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HENPRI cover art

HENPRI

Qruppo · Shiravune · 2025-03-03

SteamGOG

AdventureCasual

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Text

Releases: Mar 04, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Thrown into prison for an act of self-expression, protagonist Shuichiro must confront both a violent system and his own actions—or else try to find happiness on the inside in this visual novel from the makers of NUKITASHI.

HENPRI is a $24.99 Adventure and Casual game released in 2025, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (97% of 4185 reviews).

23
playing now
97%
positive of 4.2k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$24.99
steam price (US)

23 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 21:00 UTC (census sample)

Tulip Prison—a special penitentiary filled with criminals from all over Japan who have been deemed too far gone to rehabilitate. As the “phantom precinct” of the justice system, its facilities occupy an inescapable island that stands alone on the open sea. Shuichiro Minato—a young man who lives in Tokyo. Amid the Christmas lighting one beautiful winter night, he was arrested as a public nuisance. Shuichiro defended himself in court, describing his acts as self-expression—art—but no one could understand him. He was sentenced to ten years of penal servitude for being a pest and resisting arres(Storyline via IGDB)

Trailer

HENPRI trailer thumbnail

HENPRI OP Movie

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Health check

Quietly active
  • · 23 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 172 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~22/week).
  • · Review velocity up 4% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (630 reviews).
  • · Top 6% of 28,914 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 84k–188k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,185 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$24.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $14.99 at GOG (2026-02-12)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.36 · on sale 40 of 91 observed days · $10.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
57157120252026Week of 2025-03-04: 571 positiveWeek of 2025-03-04: 59 negativeWeek of 2025-03-11: 353 positiveWeek of 2025-03-11: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-03-18: 220 positiveWeek of 2025-03-18: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-03-25: 129 positiveWeek of 2025-03-25: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-08: 81 positiveWeek of 2025-04-08: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-15: 58 positiveWeek of 2025-04-15: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-04-22: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-04-22: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-29: 56 positiveWeek of 2025-04-29: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-06: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-05-06: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-13: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-05-13: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-20: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-05-27: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-06-03: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-06-03: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-10: 58 positiveWeek of 2025-06-10: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-17: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-06-17: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-24: 51 positiveWeek of 2025-06-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-08: 51 positiveWeek of 2025-07-08: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-15: 52 positiveWeek of 2025-07-15: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-22: 59 positiveWeek of 2025-07-29: 69 positiveWeek of 2025-07-29: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-05: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-08-05: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-12: 62 positiveWeek of 2025-08-12: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-19: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-08-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-26: 55 positiveWeek of 2025-09-02: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-09-02: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-09: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-09-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-16: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-09-23: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-09-30: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-09-30: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-07: 64 positiveWeek of 2025-10-07: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-14: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-10-21: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-10-21: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-28: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-11-04: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-11-11: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-11-18: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-11-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-25: 231 positiveWeek of 2025-11-25: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-02: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-12-09: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-12-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-16: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-12-23: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-12-23: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-30: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-01-06: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-01-13: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-01-20: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-01-20: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-27: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-02-03: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-10: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-02-17: 35 positiveWeek of 2026-02-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-24: 35 positiveWeek of 2026-02-24: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-03: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-03-10: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-03-17: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-03-17: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-24: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-03-31: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-04-07: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-04-14: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-04-14: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-21: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-04-21: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-28: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-05-05: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-05-05: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-12: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-05-19: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-05-26: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-06-02: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-06-09: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-06-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-16: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-06-16: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-23: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-06-30: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-07-07: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-07-14: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-07-21: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-07-21: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-28: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-07-28: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-04: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-08-04: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-11: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-08-18: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-08-25: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

18602026-09-15 06:00 — 60 players2026-09-16 14:00 — 186 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 21 players2026-09-19 05:00 — 118 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 176 players2026-09-21 20:00 — 44 players2026-09-23 04:00 — 75 players2026-09-24 11:00 — 95 players2026-09-25 19:00 — 54 players2026-09-27 02:00 — 73 players2026-09-28 10:00 — 90 players2026-09-29 17:00 — 66 players2026-10-01 01:00 — 21 players2026-10-02 08:00 — 101 players2026-10-03 16:00 — 150 players2026-10-05 00:00 — 32 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 122 players2026-10-07 15:00 — 120 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 25 players2026-10-10 06:00 — 70 players2026-10-11 14:00 — 149 players2026-10-12 21:00 — 23 players2026-10-14 05:00 — 47 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 23 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
49056Mar 2025Aug 2026Mar 2025 — avg 490 · peak 1,660Apr 2025 — avg 145 · peak 476May 2025 — avg 77 · peak 245Jun 2025 — avg 97 · peak 251Jul 2025 — avg 115 · peak 337Aug 2025 — avg 127 · peak 333Sep 2025 — avg 78 · peak 202Oct 2025 — avg 77 · peak 250Nov 2025 — avg 56 · peak 187Dec 2025 — avg 64 · peak 193Jan 2026 — avg 62 · peak 167Feb 2026 — avg 85 · peak 288Mar 2026 — avg 64 · peak 205Apr 2026 — avg 68 · peak 184May 2026 — avg 64 · peak 184Jun 2026 — avg 72 · peak 190Jul 2026 — avg 70 · peak 156Aug 2026 — avg 69 · peak 168
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$29.36$14.992025-03-042026-10-152025-03-04 — best price $19.992025-06-04 — best price $19.992025-06-27 — best price $19.992025-08-07 — best price $24.992025-09-29 — best price $17.492025-11-05 — best price $24.992025-12-01 — best price $24.992025-12-19 — best price $17.492026-02-12 — best price $14.992026-02-26 — best price $24.992026-03-19 — best price $14.992026-03-28 — best price $24.992026-04-26 — best price $24.992026-05-26 — best price $14.992026-06-10 — best price $24.992026-06-25 — best price $14.992026-07-10 — best price $24.992026-08-06 — best price $24.992026-08-26 — best price $24.992026-08-29 — best price $24.992026-09-01 — best price $24.992026-09-04 — best price $24.992026-09-07 — best price $24.992026-09-10 — best price $14.992026-09-13 — best price $14.992026-09-16 — best price $14.992026-09-19 — best price $14.992026-09-22 — best price $14.992026-09-25 — best price $24.992026-09-28 — best price $24.992026-10-01 — best price $14.992026-10-04 — best price $14.992026-10-07 — best price $14.992026-10-10 — best price $24.992026-10-13 — best price $24.992026-10-15 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam CloudFamily Sharing

3 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

CuteNoirAnimeCrimeCasualGothicMysteryRomanceSurvivalAdventure

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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