Apothecary Diaries Game Shows Gathering And Mystery Solving At TGS2026
The game is built around gathering and deduction rather than combat, matching Maomao's role as an apothecary and investigator while keeping all cases except the Poison Face Powder Incident original to the game version.
Reporting from 1 source: GAME Watch (Impress).
Hands-on gameplay for The Apothecary Diaries: The False Imperial Brother was shown at a stage event on September 20 at Tokyo Game Show 2026. The mystery adventure game, developed by Koei Tecmo Games' Gust brand and TOHO Games, lets players control Maomao to gather medicine ingredients in the mountains and solve cases like the Poison Face Powder Incident by choosing answers from options. It is scheduled for release in early 2027.
Locations shown include the rear palace, the mountains, the pleasure district, and the Rokushokan. In the mountains, players gather medicine ingredients, with clustered ingredients collected all at once and a cutscene where Maomao is pleased. A medicine mixing scene was also shown.
For the mystery-solving part, the Poison Face Powder Incident from episode 1 of the anime was demonstrated, with players deducing the truth from clues and choosing the correct answer from options. A flashback recreates the scene between Maomao and Jinshi with the line "You there, freckled girl, you're staying behind."
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 1 cited source below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.
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- GAME Watch (Impress) 「薬屋のひとりごと ～偽りの皇弟～」採取パート、謎解きパートの実機デモを公開【TGS2026】