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The Kids We Were

GAGEX Co., Ltd. · 2022-01-12

Steam

Adventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Dec 02, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Jan 12, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 31, 2020 (iOS), May 31, 2020 (Android)

A cinematic adventure game with a heavy focus on narrative.

90%
positive of 131 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$15.99
steam price (US)

The Kids We Were is a cinematic adventure game with a heavy focus on narrative. Set in the late Japanese Showa era (the 1980s), it's a nostalgic journey through a unique time in Japan's recent history. Take on the role of Minato, a young boy who sets out on an unexpected and incredible summer adventure. Our story begins with Minato arriving in the small town of Kagami, an exceptionally ordinary sort of place in a sleepy suburb of Tokyo. But there's more to this simple trip than meets the eye. Minato has a secret objective: he intends to find his missing father, who is supposedly living somewh(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 12 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 40% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 47% of 18,804 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.6k–5.9k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 131 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $7.99 at Steam (2023-06-29)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

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Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

5 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2022-01-13 (Steam store data)

Player tags

1980sDramaIndieVoxelAdventureEmotionalStory RichSingleplayerChoose Your Own Adventure

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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