Promise Mascot Agency News

I played 2025's weirdest RPG, and ended up in a hot tub with a living tofu

Promise Mascot Agency is a game that looks to answer the age-old yet timely question: If I were a disgraced, presumed dead ex-Yakuza banished to a run-down town full of living cartoon mascots, how would I run my events business out of a repurposed love hotel? It's a question that has, of course, plagued many of us for years, and finally one game may just hold the answer.

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Meet Kabaya King!

🎨Designed by: Ikumi Nakamura and Mai Mattori
🎨Rendered by: Inko Ai Takita
🎨3D by: Pav Plaha

An eel mascot going through a bit of an existential crisis. Previously employed to promote unagi bowls, but he doesn’t want to do this anymore due to the endangerment of Japanese eels, we love a sustainable king!

He now passionately advocates for respecting all the living creatures that we eat and conservation in general.

All of his favourite things begin with the letter ‘U’, maybe linked to the fact that during summer in Japan, some people like to eat food that begins with ‘u’ in the belief that it helps with the heat.

Developer notes:
Kabaya King is one of my favourite mascot designs in the game, visually. He's cute in some regards but his abdomen is horrifying.
Oli Clarke Smith, Game Director

Meet Neko Roll！

🎨Designed by: Ikumi Nakamura + Mai Mattori
🎨Rendered by: Inko Ai Takita
🎨3D by: Pav Plaha

Neko Roll got damn sick of doing tea ceremonies for tourists in Kyoto and came to Kaso-Machi for a fresh start. While she visually presents as a traditional cutesy mascot, she wants to rebel against being type-cast and limited by her looks. There is more to her than being cute you know!

Neko Roll wants to do fun events and not be limited by the mascot industry in Kyoto. She also wants to save up enough money to buy a tea farm and Kaso-Machi has an abandoned farm that would be perfect.

Cats seem to be drawn to this town as it almost exists in a kind of spiritual limbo. Whenever something spooky is happening, you can bet there’ll be a cat nearby. Meow.

Developer notes:
Neko Roll is such a sweetheart. When we got the concept back there was a note attached to it, saying “she meows when you poke the sponge part” and we thought that was so cute. Sometimes mascots just need to be cute.

Rachel Noy, Art Director

Promise Mascot Agency releases April 10 and is "Steam Deck Ready" with a demo up

Promise Mascot Agency from Kaizen Game Works is confirmed for launch on April 10th, and the good news for Steam Deck / Linux players is that it should work great with the developer noting it's "Steam Deck Ready".

Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/promise-mascot-agency-releases-april-10-and-is-steam-deck-ready-with-a-demo-up/

Steam Deck Ready

We play Promise Mascot Agency on Steam Deck a lot, and we're happy to report that it works wonderfully!

It works without any tuning as we detect you're running on Deck and automatically set the graphics options to what we've found give the best results for visual fidelity, frame rate and battery life. A suite of graphics options are included for you to tweak as well.

Some of us play handheld, and some docked with Bluetooth controllers. It rules!

Thank you for all of your support and interest in the game!