Touhou Mystia's Izakaya

Worth buying? What 195 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 195 Steam reviews actually say.

Overwhelmingly PositiveOverwhelmingly Positive · 99%2021

$5.99

US Steam price, checked 5 h ago

The verdict

A cozy, charming Diner Dash-style izakaya sim with foraging, rare-guest recipe puzzles, great music and pixel art. Skip it if you want depth or variety, since the loop gets repetitive.

Great for

Cozy-game fans, Diner Dash nostalgia seekers, and Touhou fans or newcomers who like cute characters

Main risk

The gather-cook-serve loop becomes repetitive and too easy, with a slow start

What players love

Cozy, relaxing atmosphere

Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews

“One of the comfiest "run your own restaurant" cozy game i've ever played.”
Steam review · 4.9 h played ↗

“Such a chill game to play after school or work and it's quite cheap too!”
Steam review · 29.7 h played ↗

“A cute and relaxing game, even non-Touhou fans may enjoy it”
Steam review · translated · 149.4 h played ↗

Great music and pixel art

Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews

“The music is gorgeous, the gameplay is good, that character are very nice to follow.”
Steam review · 75.5 h played ↗

“An amazing soundtrack. You can go to most places in Gensokyo, all having a unique theme”
Steam review · 153.1 h played ↗

“The graphics are very pleasant, the sprites cute and the gameplay extremely addictive.”
Steam review · translated · 96.3 h played ↗

Great entry point to Touhou

Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews

“this game is, honestly, a good entry point for anyone who doesn't know wtf a 2hu is.”
Steam review · 127 h played ↗

“Mystia's Izakaya is the game that helped me to really learn about the world and the characters in a style that I'm very comfortable with”
Steam review · 163.5 h played ↗

“If you know nothing about Touhou and have only seen memes, this is probably the best game to get to know the characters and some lore”
Steam review · translated · 66.7 h played ↗

Huge amount of content for the price

Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews

“it's the best $6 I spent for just the base game alone.”
Steam review · 23.1 h played ↗

“Crazy amount of content.”
Steam review · 10.5 h played ↗

“The amount of effort put into this game is insane for the price.”
Steam review · 112.8 h played ↗

Addictive, satisfying rare-guest recipe puzzles

Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews

“Trying to figure out the perfect order for everyone! The recipe and ingredient tags are really intuitive and the trial and error is some of the most fun to be had in this game.”
Steam review · 5.3 h played ↗

“one of the games you pick up, say "i'll play for a minute",then sink 2 hours into it a day. it becomes an addiction”
Steam review · 8.6 h played ↗

Diner Dash-style loop with added depth

Mentioned in ~1 in 10 positive reviews

“not only did this game manages to deliver the similar restaurant sim experience but it also offers more depth to the genre.”
Steam review · 40.5 h played ↗

“It is more refined and complex than DinerDash”
Steam review · 29.8 h played ↗

What players complain about

Repetitive, boring gameplay loop

Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews

“the gameplay is simply too simple and repetitive. What you do on the first day is what you will do for the rest of the game.”
Steam review · 15.5 h played ↗

“It's quite enjoyable for about first 10-20 hours and then it becomes very repetitive without any new mechanics to freshen things up.”
Steam review · 24.6 h played ↗

“the game is way too easy. You can easily get away with choosing only dishes that you have plenty of ingredients for and still make a killing.”
Steam review · 28.4 h played ↗

Developer controversy and content objections

Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews

“I cannot comfortably recommend any of the developer's games while they continue working with a translator with such a terrible mindset towards potential competing games.”
Steam review · 168.9 h played ↗

“I really dislike the pedophilic vibe that the hot-spring CGs give off.”
Steam review · 40.4 h played ↗

Clunky UI and controls

Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews

“The UI is absolutely horrendous, cooking irl is way easier than this XD”
Steam review · 0.4 h played ↗

“Controls and interface are garbage”
Steam review · translated · 0.5 h played ↗

“Playing with an NS Pro Controller on Mac results in all buttons being spammed simultaneously, making the game unplayable.”
Steam review · 35.4 h played ↗

Stressful resource and customer memorization

Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews

“remembering so many dishes and customers is annoying, gathering ingredients gets tiring after more areas open up”
Steam review · 6 h played ↗

“Ended up having to have the game's wiki open and constantly pausing the game to remember what Tanuki and Neko customers liked aside from meat”
Steam review · 4.8 h played ↗

Save only at end of day

Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews

“You can only save after the day. which means that if you screw up the actual gamplay potion... well, you are done for”
Steam review · 27.6 h played ↗

“Game saves at the end of the day, so if the game crashes at the literal end of your shift, you have to start the ENTIRE day over.”
Steam review · 4.5 h played ↗

Rhythm minigame required for cooking

Mentioned in ~1 in 15 negative reviews

“i can't complete any recipes without going through this inconsistent and unnecessary mini click to the beat game”
Steam review · 3.2 h played ↗

“the game introduces a music note mini game you're now forced to do every single time you want to cook a dish”
Steam review · 2.6 h played ↗

System requirements

From the Steam store page

Steam Deck: Verified

Minimum

OSWindows7

ProcessorIntel Pentium G5500 / Core i3-6100 / AMD Ryzen3 1200

Memory8 GB RAM

GraphicsNVIDIA GTX 750Ti / AMD HD 7790

Storage1 GB available space

Recommended

OSWindows7Windows 10

ProcessorCore i5-8400 / AMD Ryzen5 1600

Memory16 GB RAM

GraphicsNVIDIA GTX 1050 / AMD RX560

Storage1 GB available space

OSWindows7

ProcessorIntel Pentium G5500 / Core i3-6100 / AMD Ryzen3 1200

Memory8 GB RAM

GraphicsNVIDIA GTX 750Ti / AMD HD 7790

Storage1 GB available space

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