Crymelight, the third game in FuRyu's Cry series, drops the action RPG format of Crystar and Crymachina for a roguelike set in a dark version of Alice in Wonderland. It launches November 4 on PS5, Switch 2, and PC.
FuRyu calls the Cry games "dark bishoujo action": stories about young girls fighting through grim fantasy worlds. Crymelight is set after the first two games and follows a girl named Alice, who wakes up in Wonderland, a prison for the souls of the dead, with no memory of who she was. Only whoever defeats the Queen is set free.
In a roguelike, every attempt is a run. Alice heads down through the layers of Purgatory, and if a run fails, she gets sent back and loses the skill cards she collected. Between runs she returns to the Tea Party, a safe haven where she talks with the other girls trapped in the same deadly game, including a mysterious girl named Mary.
Interest ahead of launch
FuRyu announced in August that Crymelight had passed 60,000 wishlists on Steam. A free Steam demo went live at the end of July and was supposed to end on August 9. According to Automaton, FuRyu kept it running because of player demand, and it is still available on the Steam store page.
The standard edition costs $19.99 (19.99€). Voice acting is Japanese only, with English text and subtitles.
