agree that she has six months to achieve something in music, or she must take a job at the Water Bureau. Encouraged by a senior art student, she debuts as a VTuber: the Red Dragon Princess Viona.

Viona’s career

You guide Viona toward possible futures as a singing sensation, a Top 100 streamer, a pro gamer or an idol. If she does not succeed in music, she may return to reality and become a hydraulic engineer, singing only at the annual company party. Outcomes depend on her Vocal, Chat and Skill attributes, as well as her relationships with others. The story has multiple endings and replay value, and most events take a humorous tone.

Friends and fellow VTubers

Viona meets other VTubers while streaming and going out. They have their own personalities, stories and possible fates:

• Wooluna Channel: Wooluna, nicknamed Loona, presents herself as a versatile VTuber who quotes classical poetry and sounds knowledgeable. Her fans tease her with absurd puns. After she stops streaming without warning and returns weeks later with a markedly different personality, the question arises whether someone new is inside.
• President Rowling: Known for witty banter, especially teasing shy young men, Rowling founded the VTuber agency Gracelive after becoming popular and helped promote several rising talents. She jokes about being a ruthless capitalist but treats her streamers decently, though not everything runs smoothly.
• Keno-chan: Keno is a prank-loving VTuber whose stunts include fake beheadings, splits, walking red carpets and streaming her naps. After a scandal, backlash and platform-wide bans on these antics cost her fans and direction. Viona can help her find her way again.
• Senho Takanashi is Invincible: Senho claims to be a sorceress from another world who fought a demon king with a time-blade. The “Crystal” wants to label and protect her, while the “Black Coffin Research Institute” seeks to revive the demon king using her powers. Senho says she needs her fans’ faith as magic fuel to resist them, though they take her story as deadpan comedy or intense roleplay.
• Yumi_Official: Once a singer with a sizable music-category following, Yumi adopted a virtual identity. She is timid and feels confident mainly when singing, which has led her to miss opportunities. Like Viona, she wants to become a star, and hopes to overcome her fears in a talent show.

VTuber culture

The game is adapted from the Chinese VTuber community and includes an explainer notebook defining slang and popular memes. You can turn the notebook off.