Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin
In Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin, players take on the role of Sakuna, a proud yet lonely harvest goddess who is banished to a dangerous island with a group of outcast humans. Sakuna tames the island by defeating…
Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin is an adventure developed by Edelweiss, released 10 November 2020 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 31.5 hrs to finish.
What Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin is
Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin is an adventure game developed by Edelweiss and released in 2020. It was published by Marvelous. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
Long ago, the spoiled Princess Sakuna enjoyed a life of leisure in the Mihashira Capital among the gods and spirits of Yanato. But on the floating bridge of heaven separating the immortal Lofty Realm from the Lowly Realm of mortals, a chance encounter with the children of men (or, as they call themselves, the humans) led to a series of mishaps. Alas, this culminated in their banishment to Hinoe Island, the so-called Isle of Demons. The ruling deity, Lady Kamuhitsuki, charged Sakuna with securing a foothold for the capital and rooting out the hordes of demonic beasts that plague the island. And, of course, as a goddess she must also look after the wayward children of men who were alongside…
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action, educational and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 40 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin holds a critic score of 77 out of 100. That places it above 56% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2020 averaged 73, so it scored 4 points above the year average.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 31.5 hrs.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i5-7500, 6 GB RAM and NVIDIA GTX 750 Ti. An 6GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 7GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin launched on 10 November 2020, within three weeks of Watch Dogs: Legion, Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Assassin's Creed Valhalla and Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 7 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Watch Dogs: Legion, Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Assassin's Creed Valhalla, Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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