Fading Afternoon
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| Developer(s) | Yeo |
| Publisher(s) | Yeo, Indie Ark[1] |
| Engine | GameMaker[2] |
| Platform(s) | Windows, Switch |
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| Genre(s) | Beat 'em up |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Fading Afternoon is a beat 'em up developed by Yeo for Windows released on September 15, 2023. A Nintendo Switch version was released on June 6, 2024.
It is the third game by Yeo after The Friends of Ringo Ishikawa (2018) and Arrest of a Stone Buddha (2020), which used similar themes and aesthetics.[3][1]
Fading Afternoon is a scrolling beat 'em up that takes place in Osaka, Japan, where the player assumes the role of Seiji Maruyama, a yakuza member who has just been released from prison. Maruyama has a terminal illness that reduces the player's maximum health constantly and serves as a time limit to the game. The player has to decide how to spend Maruyama's remaining time between fighting thugs to take over gang territory and various life sim-type activities.[4][1]
Release
The game was announced in July 2021 for a 2022 release.[5] In September 2021, the game announced for release in September 2022 for the PC and Switch.[6] The PC version was eventually released on September 15, 2023, and the Switch version on June 6, 2024.[7][4] Shortly after release of the Switch version, the game was removed from the Japanese Nintendo eShop.[8] As a result, the casino minigames were announced to be removed from the Switch version worldwide.[9]