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Yuoni

Tricore Inc. · Chorus Worldwide Games · 2021-08-18

SteamPlayStation StoreAmazonMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Sep 02, 2021 (Xbox One), Sep 02, 2021 (Xbox Series X|S), Aug 19, 2021 (PlayStation 5), Aug 19, 2021 (PlayStation 4), Aug 19, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Yuoni is a first-person narrative horror game that whisks you away to a sunset-stained world to play a deadly game of hide and seek. As grade-schooler Ai, navigate authentic Japanese environments and utilise every hiding space you can find to survive the horrors ahead. And if they find you… run.

49%
positive of 37 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
2.53★
PlayStation Store rating (155 ratings)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$12.99
steam price (US)

Yuoni is a first-person horror action game set in Japan in the year 1990. As Ai, a grade-schooler yet to realize how closed off she is, you are forced to play children’s games in a world of permanent dusk. There, Ai’s life hangs in the balance as you are attacked day after day by shadowy entities and eyeball monsters among other horrors. Eventually monsters start to bleed into the real world, where Ai discovers that she, too… Test your courage in a dangerous game of hide and seek before initiating a terrifyingly twisted version of tag with abominations not of this world. Use the items you’ve (Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 14% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 59% of 27,775 Action games in the census by review count.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$12.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

12-month high $12.99 · on sale 3 of 6 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5520212026Week of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$12.99$2.192026-08-142026-10-102026-08-14 — best price $2.192026-09-12 — best price $12.992026-09-19 — best price $12.992026-09-26 — best price $10.392026-10-03 — best price $10.392026-10-10 — best price $12.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportFamily Sharing

8 supported languages: English, Japanese, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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