When did Soukai Tenki come out?

Soukai Tenki was released on 8 December 2022 for Nintendo Switch.

Soukai Tenki (2022) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Soukai Tenki

A visual novel for Switch by Altergear and Idea Factory.

8 December 2022

What Soukai Tenki is

Soukai Tenki is an adventure game developed by ALTERGEAR and released in 2022. It was published by Idea Factory. It is available on Nintendo Switch only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Minato is an amnesiac boy who remembers only his name, banished as an exile—someone who has committed a crime—to Ikishima, an island far from the Wa no Kuni mainland. Unable to comprehend the situation and confused, the mysterious Minato is accepted by island boys Kazuya, Nagisa, and Reiji, with whom he gradually forms strong “bonds” as they interact, occasionally fight, and grow. Although his memory had not returned, Minato was living a new and peaceful life. However, the powers of darkness were gradually stealing the sunlight from this peaceful island far from the mainland. Several months prior, the Honnoji Incident occurred on the mainland. It is said that Nobunaga Oda, the lord who was…

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a text perspective. Its themes are action, drama and historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Soukai Tenki launched on 8 December 2022, within three weeks of Marvel's Midnight Suns, Chained Echoes, World of Warcraft: Dragonflight and Pokémon Violet. It arrived 5 years into the Nintendo Switch's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Marvel's Midnight Suns, Chained Echoes, World of Warcraft: Dragonflight, Pokémon Violet.

Official trailer