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Shades of Sakura

Line-drawing physics puzzles with adult stories about samurai women

BanzaiProject · Released Jul 22, 2021

AdventureCasualIndieRPG

Reviews
Mostly Positive
72% of 655
Recent reviews
Not enough recent
Players
2
daily peak, Oct 28, 2026
Steam Deck
Verified
Last update on Steam
5 years ago
Jul 22, 2021
Minimum PC
DirectX 9 GPU
2 GB RAM · 2 GB disk
Full requirements

What is Shades of Sakura?

Shades of Sakura is a single-player puzzle game with visual novel elements set in ancient Japan. You draw lines to bring balls together across a series of levels while following the heroines’ stories.

For you if...

  • +you like collecting achievements without a long time commitment

Not for you if...

  • −you want complex storytelling rather than light character stories

What players say

72% of 655 reviews are positive

Players praise the relaxed gameplay and Japanese-inspired visuals. Recent complaints focus on lag, physics slowdowns, and frame drops.

Screenshots and trailer

Shades of Sakura screenshot 1

Shades of Sakura system requirements

Minimum: DirectX 9 GPU, 2 GB RAM, 2 GB of disk space.

As published by the developer.

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Minimum

OS
WIN8/WIN10
Processor
1.2 GHz
Graphics
DirectX 9 compatible graphics card
Memory
2 GB RAM
Storage
2 GB available space

Does Shades of Sakura have co-op or multiplayer?

No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.

Does Shades of Sakura run on Steam Deck?

Verified Yes, Verified by Valve: it works on Steam Deck out of the box.

  • All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
  • Shows Steam Deck controller icons
  • In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
  • Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

PC version details

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Keyboard and mouse
Platforms
Windows
Achievements
40
Steam features
Family Sharing, Trading cards
Languages
Full audio: English, Russian, Simplified Chinese. Text only: French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil, Romanian, Spanish - Latin America, Swedish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese.

Does Shades of Sakura use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam

Tags

3 DLC available.

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