The name "Anchor" refers to two distinct works: a multiplayer underwater survival game scheduled for a 2027 PC release via Steam, and a manga by Kan Takahama titled Anchoring Dutchman, which launched in May 2026 on the Torch web platform. The two are unrelated.
Two different works share the name "Anchor" in Yomimono's coverage, and they are not connected. The first is a multiplayer underwater survival game featured in Game Spark's weekly indie picks for late May 2026. It is set in a 16-square-kilometer ocean world and supports up to 150 players who build bases, craft gear, and fight sharks, enemy AI, and other players. A sandbox mode for solo or cooperative play is also planned. The game is scheduled for a 2027 PC release via Steam with Japanese support.
The second work is a manga by Kan Takahama titled Anchoring Dutchman, which launched on May 25, 2026. It is a collaboration with Nagasaki's Huis Ten Bosch theme park. The story, set in 2036, follows a romance between a museum curator and a ghost. The first chapter was published on LEED Publishing's Torch web platform. The manga continues Takahama's pattern of Nagasaki-set historical fiction, following her award-winning series Ōgishima Saijiki.
The two works share a name but are separate projects with different creators, formats, and release timelines. No further connections between them are established in the available stories.
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Jun 24
aNCHOR opened the Steam store page for Muv-Luv: Tactics - Karidasa's Nightmare on June 24, 2026. The game is a single-player tactical simulation RPG that inherits the spirit of the Muv-Luv Alternative series while pursuing pure fun as a game. Players lead a United Nations platoon against the BETA, humanity's alien enemy, in turn-based battles. The game consists of three phases: Sortie, Battle, and Dramatic. No prior knowledge of the Muv-Luv series is required. Alongside the store page, an official Discord server launched, and a new promotional video was released on the Muv-Luv YouTube channel. The official website is scheduled to open soon. Release is planned for 2027 on PC via Steam. The game was first announced in August 2024 under the working title MUV-LUV TACTICS. A crowdfunding campaign in November 2024 fell short of its goal but raised over 38 million yen from 1,523 backers. A backer-exclusive early download version was distributed in September 2025. Development is handled by fuzz, with game design supervision by Toshiro Tsuchida, plot and general supervision by Kouki Yoshimune, and military research and series composition by Takaaki Suzuki.
May 31
Game Spark published its weekly indie game recommendations for the last week of May 2026, featuring three titles. The lead entry is "Anchor," an underwater survival game set in a 16-square-kilometer ocean world. It supports up to 150 players in multiplayer, who build bases, craft gear, and fight sharks, enemy AI, and other players. A sandbox mode for solo or cooperative play is also planned. The second title is "Stalker no Naka no Shitai tte Ikura?" (How Much Is a Corpse in a Stalker?), a short visual novel by Renka, released May 28. Its store page deliberately avoids suspenseful language, calling itself an "ordinary story." The third game is "Steel Artery: Train City Builder," a colony simulation set on a giant train. Players manage space, resources, and relationships among humans, elves, and orcs, whose fully autonomous AI makes independent decisions about work and living. "Anchor" is scheduled for a 2027 PC release via Steam, with Japanese support. "Steel Artery" launched May 16 on Steam for 1,499 yen, also with Japanese support.
May 25
Kan Takahama has launched a new manga titled Anchoring Dutchman, a collaboration with Nagasaki's Huis Ten Bosch theme park. The series, set in 2036, follows a romance between a museum curator and a ghost. The first chapter is now available on LEED Publishing's Torch web platform.