- Cross Promo - Delta Demo by 0xc3pti0n - 31 May 2026
Hello everyone!Our close friends have released a demo of their game "Delta"Please play it and rate it on Steam:
- Update 1.3.0 - 24 August 2025
Update 1.3.0 Overview Add Spanish Language PackAdd Spanish Language PackWe’re absolutely thrilled to announce our latest addition: the Spanish Language Pack! It fills us with joy to see our community rally together to help translate "Welcome to the Karoshi Club" into various languages. A heartfelt thank you to everyone involved, especially Angelina Christiansen, for paving the way for our new support of the Spanish language as well. Exclusive Sneak PeekCheck out these exciting screenshots from the main game of Karoshi Club in the development phase!Join our vibrant Discord community for exclusive updates and insider information about Karoshi Club and Project: Celestine. Your support means the world to us, and we can’t wait to share more with you! Thank you for being an essential part of our journey!Yours, Kamishibai Cat ᨐᵉᵒʷ
- Steam Visual Novel Fest 2025 & Special Recommendation - 4 March 2025
Steam Visual Novel Fest 2025 This year, we are also participating in the Visual Novel Games Festival, which is exciting! Don't forget to visit the main page to discover some great games in the genre! As always, Welcome to the Karoshi Club is completely free to play. Special Recommendation - MUSE We would also like to share a project with you from our friends at EVA! 🎨✨ Discover Muse! ✨🎭 https://store.steampowered.com/app/3517180/Muse/ Muse is a narrative adventure about an artist struggling against creative block. 🖋️💡 Your choices shape her journey as she faces her inner challenges and searches for inspiration. Help the project grow by adding Muse to your Steam wishlist! 💖 Trailer! Trailer! Trailer! That's all for today. We're still working on the trailer for Karoshi Club, so stay tuned! More news on the main project will be coming soon! Yours, Kamishibai Cat!
- The Storyteller's Festival 2025 - 17 February 2025
The Storyteller's Festival 2025 We are delighted with the "Welcome to the Karoshi Club" at The Storyteller's Festival by TwoHalfStudios. Please check out a variety of cool games: https://store.steampowered.com/developer/TwoHalfStudios/sale/thestorytellersfestival2025 New Screenshots from Karoshi Club Dressed for Eternity - The Shroud We are excited to see you at our Corporation Don't forget to add Karoshi Club to your Wishlist: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3218870/Karoshi_Club/ That's all for now! We'll see you next time with a trailer and a new design for the Karoshi Club Steam page! /ᐠ ˵> ⩊
- Congratulations on completing your first year at Keneō Industry! - 14 December 2024
We want to thank everyone who played our free prologue for Karoshi Club! Your feedback and reviews are greatly appreciated! Don't forget to add Karoshi Club in your Wishlist https://store.steampowered.com/app/3218870/Karoshi_Club/ We want to inform you that we will conduct more social activities for the main project, Karoshi Club. You can subscribe to stay updated on the latest developments about the Karoshi universe. Welcome to the Karoshi Club, Mobile Android version (◎△◎;) Why did we do this? We can't answer that question ourselves. We think it was just dev for fun! We hope more people learn about the Karoshi Club universe through the mobile platform. Click the link to download the prologue version from Google Play. We wish you a wonderful holiday season! We are excited to see you next year with more updates. Thank you for being with us! Yours, Kamishibai Cat! ∧＿∧ (・◦・) ✧･ﾟ:* /づ~ ♡･ﾟ…
- Welcome to the Steam Scream Fest 2024 - 28 October 2024
Steam Scream Fest 2024 We are thrilled to participate in the Steam Scream Fest 2024 with our game, Welcome to the Karoshi Club, alongside some of the biggest names in horror gaming! Don’t forget to check out the festival's Steam page for fantastic discounts on horror games and to try out new game demos! Karoshi Club News We are currently developing the Steam page for the main Karoshi Club project and are excited to share another screenshot from the game along with this update. Additionally, there's an interesting GIF showcasing a segment of Karoshi Club gameplay available on our Discord server. Karoshi Community Spotlight - Autumn If you're interested in showcasing your creativity in the Karoshi Club universe, we'd love to feature you in our future Community Spotlights, particularly for the Letsplay game and fan art! Please use our Community Hub in Steam. 10 Short Horror Games (Minor Sp…
- Welcome to the Update 1.2.1 - 29 June 2024
Update 1.2.1 Overview Add Vietnamese Language Pack Update Japanese Language Pack Little Localization Fixes Add Vietnamese Language Pack We are filled with happiness whenever someone responds to help translate "Welcome to the Karoshi Club" into other languages. We are eternally grateful and love you! Thanks to these individuals, we now have support for the Vietnamese language. Big thanks for a Suzuoka Hitsuji Update Japanese Language Pack When we sought assistance in improving Japanese localization, we were fortunate to receive support from Japan. We hope that new players from Japan will positively evaluate the new translation! Karoshi Community Spotlight - May / June If you're interested in showcasing your creativity in the Karoshi Club universe, we'd love to feature you in our future Community Spotlights, particularly for the Letsplay game and fan art! Please use our Community Hub in S…
- Short Digital Manga Release Now! - 10 May 2024
Manga "Welcome to the Karoshi Club" Release! Hooray! The manga "Welcome to the Karoshi Club" is now available for free download! The manga author is Valerie Yogay, an old-school mangaka. This style is something you are going to absolutely love! We want to thank everyone who contributed to its development! We are excited to share some inside information about Kenji Haishima, the Keneō Industry, and the afterlife world of Yomi. How to read and access manga? 1. Add the DLC to your library and download the minor update. https://store.steampowered.com/app/2722510/Welcome_to_the_Karoshi_Club_Manga/ 2. Right-click on the game Welcome to the Karoshi Club in your library and click "Properties": 3. In the next window, select "Installed Files" and next to the section "Size of Installation," click on the "Browse" button. 4. Click on the KaroshiManga folder, and the PDF manga file will be there! (Th…
- Welcome to the Update 1.2 - 2 May 2024
Welcome to the Update 1.2 We are delighted to announce that update 1.2, which includes several new wishes mentioned in community game reviews, is launching today. We appreciate all the feedback we received from you and are grateful for your valuable comments and suggestions. Your continuous support and feedback have helped us improve our project, and we would like to express our gratitude for your contribution. Thank you for being with us on this journey to improve our free prologue Welcome to the Karoshi Club. New Features: Add Volume Settings in the Main menu: Sound settings are saved when switching scenes, and volume adjustments can be made in the main menu. Rewind Functional: After completing the game for the first time, when you start playing it again, and a new act is announced, you will notice a rewind button on the upper right corner of the screen. This button will take you dire…
- Happy Karoshi Day [04.04] - 4 April 2024
Karoshi Day Happy Karoshi Day to all Karoshi Club members! Today marks the official start of the development of Karoshi Club's main product. We want to take this opportunity to pay tribute to all those who have suffered from toxic company cultures. Please do not tolerate toxic behavior, manipulation, or mistreatment from coworkers. We are confident you will always find a new workplace with supportive and respectful individuals. The main project of the Karoshi Club will focus on these themes. The End of Karoshi Club Community Challenges We are incredibly grateful to everyone who participated in our Community Challenges. Although we could not achieve our goals, we appreciate all your effort and support. If you are concerned about the main game's development, please rest assured that we are committed to bringing it to fruition. Your feedback and reviews have shown us a demand for this proj…
- Overwork Birth - 8 March 2024
EVA & Kamishibai Meaweee, we have some exciting news to share regarding Kamishibai Interactive. We had applied earlier to participate in the European Videogame Accelerator and were fortunate to be selected. Spielfabrique will be assisting us in various ways, such as focusing on the development of the Karoshi Club, helping us improve our pitching skills, guiding us on better communication with our community, and ultimately aiding us in finding a publisher and financial support to make the main Karoshi Club project even better and more exciting! Thank you so much for trusting us! Update 1.2 Preview What should we expect from the latest update, Karoshi Club 1.2? Content: Digital Exclusive Manga "Welcome to the Karoshi Club" (YEAAAS, FINALLY!) Gameplay: Rewind functional Settings and global sound level in the main menu Localization Pack: New Volunteer Localization Pack - Italian We are grat…
- Ring-Ring - 7 February 2024
Moshi Moshi, Mister Takeshi is here... We are almost 25% of the way towards reaching the first Community Goal of Karoshi Club! Meaw Meaw, The Horror Game Awards Streams - Welcome to the Karoshi Club We are thrilled to announce that we were featured on The Horror Games Award channel's livestream. We immensely thank the team for their contributions to popularizing the horror game genre. We encourage you to join The Horror Game Awards community and stay updated on the latest news and projects in the horror genre. Karoshi Community Spotlight - January If you're interested in showcasing your creativity in the Karoshi Club universe. In that case, we'd love to feature you in our future Community Spotlights, particularly for the Letsplay game and fan art! Please use our Community Hub in Steam. Walkthroughs Loser Tries to Get a Job | Junji Ito Inspired Horror Game by PAPAK9 ₍^ >ヮ ヮ
- Welcome to the Update 1.1 - 17 January 2024
Release Update 1.1 Get ready for a new Karoshi Club update! Release Notes Update 1.1: Text: Some English phrases have been simplified, but the text editors have not yet completed the editing process. The final edits will be included in the next update Gameplay: New images have been added to the neutral and bad endings Settings: Added music volume slider Settings: Added sound volume slider Settings: Added font slider from original to large Minor changes and fixes Localization Pack #1 We are happy to announce the release of the first localization pack—many thanks to everyone who assisted us in implementing it, including translators and LQA experts. Add Support Japanese Language Pack Add Support Russian Language Pack If you notice any issues with the localization, please don't hesitate to report it to us on our Discord server. We have created a separate topic and questionnaire specifically…
- Happy New Year Karoshi Members! - 30 December 2023
Thanks from the developers We want to extend our most profound appreciation to all those who have written reviews and helped Welcome to the Karoshi Club gain more popularity on Steam. Your support motivates us to enhance the main Karoshi Club experience. Also, thank you to everyone who supports us on the X social network. We would also like to thank everyone who took the time to fill out our feedback form. Your feedback has provided valuable insights on improving Welcome to the Karoshi Club - Update 1.1. Future Update 1.1 - Q1, 2024 Game Text We are worried that the language used in the text may be too complex and literary for most readers. As a result, we have paused the localization process and decided to hire text proofreading professionals. Their job is to identify the parts of the text that are difficult to comprehend. Although this may cause a slight delay in the localization proc…
- Hooray! Karoshi! - 27 December 2023
Second News Hello everyone, who was able to visit our humble Kamishibai theater! Release! We were able to release earlier than expected, so please ignore the previous release time mentioned in the last news. ₍^._.^₎ 𐒡 Important Notice: We regret to inform you that we are running a little behind schedule with the release of the separate PDF manga, which has been mentioned in the game description. However, we are working diligently to finalize the editing and make necessary image corrections. We apologize for any inconvenience caused and kindly request you visit us again soon. Once completed, you can activate the Manga as a separate free DLC for Welcome to the Karoshi Club. Thank you for your patience and understanding. Please don't forget to take advantage of the first free bonus, the game soundtrack. Your Feedback You will find an icon shaped like a heart within the main menu. Click on…
- Welcome to our weird and wonderful "Karoshi Club" - 25 December 2023
First News We are excited to inform you that "Welcome to the Karoshi Club" is ready for release, and we can't wait for you to play it on your computers. Also, we are happy to report that the game runs smoothly on SteamDeck. Since the game is black and white art style, be careful with the OLED version of SteamDeck and do not play for a very-very long time so that you are OK with your screen pixels. However, we have temporarily disabled the text logging and rewind functionality due to a bug. We are actively fixing it and hope to release a small update soon to enable this functionality again. Release Reminder Remember that the free visual novel will be available on December 27th! Localization Planning Players from the following regions have shown the highest interest in Welcome to the Karoshi Club: 1st place - USA Region 2nd place - CIS Region 3rd place - Japan We will introduce Japanese a…
