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The Song of Saya cover art

The Song of Saya

Nitroplus · JAST · 2019-08-12

Steam

AdventureSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Text

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.

The Song of Saya is an Adventure, Simulation game released in 2019, priced at $14.99, with an owner estimate of 200,000 .. 500,000 and a Very Positive review sentiment (89% of 10198 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

34
playing now
89%
positive of 10k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
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)

34 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 20:00 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.

Trailer

The Song of Saya trailer thumbnail

Saya no Uta ~ The Song of Saya - Official English Trailer

≈799,079 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 34 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 3% of 29,427 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 255k–612k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 10,198 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 6 of 12 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

135132026-09-16 06:00 — 16 players2026-09-17 13:00 — 31 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 22 players2026-09-20 04:00 — 29 players2026-09-21 12:00 — 34 players2026-09-22 19:00 — 34 players2026-09-24 03:00 — 28 players2026-09-25 10:00 — 31 players2026-09-26 18:00 — 36 players2026-09-28 01:00 — 22 players2026-09-29 09:00 — 23 players2026-09-30 16:00 — 36 players2026-10-02 00:00 — 38 players2026-10-03 07:00 — 69 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 124 players2026-10-05 23:00 — 39 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 49 players2026-10-08 14:00 — 135 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 49 players2026-10-11 05:00 — 55 players2026-10-12 13:00 — 52 players2026-10-13 20:00 — 29 players2026-10-15 04:00 — 29 players2026-10-15 20:00 — 34 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
715Aug 2019Aug 2026Aug 2019 — avg 71 · peak 409Nov 2019 — avg 8 · peak 27Feb 2020 — avg 9 · peak 18May 2020 — avg 5 · peak 13Aug 2020 — avg 8 · peak 24Nov 2020 — avg 13 · peak 67Feb 2021 — avg 11 · peak 43May 2021 — avg 6 · peak 14Aug 2021 — avg 8 · peak 21Nov 2021 — avg 9 · peak 33Feb 2022 — avg 9 · peak 33May 2022 — avg 7 · peak 16Aug 2022 — avg 6 · peak 19Nov 2022 — avg 8 · peak 35Feb 2023 — avg 7 · peak 22May 2023 — avg 6 · peak 17Aug 2023 — avg 16 · peak 53Nov 2023 — avg 16 · peak 51Feb 2024 — avg 19 · peak 74May 2024 — avg 22 · peak 60Aug 2024 — avg 21 · peak 38Nov 2024 — avg 25 · peak 86Feb 2025 — avg 24 · peak 45May 2025 — avg 20 · peak 36Aug 2025 — avg 22 · peak 39Nov 2025 — avg 41 · peak 110Feb 2026 — avg 46 · peak 109May 2026 — avg 46 · peak 99Aug 2026 — avg 33 · peak 54
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

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

7203382026-05-29 — 442 pageviews2026-06-02 — 484 pageviews2026-06-06 — 493 pageviews2026-06-10 — 458 pageviews2026-06-14 — 443 pageviews2026-06-18 — 452 pageviews2026-06-22 — 387 pageviews2026-06-26 — 501 pageviews2026-06-30 — 583 pageviews2026-07-04 — 634 pageviews2026-07-08 — 577 pageviews2026-07-12 — 598 pageviews2026-07-16 — 420 pageviews2026-07-20 — 468 pageviews2026-07-24 — 382 pageviews2026-07-28 — 393 pageviews2026-08-01 — 537 pageviews2026-08-05 — 471 pageviews2026-08-09 — 401 pageviews2026-08-13 — 386 pageviews2026-08-17 — 386 pageviews2026-08-21 — 462 pageviews2026-08-25 — 352 pageviews2026-08-29 — 447 pageviews2026-09-02 — 408 pageviews2026-09-06 — 443 pageviews2026-09-10 — 443 pageviews2026-09-14 — 387 pageviews2026-09-18 — 370 pageviews2026-09-22 — 406 pageviews2026-09-26 — 385 pageviews2026-09-30 — 353 pageviews2026-10-04 — 396 pageviews2026-10-07 — 411 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

3 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Korean

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

DarkGoreAnimeHorrorNudityRomanceAdventureStory RichAtmosphericLovecraftian

Census log

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

Recent updates

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