Overview

Third District is an abandoned town. KUMANO is a 3D exploration-led narrative adventure about seven days spent there by a boy who has lost his memory, together with his companion Nezu. There are only three things you do: walk, meet, and choose.

What you actually do

  • Walk — roam Third District freely and take in the town and the lives of the people still in it
  • Meet — pick a place and talk to the residents. What conversations and events you find shift with when you visit, what you are carrying, and what you have chosen so far
  • Choose — every choice is yes or no. Nothing more. Those small answers accumulate and slowly bend the story

There are three endings. Because the same location shows you different things depending on when you arrive and what you hold, how you walk becomes the story.

Why it is featured here

Narrowing every choice to yes or no is a good decision. Rather than manufacturing complexity through branch count, the design puts its weight on making one place wear different faces. The pixel-drawn streets carry a texture that feels remembered rather than new, and the devlog videos translate straight into the finished thing.

Who is making it

Developed and published by moly, working solo. It is their first game, and the process is posted publicly on X and YouTube. That is why it sits on this site's home page: we have been watching it get made.

Details

A 3D narrative adventure. Single-player, full controller support, DualShock support, Family Sharing. Japanese and English. It asks for Windows 10 64-bit, an Intel Core i5-6600K or AMD Ryzen 5 1600, 8GB of memory, a GeForce GTX 1060 6GB or Radeon RX 580 8GB, DirectX 12 and 10GB of storage.

Where it stands

As of writing it has not shipped; the Steam page gives 31 December 2026. If it appeals, the wishlist on its Steam page is the thing to do.