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BAN: The Prologue of GUCHA GUCHA

市松製化 · Kodansha · 2024-10-23

Steam

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Oct 23, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

【A richly coloured horror and mystery tale】BAN: The Prologue of GUCHA GUCHA is a third-person horror adventure game. Experience the messy horror from the perspective of the protagonist, who is caught up in the whirlwind of events in a certain town in Japan, Utagacho.

47%
positive of 51 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$4.49
steam price (US)

A “richly coloured horror and mystery tale” that will grind your heart into a pulp.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (23 reviews).
  • · Top 54% of 27,615 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.0k–2.3k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 51 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$8.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.49 at Steam (2025-10-27)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $8.99 · on sale 7 of 14 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
141420242026Week of 2024-10-23: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-10-23: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-10-30: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-06: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-06: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-27: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-27: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-04: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-08: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-05: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-09: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-30: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-23: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-20: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-27: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-24: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-08: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-15: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-29: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-05: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-19: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-24: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-21: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-04: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$8.99$4.492024-10-232026-10-082024-10-23 — best price $7.192024-11-04 — best price $8.992025-06-27 — best price $6.292025-07-10 — best price $8.992025-09-29 — best price $6.292025-10-06 — best price $8.992025-10-27 — best price $4.492025-11-03 — best price $8.992025-12-18 — best price $4.492026-01-05 — best price $8.992026-01-17 — best price $4.492026-01-31 — best price $8.992026-03-19 — best price $4.492026-03-26 — best price $8.992026-06-25 — best price $4.492026-07-09 — best price $8.992026-09-10 — best price $4.492026-09-24 — best price $8.992026-10-01 — best price $4.492026-10-08 — best price $8.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportFamily Sharing1 DLC

4 supported languages: English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2024-10-23 (Steam store data)

Player tags

3DGoreIndieRetro1990'sCasualHorrorAdventureSingleplayerThird Person

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.