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Iwaihime cover art

Iwaihime

DMM GAMES · Shiravune · 2020-10-23

Steam

AdventureSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jan 29, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

From hit writer Ryukishi07, the creator of When They Cry, comes a story on the theme of “curses.” Strike down the dark riddle of dolls and soot in this supernatural horror visual novel.

2
playing now
78%
positive of 914 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$29.99
steam price (US)

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

Hajakenshou. Crush evil, spread the truth. It is said that each generation, upon reaching a certain age, all boys of the Susuharai family leave home and become independent. Then, relying only on themselves, they train body and soul until they are accepted as adults. And so I prepared myself for this day, learning a great many things so I'd be ready to live on my own. Susuda Prefectoral High School. My new school. Originally, I planned to enter in first year rather than transfer in second year. Life at school is carefree, and even pleasant. Everyone has a great time in class 2-A. There's just(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 81 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~10/week).
  • · Review velocity up 1% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 31% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 18k–41k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 914 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $5.99 at Steam (2023-12-21)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 16 of 35 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
787820202026Week of 2020-10-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-08-11 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-12 14:00 — 5 players2026-08-13 06:00 — 3 players2026-08-13 21:00 — 2 players2026-08-14 13:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 21:00 — 4 players2026-08-16 13:00 — 3 players2026-08-17 05:00 — 2 players2026-08-17 21:00 — 3 players2026-08-18 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 20:00 — 2 players2026-08-20 12:00 — 3 players2026-08-21 03:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 11:00 — 2 players2026-08-23 03:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 18:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 08:00 — 3 players2026-08-25 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 16:00 — 3 players2026-08-26 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 00:00 — 2 players2026-08-27 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 08:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$29.99$5.992020-10-232026-08-082020-10-23 — best price $26.992020-12-22 — best price $22.492021-03-08 — best price $20.992021-06-24 — best price $17.992021-11-24 — best price $14.992022-01-27 — best price $14.992022-06-23 — best price $14.992022-10-07 — best price $11.992022-12-22 — best price $11.992023-03-16 — best price $10.492023-05-30 — best price $10.492023-08-07 — best price $8.992023-10-26 — best price $8.992023-12-21 — best price $5.992024-03-14 — best price $5.992024-05-26 — best price $5.992024-07-29 — best price $5.992024-10-27 — best price $5.992024-11-28 — best price $5.992024-12-20 — best price $5.992025-01-18 — best price $5.992025-03-13 — best price $5.992025-04-20 — best price $5.992025-06-04 — best price $5.992025-06-27 — best price $5.992025-07-25 — best price $5.992025-09-08 — best price $5.992025-09-30 — best price $5.992025-11-24 — best price $5.992025-12-19 — best price $5.992026-02-23 — best price $21.712026-03-26 — best price $29.992026-05-27 — best price $5.992026-06-25 — best price $5.992026-08-07 — best price $29.992026-08-08 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

12
achievements tracked
54%
earned "Noroihime"
34.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

3 supported languages: English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)46156%12

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

Player tags

2DAnimeHorrorSurrealThrillerAdventureEmotionalMythologyHand-drawnStory Rich

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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