Indie group GJ Staff’s first game Beyond R: Rule Ripper, a suspense drama visual novel featuring a 10-player death game in a mysterious bar, is planned for release on Steam and Itch.io on November 14th in English and Spanish.
About
Inspired by genre classics like Danganronpa, Ace Attorney, Ever17, and Zero Escape, the story takes place in the Golden Jack bar, where The Owner has kidnapped ten people, poisoned them, and assigned them one rule in secret. They can disobey their own rule, but not the others, and their deaths will remove that rule from the game. They are forced to play until only three or less remain...unless you defy the game itself.
The first three chapters can be played fully in the demo, now available, and progress will be kept for the full release.
Key features
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Up to 25 different endings along the way to the True End.
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A diverse cast of 10 strangers whose lives you’ll need to unravel in order to survive, like hotheaded Poker, eccentric wordsmith Lime, grumpy yet humorous Vodka, and cold Coffee.
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Face the Councils, gameplay sections with many paths where you have to change the minds of all other characters and conduct the discussion using the visual imagery of a pool game before the Tension becomes overwhelming.
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A jazzy soundtrack with more than 25 unique songs, 40+ in total.
Info
Developer/Publisher: GJ Staff
Genre: Visual novel
Platforms: PC
Languages: English, Spanish
Release: November 14, 2025