Engage Kiss

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Engage Kiss
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Key visual
Genre Romantic comedy [1]
Created by Aniplex
Genre Action RPG
Platform Android, iOS
Released
  • JP: March 1, 2023

Game

An action RPG mobile game developed by Square Enix titled Engage Kill was announced on April 24, 2022, [3] [22] [23] and it was released in Japan on March 1, 2023. [24] [25] [26] The game is a free-to-play RPG genre title with in-app purchases. [27] [28] [29] The game ended service on March 21, 2024. [30] [31] [32]

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 Tokyo MX lists the series premiere at 24:30 on July 2, 2022, which is effectively 12:30 a.m. JST on July 3.

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