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Maid Cafe on Electric Street
Developer(s)Adventurer's Tavern
Publisher(s)Playism
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows
ReleaseNovember 18, 2024
Genre(s)Simulation, Adventure
Mode(s)Single-player

Maid Cafe on Electric Street[a] is a 2024 simulation video game developed by Adventurer's Tavern and published by Playism. The player controls a manager of maid café in Nipponbashi, Osaka, with a goal of making it return to its former glory.

The game was released for Microsoft Windows on November 18, 2024. Release for home consoles are planned.

Gameplay

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Maid Cafe on Electric Street is a simulation video game with adventure gameplay, where the player leads the life of running the Fuwa Fuwa Cafe, a maid café in Nipponbashi, Osaka. The game has elements of adventure and role-playing game.[1][2]

Development and release

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Maid Cafe on Electric Street was developed by Adventurer’s Tavern, a development studio located in Shanghai, China, which had released visual novel Change and puzzle adventure game Wuxia Archive: Crisis Escape.[1][3] The protagonist's backstory of suffering from toxic workplace was based on the director's own experience. Nipponbashi was chosen as the game's main setting instead of Akihabara due to the director's personal familiarity with the city and Nipponbashi having "the appeal of being less orthodox".[1]

The game includes depiction of real-life brands in Den Den Town, where the game takes place. Pixel-art versions of stores like Super Potato, Surugaya and Game Tanteidan can be visited.[2] The four maids at Fuwa Fuwa Cafe were voiced by Ikumi Hasegawa (Shiro), Ayasa Itō (Miyu), Sayumi Suzushiro (Favna), and Yui Ishikawa (Honoka).[4][5]

Maid Cafe on Electric Street was first released on November 18, 2024, for PC via Steam.[5] It was published by Playism.[6] The developer plans to port the game to home consoles.[7] On January 22, 2025, a major update was patched to the game, adding a new side story Rin and the Mysterious Challenge, new NPCs, new features, and bug fixes.[8] The second update on 27 March added a new content in collaboration with video games The Exit 8 and Urban Myth Dissolution Center.[9]

Reception

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Siliconera's Jenni Lada was favorable of the game's graphics and recreation of the experience in Japan, but found its gameplay tedious in certain parts, such as management tasks.[10]

Azario Lopez of Noisy Pixel highlighted the engaging voice acting and references to otaku culture. While they felt that the management aspects and quality-of-life features were lacking, they praised the pixel-art visuals and atmosphere of Maid Cafe on Electric Street, calling it "an otaku’s dream game."[11]

WayTooManyGames's Oliver Shellding had gripes with the gameplay, finding the dependency on cafe management detrimental to the adventuring aspects of the game. Howevery, they lauded the stellar voice work and graphics, and found enjoyment with the game's relaxing pace.[12]

Notes

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  1. ^ Japanese: 電気街の喫茶店

References

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  1. ^ a b c Yokoyama, Keichi (18 August 2022). "Maid Cafe at Electric Street – Short Interview: Nipponbashi, Japan has what otaku love". Automation. Active Gaming Media. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
  2. ^ a b Castillo, Gio (17 November 2024). "RPGs Coming This Week, 11/17/24". RPGFan. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
  3. ^ "仕事を辞めてメイドカフェの店長になろう。TGS 2022で北京の音響スタジオに出展されていた上海製の「電気街の喫茶店」を紹介". 4Gamer.net. Aetas. 24 September 2022. Archived from the original on 28 February 2024. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
  4. ^ "大阪・日本橋を舞台にしたADV「電気街の喫茶店」，11月18日にSteamで発売。長谷川育美さん，石川由依さんらヒロインを演じる声優陣も公開に". 4Gamer.net. Aetas. 5 November 2024. Archived from the original on 25 January 2025. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
  5. ^ a b Romano, Sal (5 November 2024). "Maid Cafe on Electric Street for PC launches November 18". Gematsu. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
  6. ^ Romano, Sal (10 September 2023). "Maid cafe adventure game Maid Cafe at Electric Street to be published by PLAYISM". Gematsu. Archived from the original on 7 February 2024. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
  7. ^ Romano, Sal (24 September 2024). "Maid Cafe on Electric Street coming to consoles". Gematsu. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
  8. ^ Romano, Sal (22 January 2025). "Maid Cafe on Electric Street major update now available, adds new side story and more". Gematsu. Archived from the original on 23 January 2025. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
  9. ^ Romano, Sal (27 March 2025). "Maid Cafe on Electric Street second major update now available, adds The Exit 8 and Urban Myth Dissolution Center collaborations". Gematsu. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
  10. ^ a b Lada, Jenni (9 December 2024). "Review: Maid Cafe on Electric Street Offers a Calmer Life". Siliconera. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
  11. ^ a b Lopez, Azario (2 December 2024). "Maid Cafe on Electric Street Review – A Pixel-Art Slice-of-Life for Otaku Souls". Noisy Pixel. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
  12. ^ a b Shellding, Oliver (4 December 2024). "Review – Maid Cafe on Electric Street". WayTooManyGames. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
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