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So to Speak

Erik Andersen · 2025-03-31

Steam

AdventureIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 31, 2025 (Mac), Mar 31, 2025 (Linux), Mar 31, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Can you learn Japanese by solving puzzles? So to Speak is a game about wandering in Japan, looking at signs, overhearing conversations, and using context clues in the environment to figure out what it all means. No background in Japanese is assumed.

97%
positive of 125 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$17.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 35% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 56% of 14,556 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.5k5.6k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 125 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $12.59 at Steam (2026-06-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
272720252026Week of 2025-03-31: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-04-07: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-04-14: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-21: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-28: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-28: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-05: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-12: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-19: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-26: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-02: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-09: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-23: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-30: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-07: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-14: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-21: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-28: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-04: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-11: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-25: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-15: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-22: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-29: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-13: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-24: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-12-22: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-29: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-05: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-19: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-26: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-02: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-23: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-30: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-20: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-08: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-15: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-29: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-03: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-10: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Completion

16
achievements tracked
84.5%
earned "Finish Chapter 1"
11.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

2DCozyCuteLogicPuzzleForeignColorfulRelaxingAdventureEducation

Census log

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

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