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Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin

Edelweiss · XSEED Games · 2020-11-10

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ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person, Side view

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.

Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin is an Action and Indie game released in 2020, priced at $29.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (92% of 5734 reviews).

52
playing now
92%
positive of 5.7k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
77/100
critic score (7 outlets, IGDB)
90/100
IGDB user rating (14 ratings)
4
Nexus mods (753 downloads)
4.58★
PlayStation Store rating (5,319 ratings)
32h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

52 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 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.

Trailer

Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin trailer thumbnail

Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin - Launch Trailer - Nintendo Switch

≈305,042 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 52 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 6% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 115k–258k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,734 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 9 of 17 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

80112026-09-14 22:00 — 27 players2026-09-16 06:00 — 51 players2026-09-17 13:00 — 70 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 26 players2026-09-20 04:00 — 49 players2026-09-21 12:00 — 65 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 22 players2026-09-24 03:00 — 32 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 33 players2026-09-26 18:00 — 29 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 18 players2026-09-29 09:00 — 27 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 19 players2026-10-02 00:00 — 12 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 77 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 67 players2026-10-05 23:00 — 14 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 45 players2026-10-08 14:00 — 75 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 19 players2026-10-11 05:00 — 52 players2026-10-12 13:00 — 54 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 11 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 52 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2.8k29Nov 2020Aug 2026Nov 2020 — avg 2,811 · peak 6,953Jan 2021 — avg 322 · peak 922Mar 2021 — avg 85 · peak 215May 2021 — avg 60 · peak 143Jul 2021 — avg 354 · peak 1,210Sep 2021 — avg 120 · peak 559Nov 2021 — avg 81 · peak 412Jan 2022 — avg 148 · peak 421Mar 2022 — avg 51 · peak 121May 2022 — avg 162 · peak 524Jul 2022 — avg 92 · peak 240Sep 2022 — avg 163 · peak 728Nov 2022 — avg 59 · peak 222Jan 2023 — avg 95 · peak 271Mar 2023 — avg 103 · peak 324May 2023 — avg 69 · peak 220Jul 2023 — avg 93 · peak 255Sep 2023 — avg 41 · peak 100Nov 2023 — avg 60 · peak 207Jan 2024 — avg 56 · peak 161Mar 2024 — avg 135 · peak 358May 2024 — avg 140 · peak 515Jul 2024 — avg 303 · peak 836Sep 2024 — avg 140 · peak 432Nov 2024 — avg 99 · peak 280Jan 2025 — avg 66 · peak 173Mar 2025 — avg 57 · peak 136May 2025 — avg 35 · peak 82Jul 2025 — avg 56 · peak 157Sep 2025 — avg 32 · peak 75Nov 2025 — avg 70 · peak 243Jan 2026 — avg 50 · peak 138Mar 2026 — avg 40 · peak 104May 2026 — avg 39 · peak 123Jul 2026 — avg 36 · peak 103Aug 2026 — avg 29 · peak 70
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

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).

Attention

106372026-06-02 — 74 pageviews2026-06-06 — 52 pageviews2026-06-10 — 106 pageviews2026-06-14 — 91 pageviews2026-06-18 — 73 pageviews2026-06-22 — 67 pageviews2026-06-26 — 67 pageviews2026-06-30 — 78 pageviews2026-07-04 — 56 pageviews2026-07-08 — 39 pageviews2026-07-12 — 65 pageviews2026-07-16 — 53 pageviews2026-07-20 — 48 pageviews2026-07-24 — 54 pageviews2026-07-28 — 61 pageviews2026-08-01 — 59 pageviews2026-08-05 — 49 pageviews2026-08-09 — 56 pageviews2026-08-13 — 55 pageviews2026-08-17 — 37 pageviews2026-08-21 — 56 pageviews2026-08-25 — 76 pageviews2026-08-29 — 57 pageviews2026-09-02 — 57 pageviews2026-09-06 — 53 pageviews2026-09-10 — 64 pageviews2026-09-14 — 79 pageviews2026-09-18 — 61 pageviews2026-09-22 — 47 pageviews2026-09-26 — 59 pageviews2026-09-30 — 46 pageviews2026-10-04 — 42 pageviews2026-10-08 — 59 pageviews2026-10-11 — 71 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

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

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2021-07-12, latest 2021-08-12 (Steam store data)

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.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

ActionCombatDemonsCraftingDifficultMythologyPlatformerSimulationStory RichAgriculture

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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