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Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin

Edelweiss · XSEED Games · 2020-11-10

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Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 19, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Nov 10, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 12, 2020 (PlayStation 4)

Discover the true power of rice in Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin! Take on hordes of demons in side-scrolling combat to reclaim the land as Sakuna, a spoiled harvest goddess banished to a dangerous island. Then, return to your mountain village and tend a field full of glorious rice.

55
playing now
92%
positive of 5.7k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
77/100
critic score (7 outlets, IGDB)
90/100
IGDB user rating (14 ratings)
32h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$29.99
steam price (US)

55 players in-game as of 2026-08-29 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin is an action role-playing simulation video game developed by Edelweiss and published by Marvelous. It was first released in North America on November 10, 2020, for the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and the PC through Steam. It was later released in Japan on November 12 and in Europe and Australia on November 20.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 55 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 141 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~18/week).
  • · Review velocity down 32% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (1,476 reviews).
  • · Top 15% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 114k–258k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,724 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $13.49 at Steam (2025-11-13)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 11 of 21 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.4k1.4k20202026Week of 2020-11-01: 1,395 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 383 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 207 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

6772026-08-07 00:00 — 11 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 15 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 29 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 21 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 47 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 33 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 25 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 47 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 33 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 11 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 36 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 27 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 15 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 43 players2026-08-11 17:00 — 18 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 16 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 49 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 40 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 18 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 29 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 32 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 15 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 30 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 49 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 10 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 20 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 54 players2026-08-28 20:00 — 19 players2026-08-29 12:00 — 55 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$39.99$13.492020-11-102026-08-132020-11-10 — best price $39.992021-09-23 — best price $27.992021-12-01 — best price $39.992022-01-27 — best price $23.992022-05-05 — best price $22.492022-07-07 — best price $29.992022-11-22 — best price $19.492023-01-05 — best price $29.992023-03-16 — best price $19.492023-06-30 — best price $17.992023-11-28 — best price $29.992024-02-19 — best price $14.992024-03-21 — best price $29.992024-06-10 — best price $14.992024-07-11 — best price $29.992024-09-20 — best price $14.992024-11-19 — best price $29.992024-12-20 — best price $14.992025-03-10 — best price $29.992025-06-20 — best price $14.992025-07-10 — best price $29.992025-09-29 — best price $29.992025-11-13 — best price $13.492025-12-04 — best price $29.992026-02-05 — best price $14.992026-03-26 — best price $29.992026-05-25 — best price $29.992026-07-09 — best price $29.992026-08-13 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

40
achievements tracked
80%
earned "Cloud Dancer"
21.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsGamepad RecommendedDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudRemote Play on TabletFamily Sharing2 DLC

5 supported languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)8,56429%41
Steam (Steam)3,2688%40
PS4 (PlayStation)2,38819%41
Switch (Nintendo)1590%0
Switch (Nintendo)780%0
Switch (Nintendo)670%0
Switch (Nintendo)190%0

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

Player tags

ActionCombatDemonsCraftingDifficultMythologyPlatformerSimulationStory RichAgriculture

Census log

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

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