Overview
- An IGN-posted trailer drew over half a million Twitter views, driving a surge of attention to the announcement.
- Players control Sam in a 2002-set open world covering a high school campus, two neighborhoods, a town center and nearby countryside.
- School-life systems include five classes with mini-games plus options to skip, take side jobs, buy gear and dodge teachers and police.
- Missions feature social rivalries including antagonist Seth, who can trigger fights if spotted during certain tasks.
- Refugium lists a Q2 2026 window on Steam for the PC version, with console releases to follow, and its prior game Greyhill Incident reviewed poorly on Metacritic.