Shashingo: Learn Japanese with Photography

Shashingo: Learn Japanese with Photography

Steam Deck Playable

Autumn Pioneer · Language Learning · Feb 27, 2024

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

At $19.99. It has been as low as $9.99.

91%
Very Positive
819 player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Graphics: 50 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Story and characters: 28 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Monetization: 17 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 300 sampled reviews

Based on 819 player reviews · updated 5 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
86% of themes are praise14% are divided0% are caveats
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Zero crashes, no stuttering and ran absolutely buttery smooth with graphics set at max and even whilst streaming!!!!
50 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
The signs and various writing in the world also seems like good reading practice.
28 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Monetization
Players who bring up Monetization mostly praise it.
The Find Mode is ultimately where you will find your learning has paid off as it will pronounce a word in Japanese along with the Japanese characters and you have to scout the city locating what it is referring to and take a picture, if successful you get coins to spend on the gacha machine to get filters and frames for your camera as a reward.
17 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
It combines my studies with my love for photography, making the gameplay simple and easy to understand with no frustrations.
17 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
You are getting a beautiful soundtrack of cozy LoFi beats that served perfectly to get me in just the right amount of vibe and mood to settle down and study for 6 hours straight.
9 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Interface
Players who bring up Interface mostly praise it.
I would prefer if the katakana and hiragana charts, as well as the beginner lessons, were placed on the main menu instead of being semi-hidden as tabs in the photo/vocab notebook.
8 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love6 themes
Graphics50 reviews
Story and characters28 reviews
Monetization17 reviews
Gameplay17 reviews
Audio9 reviews
Interface8 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Difficulty11 reviews
100%
Players complain% still recommend

No recurring complaints surfaced in this sample.

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. 2 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Prices have been lower

Currently $19.99. The lowest we've tracked is $9.99.

4 points recordedtoday · $19.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
91%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
14
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.