Kanji Industry
Tsune Studio · 2023 · Roguelite, Automation, Programming, Deckbuilding, Procedural Generation
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About Kanji Industry
About the game
Many Kanji characters can be created by combining other Kanji characters.
Watch as the Kanji assembly factory automatically moves through the game!
Game Flow
There are two modes in this game: "Stage Mode" and "World Mode
Introduction of Stage Mode
The game progresses in stages.
When you start the game from the beginning, the stages are automatically generated. You can play over and over again!
When you complete a stage, you can choose from three different machines to get the one you want. Predict the machines you will need in the next stage and strategically collect the machines you have!
Introduction to World Mode
The player becomes the manager of a Kanji factory.
The objective is to purchase a factory site and grow the factory.
All machines are leased, so you must pay rental fees at regular intervals.
To make money, you need to sell more complex Kanji characters.
Make more complicated Kanji characters by increasing the number of machines that can be rented by delivering the specified Kanji characters!
How to create a factory
1. place the generating machine. This machine will generate the specified Kanji characters at regular intervals.
2. place the assembling machine. This machine takes two adjacent Kanji characters and assembles them into one Kanji character.
3. place the delivery and redemption machines. You can clear the stage and earn money by using these machines to deliver the Kanji characters specified for each stage.
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
Players appreciate the creative concept of combining Shapez-style factory mechanics with kanji learning, and some find it engaging and thought-provoking. However, the game is criticized for its severe lack of content (only 142 kanji out of 2,000+ needed), missing quality-of-life features like autosave, poor learning support with no pronunciation or meaning explanations, slow progression, and stagnant development with no updates since early 2024. The game works better for those who already know Japanese, but falls short as both a complete learning tool and a standalone game.
[h1]4/10[/h1] First of all, no auto save, come on, why did I lose all my progress in 2024. I thought i could be playing Shapez and learning my Kanji but the game doesn't tell me what the kanji means or like how its said in kana. The combinations are also a bit hard to figure out sometimes, I wish there were hints. Overall if you already know Japanese, go for it, it's basically Shapez, if no then it's not worth the time, sorry. This game could have been so cool.32 found this helpful
Very interesting game! Makes you think a lot (which I love)5 found this helpful
Pros - The idea for this game is neat Cons - There is only 142 kanji. Japanese uses over 2,000 kanji. No one should pay to only learn less than 14% - The kanji starts off with only very simple combinations so it will be slow for those who just want to learn kanji - Has been in early access for a few years but still seems low in content. It's now February 2026 but the last update was in January 2024. - It seems too easy to create a positive net income and let the game sit in the background while you accumulate wealth. Overall: I feel like this game is too slow and lacks the kanji library to be a good learning tool. And as a game it seems too easy and dull to really carry itself. This game is a good start but it's far from being finished and seems more like a concept than a finished product. And judging from the lack of updates, this game is likely dead.4 found this helpful
I learnt "coward" (臆) and "muscle" (筋) kanji through this game :)3 found this helpful
Addictive little game
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