Hiragana Hero
Learn to read, recognize, and use hiragana as you guide Keen Reflex through a 50-floor labyrinth in an addictive and educational dungeon crawler RPG. Learning to read [i]hiragana is the first step in your…
Hiragana Hero is a role-playing (rpg), released 14 May 2025 on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Hiragana Hero is
Hiragana Hero was released in 2025. It is available on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on RPG Maker MV.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Keen Reflex, an online streamer who teaches viewers Japanese with his experience as a professional Japanese translator and with his JLPT N1 Japanese fluency, has gotten whisked away to a magical land filled with creatures called hiragana that can only be defeated by shouting their name. Since arriving in this new world, Keen seems to have mysteriously forgotten how to read hiragana and only YOU can help him by guiding him through puzzles and hoards of hiragana, leveling up Keen's stats and your reading comprehension along the way!
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are educational. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Hiragana Hero launched on 14 May 2025, within three weeks of Doom: The Dark Ages, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Elden Ring Nightreign and The Midnight Walk.
Released around the same time: Doom: The Dark Ages, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Elden Ring Nightreign, The Midnight Walk.
Official trailer
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