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Fading Afternoon
Seiji Maruyama is a middle-aged yakuza recently released from prison. Known as "Gozuki" (one of the demon generals from Buddhist mythology) he is the power that his oyabun counts on. But there is one thing his aniki is not taking into account: Maruyama is getting old.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.
“Fading Afternoon is a side scrolling beat em’ up/open world action roleplaying game/”existential Yakuza crisis” simulator developed By Yeo, a russian game developer whose previous titles include The Friends of Ringo Ishikawa and Arrest of a Stone Buddha. In an FAQ at By Yeo’s…”
— a player, Steam review · 18 hrs played“I have to say this game is like River City Ransom mix with Yakuza and Majora's Mask. It's cool that you play as a Guy that is slowly dying and you only have short time to do anything to get a decent ending. It's odd that triple a games are not creative than indie games.”
— a player, Steam review · 20 hrs played“This game is a mixed bag for me. The graphics and music are genuinely amazing and really carry the atmosphere. However, the controls feel a bit tricky and take time to get used to. It also could use more in-game guidance, especially for new players. On top of that, the time…”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-07 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 2026-09-19.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
The Concrete Sutra #1 "Mid development trailer" is released!
Hello, fellas! Slowly we're moving to the release and since I don't run any media now I decided to share development news here at Steam. First of all, check out this new "Mid development trailer": I r
Our beloved Ueda M. is celebrating her anniversary!
Hello, fellas! Ueda M. turns XX (asking a woman her age is bad tone)! Our story began here, on Ringo's Steam forum when I was looking for a Japanese translator and asked players for the help: https://
"The Concrete Sutra #1" My new game announcement!
Hello, fellas! I made a Steam page for my new game today, please, check it! [img src="
Kato has joined Rumble Mode!
Additions to Rumble mode: Play (and customize) as Kato Different leaderboard for Kato Shinkansen BG Choosing the gang (only color actually) you fight Enjoy!
Rumble mode update is live!
1) In Rumble mode: Choose any location you've visited in the Story Mode. Set a season and time of a day. Customize Maruyama: suit and shirt colors, wearing jacket or not, beard, glasses and hair style
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG |
| Player tags | Side Scroller · Beat 'em up · Sandbox · Martial Arts · Life Sim · RPG · 2D · Story Rich · Multiple Endings · Open World · Pixel Graphics · Indie (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Stats · Steam Leaderboards · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Spanish - Latin America, Portuguese - Brazil, Korean, French, Traditional Chinese |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 17 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: 7 Processor: 1.2 GHZ Memory: 8 GB RAM Storage: 600 MB available space