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Anime Studio Story cover art

Anime Studio Story

Kairosoft Co.,Ltd · 2022-08-07

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

CasualIndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Feb 04, 2016 (iOS), Oct 08, 2014 (Android), May 16, 2024 (Xbox Series X|S), May 16, 2024 (Xbox One), Jan 16, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Nov 19, 2020 (PlayStation 4)

Step into the studio and produce yourown hit anime with an original hero!

79%
positive of 117 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
4.44★
PlayStation Store rating (45 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$8.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 20 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 67% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 36% of 20,272 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.3k–5.3k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 117 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$11.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.95 at Steam (2026-03-19)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $11.99 · on sale 0 of 2 observed days · $8.04 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
212120222026Week of 2022-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Completion

6
achievements tracked
84.6%
earned "Please keep the distance and brighten the room."
20.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

6 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Thai

Player tags

2DCuteAnimeIndieRetro1990'sCasualLife SimStrategyManagement

Census log

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

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