6 platform records · PC confirmed, consoles press-corroborated
Akatori Platforms & Release Dates
Akatori launched on Windows PC via Steam on 5 August 2026. PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One follow on 12 August 2026, with a Nintendo Switch 2 release planned for 2027. Tap up to two stops on the roadmap below to compare them side by side.
What each rollout date actually covers
The PC date is the most solid of the six: Steam's own appdetails API reports 5 August 2026 as Akatori's release date for appid 1442520, matching Contrast Games' own "Akatori is out now!" post on the same day. That's a first-party confirmation from two independent Valve/Steam sources rather than a single announcement, and it's why the PC row is the only one this page marks with a plain "available" status rather than "upcoming."
The four console dates — PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, and Xbox One, all sharing 12 August 2026 — come from a different chain of evidence. Contrast Games issued its own press release announcing the multi-platform rollout, but that release lives on gamespress.com, a site that returned an HTTP 401 Unauthorized response to this page's automated research pass. Rather than guess at the console dates from secondhand summaries, this page relies on Gematsu's article syndicating that same Contrast Games press release word-for-word, which is standard practice for outlets covering embargoed publisher announcements but is still one step removed from reading the original release directly. All four console versions share a single date because Contrast Games announced them as one simultaneous rollout rather than staggering PlayStation ahead of Xbox or vice versa.
Nintendo Switch 2 is the least specific entry on the roadmap: Contrast Games has only committed to "2027" rather than a month or quarter, and that date comes from the same Gematsu-syndicated press release as the four console dates above. Compared with the exact day-level precision of the PC and 12 August console dates, the Switch 2 window marks only a year-level target on the release calendar rather than a firm ship date, and this page will update the Switch 2 row the moment Contrast Games narrows it.
Platform and release-date facts were captured from Steam's Store API and Gematsu's coverage of Contrast Games' own announcement on .
Choosing a platform
The PC version already ships with full controller support, including DualSense-specific features, so PlayStation 5 players switching platforms after buying on Steam won't lose that input option. Akatori sold well enough before launch to reach nearly 200,000 Steam wishlists, per Contrast Games' own pre-launch announcement, which is one reason the four console versions arrived only a week behind PC rather than months later — publishers tend to schedule console ports closer to a PC launch when wishlist demand and marketing momentum are already strong. If your PC doesn't meet the specs on this wiki's system requirements page, the PlayStation and Xbox versions sidestep that question entirely, since console hardware is fixed rather than variable; the tradeoff is the extra week's wait and, for Switch 2 owners, an open-ended wait until Contrast Games narrows "2027" to an actual date.
Storefronts differ slightly by platform, too: the PC version sells exclusively through Steam, the PlayStation versions through the PlayStation Store, and the Xbox versions through the Xbox Store, with the eventual Switch 2 release expected on the Nintendo eShop. None of the six records above indicate a physical retail release, so every platform Akatori reaches at launch is a digital-only purchase.