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The ideal introductory course to the Japanese language! Learn how to read and write Japanese characters (Hiragana) at a steady pace. A full-blown RPG specifically designed to keep you engaged. By playing along, you’re going to be introduced to the Japanese language like never before!

Learn Japanese To Survive! Hiragana Battle is a education, rpg and indie game developed by Sleepy Duck and published by RIVER CROW STUDIO.
Released on February 16th 2016 is available in English only on Windows.

It has received 2,058 reviews of which 1,872 were positive and 186 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.7 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 5.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 0.66€ on Gamivo.

The Steam community has classified Learn Japanese To Survive! Hiragana Battle into these genres:

Education RPG Indie Adventure RPGMaker JRPG Anime Singleplayer Female Protagonist Turn-Based Combat Visual Novel

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System requirements

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Windows
  • OS *: Windows 7/8/8.1/10 (32bit/64bit)
  • Processor: Intel Core2 Duo or better
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Graphics: DirectX 9/OpenGL 4.1 capable GPU
  • DirectX: Version 9.0
  • Storage: 2 GB available space
  • Additional Notes: 1280 x 720 or higher display

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June 2025
The game is a pretty good way to review and solidify your knowledge of hiragana, but I wouldn’t recommend playing it with zero prior knowledge I’d also like to mention a problem with the fonts: the writing animation uses one font, while the rest of the game uses another. This inconsistency might confuse a newcomer to the language. That’s why I’d suggest using this game mainly for revision rather than as a first-time learning tool
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June 2025
To preface: I started playing this game after I had already began the journey of memorizing hiragana and katakana, so the system was already a bit familiar for me (if anyone is wondering, I'm learning solo via Genki). Even though I came in with a bit of knowledge, I didn't feel like this game was pandering, or anything like that. It was a good refresher, honestly. The story was pretty decent for a learning game and there was a lot of love that went into this game. My only complaint about this game is it felt like the animations were VERY fast, almost like the game was being sped up. I got used to it, so it wasn't some game-breaking issue; I came here to learn, not necessarily to play a "game of the year". I do love how there was a smattering of vocab, phrases, counting, and such. That was where I kinda struggled in my own studies before I played the game. It helped me figure out a way to study that wasn't overstimulating/frustrating, which I really appreciate.
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March 2025
A very fun little game with simple, easy JRPG-style mechanics. It helps you practice and learn all the hiragana; the game will explain how dakuten and handakuten work, introducing them in a sensible way. It also demonstrates the stroke order for each character, shows each one in both a more calligraphy style and a more standard text font, and gives relatively useful tips for writing and pronouncing them. A lot of the dialogue is cheesy but funny. You can keep playing after you finish the main questline, and also access all the "Study Guides" acquired as you pass each of Misaki's lessons. There is one single advert at the end of the game after you beat everything, with a discount code which apparently can be used on the developer's website displayed on the main menu (haven't tried it personally) to use toward purchasing their other study materials. One criticism would be introducing words before you know all the hiragana for them. Personally, I think it would have made more sense to wait to introduce a set of vocabulary instead of having it half in hiragana, half in the English alphabet. Some vocabulary is much more practical and useful than others. At least they include some basic sentences and sentence-structures toward the end-game, as well as cultural knowledge (common honorifics, "anata" is usually impolite to use compared to someone's surname + san, etc.) which is nice. For people who learn by doing, and want learning to be a bit more fun or interesting than strictly dry studying, this can be a helpful tool for beginners. Intermediate or advanced learners of Japanese won't get much if anything out of this, and that's fine, the developers knew their target audience. Is it worth $7 USD? I think so. Looking forward to trying their Katakana and Kanji games—I hope that they are of the same quality as this one. 8/10.
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Nov. 2024
Good game for learning japanese. It plays just like your usual RPG except you take notes of characters and words that you learn. You will encounter hiragana, katakana and kanji along the way. Soundtrack is nice and story might grab your attention. Just take your notebook and learn some japanese!
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Aug. 2024
This game does an excellent job at what it aims to - using turn-based RPG combat to force you to memorize the Hiragana syllabary. If you struggle with using flashcards, this will help.
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Learn Japanese To Survive! Hiragana Battle is currently priced at 5.99€ on Steam.

Learn Japanese To Survive! Hiragana Battle is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 5.99€ on Steam.

Learn Japanese To Survive! Hiragana Battle received 1,872 positive votes out of a total of 2,058 achieving a rating of 8.68.
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Learn Japanese To Survive! Hiragana Battle was developed by Sleepy Duck and published by RIVER CROW STUDIO.

Learn Japanese To Survive! Hiragana Battle is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Learn Japanese To Survive! Hiragana Battle is not playable on MacOS.

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Learn Japanese To Survive! Hiragana Battle is a single-player game.

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Learn Japanese To Survive! Hiragana Battle
5.99€ -89% 5.99€ 0.66€
8.7
1,872
186
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Release 16 Feb 2016
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