The Game Census
Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae cover art

Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae

Zenith Blue · PLAYISM · 2014-03-10

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 20, 2018 (Nintendo Switch), Feb 16, 2016 (Xbox One), Mar 10, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 16, 2016 (PlayStation 4)

Take on the role of a warrior maiden forced to hunt down her best friend, who has stolen a sacred demon blade. Immerse yourself in the tale of a deadly feud between two old friends and the demonic sword tearing them apart―told through high-speed action!

2
playing now
80%
positive of 3.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
67/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 60 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~8/week).
  • · Review velocity down 19% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 20% of 10,936 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 86k–206k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,425 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$9.99
Microsoft Store$11.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.99 at GOG (2015-06-03) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 12 of 24 observed days · $8.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
161620182026Week of 2018-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-08-06 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 4 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 3 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 2 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$1.992015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $2.492015-06-12 — best price $1.992015-11-05 — best price $9.992016-01-21 — best price $2.492016-05-18 — best price $9.992016-09-08 — best price $2.992017-01-16 — best price $4.992017-05-05 — best price $9.992017-07-05 — best price $9.992017-10-26 — best price $3.292018-01-25 — best price $9.992018-06-22 — best price $3.292018-10-22 — best price $3.292019-01-24 — best price $9.992019-05-06 — best price $3.292019-07-10 — best price $9.992019-10-28 — best price $2.992020-01-02 — best price $9.992020-02-27 — best price $2.992020-05-21 — best price $9.992020-10-29 — best price $2.992021-01-05 — best price $9.992021-05-22 — best price $9.992021-11-01 — best price $9.992022-02-03 — best price $9.992022-09-06 — best price $9.992022-12-03 — best price $1.992023-02-16 — best price $1.992023-06-11 — best price $1.992023-09-24 — best price $9.992024-02-15 — best price $9.992024-07-11 — best price $9.992024-12-12 — best price $1.992025-04-03 — best price $9.992025-10-28 — best price $1.992026-03-26 — best price $9.992026-08-29 — best price $9.992026-08-30 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

33
achievements tracked
77.3%
earned "50 Hit Combo"
22.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing

3 supported languages: English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)9,7805%33
PS4 (PlayStation)7,60710%34
Xbox One (Xbox)1,9535%33
Switch (Nintendo)110%0

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

Player tags

CuteAnimeArcadeMatureNudityFightingSwordplay3D FighterControllerFast-Paced

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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