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Mr. Saitou

Laura Shigihara · 2023-03-23

Steam

AdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player

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.

0
playing now
96%
positive of 507 reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$11.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 12:00 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

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 40% of 11,424 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 10k–23k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 507 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 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

402026-08-12 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 01:00 — 2 players2026-08-14 17:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 09:00 — 2 players2026-08-16 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 00:00 — 2 players2026-08-18 16:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-21 07:00 — 4 players2026-08-21 23:00 — 4 players2026-08-22 15:00 — 3 players2026-08-23 06:00 — 3 players2026-08-23 22:00 — 3 players2026-08-24 14:00 — 2 players2026-08-25 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-25 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 12:00 — 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).

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

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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