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A dragon girl sits across from you, and a red button waits between you, and the thirteen ways this ends all come down to whether, and when, you press it.

A five-minute, click-only branching novel originally released free in October 2023 for the Unity1Week game jam's "one button" theme, by creator Indigo Ingots working with artist polaritia and composer Kazura's MUSIC, then expanded into this fully-voiced Steam edition published by Waku Waku Games, a small Tokyo-based indie publisher. Per Steam's own listing, if the dragon girl across from you moves strangely or seems about to hurt you, you press the button in front of you right away, and the execution happens immediately; whether you press it, when, and which dialogue choices you make branch the story across 13 different endings shaped by your curiosity and guilt. This edition adds full voice acting for the dragon girl Mira, additional endings with new music, stills, and character art, Steam Achievements, and a gallery mode on top of the free original. Released January 28, 2026, it is Very Positive at 89 percent over 307 reviews (274 positive, 33 negative), a paid title, not free, fully launched and not in Early Access, with no AI-generated assets; per Steam's own content descriptors it carries only a General Mature Content tag, with Steam's own notes stating it 'does not contain bleeding, violence or sexual content.' It supports Japanese, English, and Simplified and Traditional Chinese, and while about 90 of its 307 reviews, some 29.3 percent, are already in English, and it drew two pieces of Western press (AUTOMATON WEST on its 10,000-copy sales milestone, Niche Gamer on backlash over its premise), neither is a review — Kotaku's page is an auto-generated database listing, and Metacritic lists critic reviews as not yet available.

Published 2026-07-15

01First, the one feeling

02Who this is for (and who it is not)

For you

  • You want an extremely short, high-tension branching novel you can finish in about five minutes, built around a single button and the moral weight of if and when you press it, forking across 13 endings
  • You want a small, jam-scale Japanese production carried to Steam: a free October 2023 Unity1Week original by creator Indigo Ingots, expanded into a fully-voiced paid edition published by the small Tokyo indie publisher Waku Waku Games
  • You want a Very Positive title (89 percent over 307 reviews) that Western press has only talked about, not reviewed: AUTOMATON WEST and Niche Gamer both covered it as news, but no outlet has published an actual review, and only about 29 percent of its reviews are in English

Not for you

  • You want a long game or a big cast; this is a five-minute, single-scene branching novel with one other character and no combat or exploration
  • You want a story that has already been reviewed by Western outlets; per Steam's own content descriptors it carries only a General Mature Content tag and explicitly no bleeding, violence, or sexual content, but the two English-language mentions it has received are news coverage, not reviews, and it is a paid title, not free and not in Early Access, with no AI-generated assets

03The roots of this taste

89% positiveonly 307 reviews — yet almost no one has found it

5omeday Buried gem

Per Steam's own listing, if she moves strangely or seems about to hurt you, you press the button in front of you right away, and the execution happens immediately. A single playthrough runs about five minutes, played with nothing but clicks, and whether you press the button, when you press it, and which dialogue choices you make branch the story across 13 different endings shaped by your curiosity and guilt. It began life free on the Japanese game jam site unityroom in October 2023, made for the Unity1Week jam's "one button" theme by creator Indigo Ingots (script, planning, and programming) working with artist polaritia and composer Kazura's MUSIC. Steam's own developer credit lists Indigo Ingots and Starlit Chronicles Studio; whether the latter is a separate team or Indigo Ingots' own commercial-release name could not be independently confirmed, so this is stated as-is rather than guessed at. This commercial edition adds full voice acting for the dragon girl Mira (voiced by Nako Natsuki), additional endings with new music, stills, and character art, Steam Achievements, a gallery mode, and English and Chinese (Simplified and Traditional) language support on top of the free original. Published by Waku Waku Games, a small Tokyo-based indie publisher, it released January 28, 2026 and sits at Very Positive, 89 percent over 307 reviews (274 positive, 33 negative per Steam's own review API). A paid title, not free, fully launched and not in Early Access, with no AI-generated assets; per Steam's own content descriptors it carries only a General Mature Content tag, with Steam's own notes stating outright that it 'does not contain bleeding, violence or sexual content.' It supports Japanese (full audio), English, and Simplified and Traditional Chinese, and while about 90 of its 307 reviews, some 29.3 percent, are already in English, and it did draw two pieces of Western press — AUTOMATON WEST reporting it had sold over 10,000 copies, and Niche Gamer covering backlash over its execution-button premise — neither is a review: Kotaku's page for it turns out to be an auto-generated database listing with no byline, and Metacritic lists critic reviews as not yet available, so this stays a game the West has talked about without yet actually reviewing.

Give it your first pass

イツカノヨル (unityroom free original, Unity1Week 2023, no official English title) The free original

The free original this grew from: released free on unityroom in October 2023 for the Unity1Week game jam's "one button" theme, by creator Indigo Ingots working with artist polaritia and composer Kazura's MUSIC. Per its own game page, it already carries the same premise and structure — a five-minute, click-only story branching across your choice of whether and when to press the execution button in front of you. 5omeday on Steam is not a new work borrowing that DNA from outside; it is a commercial edition of this same free jam game, per Steam's own listing, adding full voice acting, extra endings, and English and Chinese language support on top of it.

Give it your first pass

04Make this gem shine

If it speaks to you, check it on Steam and give it your first pass. Your push is what makes a buried gem shine.

See it on Steam

05The bloodline of this taste