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Hashihime of the Old Book Town
Step into the shoes of an aspiring author during the Taisho era in this psychedelic BL murder-mystery visual novel. Travel back in time to try and save your friends while confronting your own character flaws. Will you retreat into your fantasies, or can you keep it together enough to rescue them?
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.
“MIND BLOWN. Do kinda wish it was a book because the routes were so long! And repeating so many of the same scenes was kind of boring, but also, the finale ended up being...not what I expected, in a good way. Legit had to pause for a second because my brain was PROCESSING. Yes, I…”
— a player, Steam review · 36 hrs played“Played Hashihime as a visual novel to use as a break between two other games and lets just say its really plaguing my mind now that I've finished. I love Tamamori and Minamoto, and enjoyed uncovering and experiencing the different routes. What I wouldn't give to forget…”
— a player, Steam review · 34 hrs played“He smiled cheerfully again—with his blue eyes. Hashihime of the Old Book Town is an amazing game that makes good use of its time travel theme, demonstrating this through the repetition of dialogues and scenes between the characters, changing small details as the protagonist,…”
— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. History through 2026-08 via SteamCharts; self-collected from the Steam API since Aug 2026.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.
| Genres | Adventure, Indie |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese |
| Achievements | 23 |
| Official site | http://www.mangagamer.org/hashihime/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 and up Processor: Pentium 4 Memory: 512 MB RAM Graphics: 1024x576 Storage: 1200 MB available space