Over Requiemz

Plot

A tornado sweeps high school student Yuhiru into the Kingdom of Oz, where four witches and a king rule. Her black eyes and hair are forbidden there, so she is condemned to death. Her execution is postponed when she agrees to travel with four condemned men and their enigmatic overseer.

The story splits into two paths. In the Fact Route, Yuhiru helps her chosen love interest recover from past wounds. The Dark Route explores darker, psychological themes with obsessive, yandere undertones.

Characters

Yuhiru is a high school student who wandered into the Land of Oz. Because of her black eyes and black hair, she is imprisoned as 'demon-possessed.' She confronts this unreasonable situation with resilience and mental strength. Kaize Ozma, voiced by Yohei Azakami, is a prince feared as 'demon-possessed' who spreads curses.

He killed his own father, the king, with his own hands. Claude Grain, voiced by Makoto Furukawa, is a researcher of ruins who was expelled from the Royal Society. He brutally slaughtered all the villagers of his hometown, including his family. Molly Woodland, voiced by Kaito Ishikawa, is a mysterious undertaker who never loses his smile even when looking at corpses.

He attacked a group of traveling merchants on the highway. Noil Bestia, voiced by Ryota Suzuki, is a rough, delinquent knight who is said to have massacred the knights of the platoon he led. Dorothy, voiced by Shun Horie, is the politely rude Witch of the North, one of the government officials called 'Witches' who accompanies them to monitor the sinners. He dabbles in medicine.

Ackley, voiced by Tasuku Akiba, is the king-killing demon, an existence called a 'demon' that is supposed to exist only in legends. Nenos Urau, voiced by Shinnosuke Tokudome, is a young man close to madness who became the Witch of the East at a young age.

Osser Woodland, voiced by Toshiki Iwasawa, is the Witch of the West, an aloof tactician. Glinda Ferris, voiced by Natsumi Fujiwara, is the Witch of the South and Knight Commander. Eugene Pulpo, voiced by Alban Shibata, is a missing knight who tends to compare himself to others.

Game

The game was announced on August 17, 2024, at the Otomate Party 2024, alongside a teaser announcing its production. On September 14, 2024, the game's official website was launched. The release date was officially announced by Idea Factory on November 20, 2024.

On December 12, 2024, the game's opening theme, Muted Expectations, sung by the singer Hisano, was officially released. On January 23, 2025, a promotional video for the game was released. In March 2025, Otomate released a set of videos showcasing the gameplay. On April 17, 2025, the game was officially released for the Nintendo Switch.

The ending song is sung by Hisano. Aksys Games announced via their blog that they were going to release the game in English. The game was released in English on August 20, 2026.

Reception

Famitsu reported that from April 14, 2025 to April 20, 2025, OVER REQUIMEZ ranked first place in physical purchases, with 7,286 copies sold. Jenni Lada found the game to be different from the typical otome games, calling it 'freeform.' She wrote about the amount of freedom the player is given to play the main character in any way that they like, and to get to know the love interests better. She noted there are 'few choices are the ones that matter,' that the important choices are highlighted, which can allow the player to save as they wish.

Lada stated that the routes of the game were only focused on the chosen love interest, with little insight into others, advising to save Dorothy's route for last, calling it 'quite fascinating and well-written.' She further noted that there were times where romance didn't feel like a priority, and was instead replaced with more dark and traumatic elements. However, she also warned about the dark routes of the game (specifically Molly's), listing that 'violence, possessiveness, and general red flag, toxic behavior' is prevalent in the game.