Square Enix's remaster of Torneko's Great Adventure: Mystery Dungeon is out and drew Mixed Steam reviews over controls and pacing, while the surprise launch appears to have lifted player counts in Spike Chunsoft's Furai no Shiren 6 on Steam.
Square Enix released Dragon Quest Characters: Torneko no Daibouken: Fushigi no Dungeon - A Little Nice Remaster on September 10, 2026. The 1993 Super Famicom original put the Dragon Quest IV merchant Torneko in the lead role and sold itself on the slogan "an RPG you can play 1,000 times," with dungeons that rearrange each run and odds that make clearing them hard to repeat. The remaster keeps that structure and adds 16:9 support, HD-2D-style visuals, balance adjustments, and an at-your-feet item function.
The launch was not clean with players. By 12:40 PM on release day, Steam reviews sat at Mixed, with controls and pacing as the recurring complaints. The criticism lands on ground the original helped define for gamepad play in Japanese roguelikes. The remaster is available on PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch, Switch 2, iOS, and Android.
Commercially, the remaster arrived without a long runway. It was announced at a Nintendo Direct roughly two weeks before release and entered ASCII.jp's 182nd weekly Steam sales ranking at eighth, in a week where a new Overwatch season put that game first, WARDOGS second, and Apex Legends third. The week's other new entry, the Touhou bullet-hell shooter Touhou Koumakyou: New Classic, placed sixth.
The release also coincided with a spike in the wider roguelike line. Furai no Shiren 6 peaked at 1,552 concurrent Steam players on September 21, an all-time high above the 1,492 recorded shortly after its own release. A 50% off sale through September 18 and the remaster's September 9 launch are cited as the likely drivers.
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Square Enix released "Torneko's Great Adventure: Mystery Dungeon: A Little Nice Remaster" on September 10, 2026, a remastered version of the 1993 Super Famicom title. The original cast the Dragon Quest IV merchant Torneko as its protagonist and used the catchphrase "an RPG you can play 1,000 times," built on dungeons whose shape differs each play and odds that make clearing them consistently hard.
Furai no Shiren 6 peaked at 1,552 concurrent Steam players on September 21, an all-time high for the game and above the 1,492 recorded shortly after release. A 50% off sale through September 18 and the September 9 surprise launch of Torneko's Great Adventure Remaster appear to have driven the increase. The remaster shipped for Nintendo Switch 2, Switch, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC, iOS, and Android.
Overwatch took first place in the 182nd edition of ASCII.jp's weekly Steam sales ranking after Blizzard Entertainment began a new season, with WARDOGS second and Apex Legends third. Among new entries, the Touhou bullet-hell shooter Touhou Koumakyou: New Classic placed sixth and Square Enix's Torneko's Great Adventure: Mystery Dungeon remaster placed eighth, two weeks after the remaster was announced at a Nintendo Direct.
Square Enix released Dragon Quest Characters: Torneko no Daibouken: Fushigi no Dungeon - A Little Nice Remaster on September 10, 2026. As of 12:40 PM that day, Steam reviews are Mixed, with players pointing to poor controls and pacing. The remaster adds 16:9 support, HD-2D-style visuals, balance adjustments, and an at-your-feet item function. It is available on PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch, Switch 2, iOS, and Android.