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Kwaidan cover art

Kwaidan

求道庵（gudouan） · Mediascape Co.,Ltd. · 2020-01-31

SteamPlayStation Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Aug 20, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Jan 31, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 15, 2018 (PlayStation 4)

Seamlessly combining 3D action and point-click adventure, "Kwaidan" provides a nostalgic-yet-new experience. Explore old Japanese manor and solve the clever puzzles set there, and fight against monsters called Yoki.

78%
positive of 72 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$12.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 22% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 70% of 12,113 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.4k–3.2k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 72 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $6.49 at Steam (2026-02-15)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $12.99 · on sale 6 of 12 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6620202026Week of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$24.99$6.492020-01-312026-07-092020-01-31 — best price $19.992020-04-30 — best price $19.992020-06-25 — best price $19.992020-10-29 — best price $19.992020-11-25 — best price $19.992020-12-22 — best price $19.992021-02-11 — best price $17.492021-04-29 — best price $14.992021-06-24 — best price $14.992021-10-28 — best price $12.492021-11-24 — best price $12.492021-12-22 — best price $12.492022-01-27 — best price $9.992022-06-23 — best price $9.992022-09-15 — best price $9.992022-11-22 — best price $9.992023-03-16 — best price $9.992023-04-29 — best price $9.992023-06-29 — best price $8.742023-11-21 — best price $8.742023-12-21 — best price $8.742024-03-14 — best price $8.742024-06-27 — best price $8.742024-10-28 — best price $8.742024-11-27 — best price $8.742024-12-19 — best price $8.742025-03-13 — best price $8.742025-06-26 — best price $8.742025-07-11 — best price $12.992025-10-06 — best price $12.992025-11-03 — best price $12.992026-01-05 — best price $12.992026-03-01 — best price $12.992026-03-26 — best price $12.992026-07-09 — best price $12.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese

Player tags

3DDarkIndieRetroActionHorrorMysteryOld SchoolStory RichAtmospheric

Census log

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

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