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Kamiwaza: Way of the Thief

ACQUIRE Corp. · NIS America, Inc. · 2022-10-11

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Action

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Oct 11, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 11, 2022 (PlayStation 4), Oct 11, 2022 (Nintendo Switch)

Join honorable thief Ebizo on the streets of Mikado, and put your thieving skills to the test! Will you walk the path of honor for the sake of family? The choice is yours to make.

84%
positive of 88 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
3
Nexus mods (1 downloads)
4.47★
PlayStation Store rating (51 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$39.99
steam price (US)

Set during the Edo period of Japan, Kamiwaza stars amateur thief Ebizo, who aspires to steal from the rich and give to the poor. During his first stint, however, he and his mentor, Ainosuke, witness their own men take the lives of innocent civilians. Disillusioned by the horrific display of violence, Ainosuke advises Ebizo to escape with the only survivor—a lone girl. A decade later, Ebizo has held fast to his morals, living an honest and fulfilling life with Suzuna, the young girl he took in as his own daughter. But the illusion of security is shattered once Suzuna falls ill. In order to buy(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 21 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 91% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 42% of 26,848 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.8k–4.0k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 88 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $7.99 at Steam (2025-12-18)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

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Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

3 supported languages: English, Japanese, Korean

Player tags

3DNinjaActionStealthStory RichSingleplayerThird PersonChoices Matter

Census log

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

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