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CowaCowa: Jinmenken

nobisiko games · 2024-10-29

Steam

AdventureIndieFree To Play

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 29, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

"CowaCowa: Jinmenken" is a 3D horror adventure game based on the Japanese urban legend of the "Jinmenken," a dog with a human face. Explore a hand-drawn 2.5D world from a first-person perspective, uncovering eerie mysteries in a quiet residential neighborhood at night.

78%
positive of 72 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 46% of 29,241 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

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Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: English, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Player tags

3D2.5DGoreIndieHorrorViolentAdventureHand-drawnStory RichExploration

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