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Master Magistrate cover art

Master Magistrate

IRODORI · Shiravune · 2020-06-12

SteamGOG

Adventure

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jun 12, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 22, 2018 (PlayStation Vita), Jun 22, 2018 (Android), Oct 26, 2018 (iOS)

The samurai detective visual novel! Solve crimes and pass judgment on vigilantes, officials, inventors, and brigands to protect a city of eternal cherry blossoms.

3
playing now
91%
positive of 213 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$29.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Shimei took up his post as the new administrator at the Nakamachi magistrate’s office, which had been founded to alleviate the burden on the offices to the north and south. He was followed by his cheerful and hard-working childhood friend Rimu and the strong-minded Sakura, who was dispatched from the Kitamachi magistrate’s office to supervise him. Shortly after his arrival, a young girl Koume was brought before him on a charge of murder. She was to be sentenced the following day, and if she was found guilty of the alleged crime, she would be sentenced to death. Shimei noticed something suspic(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 14 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 18% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 54% of 11,404 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 4.3k–9.6k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 213 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

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

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 23 of 50 observed days · $24.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
232320192026Week of 2019-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-08-12 03:00 — 1 players2026-08-12 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 11:00 — 2 players2026-08-14 03:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 19:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 02:00 — 3 players2026-08-16 18:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 10:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 02:00 — 3 players2026-08-18 18:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 04:00 — 2 players2026-08-29 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-30 12:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$29.99$5.992019-09-172026-08-302019-09-17 — best price $19.992020-06-19 — best price $29.992020-12-01 — best price $29.992021-04-29 — best price $17.992021-11-01 — best price $29.992022-01-27 — best price $14.992022-08-15 — best price $29.992022-11-22 — best price $11.992023-01-30 — best price $29.992023-05-30 — best price $8.992023-08-14 — best price $29.992023-11-22 — best price $7.492024-02-20 — best price $29.992024-04-26 — best price $29.992024-06-19 — best price $5.992024-08-03 — best price $5.992024-10-27 — best price $5.992024-11-28 — best price $5.992024-12-22 — best price $5.992025-01-17 — best price $5.992025-02-21 — best price $29.992025-03-20 — best price $29.992025-05-06 — best price $29.992025-06-26 — best price $5.992025-07-25 — best price $5.992025-09-21 — best price $29.992025-10-08 — best price $29.992025-11-24 — best price $5.992026-01-05 — best price $29.992026-02-27 — best price $29.992026-04-13 — best price $5.992026-05-26 — best price $5.992026-06-19 — best price $5.992026-07-24 — best price $5.992026-08-28 — best price $29.992026-08-30 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

24
achievements tracked
45.1%
earned "Chapter 1 Complete"
18.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play on PhoneRemote Play on TabletFamily Sharing

3 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)13127%24

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

Player tags

GoreAnimeCasualNudityPuzzleMysteryViolentAdventureDetectiveEarly Access

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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