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428: Shibuya Scramble
A kidnapping on the streets of Shibuya brings together a hot-blooded detective, hard-hitting journalist, former gang leader, the head researcher of a big pharma manufacturer and a part-timer stuck in cat costume for a series of events each more unexpected and outrageous than the last.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“Definately a recommend from me with a grain of salt! This game is hilarious and heart warming narratively. There is so much wonderful and over the top acting and scenes that make this game a unique and tremendously engaging experience! The amount of work that must have gone into…”
— a player, Steam review · 24 hrs played“dry ice machine is genuinely one of the top 10 chekhovs guns of all time wtf”
— a player, Steam review · 18 hrs played“[h1] 428 Shibuya Scramble: A Hidden Masterpiece [/h1] ***THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS, READ AT YOUR OWN RISK*** Let me set something clear: I'm not a "visual novel" type of person. I've never played a single visual novel in my life, actually. Most of the games I play now are…”
— a player, Steam review · 34 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 12:49 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Patch Notes (1.01)
A patch was released today that addresses the following: Fixed various script issues. TEXT: TIP header text sometimes does not fit on screen. TEXT: TIP "flyers" tab broken in scenario TEXT: "Flyers" T
Coming September 4 with Steam Trading Cards!
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Adventure |
| Player tags | Visual Novel · Adventure · Mystery · Story Rich · FMV · Choices Matter · Violent · Great Soundtrack · Detective · Funny (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 27 |
| Estimated owners | 100,000 – 200,000 (SteamSpy) |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3470 or better Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: OpenGL 3.2 or DirectX 9.0c compatible GPU with at least 1GB of VRAM Storage: 6 GB available space Sound Card: Version 9.0c