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KATANA KAMI: A Way of the Samurai Story cover art

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

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.

5
playing now
60%
positive of 412 reviews
Mixed
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (3 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$29.99
steam price (US)

5 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 12:00 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

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 48% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 8.2k–19k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 412 total reviews — how this is computed.

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

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 7 of 15 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

802026-08-12 03:00 — 1 players2026-08-12 19:00 — 4 players2026-08-13 11:00 — 8 players2026-08-14 03:00 — 3 players2026-08-14 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 10:00 — 2 players2026-08-16 02:00 — 3 players2026-08-16 18:00 — 2 players2026-08-17 10:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 02:00 — 2 players2026-08-18 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 09:00 — 3 players2026-08-20 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 00:00 — 2 players2026-08-22 16:00 — 3 players2026-08-23 08:00 — 6 players2026-08-24 00:00 — 2 players2026-08-24 16:00 — 2 players2026-08-25 08:00 — 2 players2026-08-25 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 16:00 — 2 players2026-08-27 08:00 — 2 players2026-08-28 00:00 — 2 players2026-08-28 16:00 — 2 players2026-08-29 04:00 — 4 players2026-08-29 20:00 — 2 players2026-08-30 12:00 — 5 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$29.99$2.992020-02-272026-07-092020-02-27 — best price $29.992020-07-09 — best price $29.992020-11-16 — best price $29.992021-01-05 — best price $29.992021-02-15 — best price $29.992021-05-06 — best price $29.992021-07-08 — best price $29.992021-10-04 — best price $29.992021-11-01 — best price $29.992021-12-01 — best price $29.992022-01-05 — best price $29.992022-02-03 — best price $29.992022-07-07 — best price $29.992022-09-20 — best price $29.992023-01-05 — best price $29.992023-02-27 — best price $29.992023-03-23 — best price $29.992023-05-08 — best price $29.992023-11-28 — best price $29.992024-01-04 — best price $29.992024-03-21 — best price $29.992024-05-06 — best price $29.992024-07-11 — best price $29.992024-11-04 — best price $29.992024-12-04 — best price $29.992025-01-02 — best price $29.992025-01-30 — best price $29.992025-03-20 — best price $29.992025-05-09 — best price $29.992025-06-15 — best price $29.992025-07-10 — best price $29.992025-09-08 — best price $29.992025-10-06 — best price $29.992025-11-03 — best price $29.992026-01-05 — best price $29.992026-03-26 — best price $29.992026-05-05 — best price $29.992026-06-11 — best price $29.992026-07-09 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

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

2 supported languages: Japanese, Traditional Chinese

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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