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Koro-san's Home WAN! Derby, a hololive fan-made action game on Steam, received a free update in August 2026 adding Kuma-rin's Home WAN! Derby Mode, new magic pitches, pitchers, arranged BGM, and an RTA ranking function. A 20 percent discount sale ran from August 8 to August 17, 2026.
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Koro-san's Home WAN! Derby is a hololive fan-made action game available on Steam, developed by CCMC Co., Ltd. The game's first year saw a free update announced on August 12, 2026, which introduced Kuma-rin's Home WAN! Derby Mode, letting players control Houshou Marine's mascot Houshou Kuma-rin. The update also added new magic pitches, pitchers, arranged BGM, and an RTA ranking function for competitive play.
The update was accompanied by a timed discount, with the game priced 20 percent off from August 8 to August 17, 2026, a promotional push during its first year on the platform. The announcement frames the game as a fan-made project tied to the hololive talent Koro-san, though the specific details of the base game's content beyond the update are not covered in the provided stories.
Coverage of the game is limited to this single update announcement. No other stories in the cluster address the game's development history, sales figures, or reception. The dossier reflects only what the announcement states: the update's features, the sale window, and the game's platform and developer.
Key facts
- Developer
- CCMC Co., Ltd. ↗
- Update content
- Added Kuma-rin's Home WAN! Derby Mode, new magic pitches, pitchers, arranged BGM, and an RTA ranking function ↗
- Sale window
- 20 percent off from August 8 to August 17, 2026 ↗
- Fan-made status
- Described as a hololive fan-made action game ↗
Timeline
- Aug 18, 2026 2026 Summer Anime ED Theme Poll: Sequels and Second Cours Lead
- Aug 18, 2026 I Want to Love You Until I Die Episode 7 Preview Teases Seiran's Combat Test
- Aug 16, 2026 Ena Hamabe Wants Dark Anime to Leave Viewers Ready for Tomorrow
- Aug 16, 2026 Bocchi the Rock! Collab Event Starts in Legend of Staff and Sword
- Aug 15, 2026 A Tiny Wander Demo Serves Coffee and Mystery in the Forest of No Return
- Aug 14, 2026 Episode 6 of I Want to Love You Till Your Dying Day Tests the Limits of Its Vagueness
- Aug 14, 2026 North American Anime, Manga Releases for August 9-15
- Aug 14, 2026 Samuwan Herutsu Gets a Push in Amazon Manga Weekend Festival School Special
- Aug 14, 2026 Yowaki MAX Reijo Anime Casts Shizuka Ishigami as Young Rufus
- Aug 14, 2026 This Week in Anime: Toxic Yuri Is a Matter of Perspective
- Aug 12, 2026 Koro-san's Home WAN! Derby Free Update Adds Kuma-rin Mode and RTA Rankings
- Aug 11, 2026 I Want to Love You Until I Die Episode 5 Preview, Posters Released
- Aug 8, 2026 Identity V Okinawaneo Collab Goods Go on Sale August 8
- Aug 7, 2026 A Tiny Wander Demo Released on Steam
- Aug 7, 2026 This Monster Wants to Eat Me Producer Talks Early Production and Ehime Collab
- Aug 6, 2026 I Want to Love You Till Your Dying Day Episode 5 Review: War's Weight
- Aug 6, 2026 Seven Seas Licenses 7 New Manga Series
- Aug 5, 2026 I Want to Love You Till Your Dying Day Episode 4 Builds Unease Around Mimi
- Aug 5, 2026 Live-Action Wandance Film Trailer Reveals &TEAM Theme Song
- Aug 5, 2026 Baki Gaiden Retsu Kaioh Spinoff Manga Gets Stage Play in March 2027
- Aug 5, 2026 The Faceless Mercenary Wants to Settle Down Light Novels Get Manga Adaptation
- Jul 27, 2026 Though I Am an Inept Villainess English Dub Cast Announced, July 26 Debut
- Jul 27, 2026 I Want to Love You Till Your Dying Day Episodes 1-3 Reviewed
- Jul 25, 2026 Final Fantasy XIV: Silver Wanderer Reveals New Job Bastion and Systems at Berlin Fan Fest
- Jul 22, 2026 Live-Action Wandance Film Adds 4 New Cast Members
- Jul 20, 2026 Live-Action Wandance Film Casts Anji Ikehata as Wanda
- Jul 17, 2026 Momotaro Dentetsu, Etrian Odyssey, More Hit 3,278 Yen in Geo Sale
- Jul 16, 2026 Crunchyroll Reveals English Dub Casts for Four Anime Series
- Jul 15, 2026 Mercedes and the Waning Moon Anime Reveals Cast, Staff, January 2027 Debut
- Jul 14, 2026 Hanaori-san Still Wants to Fight in the Next Life Premiere Finds Charm in a Tricky Premise
Synthesized by Yomimono from the cited Yomimono stories below, each itself
sourced, then editorially reviewed. Every
fact links the story it came from.
Facts
- Release
- game · 2026-08-12 · 2026-08-12
- Announced
- free update adding Kuma-rin's Home WAN! Derby Mode, new magic pitches, pitchers, arranged BGM, and an RTA ranking function · 2026-08-12
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