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Sakura Spirit cover art

Sakura Spirit

Winged Cloud · 2014-07-09

Steam

Indie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Text

Releases: Jun 03, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 03, 2014 (Linux), Jun 03, 2014 (Mac)

Rising Judo Star Gushiken Takahiro was two weeks away from the match that would make or break his career -- a championship match where the winner is then signed up to be a young national athlete for Japan. He was very determined to win, in order to fulfill his dreams of finally representing his country for a sport he loves so much.

Sakura Spirit is an Indie game released in 2014 for $9.99, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and Mostly Positive reviews (78% of 6,839 reviews).

0
playing now
78%
positive of 6.8k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
60/100
IGDB user rating (9 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Sakura Spirit is a 2014 visual novel video game for personal computers developed by American indie studio Winged Cloud and published by Sekai Project. It is one of few visual novels that are developed outside Japan and aimed at the English-speaking market, and is also one of the first projects published by Sekai Project that is not a translation of a Japanese visual novel, but rather an original English language work. The game was released on 9 July 2014 on Steam and MangaGamer.

Trailer

Sakura Spirit trailer thumbnail

🌸 Arrival Of The Sakura Spirit ✨Adopt Me! Cherry Blossom Festival Animation!

≈448,429 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 13 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 7% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (41 reviews).
  • · Top 3% of 49,704 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 171k–410k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 6,830 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2015-06-19) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 6 of 12 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
363620172026Week of 2017-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-15 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
861Jul 2014Dec 2024Jul 2014 — avg 78 · peak 191Oct 2014 — avg 36 · peak 168Jan 2015 — avg 83 · peak 271Apr 2015 — avg 23 · peak 50Jul 2015 — avg 29 · peak 61Oct 2015 — avg 28 · peak 97Jan 2016 — avg 37 · peak 82Apr 2016 — avg 20 · peak 60Jul 2016 — avg 24 · peak 175Oct 2016 — avg 15 · peak 65Jan 2017 — avg 12 · peak 31Apr 2017 — avg 8 · peak 26Jul 2017 — avg 9 · peak 21Oct 2017 — avg 17 · peak 34Jan 2018 — avg 10 · peak 22Apr 2018 — avg 7 · peak 18Jul 2018 — avg 6 · peak 18Oct 2018 — avg 4 · peak 13Jan 2019 — avg 6 · peak 19Apr 2019 — avg 3 · peak 8Jul 2019 — avg 6 · peak 13Oct 2019 — avg 4 · peak 9Jan 2020 — avg 5 · peak 11Apr 2020 — avg 7 · peak 14Jul 2020 — avg 7 · peak 15Oct 2020 — avg 4 · peak 9Jan 2021 — avg 5 · peak 14Apr 2021 — avg 4 · peak 24Jul 2021 — avg 3 · peak 9Oct 2021 — avg 2 · peak 8Jan 2022 — avg 2 · peak 6Apr 2022 — avg 3 · peak 8Jul 2022 — avg 3 · peak 8Oct 2022 — avg 3 · peak 11Jan 2023 — avg 3 · peak 7Apr 2023 — avg 2 · peak 6Jul 2023 — avg 2 · peak 4Dec 2023 — avg 1 · peak 4Apr 2024 — avg 2 · peak 5Dec 2024 — avg 2 · peak 4

No change (0) in avg players vs prior month — Dec 2024

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$1.992015-01-012026-07-092015-01-01 — best price $3.392015-06-11 — best price $2.992015-12-22 — best price $2.492016-04-29 — best price $1.992016-11-23 — best price $1.992017-06-22 — best price $2.492017-11-16 — best price $2.492018-04-30 — best price $9.992018-11-27 — best price $9.992019-02-18 — best price $9.992019-07-09 — best price $9.992019-11-01 — best price $9.992019-12-10 — best price $9.992020-01-27 — best price $9.992020-04-20 — best price $9.992020-07-09 — best price $9.992020-10-01 — best price $9.992021-01-11 — best price $1.992021-04-26 — best price $9.992021-08-16 — best price $9.992021-11-01 — best price $9.992022-01-05 — best price $9.992022-02-18 — best price $9.992022-06-24 — best price $2.992022-09-19 — best price $2.992022-11-29 — best price $9.992023-01-16 — best price $3.992023-03-16 — best price $2.492023-06-30 — best price $2.492023-09-05 — best price $9.992024-01-15 — best price $2.492024-05-20 — best price $2.992024-10-07 — best price $2.992024-12-19 — best price $2.992025-04-14 — best price $2.992025-09-15 — best price $4.992026-02-02 — best price $2.992026-07-09 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

5052026-06-01 — 15 pageviews2026-06-05 — 16 pageviews2026-06-09 — 21 pageviews2026-06-13 — 11 pageviews2026-06-17 — 9 pageviews2026-06-21 — 18 pageviews2026-06-25 — 29 pageviews2026-06-29 — 11 pageviews2026-07-03 — 17 pageviews2026-07-07 — 12 pageviews2026-07-11 — 21 pageviews2026-07-15 — 12 pageviews2026-07-19 — 39 pageviews2026-07-23 — 22 pageviews2026-07-27 — 21 pageviews2026-07-31 — 29 pageviews2026-08-04 — 31 pageviews2026-08-08 — 24 pageviews2026-08-12 — 19 pageviews2026-08-16 — 17 pageviews2026-08-20 — 30 pageviews2026-08-24 — 13 pageviews2026-08-28 — 18 pageviews2026-09-01 — 15 pageviews2026-09-05 — 5 pageviews2026-09-09 — 11 pageviews2026-09-13 — 13 pageviews2026-09-17 — 14 pageviews2026-09-21 — 13 pageviews2026-09-25 — 12 pageviews2026-09-29 — 15 pageviews2026-10-03 — 20 pageviews2026-10-07 — 17 pageviews2026-10-10 — 6 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Switch (Nintendo)10%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

CuteAnimeIndieShortCasualHentaiMatureNudityFantasyRomance

Census log

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

Players also track

If My Heart Had WingsChildren of MortaEverlasting SummerSakura Swim ClubForgotton AnneNecrobarista

Similarity via IGDB.

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