Shujinkou
A retired samurai (主) is entrusted with saving his home from intelligent, language-devouring "Akuma" alongside an eccentric fox (人) freed from a cursed abode and an astute princess (公) with her own ambitions…
Shujinkou is an adventure developed by Rice Games, released 13 February 2025 on PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Mac.
What Shujinkou is
Shujinkou is an adventure game developed by Rice Games and released in 2025. It is available on PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
A retired samurai (主) is entrusted with saving his home from intelligent, language-devouring "Akuma" alongside an eccentric fox (人) freed from a cursed abode and an astute princess (公) with her own ambitions. Shujinkou is a dungeon-crawling JRPG that offers a unique opportunity to learn Japanese as you play. It features thousands of Japanese words, phrases, kana, kanji, and grammar elements that players can master through focus, diligence, and consistency. The language content spans from JLPT N5 to N1 standards, accommodating learners at any stage. However, learning Japanese is entirely optional. For those more interested in the adventure, Shujinkou delivers a rich JRPG experience. Players…
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are educational. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 70 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Shujinkou holds a critic score of 84 out of 100. That places it above 81% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2025 averaged 78, so it scored 6 points above the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel i5 2.3 GHz or comparable, 8 GB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 or comparable. An 8GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 8GB.
What it launched against
Shujinkou launched on 13 February 2025, within three weeks of Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, Avowed, Split Fiction and Monster Hunter Wilds. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 5 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, Avowed, Split Fiction, Monster Hunter Wilds.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Shujinkou yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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