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Touhou Mystia's Izakaya

Touhou Mystia's Izakaya

二色幽紫蝶, Re零同人社 · released Sep 30, 2021

CasualIndieRPGSimulationPCNintendo Switch

A brand new pixel art restaurant simulator based on the Touhou Project! Play as Mystia, the owner of a small izakaya. Collect ingredients by day, cater to the customers by night, learn recipes from familiar characters, and become the best izakaya owner in all of Gensokyo!

Steam page ↗Metacritic · users 9.3 ↗
90
VGC Score
■Stablehigh confidence

anchored at patch: “Important Update: Version 4.4.0” (4mo ago)

92%
At launch
99%
Steam all-time
n/a
Press
97%
Recent sentiment

Screenshots & trailers

What players say

Why the number is what it is: aspect mentions counted across 300 sampled Steam reviews (295 positive / 5 negative), recent and most-helpful. Plain keyword counting, fully reproducible; nothing here is written by a machine.

What positive reviews talk about

  • Story & writing19% mention it
  • Music & audio13% mention it
  • Visuals & art7% mention it
  • Grind & repetition6% mention it

What negative reviews complain about

Negative reviews don't converge on specific aspects.

Satisfaction by hours played

Same score, different games: see how sentiment holds up the longer people play.

Under 5h

98%

47 reviews

5-15h

99%

86 reviews

15-40h

95%

65 reviews

40-100h

100%

76 reviews

100h+

100%

26 reviews

Review sentiment over time

Weekly positive-review rate (green) and review volume (bars). Dashed lines mark significant patches; the amber line is the start of the current scoring window. Hover the dots to see what drove a dip or a jump.

How this score was computed

The VGC Score is a weighted blend on a press-comparable 0-100 quality scale. Steam approval rates are first calibrated (95% positive on Steam ≈ 89.5 quality, since Steam approval skews high). Press and tracked creator reviews each count ~2x a player review and share one cap against player evidence (creator buy/skip calls pool into an approval rate, calibrated like Steam approval); all-time sentiment is capped and halved (it's context, not verdict); reviews of the current build carry the most weight when a fresh patch anchors the window; and a 'typical game' prior keeps small samples from pegging the scale. Because press reviews and Metacritic user aggregates describe the launch build, their weight decays as the game ages (3-year half-life after a 1-year grace). That's how a game that launched rough can outgrow its old reception once updates win players over. Reviews under 2h playtime (the refund window), non-Steam activations, and free copies are downweighted.

ComponentPositiveQuality (0-100)Weight (pseudo-reviews)
Press reviews (Metacritic)––0
All-time Steam reviews99%951000
Metacritic user ratings––0
Post-patch Steam reviews (trust-weighted)97%931452
Calibration prior (typical game)–7250

Acclaim gate: the raw blend lands at 93.2, but scores above 88 must be earned in front of a mass audience; this verdict rests on 32,707 player reviews, a largely self-selected fanbase. As more players weigh in, the ceiling rises (full scale unlocks at 100,000 reviews).

Scoring window: since the last significant patch (Apr 17, 2026) · 300 reviews sampled · 1452 total reviews in window · weighted 247.9 up / 4 down · computed 2h ago · full methodology →

Press & Creators reviews (3)

Individual verdicts from outlets we track: scored reviews first, most trusted outlets first among them. The small badge is each outlet's trust score: how well its scoring history aligns with players.

  • 80
    SiliconeraSiliconera
    trust 67May 3, 2024

    “In a way, I’m still shocked at how absolutely delightful Touhou Mystia’s Izakaya is, and I’m so pleased at the prospect that a Switch release might garner more attention for every version of the game. It’s so much better than I anticipated, and the pacing and nature of it make it a perfect cozy game for someone who wants to sit back, make some friends, and run a restaurant. While the idea of it being a Touhou Project doujin game might be a bit daunting, it’s worth a chance if you love the life sim and restaurant management genres or just want to build up your library of cozy games. There’s more to it than you’d expect.”

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  • 70
    Movies Games and TechMovies Games and Tech
    trust 56May 13, 2024

    “Touhou Mystia's Izakaya is, rather obviously, aimed squarely at fans of the Touhou Project. Existing fans will no doubt enjoy the many character interactions and the rather pleasant management gameplay. It is a little too simplistic for my tastes, and the plot a touch vague, but it's a charming management sim regardless.”

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  • 60
    Video ChumsVideo Chums
    trust 45May 16, 2024

    “Touhou Mystia's Izakaya is a small-scale and innocuous game that's cute to wind down with but it doesn't really offer much noteworthy.”

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Patch history

  1. Important Update: Version 4.4.0
    Apr 17, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  2. Touhou Mystia's Izakaya Anime short version EX.01 The Seven Great Mysteries
    Oct 1, 2025
  3. 4.2.1updated,Roguelike mode has been fully translated.
    Sep 14, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  4. DLC5 Survival Mode Update,Other languages to be added in the future
    Dec 10, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  5. ENGLISH VERSION SURPPORTED!
    May 2, 2024
  6. 2024.3.19 major update.
    Mar 19, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  7. Last update in 2024.3.4 4:58 CST
    Mar 2, 2024
  8. Winter Sale! Switch Preorders! DLC4 Translation!
    Dec 22, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  9. last update 23.8.9 5:48 CST - Bugfix list
    Aug 4, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  10. DLC2.5谱面编辑器即将推送更新，请大家先备份工程数据
    Mar 5, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  11. DLC2.5's new track editor! and some bug fixed
    Mar 3, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  12. Last update in 2022.11.20 2:51 RELEASE 2.2.9d
    Nov 19, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  13. DLC3 Release! Discounts! Autumn Sale! Mystia's Izakaya Major Content Update!
    Nov 18, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  14. Last update 2022.10.8 3:57 Release2.1.3c
    Oct 1, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  15. Normal Update and BUG fixed RELEASE 1.9.3k#2
    Aug 2, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  16. BUG fixed(Last up date 2022.6.9 1:05) RELEASE 1.9.2a
    Jun 8, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  17. Normal Update and BUG fixed RELEASE1.91s
    May 22, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  18. Normal Update RELEASE 1.9.1n#
    May 20, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  19. Last Update 22.5.17(3:10) ，RELEASE 1.9.1f
    May 14, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  20. 514 Koishi's Day! DLC2 RELEASE!
    May 14, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  21. Normal Update 1.8.2ee
    May 3, 2022
  22. Normal Update 1.8.8dd
    Apr 28, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  23. Normal update 1.8.2v
    Apr 13, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  24. Bug fixed 1.8.2p
    Apr 7, 2022
  25. Important quality of life improvement in 1.8.2o, DLC1 English Patch Ready
    Apr 6, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  26. 100,000 Copies sold!Big Valentine’s Day Version Update
    Feb 16, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  27. English Patch! DLC1! free skin and spring festival sale!
    Jan 27, 2022
  28. We are starting Mac OS Version Beta testing!
    Jan 4, 2022
  29. Last update 2022.1.1 Merry Christmas! Mystia's Izakaya Major Update V1.6 & Sale
    Dec 24, 2021significant · resets scoring window
  30. 最后更新 2021.12.04 1.5.6b 修复了一些bug / 重大更新，v1.5.6版本正式实装
    Dec 2, 2021significant · resets scoring window
  31. 夜雀食堂制作组邀请您来进行v1.5.0+版本的Beta测试 ：)
    Nov 20, 2021significant · resets scoring window
  32. 夜雀食堂制作组邀请您来进行v1.5.0+版本的Beta测试 ：)
    Nov 18, 2021significant · resets scoring window
  33. 夜雀食堂制作组邀请您来进行v1.5.0+版本的Beta测试 ：)
    Nov 17, 2021significant · resets scoring window
  34. 近期bug修复汇总，最后更新于21.11.1 19:14，同时收集大家的BUG反馈
    Oct 29, 2021
  35. Happy Halloween! V1.4.0 super large update!
    Oct 29, 2021significant · resets scoring window
  36. BUG修复汇总，最后更新2021.10.7 19:22
    Oct 2, 2021
  37. Touhou Mystia’s Izakaya, imposing update!
    Oct 1, 2021significant · resets scoring window
  38. 【08-24-2021 @ 15:30CST】应急版本更新 Alpha 0.0.32o "Shrine"
    Aug 24, 2021
  39. 【07-25-2021 @ 21:08CST】Update Alpha 0.0.30a "Izakaya.Selection"
    Aug 7, 2021significant · resets scoring window
  40. 【07-25-2021 @ 21:08CST】Update Alpha 0.0.30a "Izakaya.Selection"
    Aug 7, 2021significant · resets scoring window

…and 10 earlier patch announcements.