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RETURN TO 1990

Reborn in 1990 Seoul with memories of 2027. Rewrite twenty years through stocks, real estate and startups in this business-sim visual novel.

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Reborn in 1990 — with twenty years of memories

March 2027. Twenty-nine years old, 37,000 won left in the bank. On a bridge over the Han River, he grabbed a stranger's hand — and they fell together.

He wakes up in 1990, in a small room above his mother's side-dish shop in a Seoul market. The face in the mirror belongs to a twenty-year-old stranger.

He knows what the next twenty years will bring: which companies will grow, which neighborhoods will boom, and exactly when everything will fall apart.

Invest with your memories

From the 1990s Korean stock market to the IMF crisis, the dot-com bubble and the 2008 financial crisis. Recall the news before it happens, buy first and sell first. But the more you act, the more history begins to bend.

When Gangnam was farmland

Pick the land that will rise on a map of Seoul and Gyeonggi. New-town announcements, development booms — and bubbles.

Build a company

PC networks, web portals, social homepages, delivery services… start businesses ahead of their time. Manage products, people, supply chains, finance and M&A, recruit a CEO, CFO and COO, take investment offers and grow into a business group.

The people you meet again

The woman who fell with you that day, a chaebol heir who is always half a step ahead, and your mother who keeps the side-dish shop running. Can this life end differently?

A visual novel told month by month

Every month brings new events and choices, with voice acting and illustrations that capture the air of the '90s. Multiple endings depend on your wealth and relationships.

Steam Edition

Buy once and play with no energy limit. The in-game gold shop is optional. Includes the Prologue and Chapter 1 (1990–1999). Chapter 2 (2000–2009), Chapter 3 (2010–2019) and Chapter 4 (2020–2027) are available as DLC.

Languages: Korean, English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese.

All companies, people and brands in the game are fictional. In-game investment results have nothing to do with real-world investing.

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