KAMITSUBAKI CITY ENSEMBLE

KAMITSUBAKI CITY ENSEMBLE

Skip · Action · 2024

Steam Deck Playable

The verdict

SKIP IT.

It scores 31, under the fair line, at $0.79.

Length
14.1h
Value
$0.06/hr
Reviews
71% of 1,496 positive
Reviews or length hold it below the tiers even at a deep discount.
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.

Buy now or wait

It is 80% off today.

Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales.

Next sale
Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4

Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.

What drives the score

How to read this

Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work

Raising the score
Value$0.06/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set That is today's sale price. Normally $0.28/hr
Holding it back
Reviews71% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds9 of 726 reviews
Steam-purchase reviews sampled whose writer refunded the game. Nothing is docked
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score

About the game

"KAMITSUBAKI CITY ENSEMBLE" is a rhythm game in which AI girls who were awoken after the apocalypse use special song magic to create melodies with you, in an effort to restart the world. How did the destruction happen? Why do these girls exist? All answers will be revealed...when the music stops.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, Nvidia GTX 460 or AMD HD 5850 or better, 20 GB of storage. Windows only.

The value story

19 discounts in the 2 years on record, a median of 50 percent off across all of them, roughly 6 weeks apart. Today's $0.79 at 80 percent off matches the lowest price in the record.

Against its own genre it lands in the top 47 percent on value. It is cheaper than 72 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 65 percent. On the same math Sayonara Wild Hearts ($6.49, scores 77) and Beatbuddy: Tale of the Guardians ($9.99, scores 37) are the better buys, and they are the games it most resembles.

More about KAMITSUBAKI CITY ENSEMBLE

This site sampled 726 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 9 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written August 2024 to October 2026. In its first 30 days on sale, 4 of 264 sampled reviews came from refunders. Inside the two-hour refund window, 57 percent of the 577 reviews written there were positive, against 71 percent overall, and those are 39 percent of everything written about it.

The drop-off

84% start to 7% rarest
050100rarestfirst achievement

No achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements

What players say

This is the first rhythm game I've ever played. I enjoyed it. The screen changing from 5 lanes to 7 lanes is hard to get used to and a little disorientating. I don't know if this is a normal design but it makes my fingers forget where they are when it changes drastically. There are also a few songs that will only show 6 lanes. So, it will show an extra lane on the right or left that uncenters the lanes. The modes...
korytoombsRecommendedafter 9.8hAug 2026Read on Steam
2 more reviews
So fun! Highly recommend it if you into 7k mode + story. Worth playing for 7K players!
KirzRecommendedafter 2.7hJun 2026Read on Steam
Kamitsubaki City Ensemble is a very chill rhythm game with a unique vibe and strong focus on its music and aesthetic. The songs are catchy, and the visual style feels very artsy in a good way. The 5-key to 7-key switching can be tricky to get used to, and it's a bit of a bummer there's no touch mode for Steam Deck. There are only a few songs available at the start too, with a lot locked behind DLC, but it's still a...
G 卄 0 丂 ㄒRecommendedafter 16hMar 2026Read on Steam

Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.

No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).

Cite this score

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KAMITSUBAKI CITY ENSEMBLE scores 31/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/2581050/kamitsubaki-city-ensemble
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Reviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 27, price as of Oct 19. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

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Details

DeveloperKAMITSUBAKI STUDIO
PublisherKAMITSUBAKI STUDIO
GenreAction
Released2024
Players75Kowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements50