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Kinoko

ThunderLime · 2020-07-24

Steam

AdventureCasualFree To PlayIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jul 24, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The crisp winter air fills your lungs, but you can feel the earth underneath calling for you. The warmth from the sun melts the snow away and flowers bloom. Spring is here.

Kinoko is a free-to-play Adventure, Casual, and Indie game released in 2020, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (83% of 1183 reviews).

0
playing now
83%
positive of 1.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
Free
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 33 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity down 40% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (256 reviews).
  • · Top 12% of 28,763 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
21021020202026Week of 2020-07-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 210 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2020-07-24 (Steam store data)

Player tags

3DCuteIndieMagicCasualNatureFantasyRelaxingAdventureAtmospheric

Census log

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

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