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A village in peril. A samurai reanimated. An Oni advancing. Fight an army of undead warriors and Japanese monsters as a human, a Kodama, and a cat in this 2D stop-motion action adventure.

The Spirit of the Samurai is a gore, action-adventure and 2d game developed by Digital Mind Games and published by Kwalee.
Released on December 12th 2024 is available only on Windows in 10 languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Russian and Korean.

It has received 318 reviews of which 207 were positive and 111 were negative resulting in a rating of 6.2 out of 10. 😐

The game is currently priced at 19.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for less on Gamivo.

The Steam community has classified The Spirit of the Samurai into these genres:

Gore Action-Adventure 2D Indie Action Combat Swordplay Ninja Violent Dark Fantasy Cinematic Adventure Souls-like Atmospheric Story Rich Medieval 2D Platformer Singleplayer Hack and Slash Mythology

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows

OS: Windows 10 64-bit
Processor: AMD FX-6300 | Intel i5 4440
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GT 730 | AMD Radeon R7 240 | Intel HD Graphics 630
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 8 GB available space
Additional Notes: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system

User reviews & Ratings

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June 2025

The stop-motion visuals are very well done and do most, if not all, the heavy lifting in making this game appealing. I'm giving this a recommendation only because the artstyle is so cool, but beware if you're expecting a well designed gameplay experience to go with it. My critique regarding the combat : [*]Enemies break out of hitstun at random, making any fight with more than one opponent nearly impossible. This forces you to inch across the level in order to aggro one enemy at a time. [*]The parry is essentially useless. It stuns and pushes enemies outside your attack range, however by the time you close the distance, the stun has already worn off. It's much more efficient to just full guard and counter attack for most situations, making most of the fights extremely tedious. [*]The majority of the unlocked moves have too long of a wind-up time, or are too short range. Enemies constantly dodge backwards or get pushed away by your initial combo, making 90% of the skills not worth using. [*]Most of the gameplay is trial-and-error. You walked forward too fast? You aggro'd 3 enemies and die. You pushed a box into a corner? You needed to position it correctly to jump to a ledge and there's no way to get it out of the corner - die and try again. It's a brutal slog to get to the final boss, but if your a masochist and want to see all the cool stop-motion artwork, it can be a fun game to complete over a weekend.

June 2025

Despite its flaws, I’d recommend The Spirit of The Samurai. The depth of the combat and the intriguing characters kept me engaged and leading to a positive experience. https://youtu.be/gWb7J8kXWeY?si=g4w9X-QSGz0YUxQk

March 2025

Beautiful and very fun ! not sure why this game is rated mixed .its very good and had me hooked two seconds in. Combat is challenging and versatile ,graphics and soundtrack are very high quality and immersive. story is also very good this is a 10/10 for me!

March 2025

I can kind of see why this is getting mixed to negative reviews but I don’t think the game truly deserves it. The game is stylistically very cool with the realistic but stop motion visuals. The combat is good but kind of more like an old school beat-em up than a soulslike. There is a satisfying rigor to it but enemies take a ton of hits. It does feel a bit deliberately off putting at times, I just went through a frankly bad platforming section where the game never specified that I could climb and there were lots of frustrating instadeath conditions. Sections such as these feel more like an inept puzzle platformer. Im going to stick with it because I like the methodical souls combat but I do think it’s worth checking out even with its issues

Dec. 2024

This game is gorgeous, it's stop motion animation is smooth and well crafted. Plot-wise it's pretty short and hardly unique at a good 6 to 8 hours. Combat and game-play is enjoyable and well polished but hardly innovative; think of it as a PrinceOfPersia/Metroidvania-Souls game. Most frustrating aspect however is the camera; too much of the fight is blocked by foreground. The platforming is good (has bugs though) and mixes things up with different characters but like most 2D-platformers it has very annoying sections with checkpoints far apart. I recommend it for its price and to kill a few hours.

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Frequently Asked Questions

The Spirit of the Samurai is currently priced at 19.99€ on Steam.

The Spirit of the Samurai is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 19.99€ on Steam.

The Spirit of the Samurai received 207 positive votes out of a total of 318 achieving a rating of 6.24.

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The Spirit of the Samurai was developed by Digital Mind Games and published by Kwalee.

The Spirit of the Samurai is playable and fully supported on Windows.

The Spirit of the Samurai is not playable on MacOS.

The Spirit of the Samurai is not playable on Linux.

The Spirit of the Samurai is a single-player game.

There is a DLC available for The Spirit of the Samurai. Explore additional content available for The Spirit of the Samurai on Steam.

The Spirit of the Samurai does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

The Spirit of the Samurai does not support Steam Remote Play.

The Spirit of the Samurai is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

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