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You Can Kana - Learn Japanese Hiragana & Katakana cover art

You Can Kana - Learn Japanese Hiragana & Katakana

James Moulang · 2021-08-11

Steam

Casual

Modes: Single player

Releases: Aug 11, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Learn and master the japanese phonetic alphabets at your own pace with this meditative language learning tool.

You Can Kana - Learn Japanese Hiragana & Katakana is a 2021 Casual game priced at $9.99, with a Very Positive sentiment (98% of 358 reviews) and an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners.

1
playing now
98%
positive of 358 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 06:00 UTC (census sample)

You Can Kana is a game for japanese learners of all abilities. Learn the characters in a series of quick and engaging lessons, or jump straight into Challenge Mode to train your reading comprehension.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 30 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity down 6% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 15% of 29,032 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 7.2k–16k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 358 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2026-03-19) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 3 of 6 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
282820212026Week of 2021-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-09-15 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 3 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 4 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 19:00 — 2 players2026-10-01 02:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 06:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
81Aug 2021May 2026Aug 2021 — avg 4 · peak 12Jan 2022 — avg 1 · peak 4Mar 2022 — avg 1 · peak 6May 2022 — avg 1 · peak 4Jul 2022 — avg 1 · peak 4Dec 2022 — avg 2 · peak 13Feb 2023 — avg 3 · peak 12Apr 2023 — avg 2 · peak 6Jun 2023 — avg 2 · peak 10Aug 2023 — avg 2 · peak 9Oct 2023 — avg 2 · peak 6Dec 2023 — avg 2 · peak 6Feb 2024 — avg 2 · peak 6May 2024 — avg 2 · peak 9Jul 2024 — avg 2 · peak 6Sep 2024 — avg 2 · peak 6Jan 2025 — avg 6 · peak 19Mar 2025 — avg 3 · peak 10May 2025 — avg 3 · peak 7Jul 2025 — avg 2 · peak 9Sep 2025 — avg 2 · peak 6Dec 2025 — avg 2 · peak 6Feb 2026 — avg 3 · peak 9Apr 2026 — avg 3 · peak 7May 2026 — avg 2 · peak 6
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$1.992021-08-112026-03-262021-08-11 — best price $8.992021-11-24 — best price $7.992021-12-13 — best price $7.492021-12-22 — best price $7.492022-01-27 — best price $6.992022-02-10 — best price $7.492022-03-28 — best price $7.992022-07-18 — best price $6.492022-10-24 — best price $6.492022-11-22 — best price $5.992022-12-22 — best price $5.492023-02-22 — best price $6.492023-03-16 — best price $4.992023-05-15 — best price $4.992023-06-28 — best price $4.492023-07-31 — best price $3.992023-09-11 — best price $4.992023-11-21 — best price $3.992023-12-21 — best price $3.492024-04-23 — best price $3.492024-06-27 — best price $2.992024-11-03 — best price $3.492024-11-27 — best price $4.992024-12-20 — best price $3.992025-03-13 — best price $3.492025-06-26 — best price $2.492025-12-18 — best price $2.492026-02-05 — best price $2.492026-03-19 — best price $1.992026-03-26 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

11
achievements tracked
89.1%
earned "はじめまして"
25.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

2DCuteArcadePuzzleTypingSoftwareSpellingTutorialEducationWord Game

Census log

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

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