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Yomifuda: Kanji Survivors
Games like Yomifuda: Kanji Survivors

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Games like Yomifuda: Kanji Survivors

An action rogue-lite that uses kanji recognition to fight Yokai, offering a playful, casual approach to learning Japanese.

Learn Japanese To Survive! Kanji Combat
A single-player educational RPG that teaches kanji through adventure-style combat, offering a moderately paced ~15-hour campaign that reviewers found more fun than effective as a pure study tool.
2018-08-01

Adventure

Strategy

Fantasy

Bird view / Isometric

Indie

Role-playing (RPG)

Educational

Visual Novel

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Samurai Bringer

A roguelite action game with procedural levels, hack-and-slash combat, and technique-crafting customization, ultimately facing the eight-headed dragon Yamata-no-Orochi.

2022-04-21

Action
Puzzle
Adventure
Bird view / Isometric
Hack and slash/Beat 'em up
Indie
Role-playing (RPG)
Historical
Arcade

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Wagotabi: A Japanese Journey

A well-regarded educational JRPG that teaches Japanese through interactive quests and puzzles in a pixel-art Japan, playable in about 6–10 hours.

2025-08-13

Adventure
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Role-playing (RPG)
Educational

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Touhou Library Survivors

A single-player bullet-hell survival game in the Scarlet Devil Mansion Library with simple dodging, grid-based build upgrades, and satisfying power growth across short ~6-hour playthroughs.

2022-10-14

Action
Indie

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Learn Japanese To Survive! Hiragana Battle

An educational indie RPG that teaches hiragana through structured battles, lasting roughly 9 hours.

2016-02-16

Adventure
Fantasy
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Role-playing (RPG)
Educational

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Kanji Cats

A cozy pixel-art game that teaches kanji via cat-and-sushi-themed mini-games.

2026-05-26

Indie

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Glyphica: Typing Survival

A minimalist typing-based roguelite horde survival game where you fight bullet-hell swarms by typing words, building decks, and choosing loadouts.

2024-10-09

Shooter
Action
Survival
Strategy
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Arcade

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Murim Survival

A fast-paced martial-arts survival roguelite with time-limited wave battles, build-crafting, and rebirth, averaging around 10 hours.

2026-05-04

Action
Adventure
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Role-playing (RPG)

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Spellbook Demonslayers

A casual roguelite survivor about defending the Cosmic Library from demon hordes by stealing abilities and unlocking spellbook upgrades, with strategic variety in a few hours of play.

2022-11-02

Action
Survival
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Arcade

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Kanji Training Game

A casual single-player study game for memorizing Japanese Kanji, Katakana, and Hiragana through progressive leveling.

2015-09-23

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Touhou: Gensokyo Survivors

A casual Touhou-themed survivor game with a grid-based inventory twist, offering a tight ~4-5 hour survival experience.

2023-05-11

Action
Indie

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Pixel Survivors : Roguelike

A single-player rogue-lite survivor-like where you battle monster hordes, craft chaotic ability builds, and face escalating bosses, with reviewer playtime around nine hours.

2023-02-24

Action
Adventure
Strategy
Indie
Role-playing (RPG)