Neo Harbor Rescue Squad arrives on the scene today!

Now available worldwide on PS5, PS4, and Steam.

November 13, 2024

4 Min Read

[This unedited press release is made available courtesy of Game Developer and its partnership with notable game PR-related resource Games Press]

BancyCo :

(For release on November 12, 2024, 5:00am PDT)

(November 12, 2024 — Toronto, Canada) Indie game studio BancyCo announces that its fourth original game, Neo Harbor Rescue Squad, is now available for PS5, PS4, and Steam.

In its review, PS4blog wrote that the game "... blends the excitement of a paramedic simulator with the depth of a visual novel, creating a captivating story that keeps you engaged from start to finish."

Steam page: https://go.bancy.co/NeoHarborSteam
PS5 store page: https://go.bancy.co/NHRS-PS5
PS4 store page: https://go.bancy.co/NHRS-PS4

Neo Harbor Rescue Squad features:

fully localized text and UI in English, Traditional Chinese, and Simplified Chinese
On Steam, a 10% launch discount
over 400 patients to save
over 90 treatment scenarios to challenge you
dozens of minigames to master
15 dramatic missions

Original game soundtrack now widely available

Game composer Robby Duguay has compiled Neo Harbor's energetic soundtrack for players' listening pleasure for both purchase and streaming.

The 12-track album is bookended by the game's main theme and its special vocal closing track, "Rising Hearts and Fighting Tides," which is meant to evoke classic anime themes from the 1990s.

About Neo Harbor Rescue Squad

The Rescue Squad has long lived in the shadow of the Neo Harbor City's prestigious Fire Department, but no more! As the team's new paramedic rookie, players must respond to emergencies throughout the city, deal with difficult patients, and protect the squad's reputation against the machinations of news reporter Betty Woo!

Players will use a bold, frantic triage system to juggle multiple waves of patients on each call, capturing the urgency, unpredictability, and critical decision-making required of the job in an accessible way. They'll manage several scenes at once and employ special shields to buy time to strategize, all while the clock is ticking.

Players will also have to master over 50 intense (and sometimes hilarious) treatment minigames to stabilize those patients and keep them from going critical — from performing CPR, stopping nosebleeds, wrapping bandages, using a defibrillator, and so much more!

Inspired by real paramedics in Hong Kong

The game takes real stories of emergency personnel, as told to the team, and spins them into an over-the-top, dramatic tale of teamwork and rivalry. Co-Founder Nancy Yeung took major inspiration from her hometown of Hong Kong for Neo Harbor City's vibrant locales — including dim sum shops, night markets, and even an amusement park during a typhoon.

Players will make impactful choices throughout the city's gorgeous visual novel scenes, which feature animated characters, expressive voices, and (of course) a smarmy talking dolphin!

Media Assets:

Gameplay trailer (4K)
- English: https://youtu.be/AKADGZyXbyk
- Simplified Chinese: https://youtu.be/4rQ-iLNxELs
Official website: https://www.jointherescuesquad.com/
Steam page: https://go.bancy.co/NeoHarborSteam
PlayStation demo: https://go.bancy.co/NHRSdemoPS5

Press contact: [email protected]

About BancyCo

BancyCo is a Toronto-based, independent videogame studio founded by Benjamin Rivers and Nancy Yeung. We've developed and published critically acclaimed games (Home, Alone With You, Worse Than Death) for consoles, PC and iOS since 2012.

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