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The Song of Saya cover art

The Song of Saya

Nitroplus · JAST · 2019-08-12

Steam

AdventureSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 26, 2003 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Bear witness to a love that will change the world, in this classic horror romance visual novel from acclaimed writer Urobuchi Gen.

26
playing now
89%
positive of 10k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
83/100
IGDB user rating (101 ratings)
5h
to beat · completionist 6h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

26 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Saya no Uta, also known as The Song of Saya, is a 2003 investigative horror lolicon eroge developed by Nitroplus. It was first released for Windows only in Japan in December 2003, and was later ported to other platforms. The story follows a young student, the sole survivor of a car accident that killed his family, who begins to suffer bizarre cognitive disorder-like symptoms that progress into constant horrific visual scenery, with the exception of one little girl. The original plot was written by Gen Urobuchi, who took inspiration from reading Lovecraft novels during a lonely time in his life.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 26 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,850 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~231/week).
  • · Review velocity up 37% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 8% of 11,314 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 253k–608k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 10,131 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $7.49 at Steam (2020-06-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 7 of 14 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
77877820192026Week of 2019-08-01: 778 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 227 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 192 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 187 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 223 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 215 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 233 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 209 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 235 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 225 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 175 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 205 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 242 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 15 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

4702026-08-07 00:00 — 31 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 35 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 39 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 31 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 34 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 41 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 35 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 39 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 34 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 35 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 32 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 34 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 28 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 39 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 29 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 30 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 46 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 28 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 25 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 39 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 32 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 34 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 36 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 36 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 22 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 31 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 41 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 26 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$7.492019-08-132026-07-092019-08-13 — best price $11.992019-10-15 — best price $14.992019-11-26 — best price $11.992020-01-02 — best price $14.992020-03-03 — best price $10.492020-07-09 — best price $14.992020-11-25 — best price $7.492021-01-05 — best price $14.992021-06-24 — best price $7.492021-11-01 — best price $14.992021-12-22 — best price $7.492022-02-03 — best price $14.992022-11-22 — best price $7.492023-01-05 — best price $14.992023-08-07 — best price $7.492023-11-02 — best price $14.992023-12-21 — best price $7.492024-02-13 — best price $14.992024-04-25 — best price $7.492024-07-11 — best price $14.992024-11-27 — best price $7.492025-01-02 — best price $14.992025-03-03 — best price $7.492025-03-20 — best price $14.992025-09-29 — best price $7.492025-11-03 — best price $14.992026-02-13 — best price $7.492026-03-26 — best price $14.992026-06-25 — best price $7.492026-07-09 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

8053522026-05-29 — 442 pageviews2026-06-01 — 545 pageviews2026-06-04 — 720 pageviews2026-06-07 — 567 pageviews2026-06-10 — 458 pageviews2026-06-13 — 386 pageviews2026-06-16 — 416 pageviews2026-06-19 — 368 pageviews2026-06-22 — 387 pageviews2026-06-25 — 533 pageviews2026-06-28 — 584 pageviews2026-07-01 — 435 pageviews2026-07-04 — 634 pageviews2026-07-07 — 495 pageviews2026-07-10 — 481 pageviews2026-07-13 — 633 pageviews2026-07-16 — 420 pageviews2026-07-19 — 476 pageviews2026-07-22 — 425 pageviews2026-07-25 — 417 pageviews2026-07-28 — 393 pageviews2026-07-31 — 805 pageviews2026-08-03 — 493 pageviews2026-08-06 — 376 pageviews2026-08-09 — 401 pageviews2026-08-12 — 368 pageviews2026-08-15 — 392 pageviews2026-08-18 — 426 pageviews2026-08-21 — 462 pageviews2026-08-24 — 396 pageviews2026-08-26 — 419 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

3 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Korean

Player tags

DarkGoreAnimeHorrorNudityRomanceAdventureStory RichAtmosphericLovecraftian

Census log

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

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