The Manga Works
Manga career simulation about creating series and courting publishers
Kairosoft Co.,Ltd · Released Jul 24, 2022
- Reviews
- Mostly Positive
- 71% of 306
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 5
- daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Verified
- Last update on Steam
- 3 weeks ago
- Oct 13, 2026
What is The Manga Works?
You play an aspiring manga artist trying to build a career over five years. Choose themes and scenes for your work, train your skills, pitch manga to publishers, and pursue serialized runs and higher popularity rankings.
For you if...
- +you like managing a creative career over time
- +you enjoy choosing manga concepts and working with publishers
- +you want a single-player simulation that rewards planning
Not for you if...
- −you dislike managing requests alongside creative work
- −you prefer action over planning and career management
What players say
71% of 306 reviews are positive
Players praise the manga career simulation as enjoyable and say its planning can make for relaxed play.
How many players finish The Manga Works?
19% of Steam players have unlocked «Please look forward to sensei next work.», the achievement for finishing the main story.
Share of everyone who owns the game on Steam, including those who barely played it. Updated weekly.
Screenshots and trailer
The Manga Works system requirements
Minimum: 1 GB RAM, 0.2 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run The Manga Works?
The published requirements do not name a graphics card we can compare.
Set up my PC →Minimum
- OS
- Windows 10 64bit
- Processor
- Intel Atom® x7-Z8750
- Memory
- 1 GB RAM
- Storage
- 250 MB available space
- DirectX
- Version 10
Recommended
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
Does The Manga Works have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does The Manga Works 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
- Full controller support
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 6
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing
- Languages
- Text only: English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Thai.
Does The Manga Works 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 25, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
