About the Game
Want to learn Japanese but don’t know where to start? Tried many learning methods, but none kept you motivated? Struggling to apply what you're learning in real life?
Wagotabi is a fun and immersive RPG adventure set in real Japan. Fully accessible to beginners, it focuses on teaching the most practical words and grammatical concepts first, in concrete situations: asking for directions, ordering a Bento, expressing your likes and dislikes, and much more! Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji are introduced progressively as you expand your vocabulary.
Wagotabi is the game we wish we had when we first started learning Japanese.
This game is recommended for people who:


FEATURES
Role play in Japan
Personalize your appearance, explore Japan and talk in Japanese with locals! Use your Japanese skills to progress in the adventure by solving quests, situations, and language-driven puzzles. All the situations have been handcrafting with care to maximize the practical use of the vocabulary and grammar concepts introduced. Discover the Japanese history, culture and geography while progressing in the adventure.
Smart Tests
Built in SRS (Spaced Repetition System) enables you to focus on words you struggle remembering. More than 15 different questions types are included (build sentences, find the correct words, conjugation, audio related questions, etc.)
Mini games
Diverse mini games for you to learn and have fun! Learning Kana and Kanji has never been that easy!
Smart dictionary
Review what you need the most, anytime in 360 degrees. Icons, tags, grammatical formations and example sentences help you remember each word!
Fill your Kanjidex
Become a Kanji collector. Crack them!
(Non-exhaustive) list of other features
STATISTICS (as of now)
The game is in constant development, with regular updates adding new content.
PLAYER FEEDBACK
Screenshots
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Steam Patch Notes
Official update history
Fixed an issue allowing to go outside the map borders in Road To Misasa
Fixed an issue where cut scenes could get stucked when NPC dialogues were canceled (for instance with the cloud save conflict popup)
Improved the save conflict algorithm to make the cloud save conflict popup appearing less often
Made more clear some explanations in the verb nominalization lesson
Replaced several audio recordings
Minor other bug and localization fixes
Quality of life improvements
Added a missing hint for the “Go To Misasa” objective in the “Road To Misasa” quest
Added “positive” to some verb tenses to remove any ambiguity during conjugation exercises
Added a VSync option in the settings (desktop)
Made the algorithm for sending notes to the trash in Saeki Kanji more permissive, since it could previously cause to lose a life by mistake
The CSV export tool for word learning progress now saves a CSV file to your computer instead of trying to open your email app (on systems that allow it)
Fixes
Added a missing definition for 入る (to be inside, e.g. a box)
New voice recordings for 東 and にぎやか to make the pronunciation clearer
Fixed missing translations for 死ぬ in several languages
Fixed an audio issue in some of 小野田's dialogue lines in 北栄町
Fixed the blurry checkmark icon
Attempted to fix an issue with double keyboard input in UI navigation on some systems with an external keyboard
Localization fixes
Fixed an input conflict issue while selecting an item from the inventory in a dialogue and using the virtual mouse on a gamepad
Added an option to prevent the device from sleeping
Fixed an issue in Marugame that could lead to accessing the castle level earlier than expected
Prevent interactions during boat or cardinal navigation (monk event, for instance, in Marugame)
Improved the image for 疲れる
Prevented images of 遠い and 近い from being asked in tests as they can be ambiguous
Fixed an issue that led to the need to press the validation "enter" twice in order to validate an input field-related question in tests
Fixed a typo involving ' in some definitions (like 何ですか)
Several Japanese-related and localization fixes
Continue sound post process work on the native japanese word voice audio
Fixed an issue with romaji to kana conversion algorithm for っ/ッ
Allowed to skip the Misaki tour in Hokuei after the first one is completed
Fixed a music issue that could appear when skipping a cut scene (like a guided tour in a town)
Added a detailed help for cloud save symchronization in the option menu
Simplified the noun modification lesson
Several localization fixes
Sound post process work on the native japanese voice audio
Fixed an issue with the Furigana Option when selecting "non-mastered words"
Fixed audio of 出口
Fixed an issue where N/A tags could appear in translation of several exemple sentences for some languages
Fixed missing translation of the Japanese counter related tip
Removed volitional form of 違う
Simplified the な-adjective negation lesson
Simplified exemple sentences in the noun modification lesson
Simplified some exemple sentences
Fixed several localization issues
Fixed wrong audio for one exemple sentence
Fixed missing audio for だいせん町 direction in Hokuei
Fixed one NPC dialogue and appearance in Road to Hokuei
Slightly increased steps sound effect
Japanese language related fixes / improvements:
Fixed missing long vowel audio in the long vowel lesson
Added a note in the numbers lesson that numbers need to be used with counters to count things
Reworked several example sentences
Added a には pattern explanation to the は word page
Fixed several ambiguous sentence blocks during tests
Bug Fixes / Optimization:
Fixed an issue where the first character typed with a physical keyboard in the answer input field could not be converted correctly into kana
Fixed an issue where the Escape key didn't always allow the quit game popup to be opened
Fixed an issue during the word tooltip tutorial that prevented completing the tutorial when the font size was set to Large on some screen resolutions
Fixed missing keyboard/game controller hints on several buttons
Added a safeguard to prevent bypassing compulsory encounters
Fixed an issue where sentence blocks in dialogue answers were sometimes not generated
Fixed an issue in Kurashiki - Road #1 where the block after the kanji puzzle was not reset properly after a second attempt
Fixed a padding issue in the word meaning page that could hide part of the last line of characters
Fixed an issue where the rival encounter in Road to Marugame could be skipped, preventing this challenge from being unlocked later
Optimized audio runtime memory management
Optimized game update size for the future and asset memory management
Bug fixes and localization improvements
Put back original kana audio
Simplified puzzle clues for the Sand Museum puzzle
Bug and localization fixes
Note: The rollback on kana audio is due to several negative feedbacks we received after the previous update. This rollback is however temporary as we really want to improve the overall japanese audio quality of the game. New audio will be uploaded in the future when new recording will be done and quality will meet player expectations. Audio on kana, words and exemple sentences are the next planned target. Thanks for your understanding.
Fixed an issue where sentence block text could, in some cases, be displayed across two lines
Attempt to fix a mouse cursor display issue for some Linux users
Improved hiragana and katakana audio
Fixed a crash issue when typing "xtso" or similar romaji input during tests
Updated the game engine version
Fixed performance issues in the "end game zone"
Fixed an issue with sentence block correctness color feedback for some sentences
Fixed several ambiguous sentence blocks issues in exemple sentences
Other minor fixes and improvements
Bug and localization fixes
Fixed an issue of french localization in the verb negation lesson (localization was in Chinese Traditional instead of French)
Fixed several Japanese sentences naturalness issues in dialogues and exemple sentences
Replaced とても by すごく (in dictionary, exemple sentences and dialogues)
Fixed some overlap issues of kunai in the Ninja Kana minigame
A lot of Korean localization improvements
Other minor localization fixes
Added more information about the grammatical formation of から (because) in its definition
Replaced いいえ、いいえ with いえいえ in NPC dialogues
Fixed several Japanese sentences naturalness issues in dialogues
Fixed wrong audio for 海\[かい]くん in Road To Hokuei
Fixed wrong stroke count for the kanji 道 and 達
Fixed きのこ先生 word tooltips in exemple sentences
Fixed 九州 furigana overlap
Some localization fixes
Current Release
Build 26131594
Uploaded Oct 27, 2026
System Requirements
How to Install
Wagotabi.exe to play
Troubleshooting tips
• Run Redist/_CommonRedist installers if game won't start
• Add folder to Windows Defender exclusions
• Run as administrator
Download
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