Publisher tinyBuild and developer Mandragora have announced that ReStory, their chill electronics repair simulator set in Y2K-era Japan, launches on PC via Steam on August 6, 2026. A new release date trailer shows off what the bustling streets of mid-2000s Tokyo have in store for your quaint little gadget repair shop.
From the developers of I Am Future, ReStory is a relaxing, narrative-driven shop management sim built around caring for and preserving classic gear and tech. When you’re not managing your finances, getting to know your clientele, or surfing the web for spare parts, you’ll use your toolset to take apart, clean, and fix handhelds, phones, cameras, music players, home appliances, and other nostalgic devices.
Officially Licensed Atari Hardware
It’s the kind of authenticity that separates a nostalgia-flavoured sim from one that actually earns the nostalgia. Taking apart a real, recognizable piece of hardware — cleaning it, sourcing the right part, putting it back together working — is a very different feeling than fixing a generic stand-in.
Every Repair Is Someone’s Story
The narrative layer is where ReStory sets itself apart from the repair-sim pack. Your interactions with each customer can change their lives forever — whether you’re helping a lovestruck student work up the courage to confess to his crush, or uncovering hidden secrets on a former gangster’s phone. Your choices feed into each customer’s branching storyline, and the game promises a replayable narrative where those decisions shape the ending.
That’s a genuinely interesting tension for a cozy game: you’re handed people’s devices, which means you’re handed their private lives. What you do with what you find is the actual game underneath the screwdriver work.
An in-depth device cleaning and restoration system with multiple tools — take apart, clean, repair, and reassemble a wide range of nostalgic electronics.
Hunt for spare parts using an era-authentic mid-2000s web browser, one of the game’s neatest period touches.
Fulfil in-person and online orders from unique customers with their own dialogue, and make choices that branch their stories toward different endings.
A distinct, chill atmosphere of urban Japanese life in the mid-2000s — the shop, the street, and everything passing by outside.
Who’s Behind It
With 600,000+ wishlists and a demo that landed in Steam Next Fest’s 50 most-played, ReStory arrives with real momentum behind it. It launches on Steam on August 6, 2026 — and if you want to sample it first, that demo disappears the same day.
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