Artdink has announced ARTDINK GAME LOG, a project to port and re-release games previously developed by Artdink onto modern hardware. The first title, Tail of the Sun, will launch for Switch and PC via Steam on December 16 in Japan. The second title, Aquanaut’s Holiday, will follow for the same platforms in 2026. A third title will be revealed at a later date.
Here is an overview of Tail of the Sun, via its Steam page:
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The “Weird Game of the Century” released on PlayStation returns! Tail of the Sun is a simple 3D action game where you control a caveman living a wild life. Wagashi-shaped nuts, An open-world field, and avant-garde techno music… Experience a wild, pure, and simple life.
Hone Your Beastly Skills! Primitive Life 3D Action
Tail of the Sun is a simple 3D action game where you control a primitive human as their guardian spirit, living a wild life.
Released for the PlayStation in 1994, its unique worldview earned it the reputation as a “once-in-a-century oddball game.”
The protagonist of this game is a primitive human. Their daily life was driven purely by instinct.
They slept when tired, gathered fallen nuts, hunted animals to satisfy their hunger.
This game recreates that wild, simple existence.
Wagashi-shaped nuts, an open-world field, scattered objects resembling human body parts, avant-garde techno music, and a caveman who suddenly falls asleep while head-sliding…
Experience a wild, pure, and simple life that appeals to your primal instincts.
Pile Up Ivory and Grab the Sun’s Tail!
The goal is to build a tower reaching the sun by stacking “ivory” obtained from hunting mammoths.
Primitive humans have weak legs and little strength, making even hunting small prey a struggle.
However, by eating nuts scattered across the field and the meat of hunted animals, they gradually grow stronger.
With this strengthened body, take down even stronger prey and develop your settlement.
Your strength will be passed down to the next generation of primitive people.
Someday, with a resilient body and weapons, you will be able to defeat your arch-enemy, the mammoth.
What will happen when the ivory tower reaches the sun?
Witness the next form of evolution.
ARTDINK GAME LOG Series
ARTDINK GAME LOG is a project to port and re-release game titles previously developed by Artdink onto modern gaming hardware.
It serves as a record (log) of Artdink’s game development journey. By reviving past masterpieces using current technology and platforms, it delivers nostalgia and rediscovery to longtime fans, while offering an unprecedented experience to new players.
Watch the opening movie below.