
- 84/100
- Critics2 reviews
- 90/100
- Metacritic6 critic reviews
More scores
- Metacritic usersuser score
- 78/100
- Player reviews
- 92% positive27 reviews
- Steam Deck
- Verified
- Runs on
- Windows, Mac
- Price
- US$35.99
Where to get it

2025 · Rice Games · Puzzle · Role-playing
Shujinkou
Timed PlayStation exclusive
A retired samurai (主) is entrusted with saving his home from intelligent, language-devouring "Akuma" alongside an eccentric fox (人) freed from a cursed abode and an astute princess (公) with her own ambitions.
- Released
- 13 February 2025
- Platforms
- PlayStation 4WindowsPlayStation 5macOSNintendo Switch
- Genres
- PuzzleRole-playingStrategyAdventure
- Developers
- Rice Games
- Publishers
- Rice Games
- Modes
- Single-player
- Perspective
- First person
- Themes
- Educational
- Engine
- Unity
- Age ratings
- ESRB TPEGI 18
- Languages
- English, Japanese
- Features
- Family SharingFull controller supportSingle-playerStatsSteam CloudSteam achievements
- Time to beat
- 97hmain story433hcompletionist
Players say
Media
Releases by platformdates and regions as published
Editions and related releases
- Downloadable content
- Shujinkou: Sabaku ArcShujinkou: Akuma Quests
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