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Umihara Kawase cover art

Umihara Kawase

Studio Saizensen · KOMODO · 2015-11-02

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Nov 02, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 23, 1994 (Super Famicom)

Umihara Kawase is a girl who uses a fishing hook as a grappling hook. You’ll need quick reflexes to swing your way through the branching surreal environments. Use your brains to figure out the best way through. They say fish is brain food—you’re going to need it!

Umihara Kawase is an Action and Indie game priced at $9.99, released in 2015, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Very Positive sentiment from 93% of 246 reviews.

1
playing now
93%
positive of 246 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
95/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
72/100
IGDB user rating (15 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 23:00 UTC (census sample)

Umihara Kawase is a 1994 platformer developed and published by Japanese company TNN. It is the inaugural game in the Umihara Kawase series. It was first released in 1994 for the Super Famicom.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 16 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 6% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 27% of 27,740 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 6.2k–15k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 246 total reviews — how this is computed.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
8820162026Week of 2016-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 21:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 10:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 2 players2026-10-05 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 16:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 23:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
20Nov 2015May 2024Nov 2015 — avg 2 · peak 19Jan 2016 — avg 1 · peak 8Mar 2016 — avg 1 · peak 5May 2016 — avg 2 · peak 10Jul 2016 — avg 1 · peak 5Sep 2016 — avg 1 · peak 5Nov 2016 — avg 1 · peak 4Jan 2017 — avg 1 · peak 4Mar 2017 — avg 0 · peak 5May 2017 — avg 1 · peak 5Jul 2017 — avg 1 · peak 6Sep 2017 — avg 1 · peak 5Nov 2017 — avg 1 · peak 7Jan 2018 — avg 1 · peak 5Mar 2018 — avg 1 · peak 5May 2018 — avg 1 · peak 5Jul 2018 — avg 1 · peak 4Sep 2018 — avg 0 · peak 5Nov 2018 — avg 0 · peak 4Jan 2019 — avg 0 · peak 4Mar 2019 — avg 1 · peak 6May 2019 — avg 1 · peak 5Jul 2019 — avg 1 · peak 6Sep 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Nov 2019 — avg 1 · peak 5Jan 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Apr 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Jun 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Aug 2020 — avg 1 · peak 5Oct 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Dec 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Feb 2021 — avg 1 · peak 3Jun 2021 — avg 1 · peak 4Aug 2021 — avg 1 · peak 3Jan 2022 — avg 1 · peak 5Jul 2022 — avg 1 · peak 5May 2023 — avg 2 · peak 99May 2024 — avg 1 · peak 4
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$2.492015-11-022021-02-152015-11-02 — best price $8.992015-11-25 — best price $7.992015-12-22 — best price $7.992016-02-05 — best price $6.492016-04-18 — best price $6.992016-04-28 — best price $4.992016-06-23 — best price $3.992016-10-20 — best price $3.992016-11-24 — best price $2.992016-12-22 — best price $3.992017-03-27 — best price $3.992017-06-23 — best price $2.992017-11-07 — best price $2.992017-11-22 — best price $2.992017-12-21 — best price $4.492018-02-05 — best price $4.492018-04-30 — best price $4.492018-06-21 — best price $4.992018-10-02 — best price $4.992018-10-30 — best price $4.992018-11-21 — best price $4.992018-12-20 — best price $4.992019-02-04 — best price $4.992019-04-30 — best price $4.992019-06-26 — best price $4.992019-11-26 — best price $4.992019-12-12 — best price $4.992019-12-19 — best price $4.992020-01-23 — best price $2.992020-04-30 — best price $2.992020-06-25 — best price $2.992020-08-20 — best price $2.992020-09-24 — best price $2.992020-11-25 — best price $2.992020-12-22 — best price $2.492021-02-11 — best price $2.492021-02-15 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

5692026-06-01 — 14 pageviews2026-06-05 — 13 pageviews2026-06-09 — 16 pageviews2026-06-13 — 13 pageviews2026-06-17 — 16 pageviews2026-06-21 — 56 pageviews2026-06-25 — 12 pageviews2026-06-29 — 15 pageviews2026-07-03 — 11 pageviews2026-07-07 — 22 pageviews2026-07-11 — 24 pageviews2026-07-15 — 21 pageviews2026-07-19 — 13 pageviews2026-07-23 — 19 pageviews2026-07-27 — 16 pageviews2026-07-31 — 16 pageviews2026-08-04 — 21 pageviews2026-08-08 — 21 pageviews2026-08-12 — 32 pageviews2026-08-16 — 28 pageviews2026-08-20 — 25 pageviews2026-08-24 — 22 pageviews2026-08-28 — 23 pageviews2026-09-01 — 34 pageviews2026-09-05 — 22 pageviews2026-09-09 — 25 pageviews2026-09-13 — 18 pageviews2026-09-17 — 14 pageviews2026-09-21 — 12 pageviews2026-09-25 — 16 pageviews2026-09-29 — 26 pageviews2026-10-03 — 16 pageviews2026-10-07 — 27 pageviews2026-10-10 — 11 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

13
achievements tracked
18.2%
earned "Tadpole"
2.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, Japanese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)30314%13

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

AnimeIndieRetroActionClassicPhysicsDifficultPlatformerCult ClassicSingleplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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