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Ashina: The Red Witch (2022)

Stranga Games

Nintendo Switch · PC (Microsoft Windows) · PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 5 · Xbox One · Xbox Series X|S

3.50 from 4 ratings

118 members have it in their collection · 91 backlogged · 4 wish listed

How long? Main story 4h (from 1 logged playthrough)

Get ready for adventure not like any other! This story is about Ash. An ordinary girl who takes an unexpected journey through the mysterious spirit world filled with strange creatures.
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Developers
Stranga Games
Publishers
GrabTheGames, Ratalaika Games
Genres
Adventure, Indie, Puzzle
Themes
Fantasy, Horror
Steam
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Release dates

  • Jun 06, 2022 (Full Release) (Worldwide) PC (Microsoft Windows)
  • Aug 25, 2023 (Full Release) (Europe) Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S
  • Aug 25, 2023 (Full Release) (North_America) Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S
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Jevnation

Review Jevnation 3/5 · Apr 23, 2026

Pretty fun Yokai introduction

One out of the Stranga Games' repertoire of yokai world adventures. Ashina is a prequel My Big Sister, stand-alone story with connections to one another and a common concept covering the Japanese folklore. With retro-styled graphics as a base, the elements of light horror is mixed with humor for some engaging story value. Even though Ash seeks to find a …

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One out of the Stranga Games' repertoire of yokai world adventures. Ashina is a prequel My Big Sister, stand-alone story with connections to one another and a common concept covering the Japanese folklore. With retro-styled graphics as a base, the elements of light horror is mixed with humor for some engaging story value. Even though Ash seeks to find a way out of the spirit world for her along with her sister as the main goal, there are optional tasks and choices that unlocks extra endings that adhere to the questions left open. Simplistic gameplay but with memorable story and characters.

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jademonkey

Review jademonkey 4/5 · Jan 18, 2023

Another great pixel art horror-adventure by Stranga. Much like Red Bow, it's very light on anything that is actually frightening, opting for an eerie, aesthetic that calls to mind a slightly bloodier Spirited Away.

As with Stranga's other games, there's endearing characters and excellent environments at every turn. The plot stands on its own somewhat well, but becomes much better …

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Another great pixel art horror-adventure by Stranga. Much like Red Bow, it's very light on anything that is actually frightening, opting for an eerie, aesthetic that calls to mind a slightly bloodier Spirited Away.

As with Stranga's other games, there's endearing characters and excellent environments at every turn. The plot stands on its own somewhat well, but becomes much better in the full context of Stranga's previous games Red Bow and My Big Sister (the remastered edition, in particular). Everything up to the ending is great without full context, but I imagine the ending would feel a bit dissonant without the context of the other games. As such, I'd highly recommend playing them first.

I found most of the adventure game style puzzles to be straightforward and not frustrating, serving their job to keep me engaged with the environments well. Only the final puzzle threw me for a bit of a frustrating loop. Unfortunately, for my tastes, the overall narrative puzzle required to unlock the full ending was even more frustrating. Unlike Stranga's previous games, the conditions required to unlock the full ending were sprinkled throughout the game's 4 hour run time and easy to miss. The ending was a bit of letdown without earning all of the scenes, so I didn't want to just leave things there. I opted to just watch the portions of the ending I missed on youtube rather than replay the game in its entirety, which allowed me to a experience a much more satisfying ending, but also left things off on a bit of a sour note.

Still, despite the frustrations at the end, Ashina was a great time. I can't wait to see what Stranga puts out next!

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