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近畿霊務局 - Kinki Spiritual Affairs Bureau

Noto Muteki · 2024-10-04

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ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Oct 04, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 16, 2025 (PlayStation 5), Jul 16, 2025 (Xbox Series X|S), Jul 29, 2026 (Nintendo Switch 2)

Time to fight back against the spirits! Play as an exorcist with firearms and purge unlawful spirits to solve the mystery of the Saiga village invasion in Nara!

近畿霊務局 - Kinki Spiritual Affairs Bureau is a 2024 Action Indie priced at $9.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (93% of 2890 reviews).

2
playing now
93%
positive of 2.9k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
4.49★
PlayStation Store rating (898 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 08:00 UTC (census sample)

The story takes place in Japan, where exorcisms are carried out by government agents. The protagonist is Mizuki Shiraishi, who is an exorcist from the Kinki Spiritual Affairs Bureau. Shiraishi visits Saiga Village in Nara to investigate a mystery in which all trances of the village have been wiped off the internet. Upon her arrival, she discovers all villagers have gone missing and the village is infested with a disproportionate number of unlawful spirits. Electricity, communications, and the internet in the village have been all cut-off, and Shiraishi also finds out that someone is pulling th(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 67 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~8/week).
  • · Review velocity down 6% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (289 reviews).
  • · Top 9% of 27,914 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 58k–130k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,890 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $7.19 at Steam (2026-06-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 3 of 6 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
21021020242026Week of 2024-10-04: 210 positiveWeek of 2024-10-04: 79 negativeWeek of 2024-10-11: 181 positiveWeek of 2024-10-11: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-10-18: 158 positiveWeek of 2024-10-18: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-10-25: 94 positiveWeek of 2024-10-25: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-11-08: 63 positiveWeek of 2024-11-08: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-15: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-11-15: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-22: 51 positiveWeek of 2024-11-22: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-29: 175 positiveWeek of 2024-11-29: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-12-06: 54 positiveWeek of 2024-12-06: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-13: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-12-13: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-20: 107 positiveWeek of 2024-12-20: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-12-27: 113 positiveWeek of 2024-12-27: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-01-03: 61 positiveWeek of 2025-01-03: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-10: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-01-10: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-17: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-01-24: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-01-31: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-01-31: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-07: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-02-07: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-14: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-02-21: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-02-21: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-28: 78 positiveWeek of 2025-02-28: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-03-07: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-03-14: 46 positiveWeek of 2025-03-14: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-21: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-03-21: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-28: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-03-28: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-04: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-04-11: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-04-11: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-18: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-04-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-25: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-05-02: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-05-02: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-09: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-05-09: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-16: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-23: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-05-30: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-06-06: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-06-13: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-20: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-06-27: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-07-04: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-07-11: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-07-11: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-18: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-07-25: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-07-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-08: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-08-15: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-08-22: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-08-29: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-08-29: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-05: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-09-05: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-12: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-09-12: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-19: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-26: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-10-03: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-10-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-10: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-10-10: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-17: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-10-17: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-24: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-31: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-11-07: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-14: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-21: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-11-28: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-05: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-05: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-12: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-19: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-12-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-26: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-12-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-02: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-01-02: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-09: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-01-16: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-01-23: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-01-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-30: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-02-06: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-06: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-13: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-13: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-20: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-02-27: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-03-06: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-03-06: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-13: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-13: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-20: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-03-20: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-27: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-03-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-03: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-10: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-10: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-17: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-24: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-08: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-15: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-15: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-22: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-22: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-29: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-06-05: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-12: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-06-19: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-19: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-26: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-06-26: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-03: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-07-03: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-10: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-17: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-24: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-31: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-08-07: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-08-07: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-14: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-21: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-28: 5 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1002026-09-15 18:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 02:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 09:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 17:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 08:00 — 4 players2026-09-23 16:00 — 4 players2026-09-24 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 07:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 14:00 — 5 players2026-09-28 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 05:00 — 3 players2026-10-01 13:00 — 8 players2026-10-02 20:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 04:00 — 5 players2026-10-05 12:00 — 10 players2026-10-06 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 10:00 — 4 players2026-10-10 18:00 — 4 players2026-10-12 02:00 — 3 players2026-10-13 09:00 — 7 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 3 players2026-10-15 08:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
473Oct 2024Aug 2026Oct 2024 — avg 47 · peak 175Nov 2024 — avg 26 · peak 137Dec 2024 — avg 30 · peak 127Jan 2025 — avg 19 · peak 97Feb 2025 — avg 10 · peak 33Mar 2025 — avg 18 · peak 125Apr 2025 — avg 7 · peak 29May 2025 — avg 5 · peak 18Jun 2025 — avg 7 · peak 39Jul 2025 — avg 10 · peak 40Aug 2025 — avg 6 · peak 20Sep 2025 — avg 5 · peak 22Oct 2025 — avg 8 · peak 31Nov 2025 — avg 3 · peak 14Dec 2025 — avg 5 · peak 20Jan 2026 — avg 10 · peak 57Feb 2026 — avg 4 · peak 13Mar 2026 — avg 5 · peak 23Apr 2026 — avg 3 · peak 11May 2026 — avg 3 · peak 13Jun 2026 — avg 4 · peak 22Jul 2026 — avg 4 · peak 15Aug 2026 — avg 5 · peak 17
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$7.192024-10-042026-07-092024-10-04 — best price $9.992024-11-27 — best price $7.992024-12-04 — best price $9.992024-12-19 — best price $7.792025-01-02 — best price $9.992025-03-01 — best price $7.792025-03-08 — best price $9.992025-03-13 — best price $7.692025-03-20 — best price $9.992025-06-27 — best price $7.592025-07-10 — best price $9.992025-09-29 — best price $7.492025-10-06 — best price $9.992025-12-18 — best price $7.392026-01-05 — best price $9.992026-03-19 — best price $7.292026-03-26 — best price $9.992026-06-25 — best price $7.192026-07-09 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean, 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

3DAnimeActionHorrorShooterWargameCinematicRealistic3D FighterAction RPG

Census log

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

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