Watch the newest trailers for TANUKI: Pon’s Summer, Militsioner, SATED, and Pipes.exe!
LOS ANGELES – June 11, 2026 – Indie publisher CRITICAL REFLEX is kicking off the summer with a wave of updates across its upcoming games lineup, led by a new trailer premiered at IGN Live and a completely revamped demo for TANUKI: Pon’s Summer, available now on Steam ahead of Steam Next Fest. Step into the furry paws of Pon, a part-time mailman in a picturesque Japanese town, delivering packages, pulling off BMX tricks, helping locals with odd jobs, and restoring the Great Tanuki Shrine before the end-of-summer Matsuri festival.
TANUKI: Pon’s Summer Steam Next Fest Demo Trailer:
From developer Denkiworks, TANUKI: Pon’s Summer‘s new Steam Next Fest demo builds and expands upon the demo released last year with expanded content, improved systems, and additional gameplay features. The demo features 2-3 hours of gameplay across the opening three days of the game, including the tutorial, Pon’s first day at the Post Office, and the Shrine Building.
Demo Features
- Play through the first three days of the game
- Complete six quests, take on BMX challenges, and visit the BMX Respray Shop
- Explore the town with non-linear quest progression and updated navigation systems
- Discover new shrine decorations, character voices, and expanded language support
- Save data will carry over to the full game when it releases
Alongside TANUKI, CRITICAL REFLEX has also shared new updates from across its growing lineup.
The unique immersive sim Militsioner received a new gameplay trailer at IGN Live during Summer Game Fest, offering a new glimpse into its surreal world of constant surveillance. Featuring updated visuals and a tense escape attempt, the trailer highlights the uneasy relationship between the player and the towering Giant Policeman watching over the city.
Revealed during Sunday’s PC Gaming Show, the grotesque cooking roguelike SATED and co-op horror climbing adventure Pipes.exe have joined CR Channel’s excitingly unsettling lineup. In SATED, players serve increasingly disturbing dishes to monstrous customers using a sentient fridge that doubles as a cursed slot machine.
Supporting solo play and online co-op for up to four players, Pipes.exe challenges employees to navigate a surreal operating system, climb impossible pipe networks, avoid hostile bugs, and maintain workplace professionalism under pressure. Players can jump into Pipes.exe‘s first public playtest right now on Steam!
Wishlist TANUKI: Pon’s Summer, Pipes.exe, SATED, and Militsioner on Steam now! TANUKI: Pon’s Summer will also join the Game Pass library and is available to wishlist on Xbox now. Additional updates on these titles and more are planned throughout the summer.
About Denkiworks
Denkiworks is a studio based in Kyoto, Japan. The three co-founders, who previously worked together on projects including the hit indie “golf-like” Cursed to Golf, formed the studio after recognizing their strong creative chemistry. TANUKI: Pon’s Summer is the team’s debut title.
About the Publisher
CRITICAL REFLEX is an indie game publisher obsessed with genre-blending, rule-breaking, brain-melting games. We help devs polish the weird, sharpen the wild, and launch their projects loud. Known for titles like Buckshot Roulette, Lunacid, Mouthwashing and No, I’m not a Human, we champion unforgettable experiences. Genre is a prison and we ate the warden.
