's story follows the main character Keiji Hayase, and takes place in the future, where the younger generation use a special power called Metis.
Much of its gameplay is spent reading the text that appears on the screen, which represents the story's narrative and dialogue.
The text is accompanied by character sprites, which represent who Keiji is talking to, over background art.
[1] Throughout the game, the player encounters CG artwork at certain points in the story, which take the place of the background art and character sprites.
Throughout gameplay, the player is given multiple options to choose from, and text progression pauses at these points until a choice is made.
[3] Keiji befriends many people during his stay at Suminoe Academy, one of them being his classmate Fuuka Himekawa (姫川 風花, Himekawa Fūka, voiced by Hinata Ayukawa), a popular and friendly female student whose Metis is Aegis.
Her parents died in a car accident during her childhood, resulting in her going to an orphanage, before being enrolled at Suminoe Academy.
[5] Hitoshi Oshiki designed the characters in Kamikaze Explorer!,[6] whilst background art was drawn by Sasanqua, Katsuhiko Hino, and Studio Tulip.
[9] A manga one-shot by Ooi Masakazu was published in the January 2011 issue of ASCII Media Works' Dengeki Hime magazine.
[10] Another manga illustrated by Achumuchi has serialized in Dengeki Hime starting from the November 2013 issue.
[11] Kadokawa Shoten has released the compiled chapters into a tankōbon volume which went to sale on June 13, 2014 under ASCII Media Works' publishing imprint Dengeki Comics.
[13] The book contains story and character explanations, staff interviews, a glossary for the terms in the visual novel, pinups, and more.
original soundtrack CD was released by Bell on January 27, 2011, containing all songs and BGM used in the game.
[14] A character sleeve collection has been released by Broccoli notably depicting Kamikaze Explorer!
has ranked four times in the top ten in national PC game pre-orders in Japan.
1 game sold on Getchu.com, a major redistributor of visual and domestic anime products, during the month of its release,[18] and No.