Stray Children is making its worldwide debut on Nintendo Switch and Steam on October 30th!

The new RPG from former team members behind Moon: Remix RPG Adventure!

October 02, 2025 - Tokyo-based indie developers Onion Games — the studio behind the re-release of Moon: Remix RPG Adventure, and formerly creators of games like Rule of Rose, Little King's Story, Chulip, and even Super Mario RPG — are very happy to announce that the English-language worldwide release of their RPG Stray Children is coming on October 30th, 2025, to both Nintendo Switch and Steam. 

Click the image above to view the new worldwide release date trailer, or visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLXCWLk9yZc

You can now find more details, as well as additional screenshots and logos, at our Stray Children press site.  If you have any questions, or are interested in speaking to the creators of the game, please don't hesitate to reply to this email, and we will do our best to get you anything you need!  
 
Stray Children is available to wishlist now on Steam by visiting:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3649490/Stray_Children/
 
The eShop page for the game is still being finalized and will be available shortly.
 
【INTERESTED IN COVERING STRAY CHILDREN?】
 
If you are interested in reviewing or streaming the game on Steam or Nintendo Switch, please email us at straychildren.press@oniongames.jp, and we will get back to you as soon as we can, once we're able to begin sending out review keys!

【About Stray Children】
 
Somewhere, in a secret room, in a secret place, a curious boy flips the switch of a dusty old console. He's suddenly pulled through the screen into a very strange somewhere else: a never-released and long-forgotten retro RPG.
 
He blinks awake in a land where only Children live. Outside their stronghold's walls lurk The Olders: monstrous adults carrying the heavy load of their own inadequacies, self-doubt, and the many other grievances that all grown-ups gather. 
 
It’s here — in this funny, mysterious, and wildly dangerous domain — that your story begins.
 
【The Battles】
As you explore the world of Stray Children, you’ll do turn-based battle with these oddball Olders. You can choose to fight, or to use your words as weapons, and land a crushing blow with just a well-worded whisper.
 
Dodge the barrage of their bottled-up emotions, and discover the secrets they keep hidden deep inside. By touching their heart with your words, you might just be able to save their souls.
What other mysteries await you in this weird new world? Find out in Stray Children — an unfamiliar place, with all-too-familiar troubles.

【About Onion Games】
 
Stray Children is the latest game from Tokyo-based independent studio Onion Games. Best known for their 2021 re-release of 1997’s moon: Remix RPG Adventure, Stray Children is being created by a number of former team members behind that similarly bittersweet cult classic.
 
Following their contributions to other beloved cult favorites like Chulip, Little King’s Story, Rule of Rose, and Super Mario RPG, the industry veterans at Onion Games have also released eccentric and entirely idiosyncratic titles like the puzzling rogue-lite Dandy Dungeon, the operatic side-scrolling shooter Black Bird, the one-button arcade kiss-em-up Mon Amour, and the mobile game madness of Million Onion Hotel.
 
A full list of Onion's games is available at: https://oniongames.jp/games

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About Onion Games
One of Japan’s most eccentric independent game studios, Onion Games is made up of a team of industry veterans who collectively have contributed to games including Super Mario RPG, Chulip, Rule of Rose, and Little King’s Story before striking out on their own. See more of the staff’s former work here: http://oniongames.jp/about-us
 
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Title: Stray Children
Genre: Bittersweet Fairytale RPG
Platform: Nintendo Switch
Worldwide Release date: October 30, 2025
Official site: https://straychildren.com/en/
Hashtag: #StrayChildren
Publisher/Developer: Onion Games
Press assets/more information: https://app.box.com/s/nsk3q19g41plbyic606lcaev9eaaki77
Twitter: https://twitter.com/oniongames
Discord: https://oniongames.jp/discord

Team:
Yoshiro Kimura /Director (Onion Games)
Kazuyuki Kurashima /Character Designer (Onion Games)
Adachi Masahiro /Music Composer (Thelonious Monkees)
Hirofumi Taniguchi /Music Composer (Thelonious Monkees)
Keiichi Sugiyama /Sound Effects (Studio Qareeb)