Ghosts over the Water: Changing the Tides of Japan's Future overview

Overview

Ghosts over the Water: Changing the Tides of Japan's Future comes from Studio Unagi and is published by Studio Unagi. It arrived on Steam on Mar 31, 2023, and it sits naturally among Single-player and Family Sharing. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows, macOS, and Steam so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

Ghosts over the Water: Changing the Tides of Japan's Future's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 0 players at 12 September 2026 - 23:32:07 UTC, with a tracked peak near 2. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 92% positive across 12 reviews.

Language and system requirements

Ghosts over the Water: Changing the Tides of Japan's Future is available in 1 languages including:

3 regional rating boards including dejus, steam germany, and igrs

Sales, recommendations, and streams

Ghosts over the Water: Changing the Tides of Japan's Future has sold up to 390 units and has recommendation data pending. Revenue data is not available for this game yet. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

Ghosts over the Water: Changing the Tides of Japan's Future overview details

Ghosts over the Water: Changing the Tides of Japan's Future combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

Studio Unagi's Ghosts over the Water: Changing the Tides of Japan's Future is a historical, immersive strategy game made by four undergraduate students from Yale University and University of Texas, Austin in association with UT Austin's JapanLab. Built upon a familiar and accessible visual novel framework, Ghosts over the Water takes you into a fast-paced world filled with difficult decisions. Featuring: - Three different, character-specific routes - Seven total different endings, based on choice - A rich cast of over 15 historically based characters - Engaging and expansive story with powerful dialogue (130,000 words!) - Hand-drawn art and assets - Collectible, full-screen CGs - Soundtrack of over 35 songs ~ It is the summer of 1853. Earlier in the year, the most unexpected visitors arrived on Japanese shores: Americans. A small fleet of ships commanded by Commodore Matthew C. Perry stormed into Edo Bay, engaging in no violence but causing immense panic. Over two hundred years had passed with Japanese borders closed to outsiders—and suddenly, these foreigners were at the country’s shores demanding open trade. You play as Tsumaki Naoharu: an ambitious, curious young samurai working under Abe Masahiro, the chief senior councillor of Tokugawa Japan. In his lofty position, Masahiro has the imperative duty of formally deciding how Japan will respond to this newfound threat. However, the answer to this deceptively simple question of, “How do we answer to the demands of the foreigners?” is far from clear. You will discover that the citizens are on edge, the opinions of the local…

SteamPulse editorial summary

Ghosts over the Water: Changing the Tides of Japan's Future is listed as a game with Free to play. It supports Windows and macOS, belongs to Single-player and Family Sharing, and is associated with Free To Play, Indie, and RPG. SteamPulse's latest observation records 0 players at 12 September 2026 - 23:32:07 UTC, a tracked peak of 2, and 92% positive reviews.

Support and legal notes

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