Ikemen Big Bang Launches on Steam November 12 With 11 Endings and a Switch Version Planned

Ikemen Big Bang: A Dating Game About Potentially Hot Guys now has a firm launch date. Mikimaki will release the expanded otome visual novel on Steam on November 12, 2026, featuring additional scenarios, more event scenes and multiple language options.

Known in Japan as イケ勘 - イケメンになるかどうか勘で付き合うゲーム -, the game is also coming to Nintendo Switch. The console edition does not yet have a release date, while the Steam version already has a demo and wishlist page available.

Quick Summary

• Global title: Ikemen Big Bang: A Dating Game About Potentially Hot Guys
• Japanese title: イケ勘 - イケメンになるかどうか勘で付き合うゲーム -
• Romanization: Ikekan: Ikemen ni Naru ka Douka Kan de Tsukiau Game
• Developer: Mikimaki
• Publisher: Mikimaki
• Developer genre description: boyfriend appearance-choice conflict ADV
• Steam genre: Adventure
• Steam genre: Casual
• Steam genre: Indie
• Format: otome visual novel / rom-com ADV
• Mode: single-player
• Steam release: November 12, 2026
• Nintendo Switch: confirmed
• Switch release date: unannounced
• Japanese price: 580 yen including tax
• Steam App ID: 4593380
• Steam demo: available
• Original free version: released April 25, 2026
• Free-version platforms: browser
• Free-version platforms: PC
• Free-version platforms: smartphone
• Developer milestone claim: free version surpassed 30,000 downloads
• Full version: expands the free release
• Full version: adds episodes
• Full version: adds event scenes
• Full version: adds illustrations / CGs
• Steam playtime estimate: 2.5 hours
• Steam ending count: 11
• Free version: approximately one hour
• Free version: seven endings
• Voice acting: fully voiced except protagonist
• Full audio: Japanese
• UI/subtitles: Japanese
• UI/subtitles: English
• UI/subtitles: Simplified Chinese
• UI/subtitles: Korean
• PC controls: mouse
• PC controls: keyboard
• Protagonist: Yuni Nanahashi / 七橋由仁
• Protagonist name: changeable
• Protagonist starting age: 19
• Story context: approaching her 20th birthday
• Protagonist role: helps at her parents' cafe
• Story trigger: her pet chinchilla suddenly speaks
• Chinchilla: Chintaro
• Chintaro's advice: date a customer she has just met
• Central concept: trial relationship
• Main system: choose whether a love interest becomes hotter or stays as he is
• Ending appearance: player's selected character design can remain through the ending
• Love interest: Sasuke Hirokawa
• Love interest: Kagetora Inokuma
• Love interest: Retsu Anzai
• Sasuke: college student
• Sasuke: talented illustrator
• Sasuke online name: Fatigue Fracture
• Kagetora: fashion-school student
• Kagetora: enjoys wearing clothes he designs himself
• Retsu: younger than the protagonist
• Retsu: aspiring pastry chef
• Retsu nickname: Re-kun
• Sasuke Hirokawa CV: Seiya Yamamoto
• Kagetora Inokuma CV: Hayato Dojima
• Retsu Anzai CV: Eon Morita
• Chintaro CV: Seiji Maeda
• Additional voice cast: Daisuke Ogawa
• Additional voice cast: Momoko Karai
• Additional voice cast: Rion Tsukishiro
• Additional voice cast: Kantaro Hayashi
• Additional voice cast: Saya Fukuzumi
• Additional voice cast: Atsuko Ota
• Additional voice cast: Kohei Kida
• Additional voice cast: Miki Nitto
• Scenario: Mikimaki
• Illustrations: Mikimaki
• Planning / production: Mikimaki
• Key visual design: pyasso
• Title logo design: pyasso
• Previous Mikimaki otome title: Can I Not Fall for Idols?
• Current status: unreleased on Steam and available to wishlist

PV, Steam, and Ikemen Big Bang Visuals

The Expanded Version Arrives November 12

The original free release offered roughly one hour of content and seven endings. Steam expands that package to approximately 2.5 hours and 11 endings, alongside additional scenarios and event scenes.

Mikimaki has set the Japanese price at 580 yen. English, Simplified Chinese and Korean text support also gives the commercial edition a much wider audience than the original release.

Make Them Hot—or Leave Them Exactly the Same

Ikemen Big Bang's defining system goes beyond selecting a romance route. Players can also choose whether the love interest receives an “ikemen” transformation or keeps his original appearance.

That selected look can remain through the ending, turning character appearance into an actual player decision rather than an automatic makeover.

It All Starts With a Talking Chinchilla

Yuni spends her days helping at the cafe run by her parents. Around her 20th birthday, her pet chinchilla Chintaro suddenly begins talking and suggests that she start dating a customer she has only just met.

The resulting routes introduce three primary candidates: illustrator Sasuke Hirokawa, fashion student Kagetora Inokuma and aspiring pastry chef Retsu Anzai.

Nintendo Switch Version to Follow

Mikimaki has also confirmed a Nintendo Switch edition based on the expanded release.

No launch date has been given for the console version, making Steam the only platform currently locked to November 12.

Why This Matters

1) Character appearance is an actual choice

The “ikemen” transformation is something players can accept or reject rather than a mandatory story outcome.

2) The commercial version significantly expands the free game

The ending count rises from seven to 11 and estimated playtime grows to roughly 2.5 hours.

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3) It launches with wider language support

Japanese, English, Simplified Chinese and Korean interface/subtitle options are listed for the Steam release.

Ikemen Big Bang Game Information

For now, the additional important information currently known includes:

• the official Steam global title is Ikemen Big Bang: A Dating Game About Potentially Hot Guys
• the Japanese title is 『イケ勘 - イケメンになるかどうか勘で付き合うゲーム -』
• “イケ勘” is used as the shortened Japanese title
• the full version is developed and published by Mikimaki
• the Steam version launches November 12, 2026
• the date was announced on October 10
• the official Japanese price is 580 yen including tax
• a Nintendo Switch version has also been announced
• the Switch release date remains unannounced
• Steam App ID is 4593380
• a demo is available through Steam
• the original free version launched April 25, 2026
• the free version is distributed through Novel Game Collection
• the original release can be played through a browser
• a Windows version of the free release is also provided
• Mikimaki says the free release passed 30,000 downloads
• the free version contains approximately seven endings
• its estimated total playtime is around one hour
• an individual free-version run is estimated at roughly 15 minutes
• the expanded version contains 11 endings
• estimated full-version playtime is around 2.5 hours
• additional episodes are included
• CGs and event scenes have been expanded
• players can select the final appearance of their chosen character
• endings can be experienced with the character design selected by the player
• the game is a romantic-comedy otome ADV
• every character except the protagonist is voiced
• Japanese is the full-audio language
• English supports interface and subtitles
• Simplified Chinese supports interface and subtitles
• Korean supports interface and subtitles
• Japanese supports interface, audio and subtitles
• PC controls use mouse and keyboard
• Steam lists Windows 10 64-bit as the minimum OS
• minimum processor is listed as 1.5 GHz or better
• minimum memory is listed as 1 GB
• minimum storage is listed as 500 MB
• recommended OS is Windows 10 / 11 64-bit
• recommended processor is 2.4 GHz or better
• recommended memory is 2 GB
• recommended storage is 1 GB
• Sasuke Hirokawa is a college student and illustrator
• Sasuke works online under the name Fatigue Fracture
• he regularly visits the cafe to draw
• Sasuke is voiced by Seiya Yamamoto
• Kagetora Inokuma is 20 years old
• Kagetora is 170 cm tall
• he attends a fashion school near the cafe
• Kagetora enjoys wearing clothes he designs himself
• Kagetora is voiced by Hayato Dojima
• Retsu Anzai hopes to become a pastry chef
• Retsu visits the cafe to research sweets and desserts
• he respects the protagonist's pastry-chef father
• Retsu is 148 cm tall
• his age remains secret
• Retsu is voiced by Eon Morita
• Chintaro is the protagonist's pet chinchilla
• Chintaro begins talking around her 20th birthday
• Chintaro is voiced by Seiji Maeda
• the protagonist's default name is Yuni Nanahashi
• her name can be changed
• the protagonist is unvoiced
• she is a college student helping at her family's cafe
• Mikimaki handles the scenario and illustrations
• pyasso designed the key visual and title logo
• Mikimaki previously created Can I Not Fall for Idols?
• official information is available through the Official Website
• creator updates are available through Official X
• the PV is available through the Official PV
• the full version is listed on Steam
• the free version remains available through Novel Game Collection

Closing

Ikemen Big Bang now has a clear launch date for its expanded edition: November 12 on Steam, with 11 endings, additional story content and four supported interface/subtitle languages.

A Nintendo Switch release is also on the way, although Mikimaki has not yet announced when that version will launch.