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GINKA

Frontwing · Frontwing USA · 2023-10-25

Steam

AdventureCasual

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 26, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 19, 2024 (Nintendo Switch)

"Return to that summer with you..." Ryusei returns to the small island of his younger years, where time flows by gently, to spend a fairy-tale summer vacation with his childhood friend who was spirited away.

9
playing now
91%
positive of 2.8k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$16.09
steam price (US)

9 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Five years ago, Aoba Ryusei's childhood friend, Shinomiya Ginka, disappeared without a trace on the night of the summer festival. The superstitious islanders believed this to be an act of God, saying that she was "spirited away." Now in high school, Ryusei decides to visit the island over summer break. He needs to know: Did Ginka ever come back? Could she be living a normal high school life? Sadly, his faint hopes are crushed when he learns that Ginka was never seen again after that night. He dejectedly prepares to depart, but then he meets a young girl who looks exactly like his missing chi(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 9 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 124 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~16/week).
  • · Review velocity down 18% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (1,247 reviews).
  • · Top 18% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 57k–127k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,828 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $13.79 at Steam (2025-12-18)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $22.99 · on sale 7 of 13 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.1k1.1k20232026Week of 2023-10-01: 1,141 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 106 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 487 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1722026-08-11 19:00 — 9 players2026-08-12 11:00 — 6 players2026-08-13 03:00 — 7 players2026-08-13 19:00 — 2 players2026-08-14 10:00 — 7 players2026-08-15 02:00 — 5 players2026-08-15 18:00 — 5 players2026-08-16 10:00 — 10 players2026-08-17 02:00 — 5 players2026-08-17 18:00 — 8 players2026-08-18 10:00 — 13 players2026-08-19 02:00 — 6 players2026-08-19 17:00 — 6 players2026-08-20 09:00 — 8 players2026-08-21 01:00 — 4 players2026-08-21 17:00 — 12 players2026-08-22 08:00 — 10 players2026-08-23 00:00 — 5 players2026-08-23 16:00 — 12 players2026-08-24 08:00 — 10 players2026-08-25 00:00 — 5 players2026-08-25 15:00 — 13 players2026-08-26 08:00 — 5 players2026-08-27 00:00 — 3 players2026-08-27 16:00 — 12 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 6 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 2 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 17 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 9 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$22.99$13.792023-10-262026-08-152023-10-26 — best price $22.992024-01-04 — best price $22.992024-02-12 — best price $22.992024-03-21 — best price $22.992024-05-11 — best price $22.992024-07-11 — best price $22.992024-08-25 — best price $22.992024-10-11 — best price $22.992024-12-04 — best price $22.992025-01-02 — best price $22.992025-03-10 — best price $22.992025-03-20 — best price $22.992025-05-12 — best price $22.992025-07-10 — best price $22.992025-08-29 — best price $22.992025-10-06 — best price $22.992025-12-01 — best price $22.992026-01-19 — best price $22.992026-03-26 — best price $22.992026-05-12 — best price $22.992026-07-09 — best price $22.992026-08-15 — best price $16.09
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam Trading CardsCustom Volume Controls#category_playable_at_your_own_pacePlayable without Timed InputSave AnytimeStereo SoundSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

3 supported languages: Japanese, English, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Switch (Nintendo)20%0

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

Player tags

CuteAnimeDramaCasualLinearRomanceSurrealAdventureEmotionalMythology

Census log

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

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