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イハナシの魔女 cover art

イハナシの魔女

Fragaria · 2022-08-19

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view, Text

Releases: Apr 28, 2023 (Xbox One), Aug 22, 2024 (Nintendo Switch), Apr 28, 2023 (PlayStation 5), Apr 28, 2023 (PlayStation 4), Sep 29, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 22, 2024 (Xbox Series X|S)

The English version of the heartwarming story that was highly acclaimed in Japan. Enjoy the meticulously crafted narrative. Set in Okinawa, Japan, it is also a story that unravels the mysteries hidden within its history and fantasy.

96%
positive of 945 reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.98
steam price (US)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 134 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~17/week).
  • · Review velocity down 8% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 23% of 16,510 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 19k–43k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 945 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $9.99 at Steam (2026-06-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 12 of 13 observed days · $20.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
585820222026Week of 2022-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$29.99$9.992022-08-192026-09-152022-08-19 — best price $17.992022-09-29 — best price $17.992022-11-22 — best price $17.992022-12-23 — best price $17.992023-03-16 — best price $16.992023-06-29 — best price $16.992023-08-07 — best price $15.992023-11-21 — best price $13.992023-12-21 — best price $15.992024-03-14 — best price $14.992024-03-26 — best price $24.982024-07-11 — best price $24.982024-10-27 — best price $24.982024-12-04 — best price $24.982025-01-02 — best price $24.982025-03-10 — best price $24.982025-03-20 — best price $24.982025-04-20 — best price $24.982025-07-10 — best price $24.982025-10-06 — best price $24.982025-12-05 — best price $24.982026-01-05 — best price $24.982026-03-26 — best price $24.982026-05-02 — best price $24.982026-07-09 — best price $24.982026-09-15 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

3 supported languages: Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Korean

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2023-01-08 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)30285%23
Switch (Nintendo)20%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

CuteDramaIndieMagicComedyRomanceAdventureEmotionalHand-drawnHistorical

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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