Sushi Shogi Steam Page Opens, Demo Released
Today's Special! opened the Steam store page for Sushi Shogi on September 7, 2026, with a demo now available. The PC game is planned for release in March 2027 and supports 20 languages including Japanese. Sushi Shogi is a variant of shogi where pieces are sushi, each with a price. Capturing an opponent's sushi requires paying for it out of your own funds. The game has two rule sets: Modern includes money, tries, and tea passes at 200 yen, while Classic has no money and simpler rules. Victory in Modern comes from capturing the opponent's Otoro, promoting your Otoro, reducing funds to zero, or winning a money tiebreak after three passes. Sushi pieces move differently, such as Ebi moving diagonally like a bishop and Ika moving like a rook. The game originated as a free Unityroom release by circle SurFun in August, and was exhibited at Tokyo Game Dungeon 13. Single-player includes a puzzle mode and CPU battles at three difficulties. Local and online versus play with Steam friends are planned.