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The friends of Ringo Ishikawa
A highschool gang leader Ringo Ishikawa trying to live through his last autumn before graduation. With his best friends.
In short, Steam reviewers most often praise “Beat-em-up and life simulation” (36 of 99 reviews) and “Mature coming-of-age narrative” (29); the most common complaint is “Aimless repetitive gameplay” (15). What reviewers agree on ↓
View on Steam ↗ $14.99 (US · as of 2026-10-23)What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.
What reviewers agree on
36 of the 99 reviews raise this.
29 of the 99 reviews raise this.
14 of the 99 reviews raise this.
12 of the 99 reviews raise this.
6 of the 99 reviews raise this.
15 of the 99 reviews raise this · 9 of them still recommend the game.
9 of the 99 reviews raise this · 8 of them still recommend the game.
9 of the 99 reviews raise this · 7 of them still recommend the game.
6 of the 99 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“The Friends of Ringo Ishikawa is an interesting game, but ultimately I would say it misses my recommendation by failing to explain itself and being a bit too long for its contents. It's still an interesting story, more…”
5 of the 99 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
Counted across 99 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 88.9% positive rating · as of 2026-05-13
“River City Ransom meets Punch Club. I wish this game didn't end. Hoping for pt 2”
— a player, Steam review · 10 hrs played“This game felt like a journey to me, not only the story is soo perfect and maturely written its also a reflection of our childhood and a reflection of friendship, loneliness and betrayal. While although it might not be everyone's cup of tea, its a must play for anyone who likes…”
— a player, Steam review · 10 hrs played“impressive and good game with impressive story for games like this.”
— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 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 2026-10-23.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.
Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-10-23). Relative comparison only.
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://
Ringo is featured in the NAG Winter Edition 2026
8 years later some players still discover the game! 3 games later Ringo still sells the best out of them and makes it possible for me to continue living by gamedev. I consider it a pure luck actually
Old speech bubbles are back!
Hello!I discovered that some players prefer old version only because of old school speech bubbles. So I added an option to turn it back in EX version.Enjoy!P.S.Please let me know if something went wro
Why do players still play the old version?
Hello! From time to time, when I check screenshots section (to hide the ending scenes) I see that some players still play pre-EX version (mostly Chinese players, but not only them). At first I thought
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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 | Action · Pixel Graphics · RPG · Beat 'em up · Retro · Adventure · Story Rich · Open World · 2D · Atmospheric · Drama · Anime (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Shared/Split Screen Co-op · Shared/Split Screen · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards |
| Languages | English, Russian, Simplified Chinese, French, Japanese, Spanish - Spain, Spanish - Latin America, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 20 |
| Official site | http://ringo.by-yeo.ru/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: 7 Processor: 1.2 GHZ Memory: 2 GB RAM Storage: 320 MB available space