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Episode 4 early access

Headliners now. Roadies October 31. Everyone November 5.

Journey: Rebirth

Adult Visual Novel by Cheeky Capybara Creations

Our story follows a young man who has hit rock bottom. No family, no money, no future, until a knock at the door changes everything. What should have been the break he had been waiting for instead pulls him into a world of new wealth, drama, and carefully kept secrets. Who to trust, who to love, who to betray. That part is up to you.

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Episodes 1 to 3 are free to download. Wave 1 is Headliners and above, $20 a month and up. Roadies play Saturday, October 31. The public build is Thursday, November 5.

4
Episodes shipped
18+
Adult content
10
In-game days

Official launch

Episode 4 early access

Headliners are in. Roadies on October 31. Everyone on November 5.

Days 8 and 9 are in. This is the biggest episode we have shipped. Wave 1 is open for Headliners and the tiers above them, $20 a month and up. Roadies play on Saturday, October 31. The free public build arrives Thursday, November 5.

  • Two new days

    Days 8 and 9. Twenty-two scenes, from Friday through Saturday night.

  • 4,835 new renders

    20 new animations with them. The game is now at 11,275 renders and 56 animations.

  • 91,000+ new words

    Dialogue and narration across both days. The game is now past 216,000 words.

  • Score, secrets, faces

    13 new music tracks, 8 new sound effects, 17 new achievements, 3 new collectibles, and 12 new characters.

  • The Operations Board

    Run the relaunch week yourself, or leave it on story mode and let the week play out.

  • A night at the Fifth Suit

    A full night out, including an optional Ascension minigame.

  • A smarter phone

    Alerts keep every notification you missed. Soundtrack lives in Memories, and Memories shows how complete your gallery, replays, and collectibles are.

  • Easier to play

    Text size, an Auto button, reduced motion, self-voicing, first-time tips, phone wallpapers, and a retry after the harshest fail.

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Game Metrics

By the numbers

Totals through Episode 4 early access. The free public build still ends at Episode 3.

11,275
Renders3D stills across every scene
56
AnimationsIncluding fully animated cinematics
216,000+
Words of dialoguePrologue through Day 9
55
Music tracksOriginal and licensed score
74
Sound effectsAmbience and foley
63
AchievementsStory, romance and secrets
18
CharactersChickopedia entries in the public build
12
Collectible setsHidden capybaras, 3 to 4 renders each
10
In-game daysPrologue plus Days 1 through 9

The Story

One knock. A new life. No going back.

One knockA new lifeNo going back

You play a young man who has already run out of road. Then a knock at the door offers him a way out he never saw coming, and everything he thought he knew about his past gets rewritten overnight.

What follows is a new city, a new circle of people, and a chance that looks too good to be clean. Allies, romances, and rivals will all try to pull him in different directions. Who to trust, who to love, who to betray. That part is up to you.

An episodic adult visual novel built with high quality 3D renders, original music, and a branching storyline that remembers what you did.

Branching Narrative

Choices ripple forward across episodes. Relationship scores, personality traits, and closed doors all carry into the next day.

Adult Visual Novel

Multiple romance routes with real variety and kink friendly options. Mature storylines with characters who have psychology, not just poses.

A Harem, Your Way

A wide roster of love interests, each with their own pace, flavor, and secrets. Pursue one, a few, or all of them. Nobody is locked behind a single path, and the story remembers who you chose to get close to.

Built To Be Played

A fully functioning in-game phone, gallery and scene replay, hidden collectibles, achievements, and a Kinetic Novel mode for a story first run. Episode 4 adds the Operations Board, phone alerts, a soundtrack page, and a retry after the harshest fail.

The Season

Four episodes shipped

Season 1 runs eight episodes across 15 in-game days. Episodes 1 to 3 are free. Episode 4 is with Headliners now, Roadies on October 31, and everyone on November 5.

  1. Episode 1

    Prologue and Days 1 to 3

    Published

  2. Episode 2

    Days 4 and 5

    Published

  3. Episode 3

    Days 6 and 7

    Published

  4. Episode 4

    Days 8 and 9

    The biggest episode yet. Wave 1 is Headliner and above. Roadies on October 31. Free for everyone on November 5.

    Early access

The Roster

Meet the cast

A grieving family, the staff who keep the estate standing, and the people circling the venue. Every one of them has an angle.

Jazmin ‘Jazzy’ Delmar
Episode 1

Jazmin ‘Jazzy’ Delmar

24

Childhood friend, New York

The no-nonsense best friend from New York, always ready with wild advice or a rescue plan.

Erika Parker
Episode 1

Erika Parker

25

Parker family, eldest daughter

Charismatic, ambitious, and entirely aware of what people call her.

Alexis Parker
Episode 1

Alexis Parker

21

Parker family, youngest daughter

A music lover with a free spirit, a sassy streak, and stage fright.

Archie Parker
Episode 1

Archie Parker

22

Parker family, middle son

Samuel's son. A car enthusiast with business smarts and a protective streak.

Lana Antonova
Episode 1

Lana Antonova

36

House manager, Parker estate

An ex-model from Ukraine who ran Samuel's life, and now holds the house together.

Denise
Episode 1

Denise

22

Owner, Moon Love Cafe

A shy barista with big dreams, a heart of gold, and a debt she cannot talk about.

Kira
Episode 1

Kira

25

Fashion designer

A flirty designer with a style all her own and zero interest in shrinking.

Abigail Parker
Episode 3

Abigail Parker

51

Samuel's widow

Cold, image obsessed, and largely absent from her children's lives.

Veronica Wight
Episode 3

Veronica Wight

49

Chairwoman, Apex Holdings

Polished, calculating, and never without an angle. Her firm owns the ground The Zenith sits on.

View full roster

18 characters across Episodes 1 to 3, in the free build.

A look inside

Stills from the story

A few frames. No context, on purpose.

Latest

From the lair

The full posts live on Patreon. Episode 4 is members only until the November 5 public build.

  1. Early access

    Episode 4 early access

    Days 8 and 9. 4,835 new renders, 20 animations, and 91,000+ words. Wave 1 is Headliners and above, $20 a month and up. Roadies on October 31. Free for everyone on November 5.

  2. State of the Game

    State of the Game, August 2026

    Where Episode 4 stands going into August, in our own words. This one goes out every month and it is always free to read.

  3. Spotlight

    Character Spotlight: Jazzy

    The long version of the friend who knew the MC before any of this. Backstory only, nothing that spoils where she is headed.

  4. Roadmap

    Episode 4 content calendar

    What we post and when across the Episode 4 dev cycle, published up front so nobody has to guess whether the game is still moving.

  5. Post mortem

    Episode 3 post launch touch point

    An honest look back at the Episode 3 cycle. The good, the bad, and the parts that took twice as long as we said they would.

  6. Release

    Episode 3 general release

    Days 6 and 7, 3,470 new renders, and the will reading. Free for everyone, download links in the post.

Everything on Patreon

Ready to Play

Start your Journey

Episodes 1 to 3 are free right now. Download the public build and play the whole thing. Episode 4 is in wave 1 for Headliners and above. Roadies get it October 31, and everyone else on November 5.

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Available On

Play it today

The public build is live for desktop now. Episode 4 early access uses the same three platforms, and the free build follows on November 5. A mobile version is on the roadmap.

  • Windows

    Available now

  • Linux

    Available now

  • Mac

    Available now

  • Android

    Coming later

Community

Join the capys

We are a two person team. Journey started years ago as a passion project, the kind you tinker with on weekends without really admitting how much you care about it. At some point we realized it had something bigger to offer, so we went back, rebuilt our renders from scratch, and committed to bringing Journey: Rebirth to life properly.

This is not an endless project. The whole story is planned across three seasons, roughly 45 in-game days, with four to six endings depending on the choices you make. Season 1 is Journey: Rebirth, and it runs about 15 in-game days.

We ship a State of the Game every month and a DevLog every other week, we run weekly contests on Discord, and we put real development decisions to a community vote. The lair is small, the roadmap is public, and the capys keep us honest.