Onsen Master Arrives Next Week on Nintendo Switch, Xbox, and PC via Steam

Written by Brandon Hofer on August 24, 2022

News: A new customer management game is on the horizon with you being tasked to run a hot spring.

Whitehorn Games and Waking Oni Games have revealed that Onsen Master, an arcade-style hot spring customer management game is being released next week on consoles and PC. Onsen Master features arcade-style single and two-player co-op, where players must manage the customers of their hot springs, and prepare and put together the correct ingredients to cure their ailments. Running around the hot springs, wrangling wandering customers, and putting the right concoctions into the right baths can be hectic enough already, but troublesome yokai look to impede players’ excellent service as well.

A dark cloud hangs over the island of Izajima, its effects weighing heavily on the inhabitants. Mischievous spirits called yokai are running amok within the island’s hot springs. And the great Onsen Master, keeper of the hot springs and healer of ailments, has mysteriously vanished. Players will take on the role of his apprentice, Mu, in order to restore balance and uncover what happened to the Onsen Master.

Key features for Onsen Master include:

Have a Spring Fling: Experience a short and sweet story for up to two players and unveil the island of Izajima in a visual novel-style narrative with a cute anime aesthetic.

The Customer is Always Right: Skip the story and dive right in with Arcade Mode! Choose one of the 6 hot spring levels to put your customer service skills to the test.

The Heat is On: Take on others in a competitive couch multiplayer mode where players must each work to manage their customers within the same hot spring.

Spa Music: An original soundtrack full of tunes akin to a Feudal fairy tale, composed by Dorrell Ettienne.

Onsen Master will arrive on September 1, 2022, on Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, and PC via Steam. Will you be picking it up?