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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 less 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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Jan. 2026

I played through the game in a few days. It was really fun. The basic story is quite interesting. Can you learn hiragana through the game? Yes, you can! You don't just learn hiragana, but also whole words, some grammar, and cultural aspects of Japanese culture. The hiragana symbols are taught gradually, including voice output, so you know how to pronounce them. I can't wait to start with the katakana sequel! PS: Every word you learn will be needed in the end game.

Dec. 2025

After having played the game for a few hours, I noticed a couple things! First off, the game is wonderfully detailed and goes at a nice pace for learning. At first I was frustrated that enemies seemed to show up so often, but then once I thought about it, it's pretty genius! It makes you frustrated juuust enough to want to hurry up and defeat the enemies, therefore pushing you to actually memorise the hiragana! There's a part where you're sent to an "alternate reality" and have to put the hiragana to an English version, which is a lovely addition. I love RPGMaker games so much, it gives me so much nostalgia! The game also includes pronunciation guides and extra vocabulary lessons for a few additional words, which is super neat! it also asks you if you'd like to save often, which is perfect for people like me who forget to save. It *is* also 10 years old, so that's something to keep in mind. The downsides, the game itself is a little buggy, Not horribly so to the point where you can't play, but enough that it does frustrate you a little. Sometimes the audible vocal guide won't play, so you click "listen again" a couple times and then it overlaps a bit. Sometimes the dialogue box shows up without any dialogue for a bit. Again, not horrible! As for the gameplay, Misaki is horribly weak for awhile and kept dying and the "Guard" action didn't activate fast enough, and revives are a little pricey, but after you get to the Ghoul Ruins, you get a bunch of really helpful weapons and money, so I got a bunch of defense for her and it really helped, haha! Again, the enemies show up super often, but you do have the ability to escape, or force yourself to memorise everything so you can defeat them :D The game is cheap enough that I would absolutely say the upsides are absolutely better than the downsides. 9/10, I highly recommend! It's fun and educational, I'm excited to finish it and move onto the next ones~

Dec. 2025

It's a good way to practice hiragana and learn some basic vocabulary. Simple game with simple but entertaining story for what it is. Definitely good enough for a beginner in learning Japanese but I recommend having a notebook when you play and actually writing down the vocabulary and hiragana as you learn it so you can practice both on screen and in real life.

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

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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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.

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

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

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