Ready to take on an era-defying detective crime and suspense story? Watch out for The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story Release Date.

The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story Release Date: May 12, 2022

The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story will be coming out on the Nintendo Switch, PC, PS4, and PS5. The game isn't exactly promoted as a Sony exclusive, so we might still get this game on Xbox consoles and as part of the Xbox Game Pass eventually, fingers crossed!

A story of life and death, The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story is a crime drama that spans three generations, with all of the cases related to each other. This unique adventure mystery game will take players through three different eras in history in a single murder mystery case. All of the game's scenes are told with beautiful but thrilling live-action scenes directed by Koichiro Ito, and with Yasuhito Tachibana as the Cinematographer and Scenario Director.

The game's Steam page says about The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story:

The player follows a chain of murders which take place over the span of a century. Four murders have been committed in three different time periods – 1922, 1972, and 2022. Each episode is comprised of three parts, the Incident phase, the Reasoning phase, and the Solution phase, inviting the player to seamlessly enter into this world of mystery. Explore these time periods, collect multiple clues, and solve a 100-year mystery.

The story follows the Shijima Family. The family has suffered a chain of inexplicable deaths over the past century.  Mystery Novelist Haruka Kagami visits the Shiijmas and finds herself taking on four different murder cases – occurring at different points in time.

Each murder comprises three parts:

  • The Incident phase: See the entire murder as it unfolds, from start to end. The keys needed to solve the mysteries surrounding the murder can always be found in the video itself.
  • The Reasoning phase: Put together the [Clues] and [Mysteries] found during the Incident phase and create a hypothesis in your cognitive space. You can create multiple hypotheses, but not all of them will be correct. Some things you uncover may lead you down the wrong path.
  • The Solution phase: Pin down the killer based on the hypothesis you created in the Reasoning phase. Select the correct hypothesis to determine the killer. When facing a trickier culprit, they may attempt to refute your claims, so strike back with your reasoning!

Pre-Order Offer:

Players who pre-order the game on Steam will also get two bonus content:

  • Mini-Soundtrack: Featuring 12 tracks selected from the music used in The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story.
    Enjoy listening to the music, produced by Yuki Hayashi, whenever you like!
    Composers: Yuki Hayashi, Daiki Okuno, Ryoshi Takagi, Shuichiro Fukuhiro, Shogo Yamashiro
  • Bonus Film: Interviews with the main cast and guest stars, capturing the on-set environment as it really was!
    Supported Languages
    Voices: Japanese
    Subtitles: Japanese, English, French, Italy, German, Spanish, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, and Korean.

If you're interested in getting these companion bonus content, then make sure to purchase the game before The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story release date on May 12, 2022. It's not yet known if these bundled content will still be available to purchase as DLC after launch.

For more of this month's releases, check out our article on the Top 10 New Games of May 2022.