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Raging Loop

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A mist-bound village, a werewolf among the villagers, and a death you keep coming back from.

Platforms: PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
Stores: Steam
Price: Paid
Rated: Overwhelmingly Positive on Steam (96% of 11,565 reviews); Metacritic 79 (PS4, 4 critics); 4.69 of 5 on the PlayStation Store (223 ratings)
Length: about 25 hours for the main story
Players: 1
Controls: Mouse or keyboard on PC, with partial controller support.
Made by: KEMCO
Released: 2015

On PlayStation: one of the PlayStation horror games.

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What frightens Haruaki Fusaishi is stranded in Yasumizu, a remote mountain village wrapped in a mist no one can leave, just as the feast begins: a werewolf hides among the villagers and they are hunted down one by one, while he dies again and again and wakes to live it all over.
Content: violence, blood, murder, abuse, sexual themes, strong language, alcohol and tobacco.

Raging Loop is a Japanese horror visual novel by KEMCO. Haruaki Fusaishi arrives in the remote mountain village of Yasumizu as a mist closes it off and an old tradition called the feast begins: a werewolf hides among the villagers, and each day they vote on who it is. Each time Haruaki dies he loops back, and he uses what he learned to find the killers.

About Raging Loop

Raging Loop is a visual novel developed and published by KEMCO with Dwango. It first came out in Japan on phones in December 2015; Steam lists its PC release as August 23, 2017, and PQube brought the English version to PS4 and Switch in October 2019. PS5 and Xbox versions followed on August 30, 2024. It has Japanese voices and Japanese or English text. Its makers call it a psychological horror story and a tribute to Japanese folklore.

Haruaki Fusaishi, a young man, takes his motorbike down an unknown road and ends up in Yasumizu, a settlement in the mountains of Japan. A heavy mist rolls in and nobody can leave. The village holds a tradition known as the feast: among the villagers lurks the werewolf, sworn to take revenge on everyone. By night someone is killed; by day the villagers share what they know and vote on whom to hang.

It plays like the werewolf party game told as a long branching novel. You read, pick what Haruaki says and does at the key moments of each gathering, and watch the village turn on itself. A flowchart keeps every choice, so you can jump back to any scene and try another answer. Haruaki is stuck in a loop: each death sends him back to the day he arrived, and some deaths hand him a Key, a piece of knowledge that opens choices that were locked before. There are four main endings, played in order because of those locks, and many bad endings on the way. Clearing the game opens Revelation Mode, which replays the story with the other characters' inner thoughts and scenes Haruaki never sees.

The fear is in suspicion more than in shocks: a closed village, a vote that can send an innocent to the noose, and a death you remember every time. The store page warns of cruel violence, abuse, murders and sexual episodes, mostly told in text or shown indirectly; ESRB rates it Mature for blood, violence, sexual themes and strong language. HowLongToBeat puts the main story at about 25 hours. It suits readers who like long mystery visual novels, death games and Japanese folk horror.

How to play Raging Loop

Get it on Steam (Windows), PlayStation, Xbox or Switch.
Read the story and choose what Haruaki says and does as the feast unfolds.
At each day's gathering, weigh what the villagers say before the vote.
When Haruaki dies, note the Key he gains; it opens a locked choice somewhere on the flowchart.
Use the flowchart to jump back to an earlier scene and take the new path.
After the final ending, play Revelation Mode to see the characters' thoughts and the scenes you missed.

Screenshots

Raging Loop screenshot: the villagers gathered on a tatami floor while Haruaki chooses whether to reveal the guardian

Raging Loop screenshot: a hulking furred shape with red eyes in the mist beside a house at night

Raging Loop screenshot: Haruaki on his motorbike reading a map on a dark forest road

Raging Loop screenshot: Chiemi shouts at Haruaki to find a place he can lock, in front of a wooden house in red mist

Raging Loop screenshot: Haruaki tells a stern man in glasses and a green waistcoat he thinks he is hiding something

Raging Loop screenshot: Chiemi drinking canned beer at a low table while Haruaki jokes she may be a serial killer

Tips

Do not fear dying: many deaths give you a Key you need to move on.
When you are stuck, look on the flowchart for a choice a new Key has opened.
Pay attention to who says what at each gathering; it matters on later loops.

Questions

Is Raging Loop a horror game?

Yes. It is a psychological horror visual novel: a mist-bound village, killings every night, votes to hang a suspect each day, and a hero who keeps dying and looping back.

Is it like the werewolf party game?

Yes. The feast works like Werewolf: wolves hidden among the villagers kill at night, and the village votes by day to find them. Haruaki's choices at those moments shape the story.

How long is Raging Loop?

HowLongToBeat puts the main story at about 25 and a half hours, and around 42 hours for everything. Revelation Mode adds more after the end.

Does it have multiple endings?

Yes. It has four main endings, reached in order as Keys open new choices, plus many bad endings, and Revelation Mode adds two more endings and epilogues.

Is it voiced in English?

No. The voices are Japanese; the text can be read in English.