Worth it for the right player.
It's at its lowest recorded price, $0.77.
- Story and characters: 41 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Gameplay: 18 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Graphics: 9 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- No recurring complaint surfaced in 193 sampled reviews
Based on 593 player reviews · updated 3 days ago
What players think
The recurring themes across 193 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.
In the earlier parts of the game, the writing is good and matches the setting very well while portraying the characters convincingly.
From a gameplay standpoint, Shades of Sakura is a kinetic visual novel with some branching dialogue and choice-based mechanics, though the core experience is more about unlocking scenes and progressing through a linear narrative rather than shaping a dramatically different storyline.
Scenes are of exquisite quality, with a very clean art style.
The soundtrack and sound design do a solid job of supporting the setting and mood.
Theme by theme
Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.
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. One more theme was raised by fewer than 4 sampled reviews and is not shown.
Should you buy it now?
Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.
Currently $0.77 (−61%). That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.
The data behind the verdict
For the players who want the receipts.
We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.
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