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9-nine-:Episode 3

PALETTE · Sekai Project · 2020-08-31

Steam

ActionCasualSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 26, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

9-nine-: Episode 3 is the latest chapter in this series of supernatural mystery visual novels with the focus now shifted towards a new heroine, Haruka Kosaka.

8
playing now
92%
positive of 1.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

8 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Shiromitsugawa City: an academic city with no other particular features. A large earthquake hits the city, damaging the sacred treasure in the Shrine of the White Viper's Relic, and causing strange items to appear from a parallel world. These "Artifacts" grant strange powers to their owners, with incidents of an owner abusing their powers and turning people into stone. Having learned of the item that causes this petrification, the "Evil Eye Artifact", Kakeru Niimi teams up with his classmate, Miyako Kujo, and his sister, Sora Niimi, to investigate and put a stop to the culprit. During the i(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

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  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 34% of 10,935 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 21k–47k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,041 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $7.99 at Steam (2025-12-18)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 7 of 14 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

1202026-08-12 03:00 — 9 players2026-08-12 19:00 — 6 players2026-08-13 11:00 — 6 players2026-08-14 03:00 — 7 players2026-08-14 19:00 — 6 players2026-08-15 11:00 — 5 players2026-08-16 03:00 — 8 players2026-08-16 18:00 — 4 players2026-08-17 10:00 — 6 players2026-08-18 02:00 — 4 players2026-08-18 18:00 — 3 players2026-08-19 10:00 — 4 players2026-08-20 01:00 — 2 players2026-08-20 17:00 — 7 players2026-08-21 09:00 — 4 players2026-08-22 01:00 — 4 players2026-08-22 16:00 — 10 players2026-08-23 08:00 — 10 players2026-08-24 00:00 — 5 players2026-08-24 16:00 — 8 players2026-08-25 08:00 — 9 players2026-08-26 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 16:00 — 12 players2026-08-27 08:00 — 7 players2026-08-28 00:00 — 5 players2026-08-29 03:00 — 6 players2026-08-29 19:00 — 5 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 8 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$7.992020-09-012026-07-202020-09-01 — best price $17.992020-11-02 — best price $19.992020-12-22 — best price $16.992021-02-15 — best price $19.992021-04-20 — best price $13.992021-05-06 — best price $19.992021-10-11 — best price $13.992021-11-01 — best price $19.992021-12-23 — best price $13.992022-02-03 — best price $19.992022-06-24 — best price $9.992022-08-29 — best price $19.992022-12-22 — best price $9.992023-03-13 — best price $19.992023-05-08 — best price $11.992023-07-13 — best price $19.992023-09-25 — best price $11.992023-11-28 — best price $19.992024-02-05 — best price $13.992024-03-21 — best price $19.992024-06-27 — best price $9.992024-08-28 — best price $19.992024-12-19 — best price $9.992025-01-31 — best price $19.992025-03-13 — best price $9.992025-05-12 — best price $19.992025-07-14 — best price $9.992025-10-06 — best price $19.992025-12-18 — best price $7.992026-01-19 — best price $19.992026-06-25 — best price $7.992026-07-20 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam CloudFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, Japanese

Player tags

2DCatsCuteAnimeFunnyMagicActionCasualFantasyRomance

Census log

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

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