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Murasaki

Katatema · PLAYISM · 2016-05-12

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 12, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

"Murasaki" is a puzzle explosion game. Use explosions to clear the screen of pesky obstacles filling it up. The only controls you need are the directional buttons and two other buttons (Z and X)!

0
playing now
91%
positive of 138 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

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  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 64% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.5k–8.3k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 138 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2021-02-11)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 7 of 14 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

102026-08-12 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-30 13:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$4.99$0.992016-05-132026-08-062016-05-13 — best price $4.492016-08-30 — best price $4.992016-11-23 — best price $3.492017-01-23 — best price $4.992017-05-29 — best price $2.492017-08-21 — best price $4.992017-11-22 — best price $2.492018-01-29 — best price $4.992018-05-14 — best price $2.492018-07-23 — best price $4.992018-11-21 — best price $2.492019-01-28 — best price $4.992019-04-08 — best price $4.992019-05-27 — best price $1.992019-08-05 — best price $4.992019-12-19 — best price $1.992020-05-26 — best price $4.992020-11-07 — best price $1.492021-01-05 — best price $4.992021-04-29 — best price $0.992021-06-07 — best price $4.992021-09-27 — best price $0.992021-11-12 — best price $4.992022-01-27 — best price $0.992022-07-07 — best price $4.992022-12-03 — best price $0.992023-01-30 — best price $4.992023-06-29 — best price $0.992023-10-02 — best price $4.992024-02-01 — best price $0.992024-06-01 — best price $4.992024-09-18 — best price $0.992024-12-13 — best price $4.992025-03-13 — best price $0.992025-06-04 — best price $4.992025-09-15 — best price $0.992026-01-31 — best price $4.992026-06-25 — best price $0.992026-08-06 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

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

3 supported languages: English, Japanese, Korean

Player tags

2DAnimeIndieActionArcadeCasualPuzzleFantasyDifficultController

Census log

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