Let's Learn Japanese! Hiragana

Released Jan 2019

Want to learn to read Japanese? Let's start with hiragana! Learn the Japanese alphabet through puzzles and arcade-style challenges.

87% positive · 131 reviews

Done

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Done

All announced content has been released

High confidence

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Steam Updated 10 Oct 2026 $0.99 $3.99 −75%

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Evaluation

Let's Learn Japanese! Hiragana launched on January 3, 2019 as a self-contained educational game teaching the hiragana alphabet through mini-games and puzzles. The developer released one content update on March 28, 2019, adding a practice stage, night mode, and a bubble shooter game. That update is the last communication specifically about this game. Subsequent developer news posts (from February 2021 onward) are all announcements for separate games in the developer's portfolio — Let's Learn Xiangqi, Let's Learn Janggi, and Kukumushi Virtual Pet — not updates to this title. The developer has not communicated any plans for additional content, announced any DLC, or indicated that this game is part of an ongoing update cycle. The store description presents the game as a complete learning experience covering the full hiragana alphabet. No unreleased DLC is listed.

Evidence

Final update to this game added a practice stage for reading whole words, night mode, and a Bubble Shooter game to Hiragana Challenge.

news post · Mar 28, 2019 source content shipped

medium

Developer post announces Kukumushi Virtual Pet, yet another separate game — not an update to this title.

news post · Mar 11, 2022 source ambiguous

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Details

Developer

Dr. Cyril Splutterworth

Publisher

Dr. Cyril Splutterworth

Achievements

Platform

Windows

Controller

—

Steam Deck

Playable

Players

Single-player

Indie Casual Education

About this game

Want to learn to read Japanese? Let's start with Hiragana!

This game teaches you all the characters of the hiragana alphabet, as well as their variations and combinations.

You'll practice each character by playing fun mini-games, and you'll be reading Japanese before you know it.