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Nightshade/百花百狼 cover art

Nightshade/百花百狼

Red Entertainment · D3PUBLISHER · 2017-04-11

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Adventure

Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 11, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 25, 2016 (PlayStation Vita), Dec 20, 2018 (Nintendo Switch)

A romance visual novel game made in collaboration with D3P and Red Entertainment.Character design and illustrations are by the popular illustrator Teita. The romance revolves around Ninjas who have lived through the Sengoku Period. This game has published in 2016 as PS Vita in Japan.

96%
positive of 792 reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$34.99
steam price (US)

In an age of constant war, rivaling ninja clans Iga and Kouga effectively expanded their respective forces. Due to that long history of warring, both clans dwelled in their hatred towards one another. However, during the ninth year of the Tenshou era, the Tenshou Iga war, led by Oda Nobunaga, destroyed the Iga forces, leading the members who survived to be taken in by the Kouga Clan. Seventeen years later, Sengoku period had ended, lasting peace came back to Japan and the Iga and Kouga clans totally merged together. Dreaming to be a full fledged shinobi and perform in her duties, Ueno Enju (Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 27 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 17% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 33% of 11,424 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 20k–48k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 792 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$29.22-15%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $13.98 at WinGameStore (2025-04-07) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $34.99 · on sale 38 of 66 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
161620172026Week of 2017-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$34.99$13.982017-04-122026-08-252017-04-12 — best price $27.992017-11-28 — best price $34.992018-07-05 — best price $34.992019-01-10 — best price $27.992019-06-17 — best price $27.992019-11-21 — best price $27.992020-01-12 — best price $27.992020-02-13 — best price $27.992020-05-07 — best price $24.492020-11-25 — best price $24.492021-04-09 — best price $34.992021-09-29 — best price $24.492022-03-24 — best price $20.992022-08-19 — best price $20.992022-11-29 — best price $34.992023-05-05 — best price $20.992023-10-30 — best price $20.992024-02-05 — best price $34.992024-07-18 — best price $34.992024-11-04 — best price $34.382024-12-04 — best price $29.222025-01-03 — best price $34.992025-03-13 — best price $19.242025-04-15 — best price $34.992025-06-13 — best price $29.222025-08-02 — best price $24.942025-09-04 — best price $27.712025-11-26 — best price $34.382026-02-05 — best price $17.492026-03-26 — best price $29.222026-05-28 — best price $34.992026-07-17 — best price $34.382026-08-17 — best price $34.992026-08-25 — best price $29.22
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

26
achievements tracked
45%
earned "Hanzo's Story"
16.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing2 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

AnimeNinjaOtomeRomanceViolentAdventureDating SimStory RichVisual NovelGreat Soundtrack

Census log

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

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