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Umihara Kawase Shun cover art

Umihara Kawase Shun

Studio Saizensen · KOMODO · 2015-11-24

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Nov 24, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

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 Shun is an Action and Indie game released in 2015 for $11.99, with Very Positive sentiment from 91% of 104 reviews and an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners.

0
playing now
91%
positive of 104 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$11.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 08:00 UTC (census sample)

Umihara Kawase Shun is a puzzle-platformer video game and the second in the Umihara Kawase series. It was first released on February 28, 1997, for the PlayStation in Japan. A second edition, Umihara Kawase Shun ~second edition~ Maruan Series 1, was released almost three years at a lower price as part of the Maruan series, while a PlayStation Portable version, Umihara Kawase Portable, was released on March 27, 2008. A Nintendo DS compilation, Umihara Kawase Shun ~second edition~ Kanzenban, was released on October 29, 2009, featuring the first two games in the series, along with some extra levels, and wireless exchange of data is also supported. The game received a Steam release on November 24, 2015. This Windows version, also the first time it was released worldwide, added leaderboards, achievements, and Steam Trading Cards, among other features.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 31% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 38% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 2.6k–6.2k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 104 total reviews — how this is computed.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5520152026Week of 2015-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 09:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 01:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 04:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 08:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
40Nov 2015Dec 2021Nov 2015 — avg 4 · peak 20Jan 2016 — avg 1 · peak 8Mar 2016 — avg 0 · peak 3May 2016 — avg 1 · peak 7Jul 2016 — avg 1 · peak 4Sep 2016 — avg 0 · peak 4Nov 2016 — avg 1 · peak 4Jan 2017 — avg 1 · peak 5Mar 2017 — avg 0 · peak 3May 2017 — avg 0 · peak 3Jul 2017 — avg 1 · peak 6Sep 2017 — avg 0 · peak 4Nov 2017 — avg 1 · peak 5Jan 2018 — avg 0 · peak 4Mar 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3May 2018 — avg 1 · peak 6Jul 2018 — avg 0 · peak 4Sep 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Nov 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Jan 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Mar 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3May 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Jul 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Sep 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Dec 2019 — avg 1 · peak 4Mar 2020 — avg 0 · peak 2May 2020 — avg 1 · peak 5Jul 2020 — avg 1 · peak 5Sep 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Nov 2020 — avg 0 · peak 1Jan 2021 — avg 1 · peak 4May 2021 — avg 1 · peak 4Dec 2021 — avg 1 · peak 3

No change (0) in avg players vs prior month — Dec 2021

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$11.99$2.992015-11-242021-02-152015-11-24 — best price $9.592015-12-01 — best price $11.992015-12-31 — best price $11.992016-02-12 — best price $11.992016-04-25 — best price $11.992016-05-02 — best price $11.992016-07-04 — best price $11.992016-10-24 — best price $11.992016-11-29 — best price $11.992017-01-02 — best price $11.992017-04-03 — best price $11.992017-07-05 — best price $11.992017-11-10 — best price $11.992017-11-28 — best price $11.992018-01-04 — best price $11.992018-02-12 — best price $11.992018-05-08 — best price $11.992018-07-05 — best price $11.992018-10-05 — best price $11.992018-11-01 — best price $11.992018-11-27 — best price $11.992019-01-03 — best price $11.992019-02-11 — best price $11.992019-05-06 — best price $11.992019-07-09 — best price $11.992019-12-16 — best price $11.992020-01-02 — best price $11.992020-01-27 — best price $11.992020-05-06 — best price $11.992020-07-09 — best price $11.992020-08-24 — best price $11.992020-09-28 — best price $11.992020-12-01 — best price $11.992021-01-05 — best price $11.992021-02-15 — best price $11.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3522026-06-01 — 5 pageviews2026-06-05 — 21 pageviews2026-06-09 — 8 pageviews2026-06-13 — 12 pageviews2026-06-17 — 4 pageviews2026-06-21 — 29 pageviews2026-06-25 — 13 pageviews2026-06-29 — 11 pageviews2026-07-03 — 8 pageviews2026-07-07 — 13 pageviews2026-07-11 — 14 pageviews2026-07-15 — 14 pageviews2026-07-19 — 17 pageviews2026-07-23 — 11 pageviews2026-07-27 — 17 pageviews2026-07-31 — 12 pageviews2026-08-04 — 18 pageviews2026-08-08 — 13 pageviews2026-08-12 — 10 pageviews2026-08-16 — 15 pageviews2026-08-20 — 18 pageviews2026-08-24 — 15 pageviews2026-08-28 — 11 pageviews2026-09-01 — 14 pageviews2026-09-05 — 10 pageviews2026-09-09 — 12 pageviews2026-09-13 — 14 pageviews2026-09-17 — 17 pageviews2026-09-21 — 6 pageviews2026-09-25 — 7 pageviews2026-09-29 — 14 pageviews2026-10-03 — 6 pageviews2026-10-07 — 11 pageviews2026-10-10 — 5 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

17
achievements tracked
13.9%
earned "Kidnapper"
2.7%
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

Player tags

2DCuteAnimeIndieActionPhysicsDifficultPlatformer2D PlatformerPuzzle-Platformer

Census log

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

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