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KATANA KAMI: A Way of the Samurai Story

ACQUIRE Corp. · Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd. · 2020-02-19

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ActionRPG

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Third person, Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Feb 19, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 20, 2020 (PlayStation 4), Feb 20, 2020 (Nintendo Switch)

The Way of the Samurai is forged in battle! Help the swordsmith Dojima pay off his debt after his beautiful daughter is taken as collateral by crafting swords by day and exploring mysterious, twisting dungeons for valuable materials at night.

KATANA KAMI: A Way of the Samurai Story is an Action and RPG game released in 2020 for $29.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (60% of 415 reviews).

3
playing now
60%
positive of 415 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (3 ratings)
3.81★
PlayStation Store rating (729 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 06:00 UTC (census sample)

Once upon a time, a blacksmith and his daughter lived beside the lone pine tree, Ipponmatsu, at a mountain pass. However, the man was somewhat... irresponsible with his money. His home and business were constantly in financial trouble. Eventually, his daughter is taken as collateral for his debts... "I will help you repay your debt." Before the hopeless blacksmith appeared an amicable samurai. Though his motivation was unclear, he offered to help the blacksmith with his money problems.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 32 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity up 23% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (187 reviews).
  • · Top 22% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 8.3k–19k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 415 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$2.99-90%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.99 at Steam (2025-01-16)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 17 of 23 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
11111120202026Week of 2020-02-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1502026-09-15 07:00 — 13 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 12 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 3 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 12 players2026-09-20 14:00 — 15 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 3 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 13 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 4 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 4 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 5 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 19:00 — 4 players2026-10-01 02:00 — 3 players2026-10-02 10:00 — 5 players2026-10-03 17:00 — 3 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 6 players2026-10-06 09:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 5 players2026-10-09 00:00 — 6 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 5 players2026-10-11 15:00 — 7 players2026-10-12 23:00 — 4 players2026-10-14 06:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2962Feb 2020Aug 2026Feb 2020 — avg 296 · peak 864Apr 2020 — avg 12 · peak 37Jun 2020 — avg 3 · peak 15Aug 2020 — avg 3 · peak 11Oct 2020 — avg 2 · peak 6Dec 2020 — avg 4 · peak 13Feb 2021 — avg 4 · peak 15Apr 2021 — avg 2 · peak 9Jun 2021 — avg 2 · peak 7Aug 2021 — avg 2 · peak 10Oct 2021 — avg 6 · peak 25Dec 2021 — avg 3 · peak 8Feb 2022 — avg 3 · peak 9Apr 2022 — avg 2 · peak 6Jun 2022 — avg 3 · peak 11Aug 2022 — avg 2 · peak 5Oct 2022 — avg 2 · peak 8Dec 2022 — avg 2 · peak 8Feb 2023 — avg 9 · peak 24Apr 2023 — avg 4 · peak 18Jun 2023 — avg 2 · peak 8Aug 2023 — avg 2 · peak 5Oct 2023 — avg 2 · peak 5Dec 2023 — avg 4 · peak 18Feb 2024 — avg 2 · peak 7Apr 2024 — avg 3 · peak 13Jun 2024 — avg 3 · peak 8Aug 2024 — avg 2 · peak 5Nov 2024 — avg 4 · peak 10Jan 2025 — avg 14 · peak 37Mar 2025 — avg 4 · peak 10May 2025 — avg 4 · peak 13Jul 2025 — avg 4 · peak 17Sep 2025 — avg 5 · peak 16Nov 2025 — avg 3 · peak 11Mar 2026 — avg 14 · peak 32May 2026 — avg 5 · peak 15Jul 2026 — avg 4 · peak 11Aug 2026 — avg 3 · peak 8
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$29.99$2.992020-02-272026-10-042020-02-27 — best price $29.992020-11-09 — best price $14.992021-01-05 — best price $29.992021-04-29 — best price $14.992021-07-08 — best price $29.992021-10-28 — best price $11.992021-12-01 — best price $29.992022-01-27 — best price $11.992022-07-07 — best price $29.992022-11-22 — best price $11.992023-02-27 — best price $29.992023-04-27 — best price $5.992023-11-28 — best price $29.992024-03-07 — best price $5.992024-05-06 — best price $29.992024-10-28 — best price $5.992024-12-04 — best price $29.992025-01-16 — best price $2.992025-03-20 — best price $29.992025-06-08 — best price $5.992025-07-10 — best price $29.992025-09-29 — best price $5.992025-11-03 — best price $29.992026-03-09 — best price $2.992026-05-05 — best price $29.992026-06-25 — best price $2.992026-09-06 — best price $2.992026-09-09 — best price $2.992026-09-12 — best price $2.992026-10-04 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

51
achievements tracked
85%
earned "First Kill"
7.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportSteam Cloud2 DLC

2 supported languages: Japanese, Traditional Chinese

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2020-02-20 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)1,0603%51
PS4 (PlayStation)7889%51
Steam (Steam)4820%51
Switch (Nintendo)190%0

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

Player tags

RPGGoreActionViolentHack and SlashDungeon CrawlerAction Roguelike

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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