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428: Shibuya Scramble

Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd. · 2018-09-04

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Adventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Text

Releases: Sep 04, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 04, 2018 (PlayStation 4), Dec 04, 2008 (Wii), Sep 03, 2009 (PlayStation 3), Nov 03, 2011 (iOS), Nov 03, 2011 (Android)

A kidnapping on the streets of Shibuya brings together a hot-blooded detective, hard-hitting journalist, former gang leader, the head researcher of a big pharma manufacturer and a part-timer stuck in cat costume for a series of events each more unexpected and outrageous than the last.

428: Shibuya Scramble is an Adventure game released in 2018, priced at $49.99, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (95% of 3967 reviews).

62
playing now
95%
positive of 4.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
83/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
90/100
IGDB user rating (24 ratings)
4.28★
PlayStation Store rating (1,346 ratings)
28h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$49.99
steam price (US)

62 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 14:00 UTC (census sample)

428: Shibuya Scramble is a visual novel adventure video game produced by Koichi Nakamura with Jiro Ishii serving as executive producer, developed by Nakamura's company Chunsoft, and initially published by Sega, originally in Japan for the Wii on December 4, 2008. The game was ported by Spike to the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable in September 2009. A version for iOS and Android was released in November 2011. PlayStation 4 and Microsoft Windows versions were released internationally in September 2018.

Trailer

428: Shibuya Scramble trailer thumbnail

428: Shibuya Scramble - Official Trailer | PS4

≈29,638 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 62 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 605 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~76/week).
  • · Review velocity up 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 6% of 28,692 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 99k–238k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,967 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $4.99 at Steam (2025-01-16)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $49.99 · on sale 7 of 14 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
17717720182026Week of 2018-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 177 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

8692026-09-14 23:00 — 19 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 52 players2026-09-17 15:00 — 70 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 20 players2026-09-20 06:00 — 37 players2026-09-21 14:00 — 62 players2026-09-22 21:00 — 13 players2026-09-24 05:00 — 27 players2026-09-25 12:00 — 74 players2026-09-26 20:00 — 15 players2026-09-28 03:00 — 16 players2026-09-29 11:00 — 45 players2026-09-30 18:00 — 19 players2026-10-02 02:00 — 23 players2026-10-03 09:00 — 66 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 39 players2026-10-06 01:00 — 20 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 62 players2026-10-08 16:00 — 44 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 12 players2026-10-11 07:00 — 68 players2026-10-12 15:00 — 67 players2026-10-13 22:00 — 10 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 62 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1333Sep 2018Aug 2026Sep 2018 — avg 15 · peak 42Dec 2018 — avg 9 · peak 30Mar 2019 — avg 3 · peak 11Jun 2019 — avg 8 · peak 31Sep 2019 — avg 10 · peak 28Dec 2019 — avg 8 · peak 25Mar 2020 — avg 10 · peak 25Jun 2020 — avg 8 · peak 31Sep 2020 — avg 8 · peak 27Dec 2020 — avg 12 · peak 37Mar 2021 — avg 6 · peak 17Jun 2021 — avg 9 · peak 27Sep 2021 — avg 9 · peak 36Dec 2021 — avg 7 · peak 18Mar 2022 — avg 4 · peak 12Jun 2022 — avg 56 · peak 413Sep 2022 — avg 26 · peak 96Dec 2022 — avg 30 · peak 127Mar 2023 — avg 24 · peak 84Jun 2023 — avg 15 · peak 44Sep 2023 — avg 17 · peak 52Dec 2023 — avg 16 · peak 46Mar 2024 — avg 18 · peak 61Jun 2024 — avg 16 · peak 59Sep 2024 — avg 12 · peak 40Dec 2024 — avg 34 · peak 96Mar 2025 — avg 60 · peak 174Jun 2025 — avg 36 · peak 105Sep 2025 — avg 31 · peak 95Dec 2025 — avg 30 · peak 101Mar 2026 — avg 133 · peak 574Jun 2026 — avg 47 · peak 130Aug 2026 — avg 36 · peak 90
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$49.99$4.992018-09-052026-07-092018-09-05 — best price $49.992018-12-20 — best price $29.992019-05-06 — best price $49.992019-08-08 — best price $9.992019-11-01 — best price $49.992020-03-03 — best price $9.992020-05-06 — best price $49.992020-11-09 — best price $9.992021-01-05 — best price $49.992021-06-24 — best price $9.992021-10-04 — best price $49.992021-11-24 — best price $7.492022-01-05 — best price $49.992022-04-28 — best price $9.992022-07-07 — best price $49.992022-11-22 — best price $9.992023-01-05 — best price $49.992023-03-16 — best price $19.992023-05-08 — best price $49.992023-08-07 — best price $9.992023-11-28 — best price $49.992024-03-07 — best price $14.992024-05-06 — best price $49.992024-10-28 — best price $9.992024-12-04 — best price $49.992025-01-16 — best price $4.992025-03-10 — best price $49.992025-04-25 — best price $12.492025-06-15 — best price $49.992025-08-25 — best price $12.492025-10-06 — best price $49.992025-12-18 — best price $12.492026-02-06 — best price $49.992026-04-21 — best price $9.992026-06-11 — best price $49.992026-07-09 — best price $49.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1.1k962026-05-30 — 126 pageviews2026-06-03 — 115 pageviews2026-06-07 — 149 pageviews2026-06-11 — 212 pageviews2026-06-15 — 144 pageviews2026-06-19 — 96 pageviews2026-06-23 — 134 pageviews2026-06-27 — 134 pageviews2026-07-01 — 140 pageviews2026-07-05 — 170 pageviews2026-07-09 — 496 pageviews2026-07-13 — 129 pageviews2026-07-17 — 138 pageviews2026-07-21 — 123 pageviews2026-07-25 — 119 pageviews2026-07-29 — 132 pageviews2026-08-02 — 147 pageviews2026-08-06 — 109 pageviews2026-08-10 — 144 pageviews2026-08-14 — 115 pageviews2026-08-18 — 143 pageviews2026-08-22 — 161 pageviews2026-08-26 — 111 pageviews2026-08-30 — 120 pageviews2026-09-03 — 111 pageviews2026-09-07 — 120 pageviews2026-09-11 — 146 pageviews2026-09-15 — 118 pageviews2026-09-19 — 143 pageviews2026-09-23 — 135 pageviews2026-09-27 — 139 pageviews2026-10-01 — 139 pageviews2026-10-05 — 1,125 pageviews2026-10-09 — 192 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

27
achievements tracked
55.4%
earned "Welcome to Shibuya"
10.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsDualShock Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,32523%27
PS4 (PlayStation)1,19654%27
PS4 (PlayStation)1,08850%27
PS4 (PlayStation)67071%27
Steam (Steam)19230%27

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

FMVFunnyMysteryViolentAdventureDetectiveStory RichVisual NovelChoices MatterGreat Soundtrack

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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