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Learn Japanese: Yuke and the Book of Yokai

85% positive of 27 Steam reviews

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Released
2025
Steam Deck
Playable
Platforms
Steam

Made by lpares12.

About the game

Learn Japanese in this roguelike deckbuilder adventure brimming with Japanese flavor! Defeat yokai with your knowledge, gather omamori, and befriend the local guardian, Myōkun the Tanuki. Embark on your language-learning adventure and have fun!

Tagged by players

  • Language Learning
  • Roguelike Deckbuilder
  • Deckbuilding
  • Card Game
  • Action Roguelike
  • Demons
  • Turn-Based Combat
  • Linear
  • Hand-drawn
  • Choices Matter
  • Cartoony
  • Cartoon

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What players say

  • Recommended
    This is legitimately a great way to learn, and I don't think the battles are too hard. Almost every run I manage to make it to the end boss. There are some weird issues, like there being a delay after using an attack card before you can use another card/end turn, and the spritesheet has some sprites overflowing into each other, as the compression is blurring the art slightly causing it to jump the borders (Adding…

    17 h played when written. 0 found it helpful.

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  • Not recommended
    For now I can't recommend the game. - No guiding story. You just battle your way through a grid of monsters. - There is no healing, so the monsters just wear you down. Even if you answer the quizzes perfectly, sometimes you don't have enough shield cards, or the monster poisons you. - It appears the monsters become successively stronger but you don't get sufficiently stronger to balance this out. - I suspended the…

    2.6 h played when written. 13 found it helpful.

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