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A banished harvest goddess explores a demon-haunted island, fights in side-scrolling battles, and grows rice to gain strength.
Released 10 Nov 2020
Grow Rice for Strength
Grapple Into Combos
Battle Demons with Farm Tools
Discover the true power of rice in Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin! Take on hordes of demons in side-scrolling combat to reclaim the land as Sakuna, a spoiled harvest goddess banished to a dangerous island. Then, return to your mountain village and tend a field full of glorious rice.
Developed by Edelweiss · Published by XSEED Games, Marvelous USA, Inc.









Sakuna, a spoiled harvest goddess, is banished to Hinoe Island, where demons roam and a group of outcast humans becomes her unlikely household. She must explore the island and help make a home in the wilderness.
Explore side-scrolling areas and battle demons with farm tools, chaining light, heavy, and special attacks. Sakuna’s divine raiment can grapple toward platforms and enemies, helping her move through levels and extend fights into combos.
Between expeditions, manage the rice crop through tasks such as preparing the field, planting, adjusting water, fertilizing, harvesting, and processing the grain. Each harvest improves Sakuna’s attributes, tying farming directly to combat progression; gathered materials also let her companions make equipment and meals.
Players often appreciate the detailed, hands-on rice-growing process and the way harvests strengthen Sakuna, making farming a meaningful alternative to grinding through combat. Reviews also praise the combo-focused action and the cast, while some find the repeated farming or fighting tiring and the controls awkward, particularly with keyboard and mouse.
| Platforms | Windows |
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| Achievements | 40 |
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| Controller support | PlayStation, Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
| DLC / extras | 2 listed on Steam |
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| Metacritic | 82/100 View on Metacritic |
| Website | Official website |