The official 🌸 2026 Steam Spring Sale 🌸 is live, and Shujinkou is 35% off for a limited time. If you’ve been waiting for a good moment to jump in, continue your journey, or gift it to someone who loves ambitious JRPGs, now is a great time! 🔥
We’re also incredibly grateful for the momentum Shujinkou has continued to build in recent months. Themes from the game were featured in the 2026 GDC Festival of Gaming Concert Medley, we had the chance to appear on the Gamers With Jobs podcast, and our v1.44 update recently went live with a large batch of quality-of-life improvements, bug fixes, and overall polish ❤️
On top of that, we’ve very recently seen two Steam players earn every achievement in Shujinkou, with playtimes of roughly 330 hours and 450 hours respectively. For a small team that has poured several years into this very large and unusual project, that kind of dedication is amazing to see!
We’re also still feeling thankful for the recognition Shujinkou has received over the past several months, including a Best Hidden Gem nomination at the New York Game Awards, a #11 ranking on Inverse’s Best RPGs of 2025 list, a Best Indie Game of 2025 shortlist placement at VGChartz, and Smart Game of the Year award from Digitally Downloaded. We know Shujinkou is in some ways a very different kind of game, so all of this support, coverage, and growing word of mouth means a lot.
From everyone at Rice Games: thank you so much for continuing to support Shujinkou and our studio. We have more exciting things ahead—please look forward to news in the next few months! ✨
If you do pick up Shujinkou during the sale, or if you’ve been continuing your lengthy adventure:
⭐️ A quick Steam review helps us a lot! And if you have questions or want to get in touch with the team and fans of the game, you can always join our community: https://shujinkou.community/
Thanks again, and we hope you have a great time exploring all the amazing games in this year’s 🌸 Steam Spring Sale ☄️🌸
Team @ Rice Games