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PLAYNESE: Master Japanese

95% positive of 20 Steam reviews

Released: 2025
Steam Deck: Not tested
Platforms: Steam

Made by Wynand Smit. Published by PlayJoke Studios.

About the game

🎌 Master Japanese in a massive open world. Learn through Anki flashcards, JLPT quizzes, voiced NPCs, lyrics, mnemonics, thousands of pages of religious texts, novels & classics, single and co-op mini games. Explore, craft, fish, and battle with Japanese-themed cards. Major Monthly updates. =^.^=

Tagged by players

Language Learning
Card Game
JRPG
CRPG
Online Co-Op
Open World
3D Platformer
Immersive Sim
Choose Your Own Adventure
Anime
Exploration
2.5D

What players say

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Positive

What players say

Recommended
This game is still in development, but so far it works quite well and so far it offers many amazing tools for learning Japanese. I am excited to explore more and further immerse myself in the language.
49 min played when written. 1 found it helpful.
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Recommended
First of all I need to express my respect to the developer for executing such an ambitious project solo. Comparing to some other options on Steam this one has a lot of potential. For example, "Wagotabi: A Japanese Journey" is executed very well, there is a lot of good things about that language learning RPG, however the content is more suitable for beginners. Another one "WonderLang Japanese", I would not even…
5.9 h played when written. 1 found it helpful.
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Not recommended
There is a really, really good intention buried under the piles of junky and unintuitive UI. I am really struggle to give it thumbs up or down. It almost feels, like the dev tried to do everything, at the same time, and not really giving a lot of thought to it. The game wants to be everything at the same time, but kinda fails at it's very core, at the learning experience. There is lots of text, yes, and a lot of it…
22 min played when written. 6 found it helpful.
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