I am really enjoying this game so far. It reminds me a lot of the old Konami game Azure Dreams, but with a bunch of small randomly generated dungeons instead of one large one.

The game is a combination city-builder/roguelike. You have to manage your time, resources and income wisely as you try to rebuild your company, explore dungeons for loot and most importantly - survive the onslaught of encroaching monsters every 10 days.

As you explore dungeons, you can earn new attacks, loot and even team members. Just remember you have to pay each team member that enters the dungeon for you. The more powerful your Company becomes, the more you have to pay them. You also have to pay more for the more powerful characters (except DLC Nep-Nep. She stays nice and cheap while being arguably the best Warrior class in the game).

Time and resource management is just as important as dungeon crawling. Did a character get knocked out? it takes a day for you to heal them - and that's all you can do for that day. Want to buy items? Same thing. You get one action per day, except for dungeon crawling, which takes THREE days. You have ten days before each boss battle so every action counts.

You will probably die your first time with a boss battle unless you are really good with SRPGs and resource management. Keep your team close and make sure you play to type advantage. A solid cleric is the most important troop member as they can heal, while your others play murder hobos. When you lose though, you actually get stronger. You will earn bonuses to your next game by completing achievements. You'll have extra money for the new game, carry over some of the non default characters and more. Your company will start back down to square zero though, which can be a pain, but at least you've got that extra money to make it easier.

Here's a hint. Invest in the location that boosts your characters stats for the defensive (boss battles). At level 3, you will get a free healing of each of your characters after every stage of the battle, and man is it worth it. The locations that give you extra ATT and DEF seem like a good idea, but most of the dungeon crawls can be easy. The Defensive Battle boost ups ALL your stats, including dodge and Hit Points AND you get the free healing. Trust me on this - this is the easiest way to get to day 30. That doesn't mean you should ignore everything else; just that it should be your focus if you are having trouble with the D10/20/30 battles.

Overall, this is a fantastic game and I'm loving every minute of it. I love Roguelikes. I love city builder RPGs. The story is fun. The music is cute and catchy, but not overwhelming, and the gameplay is solid. SHACHIBATO! is a very under the radar game, but one well worth picking up.

Finished the game after a few runs. Each time you start stronger with more money.
Strategy is basically get the gold rim characters, upgrade your character stats, and uhh, play it super safe so you don't get overwhelmed by the horde of creeps if you can't steamroll through. Valmi carried me basically and could one shot any monster/boss. It def fills the srpg itch but with no real storyline, no customization with classes (only with 'artifacts' that are skills you equip, I feel like this was worth half the price I paid for it and there's no point in playing again. Would give it a 4.5/10

Dull. Lose-to-win mechanics wherein you have to lose a bunch of times to even get the base stats needed to win the game. This is made worse by the fact that the set-piece battle are always exactly the same and take forever. If you LOVE grinding then maybe this is ok but I thought this was very poor design.
tl;dr Recettear but way worse

A good strategy game, with good mechanics and absolutely adorable characters.

Having to play it again and again, returning to 'day one' with more resources after losing the final battle felt a little weird to me at first, but that’s parte of the appeal of this game (apparently this is called 'lose-to-win' out there), integrating everyday actions (like exploring dungeons or hiring heroes) to a long-term strategy that must be developed in more than one or two playthroughs.

I’d love to see a continuation of this as a slightly more traditional RPG, where you progress gradually, dungeon after dungeon, without the ‘monthly cap’, with a good story, since, the plot is always the same with each playthrough (that's not quite a flaw, but... think of the narrative possibilities offered by a longer RPG).

Note: I saw that some players complained about the game crashing constantly, but so far I haven't had any problems.

Very interesting game, at first I was thinking it might not be that good, but decided to get the game anyway and now I'm pretty much enjoying it a ton.
It's got a decent amount of replayability factor and it's pretty challenging.
And as someone who doesn't play SRPG's like this often, I can say, I'm pretty hooked on it.

Surprised that this game is one of those games that go under the radar, deserves more love.

A real snoozeworthy game. It's a newgame+ simulator. That's really all there is to it.

Why do all these anime-inspired/weeby SRPGs have such awful gameplay (e.g. Tenchi Muyo! Game Hen, Hyperdevotion Noire, and this one)?

The core strategic elements of the game are so basic and barebones that they make FFT look like a masterpiece by comparison. Characters have anywhere from 3-5 mobility, they have 1 or 2 abilities, and... that's it, really. You can't take back your movement if you misclick, and if your party wipes out, you'll need to restart from the beginning of the game - but with some of the perks you've unlocked along the way.

The main gameplay loop of this game revolves around failing -> starting over -> grinding through mindless battles and becoming slightly stronger -> failing -> staring over -> grinding through more mindless battles and becoming slightly stronger... there is no strategy involved in this game. The only challenge in Shachibato stems from trying to stay awake while playing it.

Even the story is basic and uninspired, with generic, flat characters and the bare minimum of what you could call a "plot."

This is objectively one of the worst games I've played lately. I cannot recommend it to anyone. Strategy fans will be heavily disappointed. JRPG fans who want a decent story and interesting characters will be disappointed. Horny waifu warriors who want fanservice will be disappointed. Even people looking for hardcore grind should look elsewhere; the Disgaea games, for example, do the postgame-grind thing far better than this game does.

It's a nice game, but it gets annoying very quickly since you're forced to lose multiple times and restart, repeating every dungeon over and over again to progress

Shachibatol President, It's Time for Battle! Maju Wars is a turn based Action/Adventure JRPG. The anime art style is well produced and almost a necessity for what this game is. I am usually a big fan of RPG games but usually steer away from JRPG’s. Shachibatol is one exception to my own personal rule of thumb. I found the turn based elements and the need to build up your team to prepare for dungeon exploration or battles that are coming up on your calendar quite engaging and enjoyable.

The title for this game is a mouth full to say the least but the amount of characters in the title alone could almost be an indication of how much there is to do and manage in Shachibatol. There is much to manage including investments, training and recruitment. There are many vital aspects you must prepare and pay attention to, to be successful. One thing to be acutely aware of is that when your team dies, the game is over. I found this out the hard way as many may do starting out. Sometimes its better to evade and reach the exit than picking up loot or clearing out the map, otherwise you can actually lose money if you linger too long. Although you may die when you first start diving head first, the game will always allow you to start a new game+, without losing really any progress or unlocked things. I don’t know the necessity of making us start the game over in the start menu other than to just use it as a bookend to that failed attempt.

While the art in the game is vibrant and very well implemented, the aspect and the angles between the background and character art during the dialog screens is jarring in the dialog screen at first. The lower resolution backgrounds are also kind of jarring, but as heavily saturated as the backgrounds are, it could be distracting if different.

There are many aspects of the game I wish more games would take advantage of like the [person speaking as well as the character you are controlling during the fights is highlighted while others are shaded, this is simplistic inclusion but is good for not overwhelming the screen with graphics or other visual placeholders.The game aesthetically is cartoon-y and vibrant and fits the theme well and is ultimately attractive to a wider variety of people.

The game does begin quite hard, but the new game+ allows you to push forward and continue to build and grow even though you may have failed miserably. That alone makes me want to continue playing instead of rage quitting because I lost. This game won’t appeal to everyone but I would indulge anyone who enjoys JRPG’s or turn based games to give Shachibatol President, It's Time for Battle! Maju Wars a shot. It is difficult, yet forgiving, enjoyable and addicting, gorgeous and strategic, Shachibatol is a welcome inclusion in my Steam library.

It is a grindy, but pretty fun little roguelike dungeon crawler.

Super fun little tactics game. It's tough with a roguelike aspect to it that gives you perks on each subsequent attempt. The graphics are not my favorite, but that's a big part of the lower price. My only regret is buying it at such a steep sale - it's easily worth $15 imo. Pick it up if you're looking for a light roguelike tactics/strategy game.