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Wagotabi: A Japanese Journey
Wagotabi is an educational RPG teaching Japanese from the ground up. Immerse yourself in the language through interactive dialogues, quest-solving, and puzzles, all while exploring Japan and its rich culture. Will you become a Japanese master?
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-25.
“I have been on-and-off learning Japanese my whole life. I've used lots of apps (Busuu, Duolingo), taken formal classes, and the YouTube video route. I really, really like Wagotabi as a language learning tool and I would love to see this model repeated for other languages. The…”
— a player, Steam review · 25 hrs played“Great game. I've finished current main quest (more content is said to be added later) and I can say I've enjoyed Wagotabi. My Japanese has definitely improved. This game is very much worth a purchase if you're interested in learning Japanese. However, from the start, the game…”
— a player, Steam review · 77 hrs played“It might be the best game for learning Japanese. Even though the game is supposed to be suitable for complete beginners, I see it a little differently. I had already learned the hiragana and katakana alphabets beforehand, and even so, I found the beginning relatively…”
— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-08 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 2026-09-26.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-09-26. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
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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.
Hotfix 1.00.0613
Continue sound post process work on the native japanese word voice audio Fixed an issue with romaji to kana conversion algorithm for っ/ッ Allowed to skip the Misaki tour in Hokuei after the first one i
One-Year Anniversary Sale and 2026/2027 Roadmap
To celebrate Wagotabi's one-year anniversary on Steam, Wagotabi is 35% off for two weeks starting today . We also released a big content update this week (v 1.00.0600), featuring Hokuei , and also new
Hotfix 1.00.0611
Sound post process work on the native japanese voice audio Fixed an issue with the Furigana Option when selecting "non-mastered words" Fixed audio of 出口 Fixed an issue where N/A tags could appear in t
Hotfix 1.00.0609
Fixed wrong audio for one exemple sentence Fixed missing audio for だいせん町 direction in Hokuei Fixed one NPC dialogue and appearance in Road to Hokuei Slightly increased steps sound effect
Version 1.00.0600
Changelog New Content Added Hokuei, with new lessons and words to unlock Added professional native voice recordings for the words and example sentences taught in the first two prefectures (300+ words
Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-25.
| Genres | Casual, Indie, RPG, Simulation |
| Player tags | Language Learning · Education · Typing · Exploration · Anime · JRPG · RPG · Samurai · Dialogue Heavy · Casual · Immersive Sim · Relaxing (Steam store community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Adjustable Text Size · Camera Comfort · Custom Volume Controls · Adjustable Difficulty · Mouse Only Option |
| Languages | English, French, Japanese * , Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Spain, German, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Latin America, Korean, Traditional Chinese, Indonesian, Russian, Italian, Polish * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 40 |
| Official site | https://www.wagotabi.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7+ Processor: Intel i5+ Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia 450 GTS / Radeon HD 5750 DirectX: Version 10 Storage: 400 MB available space