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Wagotabi is an educational RPG teaching Japanese from the ground up. Immerse yourself in the language through interactive dialogues, quest-solving, and puzzles, all while exploring Japan and its rich culture. Will you become a Japanese master?
Wagotabi: A Japanese Journey is a education, foreign and typing game
developed and published by Wagotabi Limited.
Released on August 13th 2025 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux
in 12 languages: English, French, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Spain, German, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Latin America, Korean, Traditional Chinese, Indonesian and Russian.
It has received 367 reviews of which 362 were positive and 5 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.0 out of 10. 😍
The game is currently priced at 9.99€ on Steam.
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System requirements
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Windows
- OS *: Windows 7+
- Processor: Intel i5+
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Nvidia 450 GTS / Radeon HD 5750
- DirectX: Version 10
- Storage: 400 MB available space
MacOS
- OS: Mojave 10.14+
- Processor: Apple Silicon, x64 architecture with SSE2.
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Metal capable Intel or AMD GPUs
- Storage: 400 MB available space
Linux
- OS: Ubuntu 18.04, CentOS 7
- Processor: x64 architecture with SSE2 instruction set support
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: OpenGL 3.2+, Vulkan
- Storage: 400 MB available space
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Best way to learn a language outside of interacting with real native speakers. As a beginner maybe better because there is no pressure here and you can take your time. Feels very different than watching videos. Much higher retention. The in game dictionary is superb for meaning, usage and pronunciation. Be interesting to see if anyone else can pull this off for other languages. Knowing the alphabets before playing will make your experience much smoother.
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This game is in a strange place, I wouldn't appropriately give this game to a beginner in the language but I would not give it to an advanced learner either. The pacing is too quick for a beginner to grasp but the game would work as a great supplement alongside the N5 or Genki or even みんなの日本語. It might even make a great refresher for people who have stopped learning and need a crash course. Very nice charming game
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I've been using Duolingo for about a year now, and I can defintely say playing Wagotabi was a completely different experience. Instead of spending time on random sentences like "犬がいます" or "りんごはおいしいです", the game teaches you the language by making you explore a digital version of Japan, just like the one we can find in Pokémon Red & Blue. You'll find yourself asking for directions, telling others how you want your ramen and even working part-time protecting a village from Ninja takeover while you travel. The thing that really made it click for me is that Wagotabi works both as a casual game, where you can take it slow and just enjoy the story, or as a hardcore challenge, featuring complex tests to get words tagged as "Mastered" on your status screen. While I chose the former for the most part, I've been able to enjoy the tests more since growing used to the more complex kanji. Anyway, いっしょに和語旅で日本語を勉強しましょう!
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Rus: Игра реально очень полезная, в интернете тяжело найти что-то структурированное для изучения японского, а тут все прям для самых чайников объясняют, прикольные квесты, да и темп игры мне лично нравится, довольно быстро все идёт, но и при этом повторения немало Eng: The game is really very useful, it is hard to find something structured for learning Japanese on the Internet, but here everything is explained for beginners, cool quests, and I personally like the pace of the game, everything goes pretty quickly, but at the same time there is a lot of repetition
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I've complete basically all the content available on mobile (yes, there is cross save) and am very excited to see this game finally on steam! If you are looking for a fun and engaging way to begin or even continue your journey of learning Japanese look no further. As someone who has been studying Japanese on and off for years and pretty seriously for the last year I think this is the single best way to get your feet underneath you. This is especially true if you struggle with motivation. Wagotabi is actually fun which is more then a lot of language learning games can say and it comes with the added bonus of exploring real cities in Japan. As you learn Japanese you'll also learn about the unique culture of the cities and prefectures you're in. Okay, lets get to the part people really want to know, how much Japanese will you learn. At the time of writing this the game has 262 words in it. That may not sound like much to some of you but I promise it is a sufficient jumping off point. If you've ever pondered trying immersion learning but got scared off by not being able to understand anything at all then getting 300~ words under your belt first will make a HUGE difference. The game areas are divided by prefectures of which Japan has 47. Currently Wagotabi has 2 with plans to continue to add more and more. If you've been using JLPT as a learning guide then iirc their plan was to have all JLPT N5 content by prefecture 5. That doesn't mean they only have JLPT 5 content in the game though, there are JLPT 4 and even some 3 words and grammar points in the game. Okay okay, so the game has a good enough amount of content in it but how is the actual studying? Happy to report that Wagotabi has some really solid study tools! You'll learn words as you walk around and talk to NPCs, as you learn these words you'll start to see them in japanese when you talk to future NPCs. This sort of slow replacement where eventually you'll see full sentences in Japanese is a great way to ease into immersion. Beyond that the main study mode uses SRS (a Spaced Repetition System) similar to things like Anki. if you're unfamiliar its basically a method where you see the words you struggle with more frequently and your easy words less so. This really helps reduce the amount of reviewing you'll need to do. Additionally they have a focus test option which lets you dial in on specific grammar points and such. But possibly my favorite part are the handful of minigames they've made to help studying specific areas like Kana or Kanji, they do a great job of gamifying what is often some of the hardest parts about studying Japanese. All of that and we haven't even talked about the story or their pokemon gym badge esk system or the many language based puzzles. suffice it to say this game has been crafted with a real love for Japan, Japanese and the science of learning languages. If you are at all considering picking it up I HIGHLY recommend it!
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Wagotabi: A Japanese Journey is currently priced at 9.99€ on Steam.
Wagotabi: A Japanese Journey is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 9.99€ on Steam.
Wagotabi: A Japanese Journey received 362 positive votes out of a total of 367 achieving an impressive rating of 9.04.
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Wagotabi: A Japanese Journey was developed and published by Wagotabi Limited.
Wagotabi: A Japanese Journey is playable and fully supported on Windows.
Wagotabi: A Japanese Journey is playable and fully supported on MacOS.
Wagotabi: A Japanese Journey is playable and fully supported on Linux.
Wagotabi: A Japanese Journey is a single-player game.
Wagotabi: A Japanese Journey does not currently offer any DLC.
Wagotabi: A Japanese Journey does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
Wagotabi: A Japanese Journey does not support Steam Remote Play.
Wagotabi: A Japanese Journey is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
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Wagotabi Limited
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Wagotabi Limited
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13 Aug 2025
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