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Shoujo City Developer · Published by Shoujo City Developer · Official site ↗
Mostly Positive — 72% positive (213 reviews)
Last updated 27 Sept 2026
Anime City is a Japanese high school simulator, focused on anime culture and aesthetics. Study, join school clubs, and make friends.
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Indie, Simulation, Early Access, Casual · 2024 · More £5 - £15 games
Step into Anime City and immerse yourself in a Japanese high school environment focused on anime culture. Join clubs, make friends, and explore the campus as you navigate your way through student life.
About this game
Anime City combines gameplay of a survival simulator and classic anime visual novels. You will have to study in a Japanese high school, engage in after school activities, and try to make new friends.
ANIME SIMULATOR
The game is focused on anime culture, authentically recreating building designs, clothes, food, activities, and other essential elements of anime and manga about school life.
SCHOOL AND CLUBS
In addition to attending regular school classes (history, physical education, Japanese language, cooking) you can join one of after school clubs (gardening, tennis, drama, science, music) and perform tasks assigned by club leaders.
FRIENDSHIP
You can improve your relationships with your classmates and other characters by spending time together and inviting them to club events.
SKILLS
Your character's skills (fashion, cooking, science, sports, social, gardening, faith, arts) affect your personal stats, and your success of interactions with other characters. Improving these skills will require engaging in school activities or after-school clubs.
CUSTOMIZATION
You can start to play as a girl or a boy, with a range of parameters to customize, and 20+ equipment slots for clothes and accessories. You can also set up various furniture and decorations in your apartment.
SURVIVAL SIMULATOR
Your character has health, hunger, thirst, energy, and comfort stats. During the game, you'll have to balance limited resources and take care of your character's needs.
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: i3-8100
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: GTX 1650
- Storage: 3 GB available space
- Sound Card: any
Supported Languages
Latest news
Patch NotesOfficial
Update 0.7.1
New content:New UFO catcher machine in convenience store. Cat plush toys obtained from the machine can be placed at home (with or without box) for decoration and carried in hands (after taking out of box).One existing paper snowflake design is changed, and two more designs are added. All snowflakes can be crafted from a piece of paper and used for decorating walls or Christmas tree.New drink - cola (sold in all drink vending machines).Banana crepe (recipe: cutting board + crepe + banana + whipped cream).New hairclips (cat and dog) - sold in convenience store.Improvements:All boy hairstyles now have 2 slots for hairclips.All harvesting actions now can add only 1 harvesting skill point per unique item.Reworked hud comfort indicator - now it shows ambient ("feels like") temperature and accumulated freezing/overheating.Added armor for toy cats representing Bishamonten and Hideyoshi (Temple location).Books in the library now will respawn (1 book per 5 days since last borrow/return action).Satoru appears in the temple location for longer periods of time.Bug fixes:Fixed a bug where camera was clipping through walls during some interactions (if FOV was set below 30).Fixed a bug where taiyaki placed on frying pan/cutting board wasn't correctly identified as photo target in camera mode.Fixed a bug with harvesting buttons not appearing on harvestable objects in some cases.Fixed a bug where character colliding with opening or closing door in Nakagin apartment would sometimes result in getting stuck in floor or ceiling.Fixed a bug where Kuromoto and Erika would not accept tea in a cup. Also fixed displaying information on empty cups after use.Fixed calculation of ambient temperature during time skip events.Fixed a bug with a copy of caught chicken occasionally spawning on the ground.Read full article on Community Announcements (anette.karou)AnnouncementsOfficial
Version 0.7 release
Temple of Seven Lucky Gods:New location is accessible from the main navigation menu. The main temple building has 7 individual installations for each Lucky God, and central Takarabune ship installation. In Japan, Seven Lucky Gods are worshipped in numerous temples and shrines, and are believed to bring good luck. Each installation can be examined and provides additional information. There is also a small temple shop with merchandise.Japanese history museum:One of smaller buildings in the new location has a Japanese history museum. By examining the exhibits, you can learn answers for most school history tests. Museum has a small shop with merchandise.Fish pool:The pool in front of the temple can be used to dig up lotus roots (requires shovel), and to catch ayu fish. Catching fish requires a butterfly net, can be obtained as a gift from Satoru (new character) after reaching relationship level 15.Camping tent:Joining gardening clubs allows to use camping tent (in the temple map), which can be used as an alternative to renting apartment. There is a gas range for cooking, mattress for sleeping, and a lamp.Satoru:New character that can be asked out for spot conversation events to build relationship with (max level 35). His personality is focused on applying survival techniques to solve problems, and self-reliance. He can be encountered only in the camping area of the new temple location (Monday, Wednesday, Friday).Bath:Bathtubs in all home locations now can be used for stress relief. Turn water on (button near water tap/handle) and sit inside a bathtub (button near the center of a bathtub) to decrease accumulated stress.Other new content:Long hair (for girls) is added to hairstyle constructor. Set as default hairstyle for Chinatsu.Collectible cup and uchiwa fan, sold in the shrine shop.Denim jacket, vest, and shorts for boys, sold in convenience store.Small table (house furniture), sold in convenience store.Improvements:Scattered leaves on the ground under trees.Takumi ha...Read full article on Community Announcements (anette.karou)AnnouncementsOfficial
Version 0.6.2 release
New content:Curly tails for hairstyle constructor (girls).Different design for thrushes in the shrine location. The birds now can be caught and placed on head (run towards a bird while it is on the ground, press action button to catch). Will eat one pine cone per day from inventory, and run away if you have no pine cones.Improvements:Photos have different sprites in inventory and described as "photo" or "photo of ..." (in item 3D view) instead of "photo paper" (note: new sprites will be set only for newly developed photo paper).Added a poster and markers in cooking class explaining how cooking class works.Replaced a few rock assets (similar visuals, smaller texture sizes).Square watermelon (and slice) can also be planted now (will produce a regular watermelon).Squirrels, slimes, birds, and fireflies now disappear during rain.Caught chickens now appear immediately after being released, instead of next location load.Bug fixes:Fixed a bug where camera was set too close to books (while reading books on desks) - affected only higher FOV settings.Fixed a bug where some NPC routines were not correctly initialized after time skip events (including Takumi sleeping in the artroom).Fixed a bug where cooking class was not correctly initialized in some cases.Fixed a bug which caused Kuromoto sometimes walking around with closed eyes.Fixed a bug where Kuromoto sometimes had a conversation option for offering him food outside of cooking class time.Fixed a bug where hair customization using mirror was not correctly initialized in some cases.Restored missing texture for pink scarf.Added a fix for unlocking new recipes in existing walkthroughs (affected only items that were studied before their recipes were added).Fixed a bug where Takumi's text for next club task wasn't correctly set when you finished all available tasks.Fixed wrongly assigned button on one of stands in the music room.Fixed a bug where scaring away thrushes from the ground would not allow them to land in that spot u...Read full article on Community Announcements (anette.karou)AnnouncementsOfficial
Version 0.6.1 release
Chickens:Two chickens are added to the animal enclosure in school. They will roam around school during day, and sleep in nests at night and during rain. You can catch a chicken and hold it in hands for stress relief. Chickens produce free eggs, which can be collected from nests (once per day).Hair customization:Now it's possible to use mirrors (in your home apartment, or in one of school toilet rooms) to change your hairstyle and hair color during the game. Chance of success will depend on your current "fashion" skill. Changing multiple details of your hairstyle at once will require more time and skill. Luck amulets (blessings) and stress also affect your success chances, same as with all other skill-based activities.Other new content:Drama club president NPC is redesigned (personality and appearance).New cooking recipes: aji furai, grilled corn, grilled ayu (raw ayu fish can be obtained only in the cooking class, for now).Android headset for cosplay can be obtained in the drama club room.Knit hats (2 colors) are sold in convenience store. Provide +2 temperature bonus.Classic anime straw hat can be bought in the shrine shop. Provides -1 temperature bonus.Improvements:Most wood textures in the shrine location are replaced (cleaner and more contrast look).Removed a few too complex and debatable (which could have more than one "correct" answer) questions from the school history test. Total amount of questions is now 56.Using tennis racket (and other items that can be used for the same purpose) in water now produces splashes.Added a fix to prevent Chinatsu seeing you through open door and detaining for breaking school rules, while you are inside the cooking class.Bug fixes:Fixed NPCs getting stuck after reaching navigation destination in some cases (including Kuromoto routine in the shrine).Fixed a bug with tutorial task "make apple bunny", which wasn't correctly registered as completed.Fixed a bug where rain happening during time skip event (e.g., sleeping) disabled al...Read full article on Community Announcements (anette.karou)AnnouncementsOfficial
Version 0.6 release
Cooking class:New cooking class every Wednesday and Saturday. Cooking skill now can be increased only in this class, by making food according to current task, and giving it to teacher (Kuromoto). Each next cooking class will have a new recipe that you didn't get a skill point from. After getting +1 skill from all recipes, they will be set at random. Ingredients required for current recipe can be obtained from cold storage container in the cooking class (once per class).School pool:Now it's possible to go inside the school pool. Improved visuals for water materials, waterline effect (for partially submerged camera). Ripples and splashes for interacting with water. Kuromoto has a new routine of swimming in the pool on Sundays (before going to the shrine).Other new content:Mackerel fish steaks (sold in convenience store). New recipes: mackerel sushi, mackerel makizushi, cucumber makizushi.Improvements:Minimum shelf life for all fast-spoiling food is increased from 1 to 2 days.Desks for reading books and cooking table are marked with floating icons.Better model for mikan tree.Bug fixes:fixed a few areas around the school sports ground which occasionally caused soccer balls to get stuck.fixed a bug with shoes in the village house not being saved after exiting location.removed "foggy sky" effect for rain (caused wrong lighting at night).fixed rotation of heads for tracking view targets (was incorrect in some cases).Read full article on Community Announcements (ShoujoCity Dev)






