Early-stage browser game lending business via distribution platform, Oita

What is for sale

This is a business that owns rights to a browser-based game and lends it out through a game distribution platform, which is then used by companies for promotional campaigns and internal events. The business has only just started, with September 2026 revenue of just ¥800, though the seller is in talks with a platform that could reach over 10,000 companies a month. The seller wants to sell to fund development of a new game and focus future resources on planning and development of that new title.

This is an asset sale, so the buyer acquires the game rights, source code and materials themselves rather than a company, and will need to confirm separately which licences and third-party rights can be transferred.

What is included

• Rights to the existing browser game
• Source code and related materials
• Licence for lending the game to corporate clients
• Distribution arrangement via the existing game platform

Strengths (as the seller states them)

• Game is already developed, saving the buyer development time and cost
• Uses an existing distribution platform so the buyer does not need to find users one by one
• Scalable model as more companies and users join the platform
• Low barrier to use since it requires no app install, just a browser

Wrinkles a careful buyer would ask about

• Business only just started, current revenue is extremely small (around ¥800 in the most recorded month)
• The planned tie-up with a platform reaching 10,000+ companies is not yet confirmed, only planned
• Buyer must confirm the scope of rights being transferred, including whether third-party materials, assets or game engine licences can be transferred
• Exact game titles, specifications, supported devices and versions are not yet finalised and need confirmation before transfer
• Financial details such as cash balance, total assets, interest-bearing debt and net assets are not disclosed publicly

Paying for it

If you stay overseas. No Japanese bank will lend to a new company whose director lives abroad. The realistic stack is your own cash plus asking the owner to take part of the price over 2 to 3 years. That one question is in every Deal Pack.

If you move to Japan. On a visa that lets you run a business, Japan Finance Corporation lends up to ¥72M at about 1 to 2 percent for exactly this. Once you have a Japanese company, the government pays two-thirds of due diligence and registered-broker costs, up to about ¥8M (round 16 closes 6 Nov 2026). You start a bank relationship from zero.

What this listing says. Nothing stated about debts, guarantees or payment terms, though as with all TRANBI listings a broker success fee would apply once a deal is agreed; the text does not specify its amount or minimum.

Full rundown, with the catches: japandealflow.com/money