We Love It's Guide to…
Katana Soul
Play as the samurai Kan and fight in a dark, demon-infested Japan. Face this 100% arcade experience without any credits or saves: you can only rely on your skills with the katana.
Released:
Mar 25, 2019
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Developer:
SEEP
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Publisher:
SEEP
Action
Indie
Violent
Gore
Adventure
Platformer
Retro
Pixel Graphics
2D
Arcade
Difficult
Singleplayer
1990's
1980s
Samurai
Replay Value
Classic
Precision Platformer
The Developer Says...

About Katana Soul:
Katana Soul is a game made for retrogamers grown up during the golden age of 8-bit home computers.
It provides a 30 minutes long adventure, short but extremely difficult: players have no save states nor continues, only their skill with the katana sword.
Story:
Dive in the Sengoku era, in an ancient and dark Japan filled with demonic creatures and traps behind every corner! Discover all of the stories behind the power of the tengu mask and lift the demonic curse!
Features:
- A short game with an huge challenge level
- No saves, no continues: a 100% arcade experience
- Graphics based on the C64's 16-color palette
- Pure chiptune-style music created by composer Andrea Baroni
- More than 30 different enemies to defeat
- Two different difficulty levels
- Extra mode: Survival mode
- Achievements
- Many homages from retro-samurai games
Back of the Box Details
Steam Deck
Unknown
DLC
None
DRM/EULA Notices
None
Achievements
None
Ratings
None
Demo
None
Metacritic
None
Content Notices
None
Controller Support
Xbox
Reviews
97%
Overwhelmingly Positive
Based on 73 reviews
Individual reviews are not available yet.
