Beyond the Labyrinth

Gameplay in Beyond the Labyrinth takes place in a 3D world, with the player controlling their "character"—a group of 4 players, with the main character in control—from a first-person perspective. Exploration takes place in several maze-like areas, which are filled with monsters and items. After the introductory segment, the player is joined by a young girl, whom the player accompanies throughout the game. Although unable to use magic in battle at first, the girl is able to perform actions that the player cannot, such as moving lifts and opening special doors.

Each player's character has a health meter; any attack inflicted upon them will affect only one character at a time, rather than all at once. After the introductory segment, an independent health bar will appear for the young girl. If the main player or the girl lose all of their health, the game is over. In certain areas, the player and the female character can restore their health completely at save points.

The protagonist (and player character) is a new player of the "Beyond the Labyrinth" online RPG, which is styled as an 8-bit dungeon crawler from a first-person perspective. The player is joined by three other players—"Pokira" (ポキーラ), a polite male; "Nerikeshi" (ねりけし), a wise-cracking male; and "LiLy", a sensitive and curious female—all of whom communicate with each other via the game's chat feature. In the world of the Labyrinth, the group encounters an unnamed girl (女の子, On'nanoko) (voiced by Haruka Tomatsu), who fell into the maze-like structure by accident and is looking for a way out. The two parties decide to cooperate to escape the Labyrinth.

The game begins with the player beginning to play an online dungeon-crawling RPG titled "Beyond The Labyrinth". While playing with Pokira, Nerikeshi, and LiLy, the player's group begins to hear a voice calling out for help. Suddenly, the 8-bit game world vanishes behind static, and as a different world appears before them in its place, the players encounter a young girl, the one calling for help before, startling each other. Getting over the shock, the girl explains that she fell into the Labyrinth after leaning too far over the edge; luckily, despite the height she dropped from, she landed on top of a healing point (which acts as a save station in-game), which saved her life. Both the girl and players learn that magic is sealed inside the Labyrinth, and many dangerous creatures who use this power reside here.

The game was produced by Shingo Mukaitoge, who led development of Elebits and Dewy's Adventure on the Wii. Takayuki Suguro, director for Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria, is the game's director. The game's music was composed by Motoi Sakuraba, who has also produced music for the Star Ocean, Valkyrie Profile and Dark Souls series.

Shortly after the game's announcement, artwork of a young girl was shown, with creators saying the game would revolve around her, though she is not the player character.