OFF, a freeware RPG built in RPG Maker 2003 and originally released for PC on May 14, 2008, will launch for Switch and PC via Steam on August 15, publisher Fangamer and developer Mortis Ghost announced. A physical edition will be available for Switch via the Fangamer store in Q4 2025.
A demo, OFF Prologue, is currently available for PC via Steam. Featuring up to an hour of gameplay, it acts as a prologue to the game and puts the player in control over the Batter at the very start of the game. It ends with the fight against Dedan, the first boss of the game. Progress made in the demo will be carried over to the full game when it launches.
Here is an overview of the game, via its Steam page:
About
“I’m the Batter. I’ve been entrusted with a sacred mission.”
One of the most influential RPGs of the last 20 years is finally coming to Steam. Take control of the Batter as he seeks to purify an uncanny and hopeless world haunted by specters, guided by a cryptic, grinning cat called The Judge.
Allow Me to Confess That I Find You Quite Tangible for a Phantasmagorical Being
I must say, this is really quite strange. You are the first living being I have ever met in this place. Nevertheless, I will introduce myself. I am the Judge.
The Batter Has a Sacred Mission to Fulfill
He seeks to purify the world. You, then, the controller, the soul that he harbors, must aid him in this laudable task. Alongside my sportive companion you will find it necessary to solve puzzles, rain blows upon certain hostile individuals of our wild zones, and oversee the headways and logistics of a network of swan boats and interurban locomotives.
I, Too, Travel Widely Among the Zones of This World
Open your wings and fly toward the zones ahead without hesitation! All of them are filled with strange and enchanting beings as well as every modern convenience. All of them appear, it must be said, to require the beneficent application of our friend the Batter’s muscular wrist. Do not worry, my dear phantasm—I, the Judge, will be with you (in spirit and body) at all the most crucial moments of your quest.
I’m Going to Cut That Insufferable Smile Right Out of Your Face
How dare you talk to me? Why have you decided to be such a pain in my ass? The Queen chose me to protect Zone 1, and I’ve dedicated my whole life to it.
Listen. Get out of here, and take those ghosts with you, or I am going to kill you. I hope that’s clear enough.
Watch a new trailer below.