Games where the figure of the samurai is the axis of the story of these titles that you are going to find on this page. Most samurai games are based on Japanese works set in feudal Japan, although there are also PC samurai games with futuristic, apocalyptic, arcade, and even futuristic settings.
Samurai games are equally notable for their katana action, musou formula with hundreds of enemies to beat, stealth themes, and also some of them for being great strategy games that faithfully represent the story.
Samurai Warriors 4-II
Samurai Warriors 4-II offers a different version of its story, with a new military commander and new stages while retaining the Infinite Castle mode of the original Samurai Warriors with tweaks to enemy AI, weapons, and other technical improvements.
Samurai Warriors 5
A fresh start for the veteran action series Musou Samurai Warriors, which in this numbered episode takes us into battle on the battlefields of the Japanese historical period Sengoku. Thus, Samurai Warriors 5 players will be able to relive the battle between Nobunaga Oda and Mitsuhide Akechi, in addition to many other characters with their own fighting styles.
Samurai Warriors: Spirit of Sanada
Samurai Warriors: Spirit of Sanada is an action video game inspired by historical events from Japan’s Sengoku period, the “Age of Samurai”. More specifically, the video game’s plot focuses on the Sanada Clan and their desire for survival as they fight to ensure that the Sanada name remains strong in multiple violent battles.
The Spirit of the Samurai
The Spirit of the Samurai is a 2D action-adventure video game with Metroidvania elements and moments in ‘stop motion’ where we assume the role of Takeshi, a Japanese samurai who must protect his village from the assault of an oni who wants to conquer it with his army of undead using the katana, the yari spear, and a bow, and unleashing devastating combos.
Dynasty Warriors 8 Xtreme Legends
Dynasty Warriors 8 Xtreme Legends is a video game in the Dynasty Warriors series that takes us back to the exciting era of China where battles against hundreds of enemies will be the perfect backdrop for its action-packed gameplay. The game offers new characters, and weapons, as well as legend, challenge, and other new features.
Wooden Sen’SeY
Action and platform game starring Goro, a warrior seeking revenge.
Hakuoki: Kyoto Winds
Hakuoki: Kyoto Winds is the remastering of the first installment of the visual novel franchise originally released in 2008. In the story, we will travel with the young and lonely Chizuru Yukimura from Edo to Kyoto in the hope of finding her father who mysteriously disappeared. In its quest, the adventure promises romances with famous samurai, as well as different stories and dramatic events.
Wander No More
Wander No More is the story of Kouichirou Nabatame, a samurai deserter, and Chiyo, a young peasant girl. The video game is presented as what its developer describes as a “cinematic novel,” or in other words, a graphic novel without decisions.
Warriors All-Stars
Characters from sagas such as Ninja Gaiden, Dynasty Warriors, Dead or Alive, or Toukiden come together in Warriors All-Stars, an intense hack’n slash action video game developed by Omega Force.
Kieru
Kieru (Japanese for “to become extinct”) is an energetic multiplayer first-person stealth action video game. Its art style leaves no one indifferent: black, white and blood red is the color palette that Pine Fire Studios uses to illustrate the world of the beyond where the title is set. In it, we can collaborate with our friends to infiltrate locations in an alternate Japan.
Way of the Samurai 3
The third-person action game Way of the Samurai 3 is adapted to the PC after its passage through PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 that, with a development by the Japanese team of Acquire, stands out for the enormous freedom of action it offers. Moral, economic, and revenge decisions…all play a role in this samurai game set in Feudal Japan that features up to 20 different endings.
Ortus Arena
Ortus Arena is the adaptation of the board game Ortus to the world of video games. The digital version has the same premise: two players have eight samurai warriors, and the object of the game is to eliminate the opposing warriors. By turns, players try to take control of the five sources of power that are spread across the board.
Tengami
Tengami is a puzzle adventure that takes place in an evocative paper world inspired by traditional Japan.
Nobunaga’s Ambition 201X
The legendary and historic Koei Tecmo series moves to the present time in the new installment of the franchise for mobile devices in Japan.
Onikira – Demon Killer
Beat ’em up 2D platformer where the player plays a samurai in feudal Japan determined to prevent the forces of the underworld from making their way into the world of the living. To do so, the title will rely on combat mechanics inspired by Ninja Gaiden or Bayonetta, while retaining the classic essence of the genre.
Arslan: The Warriors of Legend
A tactical action adventure based on the epic novel and subsequent manga and anime The Heroic Legend of Arslan. It tells the story of the young crown prince of Pars, Arslan, who is forced to leave his kingdom when his father, the king, is betrayed and defeated, while his domain is conquered.
Samurai Shodown Collection
Enjoy the veteran Samurai Shodown series thanks to this compilation from SNK that allows PC and console gamers to rediscover one of the most revered sagas for fighting fans.
Skulls of the Shogun
Skulls of the Shogun is a combined genre title, turn-based tactics, and arcade-style action, offering 8-10 hours of epic campaign and multiplayer modes for 2-4 players.
Warriors Orochi 4 Ultimate
From Koei Tecmo and Omega Force comes Warriors Orochi 4 Ultimate, a revised version of Warriors Orochi 4 that includes a huge roster of more than 170 playable characters and numerous improvements to its controls, gameplay, exploration, and story.
Way of the Samurai 4
Way of the Samurai 4 is the fourth installment in the Way of The Samurai series, a third-person action title starring a Samurai in ancient feudal Japan, set in the Meiji era. It is curious that although Way of The Samurai 4 does not have an online mode, if you are connected to the Internet, characters from other players can invade your game.
Toukiden Kiwami
Toukiden Kiwami is an enhanced version of Toukiden: The Age of Demons, the action-adventure game originally released on PS Vita. Includes new mitigation weapons, slayers, attacks, and double the number of phases.
Oriental Empires
Oriental Empires is a turn-based 4X (exploration, territorial expansion, resource exploration, and enemy extermination) strategy video game based on early Chinese culture.
Warriors Orochi 4
Koei Tecmo and the creators of Dynasty Warriors bring to life Warriors Orochi 4, this musou action video game that takes us to fight against hundreds of enemies in epic pitched battles where, in addition to the Chinese and Japanese troops, we will face monstrous creatures and other demons typical of Asian culture.
Samurai Gunn 2
Samurai Gunn 2 is the sequel to Samurai Gunn, a retro action video game that puts us at the controls of a samurai equipped with a sword and pistol.
In Samurai Gunn 2 we find competitive battles for up to four players, but also a story mode that we can enjoy in the company of a friend thanks to its cooperative multiplayer.
Cladun Returns: This is Sengoku!
Set in Sengoku Era Japan, Cladun Returns: This is Sengoku! for PS4, PC, and PS Vita is an action role-playing adventure that sets out to explore dungeons – inspired by real locations – and battle monsters as we help souls in torment achieve reincarnation.
Ninja Senki DX
Ninja Senki DX is an enhanced version of the retro-style action-platforming adventure that independent creative Jonathan Lavigne brought to life five years ago.
This Tribute Games-developed game debuts on PC, PlayStation 4, and PS Vita and features new scenarios, an improved gameplay foundation, and new game modes.
Midnight Wave
Cyberpunk samurai in a world ruled by large corporations. Midnight Wave is a tactical role-playing video game in which battles are fought as in an action-platform video game, pitting these warriors against each other in thrilling duels to the death.
Dynasty Warriors 8: Empires
Dynasty Warriors 8: Empires expands the content of the eighth opus with new strategic gameplay options, and maintains some of the novelties of the first in the new generation of massive Chinese battles.
Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time
Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time is an action, adventure and platform video game starring Samurai Jack, the greatest warrior of all time, who must travel through time to end the reign of the evil Aku. Soleil Ltd. guarantees with this Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time to visit the classic worlds and moments of the Adult Swim hit series.
Samurai Sword VR
Samurai Sword VR is an action-packed experience for virtual reality devices set in Japan from the Edo period.
Fantasy Strike
Fantasy Strike is a 1-on-1 combat video game developed by Sirlin Games, an independent studio headed by one of the great e-Sports veterans, David Sirlin. This PlayStation 4 title is committed to eliminating the traditional complexity of the genre, offering open combat for all audiences.
Onimusha: Warlords
Onimusha: Warlords is a Capcom video game that combines fast-paced action and swordfighting in a cinematic story, which, after being published in 2001 on PS2, debuts in current formats with updated features, including high-resolution graphics, widescreen option, analog stick compatibility, easy-to-get single mode option, and new soundtrack.
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice is a third-person action-adventure game with role-playing elements in the unmistakable style of the studio responsible for Dark Souls and Bloodborne.
Sairento VR
Gore and frenetic first-person action with katanas awaits the player in Sairento VR, a video game compatible with virtual reality devices where its protagonist is trained in the martial art of ancient ninjas and samurai by a secret entity in a Japan set in the near future.
Yasai Ninja
Kaoru Tamanegi and Broccoli Joe star in this Hack & Slash named Yasai Ninja, which features puzzle touches and a combat system designed to take advantage of player cooperation.
Furi
Furi is an action beat ’em up game that invites us to end the lives of a varied group of final enemies. The game relies on a combat system inspired by Japanese classics.
Samurai Riot
Samurai Riot is an action-adventure video game with typical beat ’em up genre mechanics focused on cooperative fun for up to two users. The proposal takes this objective to its maximum consequences and guarantees a system in which the degree of coordination between travel companions is closely monitored, with rewards included.
Dynasty Warriors 9
Dynasty Warriors 9 takes the intense hack ‘n slash action of this veteran franchise to the biggest battlefield imaginable: an open world that recreates all of China.
Shogun 2: Rise of the Samurai
Rise of the Samurai is the new campaign (DLC) for Shogun 2: Total War, set 400 years before the dramatic civil war depicted in the original game. The campaign can be played in both single-player and multiplayer modes, and includes six new clans with sixteen new land units and ten new naval units, four new hero units and four new agent types.
Die by the Blade
Die by the Blade is a fighting game whose greatest claim to fame is its one-shot gameplay with visceral, authentic confrontations that also attempt to be very real in its design. The game is thus inspired by classic game mechanics like Bushido Blade, posing fights where a single blow can make the difference between victory or defeat.
Yakuza 0
The glitz, glamour and unbridled decline of 1980s Japan serve as the backdrop for Yakuza 0, a prequel to SEGA’s well-known action-adventure saga where players have the opportunity to learn more about the story from the beginning.
Katana Kami: A Way of the Samurai Story
Katana Kami: A Way of the Samurai Story is an action role-playing video game with Japanese-style combat set in an original and historically almost successful Meiji-era Japan. In Katana Kami: A Way of the Samurai Story, you must collect loot from enemies inspired by Japanese folklore in automatically generated dungeons, alone or accompanied.
Nioh
Developed by Team Ninja and for sale in February 2017, this extremely challenging video game is set in 16th century Japan.
Shadow Blade: Reload
Ninja Kuro embarks on a dangerous mission in search of the Shadow Blade, which is heavily protected by all manner of enemies and death traps. Action and platforming go hand in hand in this retro-style 2D title that offers us the chance to become real ninjas, using their deadly fighting strength, but also their art of going unnoticed.
Nobunaga’s Ambition: Sphere of Influence Ascension
The historical strategy and simulation video game Nobunaga’s Ambition: Sphere of Influence Ascension takes place in the troubled and complex era of Japan’s warring states.
Mark of the Ninja: Remastered
Mark of the Ninja: Remastered is the remaster of the famous 2D stealth game where a ninja will be able to use his hook, knives, and above all a multitude of traps to defeat enemies stealthily, without being discovered.
Sclash
Sclash is a tension-filled samurai video game in which one blow equals one death. The adventure invites us to take on the role of an experienced warrior and face our adversaries in epic battles where every move counts. “Manage your resistance, breathe, and take your time to deliver a killing blow.”
Hakuoki: Edo Blossoms
Hakuoki: Edo Blossoms invites users to continue their journey through the Edo period in the role of Yukimura Chizuru who, in search of her father, will encounter several Shinsengumi warriors along the way.
For Honor
Ubisoft presents with For Honor a medieval video game with a special emphasis on cooperation between the different players of the team, which stands out for its violent battles and powerful graphics section that is among the most different and original new IP proposals that have been seen with this theme.
Ronin: Samurai Redemption
Ronin: Samurai Redemption is a role-playing, action, adventure and horror video game set in feudal Japan where the lands of Hokkaido have fallen under the dominions of Shinigami, a god of death, populating everything with strange demons and other underworld creatures and making survival in place little more than a pipe dream.
Samurai Gunn
Samurai Gunn is a frenetic 2D multiplayer action game, in which players embody deadly samurai equipped with katanas and various firearms.
Inked
Somnium Games and Starbreeze Publishing publish Inked, an action-platform video game set in a vast landscape of ink on paper full of puzzles to solve. Inked presents a story of love and revenge where the player takes on the role of an anonymous hero, a hand-drawn ronin, in search of his lost love.
Tale of Ronin
Set in an age of samurai and fantasy, Tale of Ronin is configured as a turn-based role-playing game created by the makers of Children of Morta, Epic of Kings or Shadow Blade, among others. This is a challenging game with resurrection mechanics. If your character dies, another new ronin seems ready to explore Japan at your command.
Samurai Shodown
Samurai Shodown, Samurai Spirits in Japan, is a 2D fighting or combat video game with 3D graphics and cel-shading style developed by SNK, the prestigious Japanese studio responsible for The King of Fighters saga.
Mark of the Ninja
Mark of the Ninja is a 2D stealth game with a ninja as the protagonist who can use his hook, knives and above all a multitude of traps to defeat enemies stealthily, without being discovered.
Shadow Warrior 2
Shadow Warrior 2 takes the intense action of the original video game to a new level, betting on four-person cooperative multiplayer and many more customization options, so each battle against the demons is different from the last.
Trek to Yomi
Trek to Yomi is a samurai action-adventure video game set in 19th century Japan and inspired by the cinematographic work of Japanese director Akira Kurosawa.
Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun
Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun is a real-time strategy video game that sets its action in Japan in 1615. A new Shogun wants to spread peace across his domains, and to that end he has recruited five ninjas who must carry out their orders from the shadows, attacking enemies when they least expect it.
Afro Samurai 2
Afro Samurai 2 is the direct sequel to Afro Samurai, an adventure with large doses of action and violence featuring a samurai master.
Aragami
Aragami is a third-person stealth adventure developed by Spanish studio Lince Works. It stars an undead murderer who has returned from the grave summoned by an old acquaintance, who needs his services. Aragami: Shadow Edition includes the original game, the Nightfall expansion, and all previously released DLC.
Nobunaga’s Ambition: Sphere of Influence
Nobunaga’s Ambition: Sphere of Influence is a military strategy game set in 15th and 16th century Japan. One of its great new features involves the ability to manage even the smallest detail of our clan’s life, building roads, farms and fortresses to protect us from enemy attacks.
Shadow Warrior
I’m resetting the classic Shadow Warrior which, this time, comes from the creators of Hard Reset. It’s an action video game for PC and next-generation consoles, which is a “total reimagining of the original Shadow Warrior” and has ultra-violent gameplay.
Katana Zero
Katana Zero is a tactical action video game with 2D side-scrolling platforms and pixel art graphics with 80s neon aesthetics. Askiisoft’s gamble is complemented by frenetic action that includes leaping through walls and executing moves in the air, always hand-in-hand with stealth.
Shogun 2: Fall of the Samurai
Shogun 2: Fall of the Samurai is a content expansion for Shogun 2 set in 1863, when the age of the samurai is coming to an end. The package includes six new playable clans, campaign map enhancements, new units and skills, and new historical and mechanical siege combat scenarios, as well as a major update to the Shogun 2 multiplayer mode.
Shadow Warrior 3
A gigantic dragon has all but ended human life on Earth and only one person can end it. The problem? That in Shadow Warrior 3, rude and chaotic ninja Lo Wang isn’t at his best, so before he even thinks about saving the world, he has to save himself.
Monochrome Mobius: Rights and Wrongs Forgotten
Monochrome Mobius: Rights and Wrongs Forgotten is the new iteration of the Utawarerumono saga. The franchise is immersed in the contemporary JRPG, which helps it to deepen the traditions of the saga, work in new ways with its characters, and build a solid role-playing game.
Slice Dice & Rice
Slice Dice & Rice is a power-bar-less fighting video game for PC and PS4 in which samurai battles are recreated.
Shogun Showdown
Shogun Showdown is a turn-based fighting game with roguelike elements and deck-building where every action counts. In this game, players must position themselves and attack at the right moment, improve their tokens, and combine them to prepare for the Shogun showdown.
Shadow Tactics: Aiko’s Choice
Shadow Tactics: Aiko’s Choice is an independent expansion to the stealth strategy video game set in Japan during the Edo period. In her adventure, we control one of the protagonists of the original launch, the skillful Kunoichi Aiko. She is a master of camouflage and distracts enemies disguised as a geisha.
Ghost of Tsushima Director’s Cut
Ghost of Tsushima Director’s Cut is an expanded re-release of Sucker Punch and PlayStation Studios’ action, adventure, and stealth video game set in feudal Japan.
