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SONOKUNI

DON YASA CREW · Kakehashi Games · 2025-03-24

Steam

Action

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Mar 24, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 30, 2025 (Nintendo Switch)

Battle your way through a biopunk and Japanese mythology-inspired landscape filled with over-the-top, hip hop-infused 2D action. A single hit means death, but use your time-bending skills to take down your oppressors and you might yet save your dying nation.

98%
positive of 124 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$7.49
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 11% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (34 reviews).
  • · Top 60% of 12,865 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.5k–5.6k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 124 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$7.49-50%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $7.49 at Steam (2026-06-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 10 of 20 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
343420252026Week of 2025-03-24: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-03-31: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-04-07: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-04-14: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-04-21: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-28: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-26: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-02: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-09: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-23: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-30: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-07: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-21: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-28: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-18: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-08: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-22: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-29: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-29: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-06: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-13: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-20: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-10: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-17: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-24: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-08: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-15: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-29: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-02: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-09: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-23: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-02: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-09: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-30: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-11: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-25: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-08: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-15: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-13: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-20: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-31: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$14.99$7.492025-03-242026-08-272025-03-24 — best price $13.492025-04-07 — best price $14.992025-06-27 — best price $11.992025-07-10 — best price $14.992025-07-16 — best price $10.492025-07-30 — best price $14.992025-09-22 — best price $9.742025-10-06 — best price $14.992025-10-30 — best price $9.742025-11-13 — best price $14.992025-12-18 — best price $9.742026-01-19 — best price $14.992026-02-18 — best price $8.992026-03-04 — best price $14.992026-03-19 — best price $8.992026-03-26 — best price $14.992026-04-20 — best price $8.992026-04-27 — best price $14.992026-05-28 — best price $8.992026-06-11 — best price $14.992026-06-25 — best price $7.492026-07-09 — best price $14.992026-07-11 — best price $7.492026-07-25 — best price $14.992026-07-27 — best price $14.992026-08-27 — best price $7.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

10
achievements tracked
24.7%
earned "Know Thyself"
1.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportGamepad RecommendedFamily Sharing1 DLC

11 supported languages: English, Japanese, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean

Player tags

2DActionSci-fiTacticalTop-DownCyberpunkDystopian FuturisticAtmosphericPsychedelic

Census log

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

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