Learn Japanese To Survive! Kanji Combat (2018)

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Developer: Sleepy Duck
Publisher: RIVER CROW STUDIO
Platforms: Windows
Genres: Adventure, Indie, RPG, Strategy
Rating: 4.2 of 5, 382 player ratings
Typical playtime: about 5.4 hours
Where to get it: Steam

How it feels

Feels like classroom drills disguised as a turn-based RPG, with structured lessons and repetitive kanji combat.

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What players say

Players say the game works well as a flash-card replacement for learning kanji meanings, but many report game-breaking bugs the developers never fixed. The RPG mechanics feel tacked-on, with odd scaling and an unskippable story that frustrates some. It is best approached as a supplement to other study tools.

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