{"id":2920,"date":"2026-02-28T10:00:20","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T01:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amata.co.jp\/en\/?p=2920"},"modified":"2026-02-27T15:22:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T06:22:30","slug":"kinki_20260228_release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amata.co.jp\/en\/topics\/pressrelease\/kinki_20260228_release.html","title":{"rendered":"A Japanese-style horror TPS game where you can fight back against the spirits, “Kinki Spiritual Affairs Bureau” Release Confirmed for Nintendo Switch2!"},"content":{"rendered":"

TOKYO, Japan \u2013 Feb 28, 2026<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 AMATA Games, the indie game publishing brand of Amata Corporation, <\/span>Today, we are excited to announce that \u201cKinki Spiritual Affairs Bureau<\/b>\u201d is officially coming to Nintendo Switch\u2122 2.<\/p>\n

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“Kinki Spiritual Affairs Bureau” Confirmed for Nintendo Switch\u2122 2!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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“Kinki Spiritual Affairs Bureau” is a Japanese-style horror TPS game where you can fight back against the spirits.
\nDeveloped by indie game developer “Noto Muteki,”the Steam version was released in October 2024.
\nIn July 2025, AMATA Games brought the experience to PlayStation5 and Xbox Series X|S through its porting and publishing services.
\nTo bring this unique experience to even more players, we are excited to announce that a Nintendo Switch 2 version is officially in development. The release is currently scheduled for 2026.<\/p>\n

What is “Kinki Spiritual Affairs Bureau”?<\/strong><\/span>
\nThis game is not a classic Japanese horror game where you can’t fight back against the spirits. In Kinki Spiritual Affairs Bureau, you’re just as much of a threat as the spirits themselves!<\/p>\n

Story<\/strong><\/span>
\nThe story takes place in Japan, where exorcisms are carried out by government agents.
\nThe protagonist is Mizuki Shiraishi, who is an exorcist from the Kinki Spiritual Affairs Bureau.
\nShiraishi visits Saiga Village in Nara to investigate a mystery in which all trances of the village have been wiped off the internet.
\nUpon her arrival, she discovers all villagers have gone missing and the village is infested with a disproportionate number of unlawful spirits.
\nElectricity, communications, and the internet in the village have been all cut-off,
\nand Shiraishi also finds out that someone is pulling the strings behind the incident.
\nShiraishi pursues the mystery with radio assistance from her boss Kohinata and her junior co-worker Maruoka.<\/p>\n

Gameplay mechanics\u200b<\/strong><\/span>
\n– The main gameplay consists of unarmed combat, gun shooting, and stealth action.
\n– There are a total of 10 stages to clear.
\n– The game includes plenty of story-driven cutscenes.
\n– Four difficulty settings are available, allowing players from beginners to advanced to enjoy the game repeatedly.
\n– The button configuration for game controllers can be freely changed, enabling personalized play.
\n– As a feature unique to the Nintendo Switch 2 version, the game now supports mouse-like pointer controls using the Joy-Con 2.<\/p>\n

Factsheet<\/strong><\/span>
\nTitle: Kinki Spiritual Affairs Bureau (Japanese Title: \u8fd1\u757f\u970a\u52d9\u5c40)
\nGenre: A Japanese-style horror TPS game where you can fight back against the spirits
\nSupported Hardware:Nintendo Switch 2
\nDistributing Stores (Download only):Nintendo eShop
\nNumber of Players: 1
\nLanguages supported: Japanese, English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean
\nPrice: TBD
\nRelease Date: Scheduled for 2026
\nRating: IARC\uff1a16+
\nDeveloper: Noto Muteki
\nPublisher: AMATA K.K.
\nOfficial website (AMATA Games): https:\/\/amata.games\/en\/game\/kinki-spiritual-affairs-bureau\/<\/a>
\nCopyright: \u00a9Noto Muteki Licensed to and published by AMATA Games<\/p>\n

About AMATA Games<\/span>
\n<\/strong>AMATA Games is the brand that publishes indie games operated by AMATA K.K.
\nAMATA K.K. is a game development company with the mission \u201cTo make the world more entertaining\u201d.
\nHaving gained experience developing and publishing VR Escape-the-Room Game Last Labyrinth as an indie game, we at AMATA wish to spread the joy of indie games more by making it possible to enjoy fun games on all kinds of hardware.
\nTherefore, we launched our publishing brand AMATA Games in August 2021 based on our belief that we can support indie game developers by taking charge of multi-platform porting and operations for good indie games that we find \u201cSuper fun!\u201d so that we can share their appeal to more people.
\nAs of now, we operate our proprietary titles Last Labyrinth, The Tale of Onogoro as well as NOSTALGIC TRAIN and Backpack Twins, and Organ Quarter.<\/p>\n

About AMATA K.K.<\/span>
\n<\/strong>Company Name: Amata K.K.
\nRepresentative: Hiromichi Takahashi, Company President, and Representative Director
\nAddress: Arma Building, Kita-Shinjuku 1-4-1, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 169-0074, JAPAN
\nEstablished: June 25th, 2008
\nBusiness: Game Business & others
\nOfficial Website: https:\/\/amata.co.jp\/en\/<\/a>
\nAbout Amata K.K.: Founded in Tokyo in 2008, Amata K.K. has helped develop smartphone titles for a wide variety of world-renowned Japanese game companies over the years. With many staff having over 20 years of game industry experience, Amata has become a trusted one-stop shop for planning, developing, and operating games across a variety of platforms. While keeping the focus on game development, Amata has also begun to expand into VR, video, media, and other forms of entertainment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

TOKYO, Japan \u2013 Feb 28, 2026\u00a0\u2013 AMATA Games, the indie game publishing brand of Amata Corporation, Today, we are excited to announce that \u201cKinki Spiritual Affairs Bureau\u201d is officially coming to Nintendo Switch\u2122 2.   “Kinki Spiritual Affairs Bureau” Confirmed for Nintendo Switch\u2122 2! “Kinki Spiritual Affairs Bureau” is a Japanese-style horror TPS game where you can fight back against the spirits. Developed by indie game developer “Noto Muteki,”the Steam version was released in October 2024. In July 2025, AMATA Games brought the experience to PlayStation5 and Xbox Series X|S through its porting and publishing services. To bring this unique experience to even more players, we are excited to announce…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":2738,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[163,96,87],"class_list":["post-2920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pressrelease","tag-kinki-spiritual-affairs-bureau","tag-playstation-5","tag-xbox-series-xs"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amata.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amata.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amata.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amata.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amata.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2920"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/amata.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2920\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2922,"href":"https:\/\/amata.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2920\/revisions\/2922"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amata.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amata.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amata.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amata.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}