Chihuahua Games

Chihuahua Games JAPAN

The Chihuahua Games Scroll

The story of a small independent studio from Japan, unrolled one scene at a time.

2025

Summer 2025

The first small games

It began with socks and philosophy, in the sock shop of Jigen the Chihuahua.

  1. Jigen’s Sock Shop: Descartes Chapter, the very first game
  2. The Chihuahua Games Channel opens on YouTube
  3. Jigen’s Sock Shop 2: Spinoza Chapter
  4. Jigen’s Sock Shop 3, a tap-to-play mini-game
  5. Jigen’s Sock Shop 4: Leibniz Chapter
  6. A mini-game with a touch of action-adventure
  7. Jigen’s Sock Shop: Complete Edition, gathering the games so far
  8. Jigen and the 7 Pairs of Socks: A Philosophical Journey

December 2025

Onto Steam

Jigen’s sock shop grew into a game on Steam.

  1. Sock Story on Steam (the English version followed on July 3, 2026)

2026

May 2026

The first iPhone app

The studio stepped into the App Store.

  1. TaskReel

June 2026

A month of small apps

Daruma, quiet terminals, pearls, and a walk through Wonderland: one small app after another, and a website to gather them.

  1. AO Achievement Terminal
  2. DARUMA-DO
  3. Zenjidō Daihitsu Shakyō Daruma (“Fully Automatic Ghostwriting Sutra-Copying Daruma”)
  4. DARUMA WISH and MONO NO HAKA
  5. Pearl Garden Habit
  6. The Chihuahua Games JAPAN website opens
  7. Pokeberu Kentei (“Pager Quiz”), for Mac
  8. AO MORNING SIGNAL
  9. Rabbit-Hole Steps, the start of a pedometer series that turns your daily steps into a journey through a classic book
  10. Shōwa Karuchā Kentei: Terebi-hen (“Shōwa Culture Quiz: TV Edition”)

July 2026

Onto Meta Quest

A retro road trip, a night pool that never closed, and the studio’s first rhythm games on Meta Quest.

  1. Atami AI Grand Hotel, for Mac
  2. LOST IN LOST JAPAN on Steam: a retro road trip with a mysterious blue Daruma
  3. Sock Cactus — Rhythm Ritual, the studio’s first Meta Quest game
  4. JIGEN no Komado (“JIGEN’s Little Window”) and Oz Steps
  5. Liminal Pool shooter on Meta Quest: glowing cocktails afloat on an endless hotel pool
  6. Kits on the Unity Asset Store: River Runner Construction Kit 2D and Roller Coaster Construction Kit 2D

August 2026

Books to walk through, a neon night

NOCTURNE - Neon Noir lit up the night, the pedometer series walked on, and pets began to talk.

  1. Basho Steps and, for Mac, Macho AI Chihuahua
  2. Dante Steps
  3. Chihuahua Techō (“Chihuahua Notebook”)
  4. NOCTURNE - Neon Noir on Meta Quest: a VR rhythm shooter through an impossible night
  5. Gulliver Steps
  6. Magic Talking Dog
  7. Don Quixote Steps
  8. Mahō de Oshaberi! Kuchipaku Nyanko (“Magic Talking Cat”)

September 2026

Lanterns and wishes

Lanterns in an abandoned tunnel, a hundred visits of devotion, and a game of chance to decide your day.

  1. Eclat Visiting Pet on the Wix App Market
  2. Human Maintenance Center
  3. UNDERPASS 666 - Cyberpunk 万灯会 on Meta Quest: a VR rhythm game of shooting the wandering lights and kindling the lanterns
  4. Ohyakudo Mairi: Kiroku no Kesshō (“Hundred-Visit Pilgrimage: Crystal of Records”)
  5. Roll Your Day

October 2026

A diary, a museum, and a new name

A diary in two-page spreads, a museum in your pocket, a small adventure that grows when you move, the folding iPhone Duo, and a new name.

  1. LEFT / RIGHT — Diary & Plans and Museum Gacha
  2. Eclat: Idle Core Training RPG, for Apple Watch and iPhone
  3. The iPhone apps arrive on iPhone Duo one by one, each with a small touch for the folding screen
  4. The website’s front page learns to speak five languages: English, Japanese, French, Spanish, and German
  5. Eclat becomes Flex & Find with version 1.9 (Bouge & Découvre in French)

To be continued

The scroll is still unrolling.