Developer posts and news about this game.
Shujinkou Patch v1.47 Hotfix 1 We've got some small bugs addressed and fixed here: Fix issue with some VFX throwing a harmless error screen to some players. Sorry! Fix issue with the game having input issues and an error screen appearing for players who have unorthodox control/ga
Shujinkou v1.47 This is a smaller update, but it addresses several important issues reported by our community—thank you to everyone who took the time to flag them. ❤️ ✨ Polish & Quality of Life Minor engine update with slight performance improvements. 🐞 Bug Fixes Fixed misma
Shujinkou v1.46 📊 Leaderboards Check the Leaderboards menu from the Main Menu by going to the Extras section. Your ranks for various different statistics (26 types!) will be shown! Note that ranks will feel a bit outdated and low in total number for some time due to this feature
Shujinkou Demo d1.45 Bam! We're back, still alive as always, with d1.45 for the thousands of demo players out there! 🔥 This update packs 100+ fixes and improvements implemented over the past few months. If you’ve been curious about Shujinkou but haven’t quite been ready to jump
Shujinkou Arrives on the Mac App Store & Epic Games Store on September 9th! Shujinkou is expanding to two new storefronts on September 9! After an incredible journey here on Steam and across consoles like the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 5, we’re excited to bring the game
Steam Trading Cards & More - Out Now! Featuring: 16 New Steam Achievements! Sixteen new Steam Achievements are now available on Steam, unlockable by progressing through Shujinkou's Akuma and Swimsuit Quests DLCs. Our apologies for the lengthy wait—we've added the sixteen DLC
Shujinkou Patch v1.45 Hotfix 1 We've got some small bugs addressed and fixed here: Fixed an issue where D-pad was not really working super smoothly/reliably on Steam Deck. This wasn't an issue a few months ago and was traced to a non-Shujinkou bug with Unity , but we apologize fo
Steam Trading Cards & More - Out Now! Featuring: Trading Cards, Badges, Emoticons, Avatars, and more! Fifteen trading cards are now available on Steam from playing Shujinkou. We hope you enjoy collecting these trading cards filled with AWESOME illustrations from the game ! Ou
Shujinkou Interview with Kyoto CMEX Rice Games is happy to share that KYOTO CMEX recently published an interview with founder and director Julian Rice about Shujinkou™, Shujinkou 2, BitSummit PUNCH, and the studio’s decision to participate in Japan;s biggest important indie game
Rice Games @ GAME AiCON Seoul 2026 Rice Games is excited to share that founder and CEO Julian Rice was invited to speak at GAME AiCON Seoul 2026 with a keynote speech titled: “Beyond Localization: Language Learning as Game Innovation” 현지화를 넘어: 게임 혁신으로서의 언어 학습 Held in Seoul, South
Shujinkou v1.45 🛠️ Engine Upgrade Shujinkou's game engine has been upgraded by two major versions . This has led to all-around performance improvements relating to FPS, loading times, lighting systems, animated illustrations and portraits, and more. ✨ Polish & Quality of Lif
Shujinkou @ BitSummit 2026 Tokyo, Japan (May 30, 2026) – We did it! Our studio’s first sponsorship for any kind of event—in this case, BitSummit, the biggest indie game show in Japan! There was a whopping 68,000+ visitors across the Business Day (May 22nd) and both Public Days (M
Shujinkou @ Pomeranian University in Słupsk 🇵🇱 We are happy to share that we recently sponsored TENSAI 2026 , the third edition of a knowledge competition focused on Japanese language and culture at Pomeranian University in Słupsk in Poland. According to the university's event
Shujinkou Lecture at Waseda University (早稲田大学) Hey! It’s Julian here. The team and I are super excited to share that yesterday, April 7, 2026 , I was fortunate enough to have been given the opportunity to lecture about Shujinkou at Waseda University (早稲田大学) in collaboration with
Shujinkou Patch v1.44 Hotfix 1 We've got some small bugs addressed and fixed here: Confirmed and fixed an edge case that some completionists encountered involving being unable to unlock the last achievement. Apologies for the inconvenience! New QOL Feature : There was a question
Steam Spring Sale: Shujinkou is 35% OFF! 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 tim
Shujinkou @ GDC 2026! Rice Games is honored to share that themes from Shujinkou were featured in the 2026 GDC Festival of Gaming Concert Medley , which celebrated some of the most standout video game music from 2025. Presented during GDC in San Francisco , the performance was see
Shujinkou v1.44 Polish / Quality of Life Improved readability of the Kanban Menu's Labyrinth View with text being colored for the currently selected labyrinth. Added Change Time spots to Town 4 and Town 5 . Sushi that heal both TR and MR now heal via percentage rather than raw va
Shujinkou at The New York Game Awards! What a night at The 15th New York Game Awards. Our team had an amazing time attending this year’s event, and we are incredibly honored that Shujinkou was nominated for Best Hidden Gem. While we did not take home the win this time, a video ga
Shujinkou Patch v1.43 Hotfix 3 We've got some small bugs addressed and fixed here: Fixed an issue that a player encountered with Otogawa's Ishi (#2). Fixed a writing issue with Tsunako's Ishi (#18). Fixed missing らりるれろ Kanban pages from the Kanban Menu. These can now be found in