MAGES. has announced remastered versions of science-fiction suspense visual novels Ever 17: The Out of Infinity and Never 7: The End of Infinity for PlayStation 4, Switch, and PC (Steam). Both titles will be released digitally on March 6, 2025 in Japan and Asia, with the PC version being published by Spike Chunsoft. An “Ever 17 / Never 7 Double Pack” for Switch will also be available, which includes both games on one cartridge. It will support English, Japanese, and Traditional Chinees language options (in Asia, at least).
(Update 11/25/24 at 11:15 a.m.: Spike Chunsoft has confirmed it will release both games for PlayStation 4, Switch, and PC via Steam in the west on March 6, 2025. Read more here.)
The “Ever 17 / Never 7 Double Pack” will be available in standard and limited editions. The standard edition will be priced at 7,480 yen, while the limited edition will cost 9,680 yen. The latter includes the “Ever 17 / Never 7 Sound Collection” DVD-ROM, which features 31 songs from Ever 17: The Out of Infinity and 24 songs from Never 7: The End of Infinity, which can be extracted as mp3 and FLAC files.
Here is an overview of each game:
Ever 17: The Out of Infinity
About
Ever 17: The Out of Infinity is the second original entry in the Infinity series, first released by KID in 2002. In 2011, MAGES. released a “remake version” for the Xbox 360, featuring fully 3D characters, new scenarios, and updated graphics. The “remastered version” retains the 2D character expressions from the original game, while rebuilding the outfits and opening movie from the remake in 2D. Additionally, the new scenarios elements introduced in the remake have been incorporated, making this the definitive edition of Ever17.
The game is a suspense-filled visual novel told from the perspectives of two protagonists. Seven individuals find themselves trapped in the an underwater theme park called “LeMU.” At the beginning of the game, the player selects either college student Takeshi Kuranari or a boy with amnesia, then progresses through the story from that character’s point of view.
By allowing the player to choose between two protagonists, the game offers a multifaceted view of the same story, enabling deeper immersion. What “true secret” will these two perspectives reveal? Discover the answer as you dive into the game’s world through its suspenseful story.
Story
Spring 2017. Takeshi Kuranari, an ordinary college student, visits the underwater theme park “LeMU,” where he becomes involved in an accident and ends up trapped there. “Sora,” the only remaining system operator, announces that there is a limited time before LeMU collapses under the water pressure. 170 hours and 17 minutes. With rescue seeming hopeless, Takeshi, along with a mysterious girl named Tsugumi and the park guide Yuu, wanders through LeMU in search of a way to escape to the surface. A theme park of hopes and dreams, submerged at the bottom of a mysterious blue ocean. Do any of those hopes and dreams still remain? Or is there another mystery yet to be uncovered? The answer lies with “you.”
Never 7: The End of Infinity (2025)
About
Never 7: The End of Infinity is a high-definition remastered version of the 2000-released title of the same name, released as the complete edition of the original Infinity game. At the time, romance visual novels were at their peak, and the game garnered attention for its unique setting, story gimmicks, and its incorporation of rich mystery and suspense elements. This success led to its establishment as the first entry in the Infinity series, a science-fiction suspense franchise that features “time loop” elements in its storytelling.
The player assumes the role of protagonist Makoto Ishihara, advancing the story through dialogue and decision-making. Makoto, a third-year college student, arrives on a secluded island in the southern seas for a seminar training camp, where he becomes involved in a hapless fate during what was supposed to be an ordinary seven-day trip. Knowing that tragedy awaits and the seventh day will never arrive, the player’s goal is to uncover the mysteries and escape the doomed cycle by solving the puzzle of Makoto’s fate.
Story
On the morning of April 1, 2019, protagonist Makoto Ishihara experiences the worst awakening of his life.
He dreams of “a girl tragically dying right before his eyes.”
The protagonist Makoto is on a secluded island in the southern seas for a seminar training camp.
The seminar training camp, in the simple joy of everyday life, should have ended peacefully…
But then came the fateful day of April 6….
On that day, “anxiety” turns to “despair,” and “premonition” turns to “tragedy.”
The morning of the seventh day, which will never come.
By relying on the memories that remain, Makoto works prevent the tragedy to reveal “all the mysteries.”
End the eternal sorrow. This is a science-fiction suspense romance visual novel where players must escape a time loop, and where various emotions and destinies intricately intertwine.
Watch the opening movie for each game below. Visit the Infinity remaster series official website here.