[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":390},["ShallowReactive",2],{"studio-blog-post-monowave-steam-switch-launch":3,"studio-blog-related-monowave-steam-switch-launch":347},{"id":4,"title":5,"author":6,"body":7,"category":323,"cover":22,"coverHref":15,"date":324,"description":325,"draft":326,"extension":327,"image":328,"meta":329,"navigation":282,"path":330,"seo":331,"stem":332,"tags":333,"takes":336,"__hash__":346},"blog\u002Fblog\u002Fmonowave-steam-switch-launch.md","MONOWAVE Launches on Steam and Switch","remmy",{"type":8,"value":9,"toc":311},"minimark",[10,24,34,65,68,73,92,105,109,112,140,151,154,158,161,164,177,186,191,195,198,201,205,210,224,229,240,243,252,257,261,264,272,276,279,290,294,297],[11,12,18,19],"a",{"className":13,"href":15,"title":16,"style":17},[14],"vg-hotframe","https:\u002F\u002Fstore.steampowered.com\u002Fapp\u002F2680440\u002FMONOWAVE\u002F","MONOWAVE on Steam","background-image:url(\u002Fblog\u002Fmonowave-steam-switch-launch-bp-meadow.webp)","\n  ",[20,21],"img",{"src":22,"alt":23},"https:\u002F\u002Fshared.akamai.steamstatic.com\u002Fstore_item_assets\u002Fsteam\u002Fapps\u002F2680440\u002F44c08afd5b444a3a42bb38dac4af9dab394ac556\u002Fss_44c08afd5b444a3a42bb38dac4af9dab394ac556.1920x1080.jpg?t=1789589549","Official MONOWAVE screenshot: Meadow of Wandering Light with glowing orange platforms and yellow Happiness figures (Steam)",[25,26,30,33],"p",{"className":27,"style":29},[28],"blog-muted","margin:-0.75rem 0 1.5rem;font-size:0.9em",[11,31,32],{"href":15},"MONOWAVE (Steam)",". Hover for a Voidge draft sketch inspired by a fragment of the still.",[25,35,36,40,41,44,45,48,49,52,53,56,57,60,61,64],{},[37,38,39],"strong",{},"MONOWAVE"," launched ",[37,42,43],{},"September 16, 2026"," on ",[37,46,47],{},"Steam"," and ",[37,50,51],{},"Nintendo Switch"," from Seoul indie ",[37,54,55],{},"Studio BBB Inc.",", with ",[37,58,59],{},"Phoenixx Inc."," on the publish side. The pitch is a heartfelt puzzle-adventure platformer where you play ",[37,62,63],{},"Mono",", a newborn Guardian, and pull four scattered Emotions back together: Anxiety, Anger, Sorrow, and Happiness. Each Emotion rewrites how you jump, melt, wall-climb, or sense danger. Local co-op lets a second player join as Prism. The stills look like childhood scratch art glowing on a chalkboard night sky.",[25,66,67],{},"Honestly, that hits. September is loud. MONOWAVE wants a quieter Switch night with feelings you can actually platform on.",[69,70,72],"h2",{"id":71},"launch-window-price-and-why-switch-matters-here","Launch window, price, and why Switch matters here",[25,74,75,76,79,80,83,84,87,88,91],{},"Store price on Steam sat at ",[37,77,78],{},"$9.99"," with a limited ",[37,81,82],{},"10%"," launch cut to ",[37,85,86],{},"$8.99"," when we checked the API. Press copy mirrors that window for PC and Switch at roughly £7.39 \u002F $9.99 \u002F €8.99. Steam lists Windows and macOS, Shared\u002FSplit Screen Co-op, Remote Play Together, Steam Achievements (27), Steam Cloud, and Full controller support. Specs stay friendly: about ",[37,89,90],{},"4 GB"," disk, 8 GB RAM, 720p30 as the minimum target.",[25,93,94,95,99,100,104],{},"You bet that Switch SKU is the shelf story for Voidge today. The Nintendo chip on our home was empty for September 17, and MONOWAVE is a dual-ship indie that actually belongs there. If your Switch stack already has eyes on ",[11,96,98],{"href":97},"\u002Fblog\u002Forbitals-switch-2-shapefarm-anime-coop\u002F","Orbitals"," co-op craft or the calendar noise around ",[11,101,103],{"href":102},"\u002Fblog\u002Fanother-eden-begins-switch-2-launch\u002F","Another Eden Begins",", this sits in a softer lane: short sessions, emotion verbs, couch-ready.",[69,106,108],{"id":107},"emotions-are-the-kit-not-the-flavor-text","Emotions are the kit, not the flavor text",[25,110,111],{},"Official kit is clean enough to screenshot:",[113,114,115,122,128,134],"ul",{},[116,117,118,121],"li",{},[37,119,120],{},"Happiness:"," jump higher.",[116,123,124,127],{},[37,125,126],{},"Sorrow:"," melt through narrow gaps.",[116,129,130,133],{},[37,131,132],{},"Anger:"," wall-jump with fury.",[116,135,136,139],{},[37,137,138],{},"Anxiety:"," sense traps and rough terrain.",[25,141,142,143,146,147,150],{},"Studio BBB leans harder than a simple ability wheel. Press notes ",[37,144,145],{},"18 spirits",", each reacting differently to your current Emotion, so singing to them unlocks up to ",[37,148,149],{},"72"," interaction combos for puzzles and traversal. Four major boss fights are shaped by their ruling Emotion. Eight hidden stages sit past the main path. That is a lot of empathy math for a sub-$10 launch, and I'm into it.",[25,152,153],{},"The story frame is fairytale-simple. The Prism Tree used to nurture the four Emotions. Emotion Shards vanish. The tree withers. Mono, brand new Guardian, has to reunite the wayward feelings and restore balance across four Emotion-warped worlds, from foggy jungles to blazing caverns. You do not need a lore wiki to understand the fantasy when the HUD faces swap from smile to scowl to tear.",[69,155,157],{"id":156},"scratch-art-that-sells-in-one-still","Scratch-art that sells in one still",[25,159,160],{},"Studio BBB calls the look scratch art from childhood, and the Steam stills back that up. Neon outlines on near-black. Platforms built from scribble hatch. Mono as a tiny circular body with a swirl-eye or a yellow blob mid-hug. Crocodile spirits with pointy teeth. Purple rock overhangs. Lava floors under Engulfing Danger banners. Meadow of Wandering Light with scalloped orange platforms and a spinning flower that looks half organic, half puzzle toy.",[25,162,163],{},"Take a look at how readable that is without a combat tutorial overlay. A meadow hug. A whale water spout. A shivering blue tip under A Cold, Distant Touch. The art is doing product work, not just mood board work. Kinda rare for an indie that also asks you to care about Anxiety as a movement verb.",[25,165,166,167,171,172,176],{},"If your cozy shelf this week already includes ",[11,168,170],{"href":169},"\u002Fblog\u002Fhuglings-steam-launch\u002F","Huglings"," soft-launch meadows or ",[11,173,175],{"href":174},"\u002Fblog\u002Falchemess-steam-cozy-potion-shop\u002F","Alchemess"," tidy dopamine, MONOWAVE is warmer in the chest and sharper in the platforming. Same soft attention window. Different toy.",[11,178,18,182],{"className":179,"href":15,"title":180,"style":181},[14],"MONOWAVE crocodile spirit still (Steam)","background-image:url(\u002Fblog\u002Fmonowave-steam-switch-launch-bp-crocodile.webp)",[20,183],{"src":184,"alt":185},"https:\u002F\u002Fshared.akamai.steamstatic.com\u002Fstore_item_assets\u002Fsteam\u002Fapps\u002F2680440\u002F277109420d45943555b51c443290d99268a95237\u002Fss_277109420d45943555b51c443290d99268a95237.1920x1080.jpg?t=1789589549","Official MONOWAVE screenshot: Pointy Crocodile Teeth level with cyan Mono and green crocodile spirit (Steam)",[25,187,189,33],{"className":188,"style":29},[28],[11,190,32],{"href":15},[69,192,194],{"id":193},"solo-local-co-op-and-remote-play-together","Solo, local co-op, and Remote Play Together",[25,196,197],{},"You can clear the adventure alone as Mono. Local two-player co-op adds Prism on a second pad (Steam notes at least one controller for two-player). Remote Play Together stretches that couch promise online without inventing a live-service lobby. For sure that is the right shape for a Switch night: one docked TV, two pads, no battle pass calendar.",[25,199,200],{},"Steam review count was still tiny early (a handful of Positive scores when we peeked), which is normal one day after launch. Achievements already sit at 27. Languages cover English, Korean, Japanese, Simplified and Traditional Chinese for interface and subtitles, with a longer list on the store page. Full audio is not the selling point. Empathy traversal is.",[69,202,204],{"id":203},"who-should-boot-tonight-who-should-wait","Who should boot tonight, who should wait",[25,206,207],{},[37,208,209],{},"Boot if:",[113,211,212,215,218,221],{},[116,213,214],{},"You want Switch or Steam puzzle platforming with a real emotion fantasy, not a combat toggle.",[116,216,217],{},"Local co-op (or Remote Play Together) is the session shape you already defend in Discord.",[116,219,220],{},"Scratch-art neon on black reads better to you than another pastel farm sim.",[116,222,223],{},"Sub-$10 launch pricing with a short discount window still matters.",[25,225,226],{},[37,227,228],{},"Wait if:",[113,230,231,234,237],{},[116,232,233],{},"You need day-one critic piles and a thousand review sample before you trust a Seoul indie.",[116,235,236],{},"You want ranked pressure, extraction stakes, or a live-ops roadmap.",[116,238,239],{},"Linux is a hard requirement (Steam lists Windows and macOS only for now).",[25,241,242],{},"Press frames Studio BBB as award-winning on the way in. Voidge is not here to rubber-stamp trophies. We are here because the stills, the Emotion kit, and the dual Steam + Switch ship are coherent enough to put on the Nintendo shelf while indie quota elsewhere already cleared for the day.",[11,244,18,248],{"className":245,"href":15,"title":246,"style":247},[14],"MONOWAVE emotion spirits still (Steam)","background-image:url(\u002Fblog\u002Fmonowave-steam-switch-launch-bp-spirits.webp)",[20,249],{"src":250,"alt":251},"https:\u002F\u002Fshared.akamai.steamstatic.com\u002Fstore_item_assets\u002Fsteam\u002Fapps\u002F2680440\u002F1726b6f04347d40be53dad40acba8a4b45c0bfe3\u002Fss_1726b6f04347d40be53dad40acba8a4b45c0bfe3.1920x1080.jpg?t=1789589549","Official MONOWAVE screenshot: A Cold Distant Touch cave with red Anger and purple Sorrow spirits under a rock overhang (Steam)",[25,253,255,33],{"className":254,"style":29},[28],[11,256,32],{"href":15},[69,258,260],{"id":259},"soft-launch-read-for-the-switch-shelf","Soft launch read for the Switch shelf",[25,262,263],{},"MONOWAVE is not trying to out-shout September charts. 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