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Mr. Saitou

Laura Shigihara · 2023-03-23

Steam

AdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Mar 23, 2023 (Mac), Mar 23, 2023 (Linux), Mar 23, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 23, 2023 (Nintendo Switch)

A short game about an average white-collar worker who struggles to find meaning in a life full of constant overtime and isolation. After an accident lands him in the hospital, Mr. Saitou is spirited away to a strange fantasy world where an unexpected friend takes him on a life-changing adventure.

Mr. Saitou is an Adventure, Indie, RPG title released in 2023, priced at $11.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (96% of 509 reviews).

0
playing now
96%
positive of 509 reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$11.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 22:00 UTC (census sample)

Mr. Saitou is a 2023 adventure game developed by Laura Shigihara. It is set in the same world as Rakuen.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 28 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity up 22% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (157 reviews).
  • · Top 19% of 29,020 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 10k–23k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 509 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $5.99 at Steam (2026-03-19)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $11.99 · on sale 3 of 6 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
15215220232026Week of 2023-03-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 19:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 15:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 22:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$11.99$5.992023-03-232026-07-092023-03-23 — best price $10.792023-03-30 — best price $11.992023-06-29 — best price $9.592023-07-13 — best price $11.992023-07-31 — best price $9.592023-08-07 — best price $11.992023-10-23 — best price $9.592023-11-02 — best price $11.992023-11-21 — best price $9.592023-11-28 — best price $11.992023-12-21 — best price $9.592024-01-04 — best price $11.992024-03-14 — best price $9.592024-03-21 — best price $11.992024-03-23 — best price $9.592024-03-30 — best price $11.992024-06-27 — best price $9.592024-07-11 — best price $11.992024-11-27 — best price $9.592024-12-04 — best price $11.992024-12-19 — best price $9.592025-01-02 — best price $11.992025-02-03 — best price $9.592025-02-10 — best price $11.992025-03-13 — best price $9.592025-03-20 — best price $11.992025-06-26 — best price $9.592025-07-10 — best price $11.992025-09-29 — best price $8.992025-10-06 — best price $11.992025-12-18 — best price $8.392026-01-05 — best price $11.992026-03-19 — best price $5.992026-03-26 — best price $11.992026-06-25 — best price $5.992026-07-09 — best price $11.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

4772026-06-01 — 8 pageviews2026-06-05 — 10 pageviews2026-06-09 — 7 pageviews2026-06-13 — 21 pageviews2026-06-17 — 24 pageviews2026-06-21 — 24 pageviews2026-06-25 — 33 pageviews2026-06-29 — 37 pageviews2026-07-03 — 27 pageviews2026-07-07 — 20 pageviews2026-07-11 — 29 pageviews2026-07-15 — 24 pageviews2026-07-19 — 12 pageviews2026-07-23 — 22 pageviews2026-07-27 — 15 pageviews2026-07-31 — 15 pageviews2026-08-04 — 16 pageviews2026-08-08 — 20 pageviews2026-08-12 — 17 pageviews2026-08-16 — 18 pageviews2026-08-20 — 15 pageviews2026-08-24 — 11 pageviews2026-08-28 — 11 pageviews2026-09-01 — 18 pageviews2026-09-05 — 10 pageviews2026-09-09 — 19 pageviews2026-09-13 — 14 pageviews2026-09-17 — 15 pageviews2026-09-21 — 10 pageviews2026-09-25 — 14 pageviews2026-09-29 — 13 pageviews2026-10-03 — 15 pageviews2026-10-07 — 20 pageviews2026-10-11 — 18 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

10
achievements tracked
80.9%
earned "Otsukaresama Desu!"
59.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

10 supported languages: English, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Ukrainian

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2023-03-23 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)17242%10

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

Player tags

2DRPGCuteJRPGAnimeFunnyPuzzleFantasyColorfulAdventure

Census log

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

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