Press release

Kamikaze Lassplanes, a unique blend of Visual Novel and Shoot 'em up, flies onto Nintendo Switch today!

Pre-orders start today!

Warsaw, Poland - March 7th, 2025 - Kamikaze Lassplanes, a captivating and beautifully illustrated Visual Novel with tight and satisfying Shoot ‘em Up elements spreads its wings on Nintendo Switch on today! The title is being published on the platform by Crunching Koalas, veterans of indie console publishing.

Now is the perfect time for players to nosedive into the world of Kamikaze Lassplanes. The Nintendo Switch version launches with a -20% launch discount, and during the Visual Novel Fest, the game is available with a -30% discount on Steam.


About the game

Kamikaze Lassplanes is a genre-busting action visual novel from Inky Dreams, a small indie studio from Poland dedicated to creating projects that break the mold. The game is a mix of hand-drawn anime VN and story-driven arcade shoot-'em-up gameplay with crucial story-branching decisions that lead to different gameplay and story outcomes, both for war, romance, and the protagonists’ fate.

Meet and fall for Alba Trossé and Hannah Brandenburg - charismatic Lassplanes who transform into deadly war planes you pilot. Face the Imperial fleet together in challenging arcade shoot-'em-up encounters and discover the secret behind the mysterious “Light” technology developed in the Kingdom’s laboratories.

Behind the silly facade, Kamikaze Lassplanes is an engaging, dark story about exploring humanity in a world where every rose has its thorn, and every tool can become a weapon. When nothing is as it seems, your beliefs are shattered as you uncover the truth—and perhaps you’ll pay the ultimate price for it.

The title has already received a warm welcome from players on PC and stole the hearts of attendees of GDC 2024 in San Francisco.


Additional information:

- Nintendo Switch Store (NA): bit.ly/KamikazeLassplanesSwitchNA
- Nintendo Switch Store (EU): bit.ly/KamikazeLassplanesSwitchEU
- Steam store page: store.steampowered.com/app/2253930/Kamikaze_Lassplanes/
- Launch Trailer (YouTube): https://bit.ly/KamikazeLassplanes_NintendoSwitchLaunchTrailer
- Developer: Inky Dreams
- Publisher: Crunching Koalas
- Press contact: pr@crunchingkoalas.com


About Inky Dreams

Inky Dreams is a fresh new studio based in Poland. The main field of our interest is creating compelling, story-driven adventures that break the mold of video game genres. 


About Crunching Koalas

Crunching Koalas is a Warsaw-based boutique publisher and porting studio that focuses on bringing exceptional games to players across all platforms. They have worked on many recognisable and critically acclaimed games (Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales, Darkwood and This War of Mine are just a few). Their ever-expanding portfolio is full of great, indie titles and with new projects coming in every year, it is only expected to grow.