One-Year Anniversary Sale and 2026/2027 Roadmap

To celebrate Wagotabi's one-year anniversary on Steam, Wagotabi is 35% off for two weeks starting today.

We also released a big content update this week (v 1.00.0600), featuring Hokuei, and also new native Japanese audio recordings for the words and example sentences in the first two prefectures (300+ words and 420+ sentences).

This past year has been extremely busy for the project. Here are some of the highlights:

• More than 50 updates, including 6 major content updates related to Tottori Prefecture
• Wagotabi got recognized by Okayama prefecture
• Mochijapa (https://www.mochijapa.com/) joined our team as official native Japanese language teacher, helping us in the Japanese content creation and accuracy
• Added several major features, including the Kanji Radical feature in Kanjidex, new puzzle mechanics, listening-focused quizzes, and several Focus Tests (Vocabulary, Grammar, Kanji, and Conjugation)
• Added Italian and Polish localization
• Significant balancing changes and improvements to make the learning experience much smoother
• Plenty of fixes and improvements on localization, Japanese content, lessons.

Roadmap 2026/2027

Thanks to the success of our Steam release we will be able to port the game on several consoles. As for mobile and the Steam version, the console version will be compatible with our cloud save system. The following console porting are planned:

• Nintendo Switch (end of 2026)
• Playstation 5 and Xbox Series X|S (2027)

Concerning the regular game update content planned:

• Conclude the 3rd prefecture (Tottori) and start working on the 4th prefecture
• Replacement of all the audio of the game with native professional voice actors (words, exemple sentences, and then in-game dialogues)
• Full Japanese Mode (synchronized with or before the Nintendo Switch release)
• Better controller support synchronized with the console release
• Add the possibility to manually write full sentences in Sentence Block exercises
• New focus tests (numbers, time etc.) and minigames
• More practice content (side quests, puzzle, etc.) in the first two prefectures
• Continue overall balancing rework

As we have done since the beta release of the game in 2021, we will continue to listen to your feedback and adapt the roadmap accordingly.

Thanks

Thank you so much for your support, continuous feedback, and for being such an active and supportive community. 💖 We will continue to work hard in order to improve and expand Wagotabi.

Finally, if you enjoyed the game, please don't hesitate to spread the word to your friends and leave a review on the Steam page. This helps us tremendously and makes a huge difference for the project. 🙇