Code Z Will Get Steam Release in 2025

Idea Factory International has announced a 2025 global Steam release for the Death end re;Quest: Code Z JRPG.

The announcement comes weeks ahead of the game’s western-side May 13 console launch. A gameplay trailer was also released.

Death end re;Quest: Code Z is the latest installment of the Death end re;Quest series, which started in 2018 when the original Death end re;Quest was first launched on PS4 in Japan. The game originally launched in Japan in September 2024 and differs from earlier entries by being a roguelike. The narrative premise is described as:

Step into a tale of parallel universes…

Iris was born in World DE-1, a world that mirrors Earth in the 2000s. With her birth, a series of tragic loops was set in motion, which were gradually unraveled by the efforts of Arata Mizunashi and his team.

With her goodwill restored, Iris created a copy of World DE-1 named World DE-1.5. Here, feuds gave way to friendship, each person a perfect cog in a perfect world. But a new crisis threatens the peace…

A mysterious man has entered the fray, and he leads a group of people who look identical to the world’s former heroes. Our new hero, Sayaka Hiwatari, confronts the rising chaos, where friends and foes seem impossible to distinguish.

And so the battle with another world enters a new phase…

The Compile Heart-developed title was supposed to be released on Nintendo Switch in the west as well. However, that launch was cancelled, with Idea Factory International saying that Death end re;Quest: Code Z and the also-affected Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth games did not comply with the Nintendo Guidelines.

Source: Press release