After delaying out of its original June 17 date, Denshattack! is officially out today on PlayStation 5, XBOX Series X|S, Switch 2, and PC for $19.99, £15.99, or €17.99, and it’s a day one Game Pass title on top of that. Launch perks run for the next two weeks: Steam players get a 10 percent discount, while console players can grab a seasonal train skin pack plus an exclusive skin tied to whichever platform they buy on.
Denshattack! comes from developer Undercoders and publisher Fireshine Games, and it challenges players to become the best acrobatic train driver in Japan across more than 60 stages spanning the whole country. Missions cover racing, trick challenges, and boss fights, including the magical-girl mecha train boss we covered last month, all set in a dystopian future where the ultra-rich have sealed themselves inside air-purifying domes and left everyone else to rebuild under gang rule. Game director David Jaumandreu called the project “a dream to bring together our greatest passions in Denshattack!: skateboarding, trains and Japan,” pointing to Y2K-era touchstones like Jet Set Radio, One Piece, and JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure as foundational inspirations for the game and character design.
In my top games to play in July roundup, I said I’d been keeping an eye on Denshattack! since its demo dropped, calling it one of the most stylistically unique games on the calendar with a loop that plays like Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater meets Jet Set Radio. The soundtrack was the other thing I flagged as worth paying attention to, and it’s available for purchase on Steam and on streaming services starting today. The track list comes via game music label Kid Katana and features Tee Lopes (Sonic Mania, TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge) alongside guest composers Ryo Nagamatsu (Splatoon series, Mario Kart series), Richard Jacques (Jet Set Radio series, Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy), and Takenobu Mitsuyoshi (Daytona USA, Sega Rally Championship).
Today’s launch also comes with a new gameplay video set to TRAIN-A-GO-GO!, a track from THE DO DO DO made just for the game, which you can watch below.
