Yami Kids

Yami Kids is a monster-taming role-playing game with a dark tone and retro-style visuals. It follows a short story centred on twins Yuki and Yuumi Yami, who grew up in an area known as The Slums. Yuki is the older twin by roughly five minutes and is protective of his sister, while Yuumi is characterised by an interest in fire and unsettling things. The story sees the pair trying to survive in both the Overworld they know and the Underworld beneath it.

The core mechanics revolve around Oni, creatures that players summon, collect and train. More than 80 Oni are available, and battles take the form of turn-based duels between one player’s Oni and another’s. A feature called Shadow Duels adds deathmatches that take place only at night against rival Contractors and their Oni teams. Losing a Shadow Duel sends the player to the Underworld, an area containing unusual items and locations where tasks must be completed before returning to the world of the living.

The game pairs its retro presentation with a range of modern quality-of-life settings. Its structure is presented as a variation on the traditional creature-collecting formula, with the Overworld and Underworld split forming the main departure from that template.