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Jitsu Squad

Tanuki Creative Studio · 2022-03-29

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Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Dec 02, 2022 (PlayStation 4), Dec 02, 2022 (PlayStation 5), Mar 29, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 09, 2022 (Xbox Series X|S), Dec 09, 2022 (Xbox One), Dec 09, 2022 (Nintendo Switch)

Jitsu Squad is a Marvel vs Capcom inspired 4 player co-op TAG TEAM beat ‘em up with epic character transformations and fast paced combat.

85%
positive of 319 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
4.45★
PlayStation Store rating (170 ratings)
5h
to beat · rushed 3h · completionist 9h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)
Jitsu Squad is a 2022 beat 'em up indie video game self-developed and published by Tanuki Creative Studio for Microsoft Windows, and published by ININ Games for home consoles. The game was released on March 29, 2022, for Windows, which was followed by console releases for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S, on December 9.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 19 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 32% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 35% of 18,048 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 6.4k–14k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 319 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2025-02-10)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 2 of 3 observed days · $29.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
434320222026Week of 2022-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$29.99$0.002022-03-292026-09-222022-03-29 — best price $15.992022-07-07 — best price $19.992023-01-16 — best price $14.992023-02-02 — best price $14.992023-03-16 — best price $14.992023-07-13 — best price $19.992023-08-07 — best price $19.992023-09-18 — best price $19.992023-10-30 — best price $19.992023-11-28 — best price $19.992023-12-04 — best price $7.992023-12-11 — best price $19.992024-01-04 — best price $19.992024-01-29 — best price $19.992024-03-21 — best price $19.992024-06-10 — best price $19.992024-07-11 — best price $19.992024-09-30 — best price $1.992024-11-27 — best price $1.992025-02-10 — best price $0.992025-03-13 — best price $0.992025-10-27 — best price $0.992026-09-22 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

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Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

30
achievements tracked
58.5%
earned "Great Combo"
19.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenFull controller supportRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5 (PlayStation)44732%31
Steam (Steam)2887%30
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)27716%30
PS4 (PlayStation)16438%31
Switch (Nintendo)120%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2DCo-opFunnyNinjaRetro1990'sActionArcadeComedyFighting

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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