JACOB HONDA has released its new PC escape adventure game "CLASS 3, THIRD GRADE" on Steam on Monday, March 17, 2025.
Steam store page URL: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3443030/3/
Trailer video (YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XislCl1qjTU
JACOB HONDA website: https://cduck.info
Game Overview
"CLASS 3, THIRD GRADE" is a nostalgic 3D first-person escape game set in the dream world of the past, specifically the 1980s. Players aim to return to the real world from a childhood bedroom. As the protagonist from the "ice age generation," players trace forgotten memories of the past while attempting to escape to reality.
Game Features
- Nostalgic World: Play in a faithfully recreated 3D space set in a 1980s child's room.
- Memory-Unraveling Puzzles: Explore items and solve mechanisms that gradually revive the protagonist's memories, evoking players' own childhood recollections.
- Multiple Endings: Player choices determine which of four former classmates appears in the ending. When all classmates are encountered, the protagonist's truth is revealed.
Story
Amidst a boring and unchanging "ordinary" life, the protagonist "I" begins frequently dreaming of childhood. Elementary school days are a distant memory, with no particular recollections and no invitations to class reunions.
One day, during a typical mundane morning commute, "I" mysteriously finds themselves in their childhood bedroom. It's a world where the boundary between dream and reality is blurred. Memories of childhood, which had become vague and idyllic over time, begin to vividly regain their true form.
Caught between nostalgia and anxiety, "I" is forced to confront their past. Can "I" return to the real world from this labyrinth of memories? And how will this encounter with the past change "I's" life?
Developer Comment
"'CLASS 3, THIRD GRADE' is a work for the ice age generation. We created it for those who feel a lead weight in their stomach when they hear the phrase 'end-of-day meeting.' We hope you'll experience the sweet yet cruel realities of the 1980s children's world while reminiscing about the chickens that mysteriously disappeared from the school coop after summer vacation." - Makoto Nishizaki, Development Team Leader
Product Information
- Title: CLASS 3, THIRD GRADE
- Genre: Escape Adventure
- Platform: PC (Steam)
- Release Date: Monday, March 17, 2025
- Price: $5.99
- Developer/Publisher: JACOB HONDA