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Murasaki cover art

Murasaki

Katatema · PLAYISM · 2016-05-12

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

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)!

Murasaki is an Action and Indie game released in 2016, priced at $4.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and Very Positive (91% of 137 reviews) sentiment.

0
playing now
91%
positive of 137 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$4.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 08:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 15 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 34% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 3.4k–8.2k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 137 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 6 of 12 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
121220162026Week of 2016-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3502026-09-15 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 17:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 15:00 — 35 players2026-09-21 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 06:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 22:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 04:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 09:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 08:00 — 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).

Completion

48
achievements tracked
33.1%
earned "Objective"
7.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

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

3 supported languages: English, Japanese, Korean

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2016-05-13 (Steam store data)

Player tags

2DAnimeIndieActionArcadeCasualPuzzleFantasyDifficultController

Census log

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

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