Umihara Kawase
Worth it · Action · 2015
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $9.99.
- Length
- 4.3h 120h to 100%
- Value
- $2.32/hr
- Reviews
- 93% of 246 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in 1 of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
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How to read this
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About the game
The original Rubbering Action game comes to Steam! Play as Umihara Kawase, an adventurer traveling through a world in search of ingredients. Hook the lure at the end of her stretchy rubber rope onto ceilings and walls to swing and leap through the stages. Quick reflexes and clever thinking are key!
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, 256 MB VRAM, 154 MB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
Across all 37 discounts in the 11 years tracked, the median cut is 55 percent, about 7 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
On value it sits in the top 1 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 74 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 95 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Celeste ($4.99, scores 97) beats it on value, while it beats Kaze and the Wild Masks ($9.99, scores 74).
More about Umihara Kawase
Finishing takes 4.3 hours; clearing it takes 120, which is 28 times the campaign.
Valve rates it Steam Deck Verified, and at 4.3 hours it is short enough to finish on one.
The drop-off
18% start to 2% rarestNo 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
I love Umihara Kawase: the insane level design and precision platforming; the near-infinite ceiling for skill expression; the mostly tough-but-fair difficulty; the calming music and laidback atmosphere; and the quirky artwork. There's a lot I hate about it, too: the unhinged amounts of RNG enemy spam in late-game levels; the all-or-nothing arcade-style gameplay (i.e. no continues when you exhaust your lives); the...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
If you like challenging old school platformers this is the game for you. Umihara Kawase is a game that will get your heart pumping as difficult trials and tribulations are thrown your way. You must pull off tricky stunts and daring maneuvers through the sky using your fishing rod as you deal with enemy spawns that constantly keep you on your toes; the excitement that this game provides is unparalleled by other...
Your $10 rerelease of a cartoonishly difficult 30-year-old game has no save states or other quality of life features, I am pirating your game so that I do not have to waste upwards of 15 minutes replaying levels I've already beaten just to have another attempt at beating one I haven't. Whoever designed stages 8 and 14 specifically and put them right next to each other deserves to be euthanized
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Cite this score
Umihara Kawase scores 78/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/384690/umihara-kawaseReviews 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 30, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.