Best Samurai Games on Steam
Games featuring samurai, sword duels, honor, feudal Japan, or martial drama.
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1Kenshi - A free-roaming squad based RPG. Focusing on open-ended sandbox gameplay features rather than a linear story. Be a trader, a thief, a rebel, a warlord, an adventurer, a farmer, a slave, or just food for the cannibals. Train your men up from puny victims to master warriors.
Dec 6, 2018
In this game, you can…
- throw someone into acid to melt their legs off, then install bionic scout legs so they can outrun everyone and steal dinosaur eggs.
- leave a shop door open, watch a camel wander in, and trigger a chain fight where shopkeepers, guards, and caravans brawl across town.
- get enslaved for stealing food, train lockpicking and stealth at night, free other slaves, and sprint into the wilderness with guards chasing you.
- get beaten unconscious by bandits, wake up, and come back tougher because taking hits raises your durability.
- lose an arm or leg, crawl across the desert to safety, then replace it with a metal limb and come back faster and stronger.
- start as an escaped slave, build a drug-running business, hire an army, and turn your grudge into a full war against a government.
- turn prison time into training by repeatedly breaking out, getting caught, healing up, and leveling skills from inside a cage.
- build a base with one bad gap, then watch bandits and cannibals pile into your storage building together while you scramble to survive the pileup.
2Ghost of Tsushima DIRECTOR'S CUT - A storm is coming. Venture into the complete Ghost of Tsushima DIRECTOR’S CUT on PC; forge your own path through this open-world action adventure and uncover its hidden wonders. Brought to you by Sucker Punch Productions, Nixxes Software and PlayStation Studios.
May 16, 2024
In this game, you can…
- follow the wind to your objective instead of staring at a minimap.
- write a haiku at scenic spots, picking lines until your poem is complete.
- turn on a black-and-white samurai-film mode with Japanese voice acting and matching lip sync.
- challenge a group to a standoff, wait for the exact moment, then cut down enemies with a single perfect draw.
- chase foxes to hidden shrines, collect the reward, then pet the fox that led you there.
- unlock slow-motion bow aim, snap off multiple headshots, drop a smoke bomb, then assassinate enemies before anyone can react.
- shift from rooftop stealth kills to open swordplay mid-encounter, then ride out without the game splitting it into separate modes.
- jump into a full co-op mode with builds, survival waves, story missions, and multi-chapter raids with friends.
3Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun - Shadow Tactics is a hardcore tactical stealth game set in Japan around the Edo period. A new Shogun seizes power over Japan and enforces nationwide peace. In his battle against conspiracy and rebellion, he recruits five specialists with extraordinary skills for assassination, sabotage and espionage.
Dec 6, 2016
In this game, you can…
- queue one command per character, then hit a button to make the whole squad act at once for a synchronized multi-kill.
- walk through hostile areas in a disguise, stop to chat with guards, and hold them in place while teammates slip behind them.
- throw down a bottle of sake to lure a guard, or send out a pet tanuki to pull enemies away from a locked-down area.
- sprint up to two guards and cut them down at the same instant before either can react.
- set a trap, whistle a guard over, and turn a patrol route into a controlled kill zone.
- carry bodies out of sight, including having stronger characters haul two corpses at once to erase evidence before the next patrol loops back.
- run across rooftops, climb up walls, and strike from above to bypass ground patrols entirely.
- leave footprints in snow that guards can follow straight to your hiding spot, then change routes to avoid being tracked.
4Onimusha: Warlords - Capcom’s riveting samurai adventure returns! This version includes the original game’s intense swordplay and dramatic revenge story, plus improved controls, widescreen display, a new soundtrack, and more. Experience this enhanced version of the best-selling action-adventure classic!
Jan 15, 2019
In this game, you can…
- absorb colored souls from defeated demons to heal, refill magic, and power up your weapons.
- pull off a perfectly timed counterstrike right before an enemy hits, turning their attack into a brutal reversal.
- turn on a mode where anything can kill you in one hit, making every room a test of exact movement and timing.
- swap weapons instantly mid-fight with shoulder buttons, flipping between different sword styles and ranged tools without pausing.
- unlock a single demon-infested castle piece by piece, using new keys and powers to open shortcuts and sealed doors.
- switch to Kaede for sections with a different, lighter fighting style that changes how you approach enemies and rooms.
- upgrade multiple distinct swords in stages, including a secret fourth blade, and pair them with bows, guns, and throwing knives.
- replay a compact adventure until you've memorized rooms and puzzles, then blaze through by taking the fastest routes and hidden passages.
5Hakuoki: Kyoto Winds - Romance 12 handsome warriors and the samurai of the Shinsengumi, uncover their dark secrets, and conquer your demons in this historical fantasy visual novel! Your narrative choices unlock multiple branching storylines and 30 different endings!
Aug 24, 2017
In this game, you can…
- choose from 12 different routes, then jump in from a specific chapter and chase good, unrequited, or bad endings.
- treat each route like a different timeline where following someone or staying behind changes what events even happen.
- watch a character choose to drink the Water of Life mid-defeat and transform into a Fury to fight stronger.
- search Kyoto for your missing father, then end up living with the feared Shinsengumi.
- meet demons and secret mythology woven into real historical events, with tender scenes crashing into sudden violence.
- replay to piece together shifting motives and hidden secrets, where learning the truth in one path doesn't spoil the others.
- see battles staged with blood splatter, sword-slash effects, and camera pans, plus subtle animation like blinking and moving hair.
6Wagotabi: A Japanese Journey - Wagotabi is an educational RPG teaching Japanese from the ground up. Immerse yourself in the language through interactive dialogues, quest-solving, and puzzles, all while exploring Japan and its rich culture. Will you become a Japanese master?
Aug 13, 2025
In this game, you can…
- get stopped on the road by NPCs who quiz your Japanese and only let you pass if you answer.
- wander across a real, digital Japan as English fades out until whole conversations are suddenly in Japanese text.
- walk into a castle where guards in different armor colors test you in sequence, and doors only open after you pass each check.
- build full Japanese sentences from particles, nouns, and verbs, then repeat them until you say them correctly.
- try to put a peach in a bag or buy something, then realize the game makes you say that exact task in Japanese to do it.
- use the scenery as the clue, like being told something's under a rock while you're surrounded by rocks on the map.
- unlock reading in layers, from hiragana and katakana to kanji with furigana, then turn furigana off and read full paragraphs.
- play kana and kanji mini-games, practice stroke order, and fill a "Kanjidex" by collecting and cracking kanji.
- switch how you speak depending on who you're talking to, using casual speech with friends and honorific language with others.
7Bladesong - The ultimate swordmaking game. Forge unique weapons with freeform blade shaping and modular hilts, perfectly balanced to your customers’ needs. Master the art of smithing and uncover the secrets of Eren Keep, a last haven of a dying world – or so they say.
Jan 22, 2026
In this game, you can…
- export your in-game sword designs as STL files so you can 3D print them in real life.
- build basically anything in creative mode, including smartphones, laptops, chess boards, and tiny gnomes fencing on your sword.
- shape blades and hilts freely into absurd commissions like a pizza-cutter sword or a Nike-symbol blade.
- push taper and grind tools past normal limits, like manually shaping a serrated back edge triangle by triangle for a sawblade cutlass.
- juggle sharpness, weight, mobility, thickness, and curvature so a weapon actually meets a commission instead of just being huge.
- make a commission-legal sword that looks dangerous or ridiculous and still passes the client's requirements.
- start as a starving refugee with scrap and a makeshift anvil, then forge weapons for other refugees trying to survive a collapsing world.
- scavenge for materials, stumble into something deadly like a cult, die, and wake up to restart the day with what you learned.
8Utawarerumono: Prelude to the Fallen - The first game in the Utawarerumono trilogy of story-rich tactics RPGs. Into a world filled with verdant nature, populated by folk with fluffy ears and fuzzy tails, awakens Hakuowlo, a man of masked mien and missing memory.
Jan 22, 2021
In this game, you can…
- dump post-battle points into attack until characters start one-shotting enemies and even bosses.
- destroy hidden objects tucked into awkward parts of battle maps to uncover extra gear rewards like a scavenger hunt.
- time optional button prompts during attack animations to land critical hits, then rewind your last move if the turn goes wrong.
- wake up injured, get taken in by a mountain village, and end up leading them in open rebellion against a brutal noble.
- go from helping with daily village work and better farming to rallying survivors after a burned village massacre into pledging themselves to you.
- build a ragtag village militia into an army, overthrow your local ruler, and trigger invasions that turn the story into a wider regional war.
- circle enemies to hit harder from the side or back, turning every turn into a positioning gamble between safety and big damage.
- run non-story training battles to farm items and tune up your team between long stretches of story.
- stand next to specific allies to unlock relationship-based co-op chains that can wipe out huge chunks of the enemy force.
9Hakuoki: Edo Blossoms - Continue your journey to Edo in Hakuoki™: Edo Blossoms, where you play as the heroine Chizuru Yukimura. Romance the famous warriors of the Shinsengumi as you enter a fantasy drama of battles and self-discovery. Your narrative choices unlock multiple branching storylines and 30 different endings!
Mar 13, 2018
In this game, you can…
- manage a lover's bloodlust and corruption with your choices, changing scenes and outcomes.
- trigger four different versions of the same blood-feeding scene for most love interests.
- hit a plot branch where Chizuru's father creates an army of Furies that can walk in daylight.
- pick who you were last with and jump straight into their story route.
- watch the same historical crisis play out completely differently depending on who you romance, with some characters never appearing at all.
- take a chain of choices that makes Sen start obeying Sannan instead, spiraling into game overs.
- play a "no romance" route where Chizuru doesn't choose anyone and you just follow the historical drama.
- jump to specific chapters with chosen romance and corruption levels to target a specific ending faster.
10Skulls of the Shogun - Enter the Samurai Afterlife and join forces with vibrant ghost-samurai warriors, magical animal monks, and mustachioed samurai generals. It's fast-paced turn-based strategy inspired by Advance Wars, and supercharged with fighting-game flare!
Jul 29, 2013
In this game, you can…
- eat fallen enemies' skulls to heal, and after three skulls, transform that unit into a demon with extra actions.
- link units together into a spirit wall that enemies can't pass through or damage through, and that ignores knockback entirely.
- capture shrines to summon spellcasting monks, then choose between options like healing, wind pushback, or gaining a new magical ally.
- move, attack, then keep moving with whatever distance you have left.
- shove enemies off cliffs and ledges for an instant kill.
- take turns with only five unit activations, forcing you to pick whether to attack, heal, summon, or capture economy before you run out.
- replay missions with puzzle-like constraints, like winning while only attacking with your general.
- play up to four-player matches locally or online where friends trade skull-eating, monk spells, and cliff kills in short battles.
