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The friends of Ringo Ishikawa cover art

The friends of Ringo Ishikawa

yeo · 2018-05-17

SteamGOGAmazonMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndieRPG

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

Releases: Apr 04, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Apr 14, 2021 (Xbox One), May 17, 2018 (Mac), May 17, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A highschool gang leader Ringo Ishikawa trying to live through his last autumn before graduation. With his best friends.

The friends of Ringo Ishikawa is an Action, Adventure, Indie, and RPG game released in 2018, priced at $5.84, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (89% of 3173 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

29
playing now
89%
positive of 3.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
81/100
IGDB user rating (11 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$5.84
steam price (US)

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

The Friends of Ringo Ishikawa is a 2D side-scrolling beat 'em up developed by Yeo. It was released for Windows on May 17, 2018, ports for macOS, Nintendo Switch, and Xbox One followed later. The game forms a series called Existential Dilogy with the follow-up game Arrest of a Stone Buddha (2020). Another similar game by the same developer, Fading Afternoon, was released in 2023.

Trailer

The friends of Ringo Ishikawa trailer thumbnail

The friends of Ringo Ishikawa - Launch Trailer - Nintendo Switch

≈39,721 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 29 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 170 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~21/week).
  • · Review velocity down 23% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 9% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 79k–190k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,173 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$14.99
Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.74 at GOG (2021-12-13)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 10 of 69 observed days · $11.25 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
808020182026Week of 2018-05-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2922026-09-15 00:00 — 8 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 8 players2026-09-17 15:00 — 8 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 5 players2026-09-20 06:00 — 15 players2026-09-21 14:00 — 16 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 7 players2026-09-24 05:00 — 6 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 15 players2026-09-26 20:00 — 14 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 6 players2026-09-29 11:00 — 13 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 6 players2026-10-02 02:00 — 13 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 18 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 11 players2026-10-06 01:00 — 7 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 12 players2026-10-08 16:00 — 16 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 7 players2026-10-11 07:00 — 20 players2026-10-12 15:00 — 18 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 29 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1032May 2018Aug 2026May 2018 — avg 21 · peak 70Aug 2018 — avg 5 · peak 17Nov 2018 — avg 4 · peak 19Feb 2019 — avg 3 · peak 10May 2019 — avg 21 · peak 77Aug 2019 — avg 5 · peak 26Nov 2019 — avg 5 · peak 27Feb 2020 — avg 5 · peak 15May 2020 — avg 5 · peak 16Aug 2020 — avg 8 · peak 77Nov 2020 — avg 6 · peak 21Feb 2021 — avg 4 · peak 13May 2021 — avg 5 · peak 22Aug 2021 — avg 41 · peak 213Nov 2021 — avg 10 · peak 49Feb 2022 — avg 8 · peak 24May 2022 — avg 12 · peak 53Aug 2022 — avg 27 · peak 221Nov 2022 — avg 24 · peak 215Feb 2023 — avg 21 · peak 199May 2023 — avg 44 · peak 267Aug 2023 — avg 89 · peak 227Nov 2023 — avg 28 · peak 138Feb 2024 — avg 27 · peak 122May 2024 — avg 33 · peak 131Aug 2024 — avg 26 · peak 98Nov 2024 — avg 22 · peak 92Feb 2025 — avg 22 · peak 82May 2025 — avg 30 · peak 133Aug 2025 — avg 16 · peak 49Nov 2025 — avg 18 · peak 58Feb 2026 — avg 24 · peak 116May 2026 — avg 14 · peak 43Aug 2026 — avg 15 · peak 46
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$3.742018-05-182026-10-142018-05-18 — best price $13.492018-10-29 — best price $11.242018-11-27 — best price $14.992019-02-11 — best price $14.992019-07-09 — best price $14.992019-11-01 — best price $14.992019-12-03 — best price $14.992020-01-20 — best price $14.992020-04-20 — best price $7.492020-07-09 — best price $14.992020-10-29 — best price $7.492021-01-05 — best price $14.992021-03-22 — best price $7.492021-06-09 — best price $5.992021-10-27 — best price $5.992021-12-01 — best price $14.992022-01-17 — best price $5.842022-03-21 — best price $5.992022-06-28 — best price $14.992022-09-06 — best price $14.992023-03-06 — best price $14.992023-08-07 — best price $14.992024-01-22 — best price $14.992024-05-27 — best price $14.992024-10-14 — best price $14.992025-01-20 — best price $14.992025-05-26 — best price $14.992025-10-06 — best price $14.992026-01-19 — best price $14.992026-05-25 — best price $14.992026-08-29 — best price $14.992026-09-06 — best price $14.992026-09-14 — best price $14.992026-09-22 — best price $14.992026-09-30 — best price $14.992026-10-08 — best price $14.992026-10-14 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

8972026-05-29 — 26 pageviews2026-06-02 — 28 pageviews2026-06-06 — 16 pageviews2026-06-10 — 10 pageviews2026-06-14 — 20 pageviews2026-06-18 — 19 pageviews2026-06-22 — 13 pageviews2026-06-26 — 38 pageviews2026-06-30 — 19 pageviews2026-07-04 — 17 pageviews2026-07-08 — 20 pageviews2026-07-12 — 16 pageviews2026-07-16 — 13 pageviews2026-07-20 — 18 pageviews2026-07-24 — 9 pageviews2026-07-28 — 12 pageviews2026-08-01 — 14 pageviews2026-08-05 — 10 pageviews2026-08-09 — 7 pageviews2026-08-13 — 8 pageviews2026-08-17 — 76 pageviews2026-08-21 — 16 pageviews2026-08-25 — 18 pageviews2026-08-29 — 21 pageviews2026-09-02 — 18 pageviews2026-09-06 — 22 pageviews2026-09-10 — 23 pageviews2026-09-14 — 46 pageviews2026-09-18 — 16 pageviews2026-09-22 — 37 pageviews2026-09-26 — 13 pageviews2026-09-30 — 12 pageviews2026-10-04 — 13 pageviews2026-10-08 — 8 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

20
achievements tracked
13.3%
earned "King of the hill"
0.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play Together1 DLC

9 supported languages: English, Russian, Simplified Chinese, French, Japanese, Spanish - Spain, Spanish - Latin America, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2020-10-09 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4113%20
Xbox One (Xbox)425%15
Switch (Nintendo)370%0
Switch (Nintendo)50%0
Switch (Nintendo)50%0
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

2DRPGAnimeDramaRetroActionAdventureAction RPGOpen WorldStory Rich

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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