Yōdanji

Yōdanji

KEMCO · December 7, 2017 · Indie, RPG, Casual, Action, Adventure

Buy Yōdanji from GreenManGaming at $2.50 — the cheapest of 4 stores we compare.

PC
Positive84% · 38
Best price 31 Fair price
$2.50-50%
$4.99lowest tracked $1.49
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Where to buy Yōdanji — official stores

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Standard Edition · Steam
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$2.50
$4.99
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Standard Edition · Steam
$4.99
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Standard Edition · Epic Games
$4.99
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Yōdanji price by region

Yōdanji costs £2.25 in the United Kingdom, $2.50 in the United States, €2.50 in Europe (EUR), $2.50 in Georgia (USD), CA$3.50 in Canada, A$3.75 in Australia, NZ$4.75 in New Zealand, R$5.45 in Brazil and zł10.00 in Poland right now.

Cheapest Yōdanji offer in each region, in local currency
RegionBest priceOfficial storeKey shopStores
United Kingdom £2.25 −50% £2.25 — 4
United Statesyour region $2.50 −50% $2.50 — 4
Europe (EUR) €2.50 −50% €2.50 — 4
Georgia (USD) $2.50 −50% $2.50 — 3
Canada CA$3.50 −50% CA$3.50 — 4
Australia A$3.75 −50% A$3.75 — 4
New Zealand NZ$4.75 −50% NZ$4.75 — 3
Brazil R$5.45 −50% R$5.45 — 3
Poland zł10.00 −50% zł10.00 — 3

Each row is a real price from that region's own stores, not a currency conversion, so the figures are not directly comparable. Switch regions in the header to shop the one you buy in.

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About Yōdanji

✦ AI summary

Yōdanji is a coffee-break roguelike where you summon, trap, and collect Japanese folklore spirits called yōkai to tackle randomly generated dungeons with turn-based combat. Its spooky-cute pixel art, massive variety of playable characters and skills, and global leaderboards set it apart as an accessible yet deep dungeon crawler rooted in authentic cultural mythology.

Coffee-break roguelike themed after Japanese folklore tales.

Get the ability to summon and trap yōkai - numerous spirits that have been living hidden among us until now! Admire them, give them witty nicknames, and then put them in the brutal ever-changing dungeon to summon even more yōkai! Spooky cute graphics and powders made from various body parts included.

Features:
- Traditional rogue-like with turn-based combat
- Challenge randomly generated dungeon
- Spooky cute pixel-art graphics
- Huge variety of playable characters, skills and amulets to collect
- Fancy "ō" letter that destroys our SEO (Yodanji and yokai, anyone?)
- You can compete the score with other players around the world in the online global leaderboards.

About KEMCO
KEMCO is a video game publishing company specializing in JRPG games. By focusing on immersive narratives and quality gameplay we strive to continually design gaming experiences both seasoned and new gamers alike can enjoy while advancing the genre to a whole new level.

Yōdanji — game info

Platforms
Windows
Player modes
Single-player
Controller
Partial controller support
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

✦ AI summary

Yōdanji is a brutally difficult roguelike with simple mechanics that players find surprisingly addictive, offering a steep learning curve where frequent losses are part of the appeal and pushing players to experiment with different characters and strategies. Common praise centers on the engaging gameplay loop and tactical depth despite the minimalist design, though some frustration emerges from punishing difficulty spikes and occasional cheap deaths from enemy abilities like stun-locking.

Recommended Sep 15, 2024
I personally like this game as its very simplistic but an absolutely brutal meat grinder of a rogue like game. You will lose often, even after you get a feel for the game don't expect to win often but that's a part of the fun. You'll find your favorite characters to run through, all have different methods to get through, some far better than others but this varies from person to person so find your favorite and see how far you can get. It's a learn as you go type of game so try and not get discouraged the first couple of goes. I strongly advise you start with the tutorial and easy mode to get your bearings. Good luck! You're going to need it!
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Recommended Oct 8, 2024
I reached floor 10 but i got ambushed by an Umbrella and got stun-locked to death.
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Recommended Jul 30, 2026
This game is quickly becoming an addiction. I fired it up on a whim last night and lost two hours immediately, and then another one today. The gameplay loop is addictive and the difficulty makes you play tactically and think ahead for every single move. When you die, you just want to jump back in and see if you can use your new knowledge to get a little further. This is a super fun roguelike and well worth checking out!
Recommended May 11, 2026
There's like a billion of these. I wish I knew what they were all based off of.
Recommended Oct 30, 2023
A nice, simple rogue-like themed on Japanese folklore monsters. Not terribly complex, but can be brutally difficult.
Recommended Aug 22, 2023
i hate this game so much, oh my GOD (proceeds to start another run anyway)

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