ICONOLOGY is announced for PC via Steam and Nintendo Switch (including Switch Lite), with no release date or price set. It is the first title from Idea Factory's newly established IFChronicle brand.
Idea Factory established a new brand, IFChronicle, announced on September 30, 2026, and positioned it as a global label for conversation-based adventure games rather than a domestic one. Its first title is ICONOLOGY, a crime suspense adventure game for Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch Lite, and PC via Steam, announced on the same date. The brand sits alongside Idea Factory's existing Otomate and Compile Heart imprints, and the initial reveal framed IFChronicle as carrying English and Chinese language support from the start.
The game follows Haruho Tsubakiya, an art university student who is scouted by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's Advanced Technology Investigation Division, nicknamed Sentoka. She reads suspects' minds as paintings using a device called the White Cube, extracting images from a suspect's brain to work unsolved cases with a partner. Makoto Fukami writes the scenario, Tota handles character design, and Asami Saito is the director. Fukami's credits in the first stories include the PSYCHO-PASS anime series and the Resident Evil: Vendetta and Resident Evil: Death Island films, while the later story credits the character designer with Fate/Grand Order and Charade Maniacs.
Release date and price remain undecided in both stories. The second story adds that a manga serialization begins October 14 in Ichijinsha's comic HOWL, giving ICONOLOGY a print companion alongside the game announcement. The two stories do not contradict each other on any major point; the later one adds the manga date and the PSYCHO-PASS screenwriter credit, while both agree on the platform lineup, the premise, and the absence of a release window.
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Oct 5
Idea Factory's new adventure-game brand IFChronicle announced ICONOLOGY on September 30 for PC via Steam, Nintendo Switch, and Nintendo Switch Lite. The crime suspense ADV casts an art university student, Haruho Tsubakiya, who is scouted by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's Advanced Technology Investigation Division to read suspects' minds as paintings. Makoto Fukami writes the scenario and Tota designs characters. A manga serialization begins October 14 in Ichijinsha's comic HOWL.
Oct 3
Idea Factory announced on September 30, 2026 that it has established a new brand, IFChronicle, which is focused on conversation-based adventure games and is planned as a global label rather than a domestic one. The first title from the brand is ICONOLOGY, a crime suspense adventure game for Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch Lite, and PC via Steam. Character design is by Teita, whose credits include Fate/Grand Order and Charade Maniacs, and the scenario is by Makoto Fukami, who has written for the PSYCHO-PASS anime series and the Resident Evil: Vendetta and Resident Evil: Death Island films. Director is Asami Saito. The protagonist, art university student Haruho Tsubakiya, is scouted by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's Advanced Technology Investigation Division, nicknamed Sentoka. She uses a device called the White Cube, which extracts images from a suspect's brain as paintings, to work unsolved cases with a partner. Release date and price are undecided.