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2024 · Onion Games · Adventure · Indie

Stray Children

Nintendo console exclusive

“The Olders, they come to eat the Children…” All of the adults have become monsters, the rumors say. Nowhere is safe outside these walls. Welcome to Stray Children — a bittersweet, fairy tale RPG, created by many of the same people behind beloved cult-classics like Chulip, Little King’s Story, Rule of Rose, Super Mario RPG, and, of course, Moon: Remix RPG Adventure.

Released: 26 December 2024
Platforms: Nintendo Switch Windows
Genres: Adventure Indie Role-playing
Developers: Onion Games
Publishers: Onion Games
Perspective: Bird view / Isometric
Themes: Action Fantasy
Country: Japan
Age ratings: PEGI 3 ESRB E10+
Languages: English, Japanese
Time to beat: 10hmain story33hcompletionist

About

Stray Children is a role-playing video game developed by Onion Games, a games company formed by members of Love-de-Lic. It was released in Japan on December 26, 2024, and October 30, 2025, worldwide. The game begins with a child being sucked into a television set into a world inhabited with children that have put up a wall to protect themselves from "Olders", adults that have become monstrous because of their inadequacies and personal issues.

›Story

One day, a young boy is sucked into a TV set and awakens to find himself in a land made up entirely of children.

So begins the boy’s adventures in this strange and dangerous wonderland.

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Development

The game makes several references to Moon: Remix RPG Adventure, released in 1997 by Love-de-Lic. It has been compared to Undertale, in part due to its gameplay involving battles with both bullet hell mechanics and the ability to talk to opponents to break through their defences. Developer Yoshiro Kimura has stated that Undertale was an influence on Stray Children.

Stray Children was revealed in a Nintendo Direct on September 14, 2023, where the game's Japanese release date was announced for the coming winter. An English release was teased but no release date was given at the time. It released on Nintendo Switch in Japan on December 26, 2024. The worldwide release on Switch and through Steam occurred on October 30, 2025.