RideonJapan has released an overview trailer and opened the official website for blackjack RPG Brave x Junction.
The game will also exhibit at Tokyo Game Show 2025, which will run from September 25 to 28 at Makuhari Messe in Chiba, Japan. It will be playable at the Indie Game Corner booth.
Here is an overview of the game, via its Steam page:
About
Brave x Junction is an RPG where you battle monsters in a back-and-forth contest of blackjack, the playing card game familiar to many.
Defeat the monsters and delve dungeons. A fun tale of adventure all while being simple to play.
Key Features
- Blackjack Style Turn-Based Battle System
- Battles are a one-on-one turn-based system.
- Who has the closest number to 21 in their hand? They deal an attack to the opponent!
- Three distinctive playable characters make an appearance: The Fighter, with a head on battle-like creed; the Thief, unrivaled in sensing danger and thwarting it; and the Magician, who employs trickery at will!
- Leave your strategy to chance? Entrap the enemy with trickery? The way you enjoy is up to you, the player.
- Diverse Array of Monsters
- Slimes, orcs, dragons, and monsters, familiar to fantasy RPGs all lurk out of the depths, one after another.
- Card hand concealing ghosts, trolls that surpass the 21-card value limit, and many more with a diverse array of skills stand in the way of the player.
- Monsters from RideonJapan’s Adventure Bar Story and Mercenaries Saga series games even make an appearance!
- Loads of Factors to Augment, Unfolding a Blackjack Victory
- Acquire boost cards as you advance the adventure, strengthening status and learning skills.
- Abilities come along with some weapons and accessories, and at the Armory & Forge in town, synthesis can allow for unbound customization.
- Combining skills with abilities? This could bring to life new tactics.
- Can you traverse the untrodden dungeons? It’s all up to you, the player!
Brave x Junction is due out for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Switch, and PC via Steam in 2025.
Watch the trailer below.