Learn Japanese To Survive! Hiragana Battle
Worth it · RPG · 2016
Steam Deck UnsupportedThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $6.99.
- Length
- 9.7h
- Value
- $0.72/hr
- Reviews
- 91% positive
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Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, DirectX 9/OpenGL 4.1 capable GPU, 2 GB of storage. Windows only.
The ideal introductory course to the Japanese language! Learn how to read and write Japanese characters (Hiragana) at a steady pace. A full-blown RPG specifically designed to keep you engaged. By playing along, you’re going to be introduced to the Japanese language like never before!
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The value story
It has never been cheaper than $0.69. That was December 2019. 55 discounts in the 11 years on record. They run about 80 percent off, roughly 8 weeks apart.
On value it sits in the top 2 percent of its genre. It is better reviewed than 94 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Grimm's Hollow (free, scores 93) beats it on value, while it beats LISA: The Painful ($19.99, scores 80).
1 of the 363 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here comes from a buyer who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written May 2020 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 82 percent of the 396 reviews written there were positive, against 91 percent overall, and those are 23 percent of everything written about it.
Players
1 players online when we last checked, on Sep 28, 03:49 UTC.
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What players say
good game to learn basic japanese and i highly recommend it as a bad FF player :P
Thanks to this game, Hiragana was permanently burned into my brain. If you're a newcomer to Japanese, this game is a MUST PLAY. It also teaches some words and grammar. Definitely complete this one and Katakana War before tackling Genki or Wanikani.
Bought all three of the games in a Steam sale and regret nt playing them sooner - because if I had I would have been able to return it within the 2 weeks time limit. The plot makes no sense what-so-ever. Game mechanics are SUPER clunky. There is no balance to gameplay or progression. Battle enemies are not randomly drawn from a pool, so battles become repetitive super quickly. The store has a couple options for...
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Cite this score
Learn Japanese To Survive! Hiragana Battle scores 82/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/438270/learn-japanese-to-survive-hiragana-battleReviews 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 26, price as of Oct 1.
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