TANUKI: Pon’s Summer Steam Page: Details, Specs, Updates

TANUKI: Pon's Summer is on Steam, and as of 2026-11-05 its official Steam page shows a coming-soon status with a release date of November 10, 2026 and no price listed yet. The page is the fastest way to see everything the Steam version includes: the developer's description, the full feature list, the PC system requirements, and a feed of eight announcement posts you can open one by one. This page walks you through each part of that store listing and sums up what you will find there.

What the Steam page shows right now

The listing for TANUKI: Pon's Summer (app 3218570) is run by developer Denkiworks and publisher CRITICAL REFLEX. It is tagged Casual, Indie and Simulation, and the store status is "coming soon" — the release date announcement of October 28, 2026 set the launch at November 10, 2026. No price is shown on the page as of 2026-11-05, so wishlist the game if you want a notification the moment pricing and purchase go live.

The developer's short description sets the scene: the Tanuki Festival is a month away, the shrine is falling apart, and Pon — a well-meaning but slightly lazy tanuki with a part-time job at the Post Office — has to restore it before summer ends. You deliver packages, make friends on the island, and get the shrine ready for the big festival.

Steam features included

The features list on the official page, checked on 2026-11-05, covers:

• Single-player
• Steam Achievements
• Full controller support
• Custom volume controls
• Gamepad recommended
• DualShock and DualSense controller support
• Stereo sound
• Steam Cloud
• Family Sharing

A few of these are worth unpacking. Full controller support plus explicit DualShock/DualSense tags, with a gamepad recommended, tells you the BMX riding is designed around a stick and triggers rather than mouse and keyboard. Steam Cloud and Family Sharing both appear, so saves follow your account across machines and the game can be shared within a Steam family. Note that the page lists no achievement details yet — the achievements section shows none listed as of 2026-11-05, which is common for a coming-soon page.

PC system requirements

The requirements are modest, and only Windows is covered. The official Steam page lists Windows as the platform — no macOS or Steam Deck/Linux entry appears as of 2026-11-05.

The jump from minimum to recommended is small, so almost any PC from the last decade that runs DirectX 11 should handle it. The 3 GB install size is also unusually light.

How to open the update posts

The store page carries a running feed of developer announcements, newest first — eight posts as of 2026-11-05. Scroll past the description and media on the Steam page to the "Community Announcements" section and click any headline to expand the full post.

The posts you will find there, newest first:

• Day in a life of Pon, the little Tanuki (2026-11-04) — a GIF tour of Pon's routines: sorting parcels at the Post Office, pouring drinks at the bar under Sakamori's watchful eye, catching insects in the forest, and watching sumo bouts at the dohyō.
• Release Date Announcement (2026-10-28) — locks in November 10, 2026, teases quests, jaw-dropping locations, 101 BMX challenges and collaboration hats, and confirms the game is also coming to PlayStation, with preorders open on Xbox and Nintendo Switch 1 & 2.
• New Trailer Has Dropped (2026-08-26) — a fresh trailer plus a Gamescom demo recap and the demo save-transfer reminder.
• Steam Next Fest is finally HERE (2026-06-15) — launches the Next Fest demo, described as the first arc of the game.
• DEMO is OUT NOW (2026-06-11) — the full opening chapter goes live as a free demo.
• NEW trailer and Steam Next Fest (2026-06-07) — announces the trailer and the upcoming demo.
• Release Date Shift & Progress Report (2025-12-24) — moves the launch window to 2026 and details improvements: player-placed tags and a minimap, objective markers and player-chosen mission order, more activities, and a whole new town across the bay reachable by train.
• PON'S BREAKING RECORDS! (2025-08-11) — celebrates a wishlist milestone, shares an ASUS ROG dev diary filmed in Kyoto, and extends a tricks contest deadline.

To catch future posts without checking the page, use the follow/notify controls on the same announcements section, and follow @denkiworks and CRITICAL REFLEX on X as the posts themselves suggest.

The demo and progress carryover

One detail from the update posts matters for launch day: everything you accomplish during the first three in-game days of the demo carries over fully to the full game. The developers repeated this in the June, August and October announcements, so if you play the demo before release, transfer your save once the full game unlocks on November 10, 2026 and no progress goes to waste. The demo was also described in the December 2025 progress report as no longer representative of the final game, since navigation, missions, activities and the second town were all expanded after demo feedback.

Next steps

• Compare the Switch release on the TANUKI: Pon's Summer Nintendo Switch store page if you would rather play handheld — preorders are already open for Switch 1 and 2.
• Check the TANUKI: Pon's Summer price page once launch pricing appears, since the Steam listing shows no price yet.
• Look at the TANUKI: Pon's Summer Switch physical page if you want a cartridge instead of a digital copy.

FAQ

Is TANUKI: Pon's Summer on Steam?

Yes. The official Steam page (app 3218570) has been live through development and demo releases, and as of 2026-11-05 it shows a coming-soon status with a November 10, 2026 release date.

Can I buy TANUKI: Pon's Summer on Steam right now?

Not yet. The page is in coming-soon state with no price listed as of 2026-11-05; purchasing opens on the November 10, 2026 release date, so wishlist it for a notification.

What are the minimum PC requirements for TANUKI: Pon's Summer?

Per the official Steam page: Windows 10 or later, a 2.6 GHz quad-core processor or similar, 8 GB RAM, an Nvidia GeForce 650 or AMD Radeon HD 7750 with at least 2 GB VRAM, DirectX 11 and 3 GB of storage. Recommended specs are only slightly higher.

Will my demo progress carry over to the full Steam version?

Yes, according to the developer's Steam announcements: the first three in-game days of the demo transfer fully to the main game, and you are asked to move your save once the full release is out.

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Check note: details, features, requirements, release date and announcement summaries above come from the official Steam page for TANUKI: Pon's Summer, checked 2026-11-05. The final launch-day price and the achievement list remain unconfirmed, since the page lists no price and no achievements yet.