Mr. Saitou

A short game about an average white-collar worker who struggles to find meaning in a life full of constant overtime and isolation. After an accident lands him in the hospital, Mr. Saitou is spirited away to a strange fantasy world where an unexpected friend takes him on a life-changing adventure.

Mr. Saitou is a story rich, fantasy and rpg game developed and published by Laura Shigihara.
Released on March 23rd 2023 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux in 11 languages: English, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Ukrainian and Vietnamese.

It has received 455 reviews of which 437 were positive and 18 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.9 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 11.79€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Mr. Saitou into these genres:

Story Rich Fantasy RPG Adventure Pixel Graphics Emotional Funny JRPG Puzzle Anime Family Friendly 2D Cute Colorful Point & Click Walking Simulator Retro Controller Top-Down Interactive Fiction

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Requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS *: Windows 7 or newer
Processor: 2GHz
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: DirectX 12 or OpenGL 2.1
DirectX: Version 12
Storage: 250 MB available space

MacOS

OS: macOS 10.13 High Sierra or newer
Processor: 2GHz
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: Metal or OpenGL 2.1
Storage: 250 MB available space

Linux

OS: Ubuntu 19.04, Fedora 30, or newer
Processor: 2GHz
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: 2GB VRAM, OpenGL 2
Storage: 250 MB available space
Additional Notes: Requires glibc 2.29 or above

Reviews

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Dec. 2024

🌸 A Bittersweet Adventure | 100% Review 🌸 One of my main reasons for picking up this game was seeing that it was made by Laura Shigihara. I’ve been a fan of hers ever since Plants vs. Zombies, where she composed that unforgettable soundtrack. From the moment I launched the game, The story immediately intrigued me, skillfully introducing its characters and setting up the darker twist to come. I mean who can forget this guy https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3378682510 Throughout the journey, I found myself shedding a tear more than once—the writing is absolutely phenomenal. Whilst, the story can be a bit sad it remains lighthearted and more fun than other games like To The Moon or even Rakuen (from what Laura has said herself). I strongly recommend this and to add to the joy the completion aspect was not just finish the story, you have to go out of your way to do some achievements which is a bonus for me in these types of games. Tip: If you want to find more reviews like this, check out our curator page [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/41527689/]Moon's Tea House

Dec. 2024

A very nice and comfy story, with a lovely artstyle.

Sept. 2024

Genuinely uplifting and life affirming. A beautiful story full of quirkiness and excellent humour. Truly touching and heart breaking also, as someone who has suffered severe depression for many years this actually managed to break through my emotional barrier and make me feel something for the characters and feel hopeful. I cannot recommend this enough for its beautiful art and music, its wonderful story and emotional weight. An actual masterpiece. It's also very silly in all the right ways!

Sept. 2024

Fun, funny, short. A good story well told.

March 2024

Despite the story and puzzles for the game being quite simple, it still leaves a very memorable impact in the player because of its stunning visuals and extremely lovable characters! I played this game on stream and every single one of my viewers loved it within the first few minutes of playing (even some people who were in the credits of the game came to visit the stream so thank you so much!!). I can tell the creator pours a lot of their heart into making games, and that alone just speaks to how the dev is very intrinsically skilled at crafting memorable characters, so I know i'll be checking out the rest of their games! I sometimes struggle with puzzles, but these were very easy to solve and not get stuck on. I think I would make them a little more challenging, but I think that would defeat the purpose of the game since there's a part where it mentions that games should just be fun to play, and I definitely had fun!! I also wish it was a little longer, since it just made me crave for some more. Overall it was a fun, short game that i'd happily play again. 10/10

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11.79€

8.9

437

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Developer

Laura Shigihara

Publisher

Laura Shigihara

Release 23 Mar 2023

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