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STAY COOL, KOBAYASHI-SAN!: A RIVER CITY RANSOM STORY cover art

STAY COOL, KOBAYASHI-SAN!: A RIVER CITY RANSOM STORY

Arc System Works · 2019-11-06

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

Action

Franchise: Kunio-kun · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Nov 06, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Nov 06, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 07, 2019 (Xbox One), Nov 07, 2019 (PlayStation 4)

Kunio-kun's infamous rival that all River City Series fans will recognize, The head of the Reiho High School Big Four: Kobayashi gets his own game!!

39%
positive of 62 reviews
Mostly Negative
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
68/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
3.32★
PlayStation Store rating (198 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$13.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 4 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 33% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 59% of 18,024 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.6k–3.7k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 62 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$12.99
lowest across shops (ITAD)$13.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.25 at GameBillet (2021-07-09)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $13.99 · on sale 25 of 37 observed days · $0.89 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
8820192026Week of 2019-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$13.99$2.692019-11-072026-09-222019-11-07 — best price $13.992020-05-11 — best price $13.992020-06-12 — best price $13.992020-07-23 — best price $6.992020-09-06 — best price $12.492020-10-04 — best price $12.492020-10-25 — best price $12.492020-11-26 — best price $4.052020-12-31 — best price $4.062021-01-29 — best price $11.782021-03-02 — best price $13.992021-03-22 — best price $11.752021-04-13 — best price $13.992021-05-09 — best price $11.782021-06-05 — best price $11.782021-08-14 — best price $10.282021-11-21 — best price $13.992022-01-24 — best price $2.802022-05-17 — best price $11.782022-07-30 — best price $11.082022-11-24 — best price $2.742023-01-27 — best price $11.612023-05-13 — best price $10.282023-08-22 — best price $13.992023-11-30 — best price $13.992024-01-31 — best price $13.992024-04-01 — best price $11.082024-11-08 — best price $10.252025-02-13 — best price $11.082025-05-07 — best price $10.252025-08-12 — best price $3.492026-01-06 — best price $13.992026-08-24 — best price $3.052026-09-22 — best price $12.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese

Player tags

2DActionBeat 'em upPixel Graphics

Census log

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

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