GINKA on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

"Return to that summer with you..." Ryusei returns to the small island of his younger years, where time flows by gently, to spend a fairy-tale summer vacation with his childhood friend who was spirited away.

GINKA is a visual novel, anime and emotional game developed by Frontwing and published by Frontwing USA and Bushiroad Inc..
Released on October 25th 2023 is available only on Windows in 4 languages: Japanese, English, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese.

It has received 2,576 reviews of which 2,353 were positive and 223 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.8 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 24.50€ on Steam.


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Windows
  • OS: Windows 10/11
  • Processor: Intel Core 2 DUO 2.0GHz
  • Memory: 1 GB RAM
  • Graphics: VRAM320MB, 1280×720
  • DirectX: Version 9.0c
  • Storage: 4 GB available space
  • Sound Card: Support for PCM playback through DirectSound
  • Additional Notes: Windows Media Player 9 equivalent or higher

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March 2025
This one actually got me so excited when i first saw the announcement, since i love ATRI and summer romance kind of stuff. But i think there are some flaws on GINKA It's a pretty solid romance-drama visual novel overall and the main plot is actually quite interesting, but the way it was presented wasn't. At some point it got confusing and doesnt really make sense. The drama is quite touching but not to the point where im gonna cry. As for the ending, it was okay i guess, could have been better. It didn't left as much of an impression as ATRI does on me. The artstyle's are beautiful, character design are lovable and each CG looks gorgeous, would be better if it's on higher resolution. And also, the UI needs to be reworked in my opinion, its like frontwing is using the same UI design for all of their works. For me personally, the soundtracks didnt feel that good, the ED song is the only one that is memorable. 7/10
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Jan. 2025
Very good emotional story! Characters are very nice 👍👍👍 Liked this more than Atri 👍
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Aug. 2024
A nice VN if you had finished ATRI -My Dear Moments- and then wanna play another VN that has similar vibes with much more choices. Ginka is a story rich VN which heavily focusing on romance. It has a quite complex story with some plot twists. There are also a lot of fighting scenes to make the story more engaging. If you liked the Atri VN, you should like this too!
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Aug. 2024
Just finish read this takes 10 hours+ I gotta say ( this still can't beat ATRI ) but it is still good read and unique in it's own way. The plot twist is good tho or maybe like too many twist? Sometimes idk like where are we again? The artwork amazing! The music i must say- it's not really memorable but there's some piece that makes my heart feels.. it fit n time really well. but overall it is good read- i love Ginka. Special mention to Best Cat at supermarket-
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July 2024
Initially, I expected Ginka to provide a similar experience to Atri, one of my favorite visual novels, but the story turned out very different and surprised me in various ways. Ginka, despite having “Love” as the driving force of the story, isn’t romantic-centric like Atri; it’s more of a mystery, intriguing, action type of story with romance as an afterthought. Foreshadows are provided throughout the story that all come together at the end, bringing a satisfactory conclusion. All remaining questions were answered in the after-story which is rather nice despite taking more than half a year since the release day to do so. The CGs are terrific, the OST is good but not remarkable. I wish the writer expressed the romantic aspect of the relationship between the main couple more colorful since the “pureness” of their love was established too early and remained unchanged even when the story ended, to be honest, it was frustrating that the couple didn’t express more affection despite so much hardship they went through together. Overall, Ginka is a truly engaging story that can keep your eyes glued to the screen till the curtain falls. Definitely check it out if you’re a fan of mystery, devoted love, and mythology stories.
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GINKA
8.8
2,353
223
Online players
7
Developer
Frontwing
Publisher
Frontwing USA, Bushiroad Inc.
Release 25 Oct 2023
Platforms