# The Book of Distance

Summer DB entity ID: da8642a7\-d464\-4af4\-87ba\-0d73b5b6c57f

Steam App ID: 1245640

In 1935, Yonezo Okita left his home in Hiroshima, Japan, and began a new life in Canada\. Then war and state\-sanctioned racism changed everything—he became the enemy\. Three generations later, his grandson, artist Randall Okita, leads us on an interactive virtual pilgrimage through an emotional geography of immigration and family to recover what was lost\.    The Book of Distance   blends techniques from mechanical sculpture, film, and stage to redefine personal storytelling in virtual reality\. Family archives add a haunting layer of realism\. 2D and 3D hand\-crafted sets reminiscent of Japanese woodblock prints, evocative character design, and seamless choreography combine with surprising moments of interaction to gently whisk us across the ocean and through the years\.  Okita invites us to participate in this generous act of imagination: a space of magical theatre and generational echoes\. He never strays too far from our side as we move through the story’s darker moments\.

## Game information

- Type: game

- Developer: National Film Board of Canada

- Publisher: Astrea

- Release date: Oct 8, 2020

- Coming soon: false

- Free to play: true

- Parent Steam app: Not collected

- Genres: Adventure, Casual, Indie, Free To Play

- Categories: Single\-player, Tracked Controller Support, VR Only, Family Sharing

- Platforms: windows

- Website: Not collected

- Screenshots: https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/1245640/ss\_a291da46ad623583a6f471bbae8fc238c8d4e2b1\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1715006929, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/1245640/ss\_34eea3e4efaf3fc760a1b7fa441f111244d271ca\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1715006929, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/1245640/ss\_fda75424352ff7bda12d87c8efe56bc183f0d7e7\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1715006929, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/1245640/ss\_8d2b7b212d1672a36a90aa00aa6abd1d341ec82a\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1715006929, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/1245640/ss\_e8d78b460ebb29601747c4759b2365fca0bbdf40\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1715006929

- Price: Not collected

- Price country: Not collected

## Observed metrics

- Current players: 0

- Steam review count: 188

- Steam positive reviews: 182

- Steam negative reviews: 6

- Steam positive percentage: 96.80851063829788%

- Summer DB rating: No native votes

Review filters: \{"language":"all","review\_type":"all","purchase\_type":"all","filter\_offtopic\_activity":0\}

## Player history

[Seven-day chart data as Markdown](/api/v1/entities/da8642a7-d464-4af4-87ba-0d73b5b6c57f/player-metrics?days=7&format=markdown) · [JSON](/api/v1/entities/da8642a7-d464-4af4-87ba-0d73b5b6c57f/player-metrics?days=7)

Chart values are hourly observed maxima. The sampled 24-hour peak and missing intervals carry explicit coverage; history before collection is unknown.

## Sources and freshness

- Catalog membership: store\_catalog

- Catalog observed: 2026\-09\-24T19:57:04\.362365\+00:00

- Details observed: 2026\-09\-24T19:04:26\.396038\+00:00

- Player count observed: 2026\-09\-24T19:04:27\.868588\+00:00

- Reviews observed: 2026\-09\-24T19:04:27\.439785\+00:00

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Steam reviews are not Summer DB votes. Missing data is not zero. Player counts are observations, not historical peaks. A supplemental record does not establish that a game was delisted.

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